Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
there are sew things on the farm that
will pay better than well-cared- for
garden and poultry yard.

Stances the farmer starts his well near
the buildings and yards. and selects
the lowest point as a location, with the
idea that he will not have to dig as
deep as he would upon higher land.
This is often n mistake, as we know Of
several places in village where the
wells near the top of the hill are not
as deep and are not as much affected
by drought ms those on the lower land
at the foot of the hill, though there
may be fifty or a hundred feet differ
ence In, the elevation. But the chief OBJ
lection to the well on the low ground
Is that 1t receives the surface drainage
from the higher land, and thus the
water soon becomes so contaminated as
to besuntit for use, either by the family
or the animals, for to be healthy they
must have pure water. In these days
of driven wells. pipe can often be
sunk on the highest gravel knoll or sand
hill on the farm more cheaply than in
the low land, and when water Is reach
ed 1t is pure and will continue so, be-
cause the surface water runs away
from 1t, and not toward 1t. Ii wind
mill is erected the wind power is bet
ter, and by tank and pipes water can
be brought to house, barn and yards,
or carried to irrigate the garden and
strawberry bed in a way to make it
doubly pay for itself, first in saving of
daily hard labor at the pump, and next
In increased crops by having water
supply when needed. Many man who
thought he could not afford to put in a
new well has paid out more cash for
doctors and undertaker's bills than the
well would have cost.-American Gull
tivator.
Advanced Farming.
Around the stove of many country
store during stormy wintry days will
be assembled farmers who descant of
the hardships of farming, says Col
mans Rural World. Oh! that many
such might know the weary, monoton-
GUS toll of the mechanic and laboring
man Of the great cities, and the clerk
and Office man, whose greatest change
is from Office to home and vive versa.
Many farmers who are thus prone to
bemoan the drudgery of fate fail to
realize how much the century has given
to agriculture and to grasp the still
sterner truth that success anywhere,
everywhere means hard work and
much hard work. How many would
continue il wheat We're now scattered
by the handful, cut with cradle and
threshed with fail? Where would be
the wheat fields of California? How
many would plant corn with hoe, and
largely cultivate with the same print
tive implement? Where would be the
forests of corn in Missouri? The farmer
who is tussling with the question of
making all improved agricultural ma
chlnery serve his best interests in or
der to have time for studying the intri-
cate and complicated problems of his
farm operations, rather than bemoan-
ing his lot. is the one whom all his
neighbors proclaim as $50 lucky!" Pom
der the "luck" problem and see If it
isn't working along the most advanced
and progressive lines.
Milk AMI Thunder.
From various experiments respecting
connection between thunderstorms and
the souring of milk Prof. II. w. Conn
draws the conclusion that electricity is
not of itself capable of souring milk
or even of materially Fastening the
process, nor can the ozone developed
during the thunderstorm be. looked
upon as of any great Importance. 1t
seems probable that the connection be-
tween the thunderstorm and the sour.
ing Of milk is of different character.
Bacteria grow most rapidly in the
warm, sultry conditions which usually
precede thunderstorm, and it will fire.
quently happen that the thunderstorm
and the souring occur together not be-
cause the climatic conditions which
have brought the storm have at the
same time been such rs to cause I'M
usually rapid bacteria growth.
Big Mares.
The breeding of draft horses of en-
IRENE weight is not likely to be over
done in this country for long time.
The fact is there are not any too many
mares than can produce the top weight
kind. A good, big draft mare is, there
fore, worth money to the man who is
fixed for raising heavy horses. Breed
her to good, big stallion, feed her and
the foal plenty of good growing feed,
such as oats, bran and clover hay, with
some corn, too. and there is no danger
of an understood colt. Draft blood is
something, but not everything. Lack
of feed in early life accounts for a
whole lot of draft bred horses that are
only Chunks of 1,4OO pounds or less.
Understood nearly always means UNI,
derfed at some stage of the game.-Na-
tional Stockman.
Great Is the American Hen.
The American hen is a great institu-
ton. AT rough estimate there are
about 35O.OOO.OOO of her in the United
States and each year they produce
something like 14,OOO,000,OOO eggs,
which represent $175,OOO,OOO. About
S13OC 1000 worth of poultry is eaten