Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-11-14

tlOn Oh tue pant.
About the only kick any farmer can
have coming this fall is that the bump
er crops he has raised have pulled
pretty heavily on the land. We have
known fellows so constituted that IL
would be perfectly natural to expect
this wall from them.
Much of the work in connection with
horticulture can be done in the fall as
we'll as the spring. This is mostly in
the line of cleaning up and preparing
the soil for the new season. 1t can be
done more thoroughly at this time, as
you are not so rushed with other work.
The amount of food and water given
the milk given rather than the quality.
AS the cold weather comes on see that
bossy has good warm quarters, as her
coat is thin and her circulation not
overvigorous, and she needs what help
she can get to withstand the cold
Passing by an open barn the other
day we were particularly struck by
the neatness Of it. The floor had been
swept, things were hung up, and there
was general shipshape order about it
all. Too many times the barn is made
u repository for all the old truck that
one does not know what else to do with.
The people of this country consume
100.000,000 pounds Of prunes annually.
Prior to 1886 the supply came almost
wholly from France and the Danubian
provinces, while today more than
enough to satisfy home consumption
are grown In California, the output Of
Santa Clara county alone being better
than 100000 pounds.
People always wonder little when
girl buys land and makes money.
The reason why we don't hear of more
is because the average girl hasn't the
opportunity. Even though she might be
so inclined to brave the rough life of
the claim or ranch. her friends, if not
her parents, would veto the plan. 1t
isn't for lack Of ambition or enthusi
asm.
A farmer we know of somewhat
thrifty turn of mind has this year
raised quite a crop of turnips along
the roadside running past his place.
While from the standpoint of appear
ance such a crop may not look as at
tractive as sward of blue grass or
clover, it is certainly preferable from
every point of view to wilderness of
weeds, which all too often adorns the
public highway.
Too many times our interest In the
raspberry, blackberry and currant
bushes wane with the passing Of the
fruit, and the rest of the season they
are left 10 glow at will and choose
their own companions or have them
thrust upon them. Many patches seen
lately are so entangled with vines and
weeds as to be hardly recognizable.
The weeds are In fine condition to
grow next season.
Much of the boom literature of the
day is too fiowery for its own good. 1t
prejudices the popular mind quite as
much against new locality as 1t does
in its favor. Facts are what the people
want-plain, unvarnished facts. Don't
pull up until you know what is ahead
OF you just because you happen to re-
ceive one Of these attractive little PAM
phlets 1t may be simply bait to lure
you and your money into some mining
speculation or land deal.
with a load of squashes-nice ones
they were, too-and he was naturally
eager to sell He rushed up the steps
of good looking house and rang the
bell with much CUSTOM fact, rang 1t
three times before the lady could get
to the door. When she came the
squashes were offered, but he met
with a somewhat firm refusal. The
lady had lost what interest she may
have had In squashes before she could
get to the door. 1t was evident that
the farmer was unused to doorbells.
A great deal depends upon how you
approach person sometimes.
The uniformly smooth and fine APP
pearance Of the potatoes which the
writer is digging this fall is ample
reward for the pains required in treat
ing the scabby seed with Tornado
hyde solution before planting last
spring, while two sprayings with Dor
deaux solution and paris green fixed
the bugs, kept the blight in check and
resulted In a greatly increased yield.
Equipment for treating the seed in
case 1t is scabby: A pickle or vinegar
barrel and gunny sack, and some
kind Of a spraying apparatus should
be at the disposal of every gardener
and farmer who makes business Of
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