Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-06-27

The rattle Of hard coal down the
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~ LulArY chute into the cellar is the fly in the
NIxj ointment of our summers sweet con-
ASESM tent.
n The degree of culture and refinement
W UT attained by nation or individuals is
" fairly well expressed in the care and
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Sa& regard which they bestow upon their
aged and dependent
EssstfMgSa \ Many is the who number
ysEEssgs5 his acres by the hundreds and thou
s.f1ExH sands who is a bankrupt when it comes
MA to the question of character and having
the respect and love Of the members of
his own family.
Xxx The cost of laying a line of tile
u - across an acre of land which approx
- mately is 1876 rods square, is just
about equal to what one good crop of
,ty years, like corn ought to fetch from the same
run out 10 amount of land.
A good many men manifest slight In
sss ' terest in the danger of physical or
u oui po'iuc" nervous breakdown until they them
selves have suffered stroke. 1t is
case in which loath to profit
." 80 from the experience Of our fellows.
Illinois corn raisers who have had
-, A., 49, considerable experience with the tool
a. - state that the surface knife cult
y - ~ vator enables them to produce 10 per
cent larger yield of than they get
o.. h,,, Az, by using the old four six shovel
N nonItry is | pillow.
-, a. otho, One year with another an apple crop
will pull on an orchard heavily as
does a crop of wheat oats. For that
% r,otbod of | reason the orchard should be mulched
va oil is said and given all the fertilizer possible in
RI q freezing | the shape Of barnyard manure or the
ale or freezes | raising of clover
been adulter
While the life of the habitual mover
is subject to many trials and troubles
eed tn he old he is at least freed from the anxiety
late the fact and nuisance connected with the gar
bings he buys | ret accumulation Of half buds
comes down and shaky furniture. Like the run
unication or ming horse jockey, he aims to reduce
his luggage to the lowest possible
point.
" who would
r. stea, q cent The government will receive the
Oud not hest cordial approval of agricultural and
his hogs mn truck garden interests in its efforts
,a inst before smash the fertilizer trust While the
owners Of the rich black soils of the
west may be Indifferent to the opera
help appreci- tons of this organization the question
atment at the involved is that comes very close
that the latter nome 10 the FARMERS OF most or the
r place. This eastern states.
Of little i'm
yortb while Nature is an expert mathematician
showing wonderful ability in problems
est is a very Of chance Ages ago she figured out
ructed affair that to bring a very few baby fry cod
generate the to maturity the mother cod would have
. material and to produce millions of eggs every
place the lob son. In like manner she knew that to
10 course of a fetch very few seeds Of the maple
or elm to full growth hundreds of
thousands of the little flyers would
women would have to be produced by the parent
,chanpe places The foresight displayed on all
nv wear The sides is marvellous, revealing ever
outdoor air present ever active and supreme intel
latter would ligence.
re from work
continued and The latest thing we have come across
in the line of offensive and defen-
sive agricultural organization is a
consists Just poultry vigilance association, and,
mage and pre strange enough the need for this did
erioration of not arise in Texas, Missouri Ken
tivities which lucky, where chicken stealing is by
emulation or some classes considered art but in
wealth 1t is a prosperous north Iowa community.
ainting of the AS its name indicates the purpose OF
ings and ma the organization is to detect and pun
lie and In the ish chicken thieves, there being a
standing reward of $50 for information
leading to the arrest and conviction Of
small and the any guilty party.
ol which is SO
lem as an or Experiments now being made in
IN rake, while which cement tile is being used in
at be place Of the ordinary draintile While
by the ord II is too early speak authoritatively
conditions to the durability of the prod
field culture uct the durability Of cement when put
der, the points to other would to indicate
lis being iden- that it would prove entirely satisfac-
tory in this particular. Where sup
ply Of sand is available the cement tile
he method can be produced at about One-fOurth
at fresh eggs the cost Of the ordinary tile We would
sealed so to be pleased to report the experience
to spring by which any of our readers may have
q wire basket had with this new kind of thing
tile Of boiling
seconds and An Ohio county Agricultural society
This seems to last year gave prizes to persons rails
of albumen, ing the most and best garden stuff on
the egg and a quarter Of Here Is what the
rites fellow who got first prize grew ON his
patch: Ninety hills of sweet corn DE
ring honor TO tween the hills Of beans were
by virtue OF grown IL hills Of SQUASH 81 poles but
nS2ts king" ter beans As hills cucumbers n toma-
7estern states to vines 33 hills lima BEANS next
corn festival Oh hoats radishas sasify apd