Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-22

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"No hog cholera has about as much
60 do with existing prosperity all
through the corn belt as any other one
thing.
Now if you want to set out rose
bush next spring which will surely full
fill your anticipa tons set out a Grim
son Rambler, which will give you more
flowers for your trouble than any other
flower we know of.
The cleo men are working up trade
for the uncolored product by furnish
ing materials and directions for color
ing to the purchaser. Thirtytwo cent
western extra obscures any refined SEP
tments on this matter.
England rebels and protests against
American enterprise and aggressive
ness. She thinks we work too hard and
too long. Were it not that these traits
are taking her markets away from her
perhaps she would not care.
II you think freight rates too high in
this country, just mind that it costs as
much to ship car of grain over Eng
lish railroads a distance of forty miles
into London as it does to ship the same
amount Of grain from Chicago to Lon
don.
The creamery interests of the coun-
try contributed about $27 900 to secure
the passage Of the oleomargarine law,
while the National Live Stock associa-
ton contributed $4,000 to defeat it, The
cows had the most money behind them
and beat the steers.
The savings banks of the country
have generally restored the rate of in
terest paid on deposits to per cent,
their deposit accounts having been de-
pleted for investment in Canada lands
which will not pay per cent to the
investors for a good many years to
come.
The horse most wanted today and for
which the best prices are paid is the
$500 to LOO draft animal, a horse
which can be as easily raised on the
average farm as a beef critter There
is no probability that there will be too
many of this class of horses raised for
years to come.
Cottonseed meal after the oil has
been taken out is the richest in protein
of any of the prepared stock foods. Lin
seed oil meal comes next. Neither one
of these products, Notwithstanding they
carry so large an amount Of milk pro-
ducing elements, is a desirable dairy
ration, as they injuriOusly affect the
quality of the milk and butter product
On late winter day we watched q
chickadee on a lively hunt up and
down an apple tree after something to
eat. There was not bug or an insect
In sight but we found he was after the
little clusters Of insect eggs waiting
only the warmth of spring to develop
into some form of our insect pests. If
we had more chickadees, we would
have better apples.
We think there were more poor ap- |
Piles raised last year than we have ever |
known, the eastern fruit particularly
being gnarly, understood and defective.
1t is evident that more attention will
have to be paid in the future to the va
rious insect pests, which were the pri
mary cause of so much poor fruit. To
quit killing the birds would be good
starter in this direction.
How many acres Of corn should one
man and team try to care for? One
man says fifty, another forty, another ,
thirty. One says he would not keep
hand who would not average ten acres
day in blowing the corn while anoth-
er man says he would fire hand who
would try to get over more than six
acres. We have noticed this much-that .
1t is the ten acre day fellow who usu- ;
ally raises the thirty-five bushel an ,
acre crop, while the six acre man often |,
gets sixty. :
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A correct record kept OF the nainfall
for ten years, 1893 to 1902. at point
in east central Iowa shows the precipi-
tation by inches for each year as fol-
lows:
Inches. Inches.
1sss.............. 22.2 1898. H.55
1S94............. 1929 1899. .............. 1886
1Ss5.............. 1904 l90O............... BILL
1896 .............. 1851 1901. ........... 10 10
1sT............... T.S 1902. H.5S
These figures give an average Of 2S.2O {
inches for the ten year period and show
up the wet season of 1902 in good
shape This rainfall record probably
fairly reflects the precipitation for all u