Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-08-22

XN There is particular need of wor.
fzAANpS1 rying about the poor farmer when a
&:k2J load of five $50 pound hogs Will fetch
E&& him 500.
Twenty eight cent wool, $3.50 hogs,
Z WI forty-fve cent corn and eleven cent
T ! cotton mark the food tide of an excep-
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~ tional era of agricultural prosperity.
Fresh air pure water and cleanliness
SHxssSsM - constitute a sanitary trilogy whose
Importance and value can hardly be
#KM overestmated when viewed with ref
AVEs3 erence to man. beast or fowl. ~,
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If you were horse how would you
like to spend all your leisure moments
IN tied up in dark, damp, close stall
u i with your head rammed up close to the
.:aki9 wall and never ray Of light or a
breath of fresh air?
= ne Last year So 100000 acres of land in
y " the United States were devoted to the
.,.., :. raising of hay The yield from this
- ais" e.. area was CO.'S ,617 tons, valued at
:, g.. .u-n.. $516,OOO,OOO There was variation
in price from $40 per ton in Rhode
Island to 81 per ton in South Dakota.
IN of land
dor which While fellow might not have quite
u,uob Iond so large Dank account ana cut quite
.,v without big figure in agricultural way,
that system would give him the most
real comfort and satisfaction which
q oro tho would restrict the number of acres he
suooosse,, owned to that which he could handle
condtions comfortably himself with the aid Of one
rdinary in niieu inah'
Dr. worry. T. =, a., ,,,sor,,,,. 90 ,, o,..
those who know him well that the hog
NV ! will be clean and keep clean If he is
- given half a chance Barring his incli-
nation to get into an oOZy walow on
away WIZ hot summer day he shows more in
Ion' W telligence in the matter Of personal
''A'i en0e'' cleanliness than does the horse, cow,
sheep or hen.
erican way A fact that is coming to be realized
ian one we With considerable financial SORROW nv
luon otch stock spectators Of the country is that
e isiahu Oh our prosperity people Is no longer
lilies long dependent upon the whims Of gang
ohs Oh wa Of Wall street gamblers "A furry on
niariu por change IL no longer accepted con-
elusive evidence that the country is 60
ing straight to the demniton bowwows.
articles Of
'sunei wiii Buying at home has this advantage
o",ns .ia. over purchasing from the catalogue
~ III 'n"' house: In the one you GUS
- papei VI toner among few hundred; in the
eiucose =, latter of several hundred thousand.
= n For this reason the home merchant is
" anu LIS under the greater necessity and COM
pulsion not only Of promising, but
giving you the greatest measure Of
'oii9 lna' satisfaction.
cling plants
also that 1t is worth knowing that the pure
account OF food law has already begun to take eff
peing ned feet to such extent that the local
ed py the merchants required to state on
only hep printed slips accompanying every pack
Ut also us age sold the amount of beef suet which
Is utilized in the production of lard.
They claim that the suet is necessary
hese notes during the hot months to prevent the
IL cement lard from melting and wasting.
p the mix
unuei ue The success Of a system of tile drain
We noAceu age depends less upon having the
us Season ground properly surveyed and the
peen sefr trench inspected before the tile is laid
'es arisins than upon the quality of tile used. In
view of the fact that thing well laid
should be good for lifetime, ii would
es y. niA pay any one having any considerable
l'or no' amount of the work to do to hire an
o cool the expert to see to 1t that this first part
re putting of the work ment,oned is scientiAcallv
Inc rea- and properly done.
eria in the
unless the With a view to making the best of a
is lowered bad bargain. the outgrowth Of a batch
ess apt 10 Of tw0year-old onion seed, friend of
ouid otner- the writer last year set out half of
acre of onions to strawberries, giving
them the best care he could consistent
han gar with the culture of half stand of on
he lettuce, IONS Last fall he marketed S45 worth
and other of onions from the half acre and this
been con- wear sold SOS of stra berries from the
ith weeds! bed thus planted AS the strawberry
bly, cleared bed usually gives no return the first
turnps or year. the plan followed proved a very
crop. A satisfactory
is land to
hired help If reports in the daily press are to
lie point of be believed there is Plymouth Rock
hen owned near Arcola, ILL.,, which
should certainly be encouraged in her
neglected desire to have a family of her own
e in min She wanted to sit In the hog shed at
they are the time litter of pigs was born. and
ping to re- not being provided with eggs she I'M
i ways or dertook the mothering Of q couple of