Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

u No boy should be set to work with
2 tool of any kind which will not scour.
IL anything will discourage him with
z farm work. that Will
French gardeners have illustrated on
< the French grounds at the exposition
their rare skill in the growing and
& training of dwarf fruit trees.
= Illinois has an exhibit of corn grown
q by the boys of that state which will
y attract the interested attention Of every
visitor at the Agricultural building at
OF the worlds fair.
the An animal side hunt for crows came
off in northern Illinois lately. total
of 1875 crows were killed. The effect
IND of such a warfare on these birds Is to
liza practically drive them from that Sec
2 ton of the country.
ade
When some scamp comes into farm
Ing community with some scheme to
ho swindle the farmers it would be a
M mighty good plan for the first farmer
10 he tackles to notify all his neighbors
,aa by phone to be on the lookout
ket
III 1t is "home, sweet home" sure
enough when John comes in from the
corn blowing at night and finds a
!, strawberry shortcake a foot In diam
, , eter and three inches thick on the sup
les per table and the berries from his own
eet garden.
six Tbere 10 a r;cb+ and q ,yrono end n
yet oil things which trntb ,s VOL, illus.
trated in the case of two men recently
killed, one Of whom was gored to death
ST by bull and one kicked to death by
OF mule. Both Of these men got at the
for wrong end.
OBJ
be Down in Oklahoma 20 per cent and
on more is paid for the use of money to
prove up on land and develop that rich
country, while 5 per cent is the ruling
yht rate of interest in all the older pOr-
be tons of the country We hardly I'M
ith derstand why this should be So
ow
1t grizzly bear supposed to be as
yht much as forty-fve years old which had
It's long been the terror of the ranchmen
Of section in Wyoming was recently
killed. He weighed 1000 pounds and
ing was covered with scars. The man who
IS got him secured very large bounty
me which had been offered for his scalp.
her
vi We saw at the worlds fair an old
'ne pillow made and used In Maryland in
1776. 1t had but one handle, was made
we of wood, had an iron point and two
strips Of an old saw blade nailed on
the wooden moldboard. 1t was on
er- exhibition by the side of one of the |
modern chilled steel plows of today, |
at which shone like a mirror.
no The crop of clover hay is due to care |
rs for along the last of June through all
-! the northern states, and this is the pc
I'" Rod of the year when storms are fire.
quent and the rainfall heavy, making
the securing of this crop one of the
u.s. most difficult problems on the farm. 1t
ms is safe to say that not 50 per cent of
es' all the clover hay put up each year is
ely secured in good shape.
led
cts There never has been a time when
'ps men Of wealth who have made their
ny money In the cities are investing so
largely in farms, some doing it to graft |
fy q fad, some as an investment 1t
per matters little what the motive; the fact
ne that they are doing 1t, and doing it In
I'm. the very thorough and progressive man.
wa ner which they are is working almost
inc a revolution in farm methods in many
10. localities, their good example being
III contagious.
It'll
aid The farm bow should be allowed q |
in reasonable number of holidays-circus
day, Memorial day, Fourth Of July
and at least half day off each week
be to 60 a-swimmin' and a-flshin'. The |
ere wise man will take day of himself
of once a month during the summer and
W. take the boys with him on a fishing |
we excursion or a picnic. BY doing this |
aw more and better work will be done by |
is the boys, and then they won't want to |
MS run away from home the very first |
ur chance they get.
at BY what process do birds identify |
each other when once mated? 1t can |
hardly be by sight alone, for there is |
Tut no apparent difference in appearance |
list In members of the same species. Do |
oh birds have an individuality like human |
en- beings by which they can be identified, |
Of or is recognition secured by means of |
"a some difference in voice, or is there |
in something connected with the fine in |
cir stinct which birds and animals have In |
a place of sense which enables them to |
TT know each other?
ry
cir The south has one horse agricul. |
and working the land are mostly done |
Ell with one horse, Or rather, mule. A |
* little farther north there will be found |
err a two horse agriculture where two