Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-04

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Tramps and lightning and, we might
of the west.
Hollow horn. milk sickness and
moon signs are relics Of past rural
ignorance and superstition which one
but seldom comes across these days.
If you milk ten COWS it will certainly
pay well to get farm separator, and
If you keep twenty head Of Stock
horses, cattle and the like-lt will pay
to get manure spreader
raj enemies of the rabbit and does more
to keep this pest in check than any
bird we have. Still nearly every man
one meets will run for his gun and
shoot this bird on sight.
We know of very successful dairy
man who will not allow profane man
to have anything to do with his cows.
We suppose he has made some ar
rangement to relieve the situation
when the COW sets her foot In the pail.
So many wolves were captured In
Iowa last spring that for awhile it was
hard to tell whether the farmer with a
basket on mis- arm on the town streets
had basket Of fresh eggs or litter
Of young wolves which he had brought
to town to secure the bounty on.
There have been several cases of
toadstool poisoning reported of late.
this deadly fungus being taken for
the delectable mushroom 1t is good
plan for those not familiar with the
difference between these two similar
eating
We note In an Australian paper an
item stating that nine tons Of rabbits
We're shipped In one consignment from
one country railway station in that
country. America is to be congratu-
lated that 1t harbors no farm pests SO
utterly impossible Of control as that
Of the rabbit plague Of Australia.
Now Is the time when reports are
numerous OF accidents attendant on the
use Of farm machinery. Much of this
Is due to carelessness and a lack of
familiarity with improved agricultural
implements. The farmer nowadays
must combine no small amount OF me-
chanical skill with the rest Of his &C.
complishments.
1t Is not so much the variety of po-
tato as the soil in which 1t is grown
that determines its desirable edible
qualities. Some Of the best potatoes
are raised in the Wisconsin sandy re-
gions. Heavily fortified soils rarely
produce mealy, choice potato, while
drought and Intense heat always in
jure the quality of the tuber.
An investigation by the government
of the cabbage hair worm discioses the
fact that 1t is a useful parasite and
not poisonous reptile. as hitherto
believed by many. 1t is said to make
war on the codling moth and locust.
The senseless scare over this matter
cost cabbage growers no small sum.
to say nothing of destroying many
peoples appetite for sauerkraut.
The average 100 acre farm in the
corn belt could produce and sell each
year three 1,4O0 pound steers In addi-
tion to what is now being turned off
from the farm If the food saved by the
use OF the siio was only SO utilized.
The want of the silo on the corn and
the stock farm marks a distinct finan-
cial loss each year which on land worth
500 per acre should no longer be al
lowed
We have two inquiries as to whether
the rooster is necessity in the poul- |
try yard SO far as egg production Is
He is not, for the hens lay |
their allotted number Of eggs anyway.
and. what is more, their eggs are more
preferred when the head Of the harem |
is wanting. as they have better keep
ing qualities OF course. the situation
h different when the eggs are wanted
for Matching.
There are two things which always
seem a bit wrong to US; yes. three.
One is to trade or the faithful old
family horse to a horse trader: an
other, to get all the eggs possible out
If an old hen and then eat her up In
/ July potpie. and the other to sell the
I'D family COW for beef. OF course.
we do all these things on the plea Of
and economy. STILL in SEN
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