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

There never has been time when
men Of wealth who have made their
money in the cities are investing so
largely in farms, some doing it to graft.
fy fad, some as an investment 1t
matters little what the motive; the fact
that they are doing 1t, and doing it in
the very thorough and progressive man.
ner which they are, is working almost
a revolution in farm methods in many
localities, their good example being
contagious.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

A good many of our readers will be
wanting to fix up bit of new lawn
this spring, and a suggestion on this
line may prove helpful. The soil should
first be well spaded or plowed, be re-
duced to the finest filth possible and
should be well fortified. If the soil
is very sandy, few loads of muck or
clay should be Incorporated with the
sand. For seeding we know Of nothing
better than blue grass and white clo-
ver The clover will make a pretty
good lawn right away during the first
season, while the blue grass will not
show up much till the next season,
when 1t will gradually crowd the clover
mostly out After the seed is sown the
lawn should be well rolled to get 1t as
level and compact as possible, and a
supply Of water for II is indispensable
to have II do well the first year.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

Alfalfa and trolley railways are re-
generating the state of Ohio-the al
falfa is restoring the lost fertility Of
the soil and the trolley is making life
in the country accessible to the people,
with all its advantages. Indiana, ILL
nois and Iowa are beginning the good
work too.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

Some nicely engraved letter heads,
some fake references and quotations
Of farm produce above market figures,
enabled New York sharper to lately
transfer some $4,000 of hard earned
money from gullible country shippers
to his own jeans. If all other crops
were only as sure as the sucker crop
what country this would be-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

In these days of sharp business com.
petition and improved commercial
methods eggs are still sold by count
and not by weight, an unjust and un-
fair method, the like Of which is not
found in the buying and selling of any
other commodity that we know Of. The
French people long ago discarded the
count method, and we wonder why it
is not done in this country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

We saw at the worlds fair an old
pillow made and used In Maryland in
1776. 1t had but one handle, was made
of wood, had an iron point and two
strips Of an old saw blade nailed on
the wooden moldboard. 1t was on
exhibition by the side Of one Of the
modern chilled steel plows of today,
which shone like a mirror.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The farm boy should be allowed u
reasonable number Of holidays-circus
day, Memorial day, Fourth of July
and at least half day off each week
to 60 a-swimmin' and a-fishin'. The
wise man will take day of himself
once a month during the summer and
take the boys with him on fishing
excursion or a picnic. BY doing this
more and better work will be done by
the boys, and then they won't want to
run away from home the very first
chance they get.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

We find no crop like beans to put
field in fine shape for succeeding
crop. They leave the land clean and
free from weeds and in nice mechanical
condition, besides doing not little in
fertilizing the soil
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

A friend who set out windbreak Of
Scotch pines twelve years ago writes
us that it was one of the best invest
ments he ever made; that the trees
are now perfect windbreak twenty
feet high. He planted selected nursery
trees from three to four feet high, set
two rows, breaking joints, trees six
teen feet apart each way.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The actual conjunctions of the stars
and planets, upon which lot of hifa-
iutin long range weather forecasts are
made, it should be remembered, took
place long before the knowledge Of
such conductive weather breeding
conditions reached our earth. 1t would
seem as though this fact ought to show
the fallacy Of such weather prophecies.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

We venture to remark, in view Of the
peculiar climatic freaks of Kansas, that
1t is a great country for rain when it
Is not needed; also for dry weather
when rain is wanted the worst way.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

A grizzly bear supposed to be as
much as forty-five years old which had
long been the terror of the ranchmen
Of section in Wyoming was recently
killed. He weighed 1000 pounds and
was covered with scars. The man who
got him secured a very large bounty
which had been offered for his scalp.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

Many wonders In wood are to be
seen at the great st. Louis fair. There
are hollow sections of the big frs of
Washington, ten feet in diameter; saw
ed plank three inches thick, twelve
feet long and eight feet wide; saw
log which, lying on the ground, Is
eighteen inches above tall mans
head, and a tree trunk cut into four
teen foot saw logs placed end to end,
nine logs of it three feet in diameter at
the butt and thirty inches at the top.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The best cereal crops in the world
are produced in North Dakota and
western Canada both in yield and quail
ity of grain. The climatic conditions
there found are unequaled for wheat.
oats, barley and fax.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

