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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08
Profitable Cows,

The owner of a herd of twenty-five
grade Guernseys and Jerseys in Wis
consin submits this account of the av-
erage per COW: Cost of feed, S2S; re-
turns from creamery, $57.1s; pounds
of milk, $500; pounds of butter, POS;
price of butter, 1872 cents; price of
milk, 9S.4 cents; return for one dollar
in feed. S2.O4; net profit of butter over
cost Of feed, $20.1S per COW. Ration:
Bran and malt sprouts, six pounds;
well-eared ensilage. thirty pounds;
straw; fodder corn in fall; in sum-
mer pasture only. Adding value of
skim milk makes profit $4,000 per COW.
Thus the owner has netted over $1,000
for his cows. Part of the profit is in
skim milk at one-third to one-half cent
per quart, but worth the estimate for
making veal, pork and poultry prod
ucts. The value of feed in States fur
ther East would be $40 to $50 greater
per COW, while the price for milk and
butter would be considerably increas
ed. The net returns would not vary
greatly. The open secret of success II
this case seems to be the fact thai
every COW is a heavy ylelder of ricl
milk. --Massachusetts Ploughman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08
She Knew That He Knew.

George was caught mapping, says the
London Tit-Bits. A pair of soft little
hands covered bis eyes and sweet
voice commanded: Guess who 1t isl
Nothing very dreadful for George in
this, you think, but then you don't
know that George has two sweethearts
md Tor the life of him couldn't decide
whose voice 1t was, which made 1t n
very embarrassing situation for him.
A wrong guess would lead to compli-
cations awful to think of. But a
happy thought inspired George and he
announced:
Its the dearest, sweetest little girl
in all the world"
ooh, you lovely boyw gurgled the
satisfied one as she removed her hands.
And now George thinks Of applying
for diplomatic post, feeling that his
talents would be wasted in any other
field.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

For many hundred years manufac.
lturers and craftsmen of various kinds
guarded the secrets Of their trade as
IL success depended upon keeping com
petitors ignorant of their methods.
Monopoly Of trade was sought through
monopoly of knowledge. The day OF
the trade secret has passed. although
there are some surylvals where manu-.
facturers are not content with the
short monopoly that the patent system
gives to them. In Its place has dawn
ed the day OF trade conferences, in
which men discuss processes of man.
'ufacture and methods OF sale. Last
winter committee of Englishmen en-.
gagged in various trades visited the
United States to study American meth
DDS. The American factories were
opened to them. and all information.
which they sought was given freely.
They reported the result OF their in
vestigations recently. A company Of
German agricultural experts have been
in this country studying American
farming methods, In the hope that
they may improve agricultural condi-
tons at home. 1t is only in recent
years that Europeans have begun to
study America, but Americans have
been learning from Europe for a long
time. The consular service, greatly
improved In recent years, has supplied
much information to American produc-
ers. Men engaged in distinctively in
tellec.ual occupations have long recog-
nized the necessity of getting together
to compare notes and to talk over the,
things In which they had a common
interest. The conferences of ministers
and the medical associations are good
examples Of the practice. Although
there have been boards Of trade and
chambers of commerce for years, the
trade conference in its present form is
a recent product. 1t is the result of
the broader, education of the world,
which has made men dissatisfied until
they have learned all there is to know
about the thing In which they are in
terested, whether it be the manufac-
ture of locomotives, the raising of
,beets or the origin of Greek roots.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

Several years ago the writer par
ticipated in the work of laying
down peach trees in autumn and
covering them in various ways to
protect them through the winter and
spring. This plan has been tried in
various ways almost every year, and
nearly always with success. In sea-
son like the present one, when peaches
promise to be n rarity, any scheme of
carrying the fruit buds through the
freezing weather is especially attract
i've. Prof. w. Paddock has recently
reported the success of several grow
ers in various parts of Colorado who
have been practicing this method.
They find it profitable as CONNER
cial venture. 1t looks like an i'm
.practicabillty. to be sure, to lay down
and partially cover fruiting tree
every fall. but 1t has been shown re-
peatedly that it is perfectly feasible.
The expense Is only about 10 or Is
cents n tree, and even n dozen good
peaches will almost cover the COST
Country Gentleman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08
CLERGY man Peddles sermons.

