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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

We are asked why it is that even
where seed corn was most carefully
selected and cared for last season so
much of it planted last spring has
failed to grow. We can only account for
the lack of vitality on the ground that
the season of 1903 being so unusually
wet and cold the corn did not secure a
normal maturity and development.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

A very successful method of destroy
ing gophers is to take water tank
such as is used with thrashing engines
and a length of hose, find the gopher
holes and turn in the hose, when out
springs the gopher, and the dog gets
him. A Minnesota farmer destroyed
200 of these rodents in one forenoon by
this method.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

Unless agriculture is scientifically
taught and scientifically followed the
land always grows poorer and less
productive as population increases. No
interest should receive so much atten-
ton in any country having hundred
million people or likely to have them
in q brief time as how to maintain the
fertility Of the SOIL The famine record
of the world is most frightful story
Of tragedy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

No matter how fertile soil may be,
if it is not in the right mechanical con-
dition so that the plant food which it
contains is available poor crops will
result. If the soil is waterlogged or
baked and crusted or deficient in hui
mus, all fertile qualities are neutral
lied
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

1t would seem as though there are
two things vitality affecting the eco
nomic welfare of the American people
which they are altogether too indif-
ferent about, one the destruction OF
our forests and the other the work Of
the birds as insect destroyers Costly
bills will be paid in the future for
present ignorance and Indifference to
these two things.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

A recent decision from the supreme
court Of the United States sustains the
law subjecting oleomargarine colOred
in imitation Of butter to tax Of 10
cents a pound. Hereafter the oleo will
have to be sold white If it would escape
this tax. 1t Is big victory for the
legitimate dairy interests Of the entire
country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

One reason why good crops of small
grain will usually follow crop of corn
is that the cultivation of the corn crop
has put the soil in good mechanical
condition, while the corn has made but
a light draft upon soil fertility. The
same thing is true with regard to po-
tatO CROP
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

Within five years the last tow of logs
from the northern pineries will move
like a funeral procession down the
Mississippi river. The great pine for
ests of the north country are used up.
have been wrecked and slaughtered by
ak and fire till only a wilderness Of
scrub growth remains.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

Differing from most other crops,
onions may be grown on the same land
year after year provided it is properly
fertilized. This fact is worth knowing,
as the clean culture given to secure one
crop thereby makes 1t easier to grow
the next years crop.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

We notice that where the road taxes
are paid in money and the work done
by competent road supervisor for the
township the public is getting nearly
twice as much work done and done
in vastly more intelligent and perma-
nent manner than under the old sys-
TEN of letting Tom, Dick and Harry
work out their road taxes
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

We know of no way in which farm
er can better give evidence of his pa
triotism and public spirit than by drag
ging the highway which borders his
land after every hard rain. 1t costs
but little and accOmplishes so much.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

The day of the big range. the COW.
boy and the cattle baron is nearly over
Uncle Sam does not propose to fur
nish free pasturage much longer. The
settler is taking up the wa
ter rights and has the baron on the
In
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

Wisconsin is paying more attention
to the development of the cranberry
than any other state. Much of the
waste bog land in that state is specially
fitted for the culture of this delicious
fruit
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

1t seems a shame to cut down
tree which was growing in this coun-
try when Moses was fussing with the
children of Israel in the wilderness, but
it is being done in California and done
to make money out of the lumber made
from it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

California forestry is meeting with
much success in planting the eucalyp-
tus, fast growing and valuable tim
Der specially suited to that country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

The harvest Of the sea on the Pacific
coast is an important one. During
1903 the value of the salmon product
alone was over S3,000.0OO, while the
catch Of other varieties of fish runs
into large figures.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

1t is but little use to NEEDLE with
weather is wet. 1t seems to rather en-
joy being pulled up so that it may turn
over and take root again.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

California is land of varied crop
products, more so than any other state
in the Union. 1t is also a country
where more fortunes are made and lost
in an agricultural and horticultural
way than any other place, where there
is much shifting of crops, where splen-
did vineyards are rooted out to make
way for the orange, where the orange
is grubbed out, to be succeeded by the
olive or English walnut, where over
production and Improbable prices are
the very common result.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

