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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-08-08
FARMER FEED EXPERTS.
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farmer who has devoted his life
time to the study of feeding generally
has more success through his common
sense methods than any scientific
analysis can supply. If such a feeder
could have on hand all of the in
gradients (most by-products of cereal
manufacturer which according to the
market at the time would be more
economical, he could, through his ex-
perience, be very successful in mix
ing his feeds. But the difficulty with
the average man is TO maintain an
economical ration from the products
Of his own farm.
He may be an expert, if he chooses
10 study cut a new ration every time
the market changes, but he generally
prefers to let someone who makes a
business of mixing feeds do it for him.
No doubt the majority of users of
mixed feeds begin to buy it because
of a shortage of forage and grain
crops on the farm.
If such a man will keep books he
will find that as a usual thing the
use of mixed stock feed is mere mat
ter of arithmetic whether he could
buy the ingredients cheaper than he
could buy them in so-called bal
anced" ration.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-08-08
WRONG FEEDING METHODS.
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There is an old story about ship
captain who had medicine chest.
sailor was sick and he found that No.
II in his book was the indicated rem
edy, but alas! the bottle of No. At
was empty, so he took equal parts OF
No. 40, which was strychnine, and
No. z, which was carbolic acid, and
added them together and made No. At
and the sailor died.
The application of this old story is
that many feeder will think that IL
a little of cottonseed or oilseed meal
is good, a whole lot will be better.
And, like the man who put the green
spectacles on the horse and fed him
shavings-just after he got him
trained the horse died.
1t is human nature to experiment
in feeds, and the poor COW has to suf-
fer for an overdose or an underdose
before the proper ration is estab-
lished.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-08-08
TERMS USED IN FEEDING
bclentifie Nomenclature Reduced TO
Everyday Meanings.
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Stockfood consists briefly of three
chief parts or compounds, emitting
the water and minerals. They are:
Protein containing nitrogen), a
muscle former.
Fat (noe containing nitrogen), q
fuel or fattening substance.
Carbohydrates (meaning made of
carbon, hydrogen and OXYGEN.
These three substances are called
organic matter, because they will
burn.
Mineral matter is called inorganic.
An animal can live on protein alone,
but would not under normal condi-
tions, because protein Cor albumen)
is only found mixed with fat in the
case of meat and with fat and carbo-
hydrates In the case Of plants and
cereals. Familiar examples of pro-
tein are white of egg, lean meat and
the gluten which can be chewed out
Of wheat. Fat or oil we all know.
Carbohydrates include sugar,
starch, cellulose. fibre, gums, etc.
To keep alive and not lose weight
an animal must have small amounts
Of protein and larger amounts of fat
or carbohydrates. They serve as
building material to replace WORKOUT
tissue and flesh and also to furnish
power (energy) to move, work, and
do all the inside work of the body.
The ash or mineral matter fur
nishes bone material and is also nee
essary but abundant in nature. A
growing animal needs plenty of pro-
tein and ash Ozone food) and of car
bohydrates and fat. A grown-up ami
NAL needs less of either the first two,
but plenty of the last two. A preg-
nant animal needs plenty Of food for
its unborn young.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-08-08
MUST TASTE GOOD.
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A dairy ration must, of all things,
be palatable so that a COW will eat it.
1t must be bulky and coarse so as to
avoid indigestion and sickness. 1t
must contain variety of foods so
that the COW will not tire of it or get
off her feed 1t must contain enough
real protein-all protein is not alike.
1t must contain the right amounts
and kinds of mineral substances nee
essary to life, health and milk secre-
ton. 1t must be highly digestible.
Many feeds are only about fifty to
sixty per cent digestible and the work
of excreting so much waste matter is
costly in that it uses up the energy Of
the food to do it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-08-08
DIFFICULT TO MIX FEEDS
A More Scientific Result Can Be Pro-
duced BY Machinery.
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AS no two lots run alike, 1t Is very
difficult to mix straight by-products
of oats, barley, rye, corn, cotton-seed,
fiaxseed, etc., by measure, because 1t is
purely guessing Only few years ago
intentional fraud or unintentional
carelessness was the rule. Before the
feed laws were passed, each manu-
facturer adulterated all the trade
would stand.
Every car of feed sold to the con-
sumner is not analysed, and the farmer
cannot become a feed expert because
he has no laboratory. Not one car
out of five hundred is officially in
spected. In the old days country
millers were throwing feeds together
with no knowledge of feed and were
running valuable cows and making the
farmer poorer. In those days the feed
tables were wrong, the feeds didn't
fit the tables; the digestible analysis
method was incorrect; feed standards
for animals were not agreed upon nor
complete; the animals didn't fit the
standards; the buyer didn't know
what was in the feeds he bought to
mix; and there was an unavoidable
variation in the concentration of the
feed.
These conditions have been largely
overcome through the joint action Of
the government and state experiment
stations and the mixed feed manu-
facturers who have every facility for
maintaining a uniform product. BY
using these scientifically prepared
feeds, many herd has doubled its
yield, and profits. There are some
painters who can buy lead, oil and
dryer and mix and match their own
color uniformly but the best painters
of today have learned that mill-made
brands are much better than any
thing they can mix with a paddle.
The same is true in fertilizers to a
great extent. In mixed feeds there
can be no economy in home mixing
because the mixing factories, being
near the large markets, can utilize
by-products to the very best advan-
tage. Home mixing cannot be accom-
plished at one-tenth of cent per h.,
besides the result is never twice alike
and cannot be without the help of q
laboratory.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-08-08
DEBORAH. Iowa. August l. 1917

