Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-09-06

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There are all too many men who
when they get mad will take it out Of
their wives, their horses or hired help.
The dual purpose sheep is far more
of a success than the dual purpose
cow. In fact, no sheep will pay to
keep unless it is a mutton as well as
wool producer.
There never was better time than
now to buy some good stock. The day
of fancy prices for thoroughbred ami
mails is over, and there Is less excuse
for having the farm stocked with
scrubs than ever before.
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If the game preserves and deer
parks of Great Britain could only be
used by the common people to produce
food it would greatly relieve the pow
erty Of that country. 1t takes lot
Of paupers to support one lord.
Many people have to study simplicity
in the matter of living because of pow
erty, live simply because they have
to and not because they want to. Some
people seem to think that the chief
use of money is to make splurge
with it.
The new method of smoothing and
working the dirt roads has awakened
an unlocked for amount of enthusiasm,
hundreds of men who heretofore have
hated to do road work now cheerfully
doing a lot Of volunteer work to inn
prove the highways along their farms
The principal and best results which
will accrue from the seed corn cam
paign of last winter will undoubtedly
be that corn growers will be induced
to gather their supply Of seed corn
this fall before the frost hits 1t and
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sured of seed of perfect terminating
power.
For one day in the year the Amer
lean people make great fuss over the
American eagle-''proud bird" and all
that--and then turn around and kill
every one they see the balance Of the
year. This shooting of these birds is
a piece of barbarism anyway So rare
that they attract attention whenever
seen, why should they be killed?
From an artistic standpoint there Is
no beauty of form or expression in
camel or an elephant, a donkey or a
llama, while the best types of the do
nestle animals of civilized peoples are
just the reverse. It.would be hard to
find anything more beautiful or ex-
pressive than the head Of thorough
bred horse, Jersey cow or well
bred dog
Just as this is written 1t Is very
catchy and aggravating time for secur-
ing the hay crop. Not one-half Of a
very large crop will be secured as
good forage. When man gets silo
he is entirely exempt from this trouble,
for no matter how much rain may fall
while he is filing his silo 1t never does
more harm than simply to hinder the
work; the silage is always good,
whether put in wet or dry.
We know of hundreds of farmers
who would be rid of debt, make more
money and enjoy life hundred per
cent more if they would just sell half
the land they nominally own. There
is an immense satisfaction in getting
up in the morning and looking over
the farm and crops and feeling that
it is all your own and that you owe
no man a dollar. Some men never en-
joy this pleasure in all their lives.
The attention Of railway companies
is called to the great value Of sweet
clover as a binder for the earth on all
cuts and fills. 1t fills the ground with
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grow most mxuriantly on the steepest
and most barren slopes. 1t is also self
perpetuating, and once introduced
spreads rapidly and permanently
Where It grows no washing Of the soil
Is possible. 1t Is by all odds the best
Of any Of our grasses for this purpose.
A prominent electrical expert makes
the assertion that the windmill with
steel tower Is never struck by light
ming. In this he Is mistaken, for we
know Of one which provoked great
display of electrical fireworks two
years ago. II the pump rod was Of
wood, as many are, and IL the legs of
the tower were fastened to wooden
posts set in the ground, as is usually
the case, there would be no good earth
connection, and such tower would
make a good mark for the lightning.
A friend asks us to tell him whether
there is any place for the college grad
uate on the farm. Why, Of course
there is. 1t never hurts an educated
man to come In contact with the soil,
though at first 1t may hurt the soil.
The college bred man will be quick to
see and avail himself Of every help
possible and will take more readily