Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-02-18

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Two things, beef and real estate, are
now INDUCING in a headache. after
their spree.
Look out for the fellow who wants to
sell you budded apple trees at dollar
apiece. He is fraud Set the dog on
him.
California produces 500 carloads Of
honey each year. Bookkeeping is more
of a business in that state than in any
other.
The state of Minnesota has horti-
cultural society consisting of 1,200
members. No wonder apples grow in
that state.
The province of Manitoba is equal in
area to England and Ireland, yet con.
tains but 100000 inhabitants, while
the mother countries have 33,000,O00.
A September frost is more damaging
to a cornfield than May frost, which
cuts the young corn to the ground. The
latter RECEIVERS, but the former never
does.
The beef trust Is magnanimously sell
ing coal to the poor at cost price. Now,
when chuck beef gets up again to 10
cents it will be proper for the coal
trust to reciprocate.
The types of apples which will be 81
lected as the standard for the north
central portion of the country are and
always will be originated from seed
lings developed in that section.
Butter makers are a good deal like
Schooteachers. The salaries paid to
the good ones are not high enough, and
those paid to the poor ones are too
high There really is no place at any
price for either the poor butter maker
or the poor teacher.
The substitution Of bags for barrels
for cement, flour, sugar and other COM
modities has seriously affected the
coopers' trade. While it is bad for the
cooper 1t is proving good thing for
the forestry interests of the country.
This is one of the penalties of progress.
And now the wise men affirm that
they have discovered that the cause of
appendicitis is the use of fine wheat
-four. the people using black bread
not being subject to the disease. Most
Americans will prefer to take their
chances on white bread and an OPERA
ton. 49,
In buying trees to set out this spring
we think you will get the best results
by taking two-year-old trees in prefer
ence to those that are older and larger
in fact, the two-year-old trees will al
most invariably be the largest and best
trees at the end of five years. Then they
cost less and are more easily planted.
Many a man Is the owner Of a rough,
bluffy, stony tract of land which would
make an admirable site for an apple
orchard. Apples take kindly to stones
and gravel and prefer such a soil to the
lower and richer alluvial lands While
the trees will not grow nearly so fast,
our experience proves that they are
longer lived and harder trees.
The officials controlling forestry I'm
Germany are importing American
white pine, spruce, black walnut and
black cherry trees to test their value
as forest trees for that country. These
men are wiser than the tariff officials,
who bar out hams. bacon and sausage
and force the common people to live on
horse meat Good things come from
America no matter what they are.
You will be wanting to set out some
shade trees this spring, and, while
some other varieties may do well with
you, still the white or water elm is abb
solutely certain to give you satisfac-
ton. We have no more clean, graceful
or handsome shade tree or one that
will endure more unfavorable conG
tons Of location and soil than the elm.
Like some people, it grows more beau
tiful as it grows old.
The LIST OF February good beef ami
mails sold for So and Gamers for So per
cwt. Some Of you ask. What is a can
nerT Well, she is quite likely to be
Qor most of them are of the gentler
SEX your old pet of family cow which
has outlived her usefulness in the
dairy. but which you are too tender
hearted to kill, yet mercenary enough
to sell, giving the best of her life to
promote the prosperity and comfort of
the country and in death furnishing a
nutritious, If not very palatable, ration
for the defenders thereof
The annual seed catalogues are com,