hOi Cdil NOtSs ihChOSio 'otAh6
aye. Motion was carried.
/, Moved and seconded that the Mayor
appoint committee to inspect the sew
er system and that this committee be
instructed to report to the Moore-Sieg
Construction Co., and also to the Coun-
Gil at its next meeting. Motion carried.
The Mayor appointed the entire COun-
ell to serve on this committee, with
Alderman Mckay as chairman.
A communication from the State In
dustrial Commissioner was read, eX-
empting the City from carrying compen-
sation insurance upon its volunteer fire
department. Alderman Bucknell was
excused.
Moved and seconded that the Property
Committee be instructed to make the
necessary repairs at Hose House No. 3
in the Fifth Ward. Roll call vote, All
members present voting aye. Motion
was carried.
Moved and seconded that the part of
the minutes of meeting held July 18th
referring to the exemption from Poll
Tax be rescinded. Motion was carried.
Moved and seconded that those who
have enlisted or have been drafted and
called into actual service before Oct. lst.
1917, be exempted from the payment of
poll tax Roll call vote, all members
voting aye. Motion was carried.
Motion by Mckay, seconded by Me
Andrews, that the report of the Park
Commissioners be accepted, placed on
file and published. Roll call vote, Ayes,
McAndrews. Mckay, Willis and Berge-
son, Nays, Hislop and Engbretson. Four
ayes and two nays. Motion was carried.
& Motion by Hislop, seconded by Eng
bretson. that the Tax Levy for the Ii
brary Fund be fixed at l1s mills. Roll
call vote, ayes, Hislop, Bergeson and
Engbretson. Nays, McAndrews,. Mckay
and Willis. Three ayes and three nays.
The vote resulting in tie, Mayor Hook
declared the motion lost.
Motion by Mckay, seconded by Me-
Andrews, that the Tax Levy for the Ii
brary fund be fixed at 2 mills. Roll call
vote, ayes, McAndrews, Mckay, Willis
and Bergeson. Nays, Hislop and Eng
bretson. Four ayes and two nays. Mo-,
ton was carried.
Motion by Bergeson, seconded by Will
lis, that the Tax Levy as recommended
by the Finance Committee for the year
1917 be adopted as follows;
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-08-08
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A practical test shows that eight
tons of first class dairy feed will re-
place Is l-3 tons of farm grain, max
ing a proportionate saving of about
$50 per ton and it also puts three
times as much fertilizer back on the
farm as is in the grain this farmer
could sell. h,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-08-08
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There is no sense in hauling two
loads of cheap feed when one load Of
high-grade feed will do the work and
costs but three-fourths as much as the
two loads.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-08-08

that will save
you many a dol
lar will escape
you if you fail to
read carefully
and regularly the
advertising of
local merchants
In This Paper
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-08-08

hOH call vote, ayes. NCAHuTtWs, NC
Kay, Willis, Bergeson and Engbretson.
Nays, Hislop. Five ayes, one nay.
Motion was carried Alderman Hislop
reserves his objection as to the Library
levy.
Moved and seconded that the Street
Committee together with the street COM
missioner be authorized and instructed
to offer for sale gravel from the City
gravel pit at IS cents per yard Roll
call vote. All six members present vot-
ing aye. Motion was carried.
Moved and seconded to adjourn until
August 18th, 1870 p. m. Motion was
carried L. s. DALE,
City Clerk.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-08-08

Moved, seconded and carried to adj
journ till 1870 p M, Monday, August
18th, 1917.
c. MORTON,
Chairman
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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-27
if they had the gap opened.

