Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-13

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Every load of gravel put in the prop.
er place on the dirt road and every
load Of manure put on the pasture or
cornfield is well worth 81.
II is unfortunate that the best time
to work the highways is the very bust
est season on the farm. for road work
conflicts with corn blowing.
The two great problems which more
than any other are receiving attention
all through the west are how to get wa
ter on the land and how to get it of.
We found a few days ago, hanging
by fine piece of Irvine, robin dead
by the side of its nest. 1t was not
case of suicide, but Of miscalculation,
as in trying to weave the string into
the nest it became entangled and was
strangled.
The rights of way Of the railroads
through the western prairie country
are alone preserving specimens of much
of the native grasses and fora. These
strips of land are never plowed or
pastured, while all the rest Of the
country is.
An olac+r;o iobt oopopopy bupta1 <or
long to find the cause of the failure of
lot Of it's lights to burn and found
at last that pesky sparrow in build
ing its nest had woven into it piece
of fine wire in such manner as to
short circuit the current.
The long horned Texas steer has been
as nearly oblterated from the plains
Of Texas as the buffalo. A pair Of
those gigantic horns, properly mount
ed, now commands big price. Its
place has been taken with good grade
ShorthOrns, Herefords and Anguses.
II you have come to that period of
life where your nose is trying to touch
your chin, don't get owly and grouty.
Nature intended all her work as ii be-
came old 10 become more and more
beautiful. Old dogs sometimes become
CROSSE but an old man never should.
We incline to the tropical method of
living during our hot summer days
early rising and a good snooZe in the
middle of the day. AS asmatter of fact
the early morning hours during the hot
season are the most delightful part OF
the day, altogether too nice to waste
IN bed. NJ,
IThe lately opened Indian Territory,
rated as the choicest tract of
untitled land in the United States,
seems likely to become more noted for
its oil and mineral deposits than for
Its fertile acres. 1t is not at all I'M
likely that in this territory will be
developed the greatest oil and natural
gas field in the country.
The TamwOrth hog, that heavy jowl-
ed, long bodied. ugly looking brute,
rect-desceHdant Of the wild =boars or
the Black forest, in Germany, is in
spite of his ornery looks making
most valuable record for himself right
In among his aristocratic and handsome
fellows, the Poland hinas. He takes
to grass and clover like a steer and
makes the best of bacon. = 30"
1t is the general adaptability of some
plants which makes them so valuable.
Here is corn, for instance. Of scores of
types and varieties, adapting itself to
the radically varying climatic condi-
tons extending from Minnesota to the
gulf; here is the Irish potato at home
in Texas and Manitoba; then we have
the tomato, one of the most valuable
Of our garden products, growing equal
ly well in Florida and New England.
Because man lives on farm IL is
no excuse why he should violate the
fish and game laws of his state. The
law gives him only common right so
far as the fish in the streams and lakes
are concerned, but 1t gives him an ex-
elusive right to the game which may
be raised on his farm in most states by
any shooting on his farm
without his consent, and still some Of
the worst violators of these wholesome
laws are farmers and farmers boys.
The value of deep blowing depends
altogether upon what sort of soil you
have and what the rainfall is. In a
general way it will do no harm to pillow
any clay or loan lands deeply in the
early fall or at any time Of the year
n all those sections where it is desir-
lble to conserve all the moisture pos
;ible, but deep spring blowing is death
o the crop for that year on all light
sandy or gravelly soils. We like eight
nch blowing on stiff soils about once