Not all the suckers are raised on the
farms, for the fakirs find mighty good
picking in all our small towns, where
smart Alecs flourish like dandelions on
a town lawn.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

1t is impossible to get the tenant who
rents a farm for a year to take any
interest in keeping the farm up. All he
cares for is to skin it of the last bushel
Of grain at the least possible expense.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

1t is not generally known that millet
Of the broom corn varieties is largely
used as food by many nations, notably
by Egyptians, Africans. Chinese and
japanese. 1t Is staple cereal food in
all the Nile country and forms one Of
the most valued crops of that valley.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

If there are only one or two stalks
of corn in the hill which should have
two and three stalks, that corn crop
will be one-third short
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

Try redtop and alsike clover for all
those spots on the farm which are too
wet for cultivation. This makes an ex-
cellent combination of grasses for such
spots.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

A truck farmer in Texas cleared 500
this year OH two acres of Bermuda
onions, which makes ten dollar crop
of wheat or corn look sick.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

The two men who introduced the
sparrow from England and the carp
from Germany should follow the ex-
ample of Judas of old.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

The value of the exports of farm
100000 for each day of the year.
We furnish bread for the European,
oats for his horses and his own break
fast, beef for his dinner apples and
dried fruits for his dessert and cotton
to clothe the world with. Columbus
did great thing for the race when he
discovered this country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

At a late public sale of farm stuff
in Minnesota young calves sold for 50
cents each and old hens for 90 cents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

Germany lacks about 20 per cent of
producing her own food supply, and it
does look queer that a great country
so situated must needs bar out by tar
if and harsh inspection regulations the
cheap and abundant food supplies of
this country in order that her own
farmers may obtain eXorbitant prices
for their products, while the common
people have to exist on beer, black
bread and horse sausage. Such work
far better justities a revolution than
technical differences in religious be-
hef
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

1t is always a good idea to tackle the
hard end of any job first and leave the
easy end until last.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

II you OWE a runaway team, take out
an accident policy. These two go to-
gether.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

The courtship of the English sparrow
is a very rough and tumble affair. vast
ly different from the dainty and poetic
wooing of most other birds. but still
wholly in keeping with the general
character of this imported pest When
the lovemaking fit is on, Il half dozen
male birds will seize female bird and
fight her to a finish, apparently for the
purpose of compelling her to accept
some one of their number as mate,
and the row goes noisily on until they
accomplish their purpose.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

The older we grow the more pleasure
seems TO be associated with being out
of debt. Better fewer acres, less style.
a smaller sphere in which to move, a
smaller business and no debt to carry
than to cut Il wide swath and have
overdue notes to meet.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

The best celery lands near Kalama-
zoo, Mich, which originally We're just
peat swamps, rent for $50 to $40 per
acre.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

The mother hen is just as much
afraid of a crow as hawk and has
good reason to be.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17
NO USE TO PROPuEsY.

A Minnesota friend has after much
study and patient toll worked out and
that weather changes. so far as the
seasons are concerned. work on q
twenty-eight year cycle, this period OF
time giving the extremes Of drought
food, heat and cold. For the north
west he predicts succeeding the wet
seasons of 1902 and 1908 gradual re-
turn to drier conditions until this
tendency eliminates in some years OF
drought. These weather conditions are
a good deal like the fair seX-one may
think he has them pretty well analyz
ed, but they will always break out in
some new place
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

Try our want column if you want
to buy, sell, trade. rent or find any
thing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

When a man buys evergreens Of
some distant nurseryman the chances
are that the trees will not grow, for
they were practically dead when he
got them. If the roots Of an evergreen
are once allowed to become dry after
digging, resinOus crust forms over
them which is impervious to moisture.
and the tree is dead The conifers are
as easily transplanted as deciduous
trees when proper care is taken to
avoid the difficulty mentioned, and the
best way is to get your trees at the
nursery and see them dug.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