We note a marked difference in the
bearing age of some Fameuse apples
top worked on Hibernal stocks and
some top worked on the Brier Sweet
crab. the latter bearing heavily in six
years, while the former have not yet
produced an apple.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The board of supervisors of west
ern county which pays bounty Of
S. for an adult wolf and one Of 81 for
pup wolves has got to settle the prob
lem Of just when wolf ceases to be
puppy, having to pay bounty on
some half grown wolves.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

Now some wiseacre is out with the
statement that strawberries beget in
digestion. Be that as it may, they are
the best excuse for dyspepsia there is
on the market
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

When one can sell cord wood for SO
per cord and buy hard coal for $3.50
per ton, there is good money in selling
the wood and burning the COAL
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

Down in Oklahoma 20 per cent and
more is paid for the use Of money to
prove up on land and develop that rich
country, while per cent is the ruling
rate of interest in all the older por-
tons of the country. We hardly I'M
derstand why this should be So
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

We have friend who always sows
clover seed with all his small grain
crops. We do not know just what his
regular course of rotation is, but we do
know that he has wonderfully pro-
ductive farm, and it has been under
cultivation for sixty years.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The application Of the dynamo to
water power gives every waterfall, no
matter where located, money value.
Wise men recognizing this fact are
picking up all available water powers,
FOR they will all be used in the near
future.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

A long drawn out winter season is
not so much of an objection where one
lives in a timbered country or owns
timbered farm, but where one has a
prairie farm it is serious objection.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The robin, which nests in March,
probably raises second brood later
on in the season.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The Russian has but 100 days in the
whole year during which he can work.
The others are all either Sundays or
church holidays, which makes it case
of piety begetting poverty with
vengeance.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

No boy should be set to work with
a tool of any kind which will not scour.
II anything will discourage him with
farm work, that Will
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The war in the far east Will cut off
the supply of butter from Russia, and
the countries which she has been sup
plying will have to import 10000 tons
from the United States and Canada to
take its place.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

A few years ago a western state
was overrun by the agents of COM
pany which proposed to build fences
for the farmers and warrant them for q
dollar rod, the fence being combina-
ton honey locustand barbed wire. While
the notes which the farmers gave for
these fences remained perfect and
valid, the company's warranty did not,
for II soon burst, as did the hedges
they built. A good many Of these
farmers are thinking hard on the old
truism to the effect that "a fool and
his money are soon parted"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The agricultural department is out
with a story detailing how Methodist
parson keeps twenty-five cows which
bring him in $1,000 year on fourteen
acres of what was awhile ago one Of
the poorest little farms in Pennsylva-
MIA. These cows are soiled and kept in
the barn the year round, and all their
food is produced on the farm. When
preacher and the agricultural depart
ment go into partnership just ornery
farmers may prepare to open their
eyes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

] The best types Of corn will not be
produced in Missouri for some time, as
there it pays almost as well to raise
cobs for pipe timber as it does to raise
corn as q cereal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

A granger friend Of ours thought he
would take in cheap railroad excur-
sion because he could have ride Of
400 miles for 1925. AS he was robbed
of his watch and $40 by pickpocket
he is of the opinion he will pay full
fare next time.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The box elder tree is greatly helped
20 become a fine shade tree by a vigor-
GUS pruning when young. If let alone
It will almost always develop into a
sprawling and unshapely tree.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

There is a right and wrong end to
all things, which truth is well illus
trated in the case of two men recently
killed, one Of whom was gored to death
by bull and one kicked to death by
mule. Both Of these men got at the
wrong end
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

on the Pacific coast is almost as big
a job as the building Of house.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

About everything grown In the way
OF green forage has been tried for fill
ing the silo. and the result OF all the
experiments is that no crop so well
fills the bill taking ease and economy
of handling and value as ensilage, as
our common field corn cut when the
ears are we'll glazed. This makes the
silo fit into the ordinary farm economy
all through the corn belt.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