1t is one thing for an army to
pour thru a gap into an enemy
country, and it is another thing for
them to carry with them enough
force and equipment to stay in that
country and control Ut. Granting
that they could maintain themselves
for day or two, it would be neces-
sary to forward a line of supplies
to some point of distribution and &C
complish the distribution, rest the
fighting men at times and keep NOV
ing onward. The accepted theory is
that in such an event, the portion
of the army so advanced must soon
er or later be concentrated on a
small area to fight for existence,
with the enemy concentrating all
manner of fire on them from two or
three sides, gradually driving them
back till the line was again straight
ened out or nearly, straight.
sz Wherever one side finds curve
in the enemy line, there they seek
to throw in a cross fire or slant
ing fire into the lines or trenches
and capture that section, or sector
as it is called. The square front
where neither side can drive slant
ing shots in among the enemy is
what trench fighting resolves itself
into, and where an advance is made,
the endeavor is made to carry it
squarely forward and protect it's
own men and positions at the point
of greatest curve if possible, for
curves are bound to be formed at
the ends of the line of advance.
In the description of the British
advance on the thirty-two-mile front
last Tuesday, cablegrams say the
cavalry made wide detours beyond
the Hindenburg line, but the infer
ence is that the land was a beehive
Of Notifications of multifarious
kinds, and they only lodged hurried
ly here and there, and retired, we'll
knowing the futility of trying to re-
main where~the..en enemy had the ad-
vantage.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-27
TREACHERY IN RATTLE
AND IT'S REWARD

In the great Autro- German drive
into Italy the bodies of dead Italian
soldiers were stripped of their uni
forms and Austrians and disloyal
Italians dressed as Italian soldiers
and made their way in great num-
bers into the Italian lines. Next day.
when the battle ragged fiercely, and
the outcome was doubtful, these
traitors passed among the Italians
and passed the word that the other
divisions of the army were falling
back, and leaving the impression
that a backward move or a retreat
was general. In this way a real back
ward movement was started, and it
was not until the damage was done
that the treachery was discovered.
Then the Italian troops determined
to get even, and set about to watch
closer and to fight harder.
Last week in the midst of hard
fight, a long column of Austrians
threw up their hands and advanced
with both hands high in the air in
dicating surrender. At first the
Italians In their establishment
thought they had captured an army,
but studying them thru glasses they
observed that the solid columns had
back Of them other colmns carrying
double supplies OF rifles and machine
guns ready to supply all hands at
the proper moment. The italians
let them get within short range and
then moved them down in heaps
for their treachery.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-27

the curb seem to be the main sub
jects Of choice.
There seems to be a general i'm
preston that a lamp on a post Is
a better way of lighting business
street than any other way, but a
long series of inquiries on our part
has failed to bring out the reasons
why it Is better. We don't know.
But we do know that the history of
the trend of public opinion in city
building and identifying is that the
public are tickle and changeable, and
they are generally opposed to any
thing that obstructs the surface of
the street or that obstructs the vision
on the levels where people walk and
travel. They are opposed to bill
boards because they are unsightly
and they always obstruct the vision.
They are opposed to signs and avn
ings but they stand for them, and it
is hard to- find anything more un-
slightly than an old awning, especial
ly IL it is dirty and ragged. Black
foot stands for unsightly awnings
that hang down as low as peoples
faces, and they stand for large over
head signs that are dangerous on ac-
count of the fact that they some
times fall during storm, landing
enough steel on the walk to kill any
one they may strike,' but nobody has
happened to be in the fatal spot yet.
Blackfoot hasn't the nerve to lay
and adequate water system. 1t
hasn't the nerve to have an adequate
fire department. 1t hasn't the nerve
to send its fire chief on tour Of
inspection to discover how many fire
MANAGES there are in the business
houses menacing the adjoining
places. 1t hasn't the nerve to con-
denim some Of its ancient buildings
that are only firetraps, and require
the owners to remove them for pub
lie safety or on account of the fact
that they are unsightly, but we pre-
dict that they will take a streak Of
pride and tear up their new paving
to lay cables. and tear up places to
anchor down the iron posts, and
spend lot of good money to illum-
mate and show off the old firetraps
alongs with the good buildings.
Considering the history of most of
the building projects, II the estimat-
ed cost is $4,000, it will be safe to
expect that the completed cost fill
be<$16,000 or $4,000. We further
predict that within five years after
installation, there will be started an
agitation% for the removal of the
posts, and that within ten years the
posts and cables will all be discarded
for some "theI system.
Thio is once where the editor of
The Republican is opposed to prog
ress-that particular kind of prog
ress mentioned in the resolution.
Having taken up our humble resi-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-27
WHY POSTERS
VANISHED