You see, he kept bees, $50 swarms Of
them, and his neighbor was in the
fruit business, had seventy-five acres
of apple orchard. The fruit man
sprayed his trees just as they came in
to bloom, and the neighbours bees, COM
ing to the orchard for honey from the
apple bloom, were poisoned and killed.
Then the bee man sued the fruit man
for damages, when the court ruled
that the bees were trespassers and
threw the case out of court. This oc-
Cured in the state of Illinois. The
fruit man did wrong, we think, in
spraying just at that time, when just
as good results could have been Sc
cured by doing it little earlier or
later.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-08-17

We are asked what shall be done
with the egg eating hen. II the cul-
prit can be identified in the flock she
should be killed at once. for the habit
like the whisky habit, when once &C
quired is hard to break. There are two
causes which may originate this habit
one the lack Of sufficient amount
of heterogeneous food, the other lack
Of shell forming material. Given an
occasional ration of some meat food
and plenty Of crushed oyster shells, the
provoking causes are removed. 1t Is a
mistake to feed the hens eggshells, as
they are thus taught to break them for
themselves.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-14
Hon. ]. n. Mallen.

The democrats of the Thir! Con-
Sgressional district at their conven-
ton at Waterloo, placed in nomina-
ton Mr.. j. N. Mallen, of Hampton,
as their candidate, he receiving the
unanimous Endorsement of every
county in the district, all of which
were represented. Mr.. Mallen is a
representative citizen of Franklin
county, where he has lived twenty
two years and stands high in the es-
timation of all who know him. He
is a native of Wisconsin where he
was born forty years ago of Irish
parentage. He has not only been a
lifelong democrat, but one who has
always been found on the firing line
of his party, fighting with zeal and
enthusiasm, regardless Of how hope
less the struggle or how unequal the
contest That he is a vote getter is
shown by the fact that a few years
ago, when he was a candidate for re-
corder Of Franklin county, he ran
several hundred votes ahead of his
ticket. Keen, courageous and ag-
gressive, he has the metal of q man
who does things, and that he will
give an account Of himself in the
coming campaign is we'll assured.
He Is an able and convincing talker
and the democrats of the Third dis
trict will have in him splendid
champion. Waverly Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-14
Knows His Friend.

A farmer in speaking before On
institute of his profession recently
said: "As rule the farmer knows
no firmer friend than the country
press. The home paper is distinct
ly the farmers own paper, supported
directly or indirectly by the farmers
who compose the backbone of the
printers subscription list and large
ly for what the enterprising mer-
chant advertises. Now brothers let
us not forget our friends. Let US
see that our subscription is paid be-
fore the first of January and a year
in advance if we can afford it. The
man or the paper that fights my bat
ties shall have my support. Another
thing, the merchants who advertise
are the ones who make it possible for
us to get good local paper, and the
men or firms who are too penurious
to advertise and help support the
the local press have no right to the
farmers patronage. proposehere-
after to go to good live advertiser
and man who will do his share in
supporting the local press, thus con-
tributing to my support, rather than
buy of the man who proposes to take
all and give nothing in return. If
farmers as q class would support
their friends, the other fellow would
soon go out Of business.-Granville
Correspondent in Alton Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-14
o,sARM,Ne THE GODS.


How Chinese, japanese and Hindos
Boys Prepare For School Life.
Among the eastern nations the begin
ming Of school life Is critical time for
the child. The priest or astrologer
must he consulted to choose lucky
day. Every precnution must be taken
to avert the jealousy Of the gods, whose
malice is especially directed against q
fine boy.
The Chinese father who adores his
son will take the utmost pains to con.
vince the powers of the DIR that the
boy is Of no account. The child may
be given despicable name. like fea
or chutze. pig, or, more insulting
still, he may be given a girls name.
The boy may be started OF to school
wearing a girls dress and one earring,
and II the deception 10 complete this
will be the most effectual of all, for
even the gods do not care for girls In
China.
The japanese schoolboy wears hang
ing from his belt little red bag con-
tanning brass tag with his name and
bis parents name and address upon 1t.
de must have his paper umbrella and
bis fan, aud in a gray bag upon his arm
b jar OF rice for his luncheon. This
quaint little fellow has probably made
bis offering at his own private shrine
to Tenjinsen. the god OF penmanship.
When the Hindoo boy has found an
auspicious day to begin school he ia
taken to the god Of learning. Sarasva.
t. Here the little supplicant presents
his offerings Of rice and betel nuts and
repeats the letters OF the alphabet aftel
the priest. Thus he Is entered into the
ways Of knowledge in the very presence
Of the god-Everybody's Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-14
oMN,voRous MAN.