1t is a rather curious trait in the dog
that when he falls into the habit of
killing and worrying flocks of sheep he
will never do his work near home. He
will almost invariably travel several
miles for his victims.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

A western railway has undertaken
to solve the nuisance Of snow block
AIDES in the winter by planting ever
green trees alongside the cuts on its
right Of way. From what we have no
ticed Of the work Of trees In connection
with drifting snow we should think
that trees planted along right of way
which is usually hundred feet in
being too near the track. They would
do admirable work, however, If planted
a distance of FIVE or six rods from the
track.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

Illinois has an exhibit of corn grown
by the boys of that state which will
attract the interested attention of every
visitor at the Agricultural building at
the worlds fair
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

Much interest and discussion is be-
ing taken in the plan of teaching the
elementary principles of agriculture in
the country schools. The plan has
much to commend it. Plant and ami
NAL life studies always interest the lit
tie folks.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

POOR FOOD AND WHO EATS 1T.
We are asked what becomes Of all
the off stock received at the great stock
markets Of the country - the piggy
sows, the old 700 pound stag hogs, the
lump jawed steer, the f1otsam and jet
sam Of the stream of animal life which
flows like great river to the stock
yards. There are Uncle Sans army
and navy, the army Of men in the great
lumber camps and on our lake and riv-
er vessels, men who have ferocious ap-
petites and who are ever alive to the
quantity rather than the quality of
their food; then there is that other
army which patroniZes the cheap res
taurants, where square meal of soup,
meat and dessert is served for 10 cents
no questions asked there; then there
are the very poor Of the large cities
those who sort ash barrels for bones
to gnaw and who revel on the wastes
of hotel tables, the ever unsatisied
and hungry ones, even more mouths
wide open for the culls Of the packing
houses than there are for it's choicest
porterhouse steaks and rib roasts.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

1t is always safe to take up land and
make a home and farm where alfalfa
will grow, for with this crop alone
right smart lot of money can be made
from the land.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

French gardeners have illustrated on
the French grounds at the exposition
their rare skill in the growing and
training of dwarf fruit trees.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The good cook will always put more
berries than crust in her strawberry
shortcake.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

The Georgia peach is at that stage Of
development which will make any fur
ther lying about the condition of the
Delaware crop entirely unnecessary.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

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
per table and the berries from his own
garden.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06
WANT
COLUMN

Rates-One cent per woodworking
less than ten cents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06
THE VALUE OF MEAN THINGS.

Everything has its uses in the divine
economy of the universe. The things
which we term weeds and pests are
simply good things out of place. A re-
cent bulletin issued by the department
Of agriculture gives lot Of interesting
facts about some common weed pests.
The dandelion, such an omnipresent
lawn pest, furnishes a valuable medi-
cine, the root being known under the
name Of taraxacum; 1850 pounds of
these roots were imported into this
per pound The root Of the common
burdock is imported largely from Bel
GUM and brings from to 10 cents a
pound for use in medicine. The dock
root is imported to the amount Of 49,
600 pounds each year and is much val
ued in the treatment Of blood and skin
diseases. Two hundred and fifty thou
sand pounds of the roots Of the couch
grass are imported each year and sell
from 3 to 8 cents per pound. The flow
ers Of the mullion have a market value
Of 80 to IS cents per pound when prop
erly dried. The leaves and flowers of
the tansy have a market value when
dried, as do hOrehound, yarrow and
bOneset. The seed Of the mustard, the
yellow scourge Of the west, is bought
by the farmer who grows and curses it
at 40 cents pound to season his roast
beef. The seeds and leaves of the Jim
son weed, or stramonium, are worth
from to cents pound. Now, what
the farmer wants is more drug stores
evidently.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

An annual side hunt for crows came
off in northern Illinois lately. A total
of 1875 crows were killed. The effect
of such a warfare on these birds Is to
practically drive them from that Sec
ton of the country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

When some scamp comes into farm
Ing community with some scheme to
swindle the farmers it would be a
mighty good plan for the first farmer
he tackles to notify all his neighbors
by phone to be on the lookout
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

