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

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cI EsSSfsssd ~ til tende
EETOICCU EIIaMI dressing
i.-'A hASNI .$EsSH ETW they are
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.MSNNS some OIL
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all varie
iopeoin anu NUS sioi'ei anu cheei shrimps,
many long winter evening for the
children. If you buy your popcorn 1t Neats
is well to sample it before getting | most ga
lot on hand. use Tt
this wa
German farmer of whom we read r;obt az
the other day follows the old country | 90 to va,
practice of blowing twice in the fall a niece
and claims that he is repaid with an | norly for
increased yield Of five bushels per acre
a result of his pains. Much
the depr
Open CRATES please the aesthetic eye realized
and are certainly very cheerful with grain in
their bright fickers and swapping until it
sparks at this time of year, although price Il
they not much on heat. The fire. you have
place is still used quite extensively in the loss
England for heating purposes. sell at fiji
You have been too busy all sum- There
mer to think or care about your read there is
ing matter for the coming year, but as | caution
the evenings lengthen and the rush Is | associate
over you have more time to yourself home is
No nicer Christmas gift can be given | the conn
than a good paper or magazine. the thor
This is
1t is not best to stir up the soil on in all ri
the slopes and hisides in the fall, as be renee
the loosened soil is more readily wash
ed away by the melting SHOWS and the nun
rains. However, whenever 1t Is posi- Ierring
bIe II f. advisable tn do as much to. | patrons
ward I;gbteniny tho snr;no WORK ma | hour Of
possible. nisned
for the e
The Agricultural departments are | instance
ever testing our different soils and eli formatio
mate by introducing new fruits, vege- cal use
tables and fodder plants. The results WORK OF
in most cases are most satisfactory,
and we are thus enabled to utilize con- WINE
ditions which otherwise would bring and pu
us naught. Many of these plants come grounded
from tropical semitropical chimes. tectlon
the built
The value of farm lands for the year co. YET
1905 was reported as nearly $23y0O0,- | ish'hint
100000 an increase over 1900 Of some sho"h
thing ovar ca 900 Ooo oOo tho ;noroaso compani
alone being equal to nearly half the rates Oh
combined capital Of our railroads. This peo.
all goes to show that the gross earn
ings Of the farm go to form one Of the 80,
undergo
dens mu
Dispose of your cream during the | -, 9
cold weather while it is fresh well | od 90
as sweet Because the cream keeps | 81 q, !,
SWEET ionsei We arc apt " 'ninA ~ order to
does not need the careful atten- | trritr
ton, but that is a mistake. Separator | 70 no @,
cream keeps sweet much longer than | tho $3.50
that which is skinned from the can
but IL not carefully covered gets strong 49,.
anu oi''ei' rid Of it
1t is the easiest thing in the world to ~ years
find Objectionable features in connec- .ne SUI,
ton with ones occupation and environ uhe oo'
ment. No matter how nice a line of sousnel ~ y
work one may be engaged in or how ~ %'o'o,
richly the country may be endowed, it ,,S go
has its drawbacks 1t may be selfish vi inuus
but it is good thing once in awhile to .Seu
think how much better off you are than "hei 10
the other fellow.
The p
If anv of our readers are Manning to spend s
have an early hotbed it is good idea meat the
to put a supply Of rich black dirt in | of the W
the cellar or some other place out Of | FOOD ma
the way Of the frost, so that it will be would sc
ready for use early next spring While and attic
the weather sometimes permits the voted by
getting of supply out Of doors suffi- what tn
GENTLY early, yet many times 1t Is not win "
so and an exasperating DELAY is the are the
result n0micai
methods
Cats, like some people, sometimes consume
outlive their usefulness and become all of the
around nuisances They run in bad which ht
company and quarrel and fight and
have not the least spark Of ambition or COnstit
enterprise about them. II they would folks is
stop there ii wouldn't be bad, but of nothil
they take especial delight in destroying aziness,
the nests and killing the very birds the resul
which are the most useful to the farm body and
They not half eager for the edied by
English sparrow peration.
many
Experiments carried on by the gov household
eminent show that when meat Is cook never pt
ed In water it loses from 10 to so per need, wi
cent In weight and when roasted from mind nm
10 to 81 per cent When boiled the death ov
meat loses practically all of its organ rest and
ic extractves, which constitute or form have ena
the basis of its flavor well a very py and u
large per cent Of Its nutritive value.
But when roasted 1t retains practical The |,
ly all of its flavor and most of its nu- which hi
trtive value. The latter method of to cover
cooking would therefore seem to have the shap
much to commend II. cob conc
deal n
A method that has been found ef- the pass
fectve in checking damage done by law. FIR
the strawberry leaf roller a pest that pure stu
is proving a serious one In many Of which W
the strawberry districts consists in higher p