nsDtiles Are Eaten With Eagernsss
An owe. the WsslA.
Reptiles are eaten with eagerness al
ever the world. Neither want Of beau.
Y nor abundance OF venom protects
them from omnivorous man. Although
they suggest to us by form and motion
all that b false and unfair, hideous
and horrid, even Gods curse OF the ser
pent does not shield 1t. and from the
humble frog of the pond to the colossal
crocodile Of Egypt they are all only %
much food for mem Old Medcans
loved the apsckled salamander and Gte
II with Spanish pepper. The spaniards
harmed the odd fashion, and the habit
has not entirely died ont. vipers are
Q favorite dish with Italians. The liz
ards Of this continent are q most deli
cate dish, and the iguanas Of the An
t2les were carried to South Carolina in
great numbera the rice fields Of that
state being well suited to them.
Snakes hnd . ready market in many
eastern countries. The giant Of java,
which infests the pepper plantations
and whose venom - fatal, is a favor
~. The huge boa constructor furnishes
Increasingly fat meat and the negrues
q its native country prefer It to the
0Aintiest food Of the white man. The
anaconda OF Brazil supplies the table
q the poor, though the Portuguese uso
only the rich fat It produces. South
American natives eat almost every kind
Of snake, and the far west has taught
many a fastidious palate from over the
sea to relish the fatal rattlesnake Of
our own country. Snake eating Is more
common In the United States than one
would imagine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-14
Ths Other Fellow Is job.

There's craze among us mortals that is cruel
hard 70 name.
whereso'e 81 you md human you will ind the
case the sAme:
You may seek emons the worst Of men or seek
among the best.
And you'll hnd that every peFsou II precisely
like the rest
BACH believes that hi, real calling 10 along some
other line
Than the ono as which he's workinx take. for
instance, yours ~ mine
From tho meAheSt 'me-t0o" creature 10 tho
leader Of the mob.
There's universal craving for "lho other fol-
lows dob"
Thero are millions Of positions In The busy word
. today.
Each drudge 70 him who holds Il. but to him
who d0osn't, play;
Every farmers broken hearted thn3 In youth ho
missed his cali
While the same unhappy farmer is the envy Of
us all.
Any TASK you care 70 mention seems vastly
better lot
Than the ono especial something which you
happen - have got,
There's but one sufe way 70 smother envys
heSrtache and h0f sob;
Keep too busy at your own. 70 want 'the ether
fellow Job"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-14

Leroy Independent DO you know
what straw potatoes are? Harry
Mckee is raising q patch Of them
this year and it is done by simply
laying the potatoes on the grass and
covering them over with about six
inches Of straw. The potatoes take
root in the ground while the runners
that bear the "fruit" run along the
surface Of the ground under the
straw. When you want some Of the
vegetables you sisa ~ sasapa OF q
little Of the straw and there are the
goods as clean as a whistle. He is
going to have q fine crop and says
that the process is an old ono and
has been successfully used for many
years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-14

New Jerseys fish exhibit at the
Worlds Fair is attracting much at
tention. More than seventy speci-
mems of salt fish were taken from the
Atlantic ocean and brought half way
across the continent for this display.
The trip took ten days and not q fish
was lost enroute. II was found neces-
sary from time to time to have tho
fish car detached from the train and
allow the fish to rest after the jolting
incident to travel. Men eating sharks
weighing over $50 pounds each, and
drum fish, a game fish Of the ocean,
that reaches q weight of $50 pounds
are the largest specimens in the dis
play.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-09-14

: Quito Q number OF men have mistaki
su Wall street for Easy street--.Puck.