A tramp printer called the other
morning and wanted money enough
to get breakfast. He was forty-five,
and the indelible mark of fast and dis
sipated living was written on every line
Of his face. When asked why it was
that he, an ablebodied man at forty
five, with no family to support, had
to bog for something to eat, he said
he had been having devil Of good
time. About as well try to bale out
the Atlantic ocean with a teaspoon as
TO try to do anything for this sort
There is nothing left for him but to
beg, drink, starve and die.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

Disease and old age are two main
factors In the prosperity Of southern
California, strange as it may seem.
The great white plague drives its vic
tins to seek a temporary relief under
its italian skies and amid its peren-
NAL sunshine, while the thin blood and
stiffened joints of the aged make q
most delightful exchange Of northern
cold for midwinter summer time of the
coast country. Thus It comes that
these California climatic conditions
have q distinct market value, which is
bound to increase as the years 60 by.
The aged or imbecile tourist is the
best crop which that country affords,
Just as II 10 in both Italy and Switzer-
land.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

FOR SALE-My brick building at SIT
West Water street enquire of Albert
o. Sampson.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-07-06

FOR SALE CHEAP-A six room
house. good we'll. cistern and wood
shed. Call IN" this Office. l9tf
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-22

from the surrounding country, men.
women and children. DR.. Stukes being
away with the sick, Professor Walker
mpired the game.
There will be some radical changes
in the mercantile business here sooR
Mrs. r. II. Belser and son, Erwin. left
last Friday for New York and other
summer resorts, where they will spend
couple of months.
The schedule on this road now is just
what the people needed and Captain
Wilson could not have arranged a bet
ter plan to accommodate the travelling
people.
Wonder what ''Old-Timer" is doing.
Maybe he is hunting up young college
breds to fill the important offices and
planning to weed out the magistrates
or has he found out that the people do
not sanction what he said in your col
umns sometime ago. Our venerable
old magistrate. a. J. Richbourg, will
not have any Office that is not in the
gift of the people at the ballot-box.
On last Sunday night about 10 o'clock
at the hotel of Mr.. H. L. Brunson, his
daughter. Miss Inez. discovered a negro
on the back piazza trying to get in at q
window to one of the bed rooms. She
gave the alarm and her brother, Leslie,
fired four shots at the would-be thief,
but unfortunately neither shot took ef-
feet. The negro was not recognized.
Mr.. James Allen of Florence, father
of Mrs. C. c.. Herbert, left this morn
ing for his home after pleasant visit
to Rev. c.. c.. Herbert.
There is a lot of goods in the depot
here for the Summerton Hardware co.
Hon. j. C. Lanham and Capt. Joe a.
James are the proprietors of this firm
and the goods will be opened right
away. III.
Summerton, S. c., June 20. 1904.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-22
Pi7ewood Pickups.
Editor The Manning Times:

/ JIultOf 1uC lIl!CH-
; The services in the Methodist church
! have been changed and the following
appointments: First Sunday, preaching
l. at II O'Clock d. M: second Sunday at
4:30 D. m: fourth Sunday at II q. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Griffin gave very
ENJOYABLE sociable on last Tuesday eve
ming. The company was entertained
for a while by q number OF familiar
games which occasioned much laughter
and were heartily enjoyed by all pres
ent.
One of the pretty Pinewood girls who
has chosen the Aowery month Of June
in which to get married was Miss Sue
E. Lide, who on Sunday, June 18th be-
came the bride of Mr.. James 3. Ward Of
Wilmington, n. c.. Mrs. Ward is a
beautiful young woman of the brunette
type. She had arranged for a quiet
wedding. which was celebrated in the
presence of immediate friends only.
The nuptials was solemnized by Rev. L.
L. Bedenbaugh at the home of the
brides sister, Mrs. D. r. Lide, att pm.
The young couple left on the o'clock
train for their future home in Will
mington amid showers of good wishes
and congratulations from a large as
sembIage of friends and relatives who
had gathered at the depot to bid the
happy couple adieu. Mr.. Ward holds
an important position in the freight de-
partment OF the Atlantic Coast Line.
The brides gown was an exquisite Gre