Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-02-11

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before 1t is returned. On the other
hand l call to mind several farms in
Northern New York on some of which
worked when in my teens They
were well stocked then and have been
ever since, it being necessary to some
times buy western feed stuff to carry
over the stock during q period of
scarcity. Some of the owners have fine
residences in town and rent their farms
which are valuable property and cannot
be bought for song.
The rotation of crops should receive
more careful attention. There are some
lands along our rivers and brooks that
cannotwell be utilized only as per-
manent pasture, but nearly all our
prairie lands may be made tillable by
tlling and when the rock are taken out
they are as productive as any part of
outyfarms. On farm that can all be
cultivated commencing with a field
well seeded, NOW for hay three seasons
not turning stock on after haying till
late in the fall, then pasture three years
or longer, the longer the better for the
land, break up In the fall and plant
with corn not more than two or three
seasons, sow to small grain and seed
with clover and timothy, equal quanti-
ties by measure. Sometime the condi.
ttons are unfavorable for "catch" of
grass seed, in that event SOW timothy as
soon as possible after harvest on the
stubble and harrow lightly, follow with
the clover early In spring. We may
do with less hay land and use it as pas
ture providing we have q good silo
which seems to be the best means yet
devised to utilize portion of our corn
crop. 1t comes in about as handy for
the farmer in rough winter weather
as good cistern with plenty of soft
water does for his better half.
In relation to pure bred stock Iowa
ranks as the leader of the sisterhood of
states in the number of pure bred ami :
mails. She has more importers of draft
horses and more high grade draft horses
than any other state. Her 300 breed
ers of pure bred Herfords, sold one
fourth of all the pure bred Herfords
sold in America last year. Iowa has
one-third of all the Aberdeen Angus
cattle in America, also more Short Horn
breeders than any other state in The
Union, and more pure bred Galloway
cattle than any other state. Also many
fine beards Of the dairy type as shown
by the l40,000,0OO pounds of butter
made annually. With such large
number of pure bred animals within
our a@a state to select from. Il would
seem that in the near future our farms
can all be stocked with pure bred ami.
mails of any breed or type the farmer
may desire to keep. We need not go
wild because meats have been unusual.
ly high the past year, or flatter our
selves they are going to remain SO.
With careful selection and judicious
handling there is little fear but there
Will will be a margin above the cost of
production. Where the farm is large
enough l prefer variety of stock
horses, cattle, sheep and swine. Then
plan to raise two or three colts so you
can sell good horse or pair every year,
raise some calves, the heifers to take
the place of COWS you don't care to keep
any longer, and the steers for the butch
er or buy few to make carload and
when ready, ship. Plan to have car
load of sheep or hogs to ship. In this
way you get quite sum of money in
lump and can useit to better advant-
age than if received in little dribs.
While well bred horses are worth ten to
fourteen cents pound, fat steers, hogs
and sheep tluctuating around i've or
six cents, butter twenty-five cents,
chickens and turkeys-well, they roost
high, with our daily mail delivery at
our doors, with the telephone by which
we may communicate with our neighbor
at any time, our free school libraries,
our experimental stations, our schools
for stock and corn judging, all these
advantages and others are within our
reach If We Will put forth the effort.
To the young people who are. hesitst-
ing whether 1t is best to have the farm
sold and all move to town, / would ask
in all csndor-Is the future outlook for
farming gloomy one?
l imagine ] see a very material
change in conditions as compared with
fifty years ago. AS my thoughts go
back to those days it seems that nearly
every part Of farm labor that we then
called hard cork is now done by hors-
es while we sit on spring seat and
drive and yet we think carrying on the
farm ia such hard work.
Let US endeavor SO far as we can to
encourage and assist those who haye
some knowledge of farm life and those
who desire to follow that as vocation
that they may start Alright, aiming al
ways to produce the best of Its kind,
practicing economy, perseverance, in
tegrity and industry, then in after years
they will not regret the day when they
assume the "General Management of
the Farm"
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