Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-16

\ You should make veal CT the jersey
y steer calf If for no other reason than
II that Some sucker will try to make
N beef critter out of him later on If you
III don't.
i Just because once in SIX years a man
j can raise good crop on a pond hole
II that is no reason why such ground
81 should be cultivated Far better keep
\ 1t in grass or else tile ii out
A good many men complain about
their clover killing out, when the fact
is it dies because it has lived IT'S al
lotted two years. The general rule Is
that after it produces a crop Of seed
| II dies.
4 There is one peculiar thing about the
y strawberry and that is just as soon
ru as the season for them Is about over
"a the people want them worse than ever.
~ What we need Is an August straw
berry.
There Is always time to put tools
ne where they belong when done using
az them, for If not done then twice as
u much time will be taken to hunt them
~ up when next wanted. See If this
isn't so.
re The happy combination Of oatmeal
eo and whisky which developed the can
ng ny Scotsman does not work we'll in
To- this country. The tendency Is to re-
OK duce the oatmeal and Increase the
whisky ration, throwing the ration out
Of balance.
ro- That farmer who holds up the right
ay Of way agent Of a proposed trolley line
he 80 that the route is diverted to some
ca other locality will live to regret his av-
arice as long as he lives. A man is a
fool to turn down such benefit when
I'm It comes his way.
70 The statement is made that the cult
OF waited ginseng lacks the medicinal vir-
sts tues priced by the heather Chinee, and
he will have none of 1t, so If one can
not sell plants or seeds to his neighbor,
he as we did Belgian hares awhile ago,
IN the jig is up on ginseng.
od
'rk There Is very much In common be-
Of tween the rat and the sparrow. Both
be are imported pests of our modern civil
!. lization. Each possesses the power of
reproduction in a most extraordinary
W. degree, and each is evidently intended
It as food for other and higher forms Of
.at life.
de
rn II one will take the trouble to secure
ill the cuttings of the mabe cottonwood
an tree he will have trees which when
nd grown are free from the very bad hab-
he 1t the female tree has of shedding its
lint The male tree is very clean and
handsome quick growing tree for all
,at the northwestern prairie section.
rty One Of the representatives Of a farm
40 separator company makes the claim
to for his machine that he can take hard
I'LL well water and extract soft water from
on It by running 1t through his machine
is- at a high rate of speed. Maybe he
Of can, but we are inclined to think there
he Is one thing he cannot extract from his
machine. and that Is the truth.
an Each year emphasizes the need Of q
If reliable labor supply to meet the needs
lite Of the United States, both on the farm,
I'm In the home, factory and mill. Labor
nd has become 80 aggressive and dictate
his rial in matters entirely outside the
to mere matter Of wages that II a man
Of would enjoy life the less he has to do
49, with hired help Of any kind the better
art be Is of.
ON Spraying the potato plant to pre-
vent the blight has become almost a
necessity with the successful potato
The grower. The spray Is what Is known
ler as bordeaux mixture and If applied at
hit the proper time Will entirely prevent
no damage by blight For the potato bee
st, tie, which Will often finish up q crop
till in short order If not prevented, so
INT luton of parts green is used.
az. There are not few troubles con-
ca. nected with farming under an irrigat-
as ing system. 1t Is no such picnic as It
ts. Is often represented to be- There Is the
es. partial or entire failure Of the water
ng supply and the monopoly Of what wa
ISL ter there may be by those who have
the prior right up the stream; then
there are many places where irrigation
,n- develops 80 much alka1 In the soil as
to to make It utterly worthless for the
de- purposes Of cultivation. The truth is
nd that we get only the rosy side Of this
en- method Of farming
III
,et The best things are not the largest
,es ones by any means, and yet IN the mat
,ed ter of fruits and vegetables the pub
ar lie viii always pay more for big things
"a. than for the medium sioe Size is al
he most always attained at the expense
az Of flavor and begets coarseness Of tex