Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-06-22

The cost Of poor seed corn is never
realized, the loss being prospective and
not visible.
No other country has just such a
plump and neat hog as America pro-
duces in the Poland China in the corn
belt.
Well cured alfalfa hay forms part
of the ration fed the dairy cows which
are undergoing a 120 day butter test
at the worlds fair.
If clover is entirely free from outside
moisture, rain and dew, 1t may be put
into the NOW pretty green with safety,
but if it is wet and damp from dew or
rain look out for trouble.
The man who pays as he goes may
not go so very far, but he always has a
good appetite, sleeps well, has the re-
spect and confidence of his neighbors
and is usually good citizen in every
way.
The very general use Of the incubator
in the poultry business does something
to stiffen the price Of eggs during the
late winter and early spring months,
immense quantities being used in this
manner.
Now, please listen, ladies. Just so
long as you in your kindness Of heart
persist in feeding tramps just so long
you will be bothered with them. If the
handout was absolutely cut off, the
Weary Willie would disappear.
We always admire the man who has
a way of doing small things well. He
may always be depended upon to do
larger things in the same way when
occasion demands. Catch a man slight
ing small things and he will bear
watching on general principles.
A very serious loss in corn culture Is
to find that one has only two-thirds
stand. There seems to be too much to
Justify the replanting Of the whole
field and not enough to insure a salts
factory crop. Small fields can Of course
be replanted and filled in by hand, but
with the large field this cannot well be
done.
We noted an old black cat the other
morning watching a pair Of wrens
building their nest. There was q
method malign in the cats action, for
she got the entire brood of young
wrens raised by these birds last year.
She won't do it this year, even if we
have to take our chance on plague of
mice for awhile.
While there are many shade trees of
different kinds upon our lawn, there
is one particular elm which from the
| first year 1t was planted has always
| been used by the birds for q home
And all kinds of birds seem to have 9
special liking for this particular tree
| One year the robins have 1t, the next
a grosbeak, then a blue jay and ther
an oriole and then a catbird.
The strawberry bed is, or should be
the center Of attraction for every wei
regulated family just now. No Other
fruit quite takes the place Of the straw
berry. 1t Is so easily raised, has 81
few enemies, is so prolific and reliable
and lasts such a long time. Beautiful
to look at, fragrant to the smell, deli
cious to the taste, we pity any mar
| who cannot or will not raise 1t.
A new scheme which seems to have
very much to commend 1t is the erect
ing of hitching sheds in the small
towns in place of hitching posts OF
the public streets. 1t affords needed
protection for teams and removes {
nuisance from the strets. The towr
is supposed to be public spirited
enough to build such shed and furnish
1t free of charge to the country public
It is worth looking into.
A reader who lives ON the sand.
lands north Of St Paul puts in few
reasons why sandy farm Is not 81
bad after all. He facetiously observes
for one thing that he and his neigh
bors do not have to use a stoneboat Il
get to town In the spring Of the year
that their soil never bakes and can b.
worked just as soon as it quits raininl
and that one never strikes a rock whel
blowing, while they raise the finest pc
tatoes In the world, all Of which claim