We don't see many posters around
the streets nowadays and we don't
find them in our mail boxes and we
don't find them hooked on our front
doors at the knob and we don't see
them flying around the street soaring
horses.
A few years ago If a merchant was
EmaRing-.an unusual effort to clear
up~-his stock-of goods by a special
sale he had great posters printed,
and employed man with livery
rig to drive up and down the coun-
try roads leaving one of the posters
at every house, and by this plan
flooded the country with an an
nouncement of what great things he
was doing. A few years ago every
auction sale that was to take place
was heralded by a great number of
medium-sized posters scattered over
the country and nailed up on poles
and posts, but those things have al
most disappeared and the war is not
the reason for it either. Men in
business are studying efficiency now
as they never did before. The old
time business man who did business
blindly, without knowing the costs,
has been disappearing from business
activities and the man who knows
his costs has found that posters were
the most expensive way he could find
of spreading his announcements.
Granting that he got his posters
printed for nearly nothing the great
cost of distribution was so heavy
that it made those schemes imprac-
ticable. Nearly all of the business
announcements are made now thru
the newspapers. The expenses are
only a fraction of what they used to
be for printing and distributing the
posters and the service is SO much
more thoro and efficient that the old
poster has vanished with the beer
and whisky.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-27

dence in the Grove City and remain
ed a part of it for a third of a
century, we are prepared to stay and
see it thru, with whatever fickleness
and lack of consistency the public
may adopt. We have seen them do
many other things with as much un-
reason, and we have noted how long
bit generally takes them to wake up
and regret the errors. We suggest
that they all take walk around by
the city hall and note the dingy
lamps on the posts there, the amount
of mud in the bottom of each bowl,
make guess as to how long it has
been since the bowls were cleaned
and the burn-out lamps renewed,
and. then compare them with the
clean, bright lights suspended from
the overhead cables, and decide
whether they wish to expend a little
money for a lot of light or lot
of money for a little light. Also,
they might study out some means of
keeping the lamps on the posts look
ing as good as the new buildings in
stead of having them look as dirty
and dingy as the old firetrap build
ings which they propose to light up
and show off with the alleged fine
system.
There is once when the city can't
do a foolish thing and then spit on
the slate and wipe it off and forget
it. 1t will be right in front of them
in iron. and adamant, and the tax
collector will slip them a statement
once a year that sounds something
like Fare pleased"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-27
NEW FIGHTING MACHINES
BRING BACK OLD WAYS

OF all the notable battles of the
wary nothing more importnt has
been achived than that of last Tues
day on the western front by the
British troops when the tanks lead
the way and uprooted the barbed
wire fences at intervals along front
of thirty-two miles, making gaps
thru which the infantry and the
cavalry poured in such numbers as
to push the Germans back as much
as five miles in places, and breaking
what has been known as the linden
berg line, which was thought to be
impregnable.
Warfare changes with the times
and implements of the age and when
the barbed wire ENGAGEMENTS came
into use in the Spanish American
war, the small hand clippers of the
size that can be carried in the vest
pocket, were used for cutting the
wires to let our soldiers thru. In
the present war, many devices have
been used for tearing the fences to
pieces, one being a shot carrying a
cutting surface to clip the wires, but
when the tanks came into use with
their sloping noses and cutting
hooks on the slope, wire fences were
cut and up-rooted wherever the
tanks moved, and trenches were
crossed as bug crosses crevice.
Indeed the tank is very much like
a roach in form, except that from
its sides small cannon belch forth
the death-dealing lead among the
enemy, and ordinary shot and shrap-
mel directed at it glance off like
marbles from turtle-shell.
A tank seems to be built some
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-27
CONGRESS SHOULD NOT
WAIT FOR PETITIONS

The American Defense society is
spreading petitions over the country
for people to sign, asking congress
to enact such legislation as may be
necessary for the punishment of alt
persons who oppose the operations
Of the government in raising and
training armies or who seek to dis
courage or impede in any way the
prosecution Of the war.
The people should not have to
send a trainload of petitions and
flood Of kilograms to Washington to
get action on such manifestly neces-
sary step as Furnishing the enemies
of the country.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-27
BRITISH STRATEGIST
SURPRISES THE HUNS

Trench warfare has been develop
ed to such science that it has been
said for long time neither side
could spring surprise on the other
At no time could one side go over
the top and catch the other mapping
or in any way unprepared for them.
So terrible has been the slaughter
while advancing on an enemy trench
system and getting thru the fences,
that neither side would venture an
advance till after they had pounded
the enemy to powder on the teryi-
tory to be attacked. Then all would
rush in to try to forestall anything
the enemy might attempt. Carrying
this idea farther "a rain Of shells
would be dropped along certain
line to keep the enemy from send
ing reinforcements into the scene of
the struggle. This line of exploding
inferno is called barage, and when
either side concentrates its artillery
fire on a piece of country for a day
or so, and then spreads a barage,
everybody knows the titanic struggle
LIS within that area, and reinforce
ments are rushed in If possible.
Last Tuesday, Field Marshall Haig
tried the bold move of sending for
ward an attacking column thirty-two
miles long without any artillery pre-
paration or barage fire, and he
caught the Germans by surprise, kill
ed and captured large numbers and
took large strip of territory away
from them. Tanks, horse and man
and line of steel everywhere like
waves in the sea, overlooking every
thing, was the new greeting that
came out of the comparative calm
of the morning, and it won.