4
An English clergyman makes bust.
ness of syndicating sermons" says n
drummer who has just returned from
London.
"How do you mean?v some one ask
ed.
Why" explained the drummer, "the
clergyman writes sermon and then
he prints about forty or fifty copies
of it. and he offers to one breaches III
each of forty or fifty towns the ex-
elusive use in his own town of the
production. The price of the sermon tt
each man is only five shilllngs, but 4
fifteen or twenty men take 1t 1t brings
into the syndicate, you see, about 1Ot
shillings, or S25. And since the ser
mons are SO short that one can bt
done in morning, that is pretty good
pay. The syndicator advertises his ser
mons in a religious paper. The notice
reads:
"a clergyman of experience and
moderate views, who distinguished
himself during his university course
in divinity and English composition
will furnish original sermons, in strict
accordance with the Church of Eng
land, in good print, at five shillings
each. Only one copy will be given II
any diocese. A specimen will be sen,
If wished for. Sermons made to or
der on any required subject, on reas
enable terms Philadelphia Record
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08
I'm proved stock waterer.

No matter how pure source of sup
ply may be at hand for watering
stock, If 1t Is pumped into an open
trough and left exposed for any length
of time 1t soon becomes polluted and
unfit for the animals to drink. This
will not be the case, according to the
inventor. If the stock-watering up.
paratus here shown is put into use.
II pure water is furnished to the tank
or barrel to which this fountain is at
tached, 1t is claimed that there is no
way by which the animal that is
drinking can make 1t foul. The wa
terer consists of double drinking
bowl, made of cast iron, which is at
tached to the outside of n tank or bar
rel. On the inside is another chamber.
Enclosed in which Is brass float and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

loop-like rod on wagon end gate, SO
chain can turn easily; d is a chain run
ming from to e. which is half-lnch
hook for hanging chain. On the other
hook. e, at other end of rod, b. hang
the kettle This arrangement allows
the kettle to be swung off the fire
easily at any moment, and without
legs Or anything under the kettle to
interfere with building fire. Such a
hanger is easy to make, but should be
made of only good, strong material
and put up substantial or firm.-E G..
Beergisser, in Farm and Home.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08
Admitted HI. Gn;1t

do you not at times have soulful
yearnings which you long to express in
words but cannot?" asked the fair
maid who had leaning toward the
sentimental.
yes, was up against something
like that once,y admitted the youth
with the noisy tie II wanted to tele-
graph home for money and didn't have
the price of Marconi.,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08
a saleswoman in a Paris dressmak-

"A saleswoman in Paris dressmak-
er's establishment, whose salary was
twenty-five hundred dollars year,
accepted an offer of three thousand
dollars from a rival firm, and promis-
ed to forfeit two thousand dollars If
she broke the new contract. There
upon her employer advanced her salary
to thfrty-seven hundred dollars, and
agreed to pay the forfeit provided she
would make no change. These figures,
which have recently been brought ont
in French court. have more than
local interest, for there Is some reason
to believe that rich Americansp ay
the bills,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

Nine. Toselli dia->pot like a novel
written by AZ: Henri Gavin, and when
she saw the author on the streets Of
Nice, France, the other day she took
two shots at him. The cable says,
"One bullet was deeply embedded in
n. Cauvin's flesh" II this method Of
discouraging literary endeavor be-
comes popular the Authors Club will
have to take out more accident insur-
ance.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

widow and SIN
sularly her first husband was n Black
burn-Judge II. H. Blackburn, of Mar
itinsburg, w. Va. Judge Blackburn
was the law partner of Ward H. La
mon, President Lincoln's old associate
and friend, and during his lifetime
Mrs. Blackburn was one of the leaders
of social life in the old State. Before
her first marriage she was Miss Nc
Henry, of Maryland, the daughter Of
Robert McHenry, noted lawyer.
After her widowhood four years ago
she moved to Washington and became
the companion of her mother, who died
few months later.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

Leander has been outdone by that
e9-year-old bridegroom who swan
across the Platte River because he
was lonesome without his bride. What
story to tell when this man grows
old and gathers his grandchildren
about his knee!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

Therwomen's clubs are to establish
Q fund through which they hope to
discover how many poor Widows"
VIII be, affected by the new. child labor
law. Heretofore certain violators of
the law have found these suffering
persons In great number.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08
New York. He was an old-fashioned

New York. He was an old-fashioned
man. with oldfashloned notions of
honesty and courtesy, and a nature
as fine as spun gold. And the sweet
est story Of his life was his love for
his wife. Half cntury ago he mar
ried her and for 90 years he made
her happy. They say that true love
and real sympathy speak without
words; that man and n woman, their
lives in tune, can sit hand in hand
and each understand the very heart
throbs of the other without one spoken
word. That is true, sometimes. 1t
means devotion that is unselfish and
holy. When a man lives for years
with that kind of human comfort at
his fireside, there can not be much
in life after death has entered his
household. When Mrs. Stoddard was
dying. she smiled fondly into her hus-
bands face, touched his hand with her
wan fingers and whispered, Good by,
dear. am going and you must take
care of yourself" He stood by her
open grave with the sun shining on
his grand face and told the mourners
what one woman had done to COM
pletely fill the life of her husband.
After that he didn't want to live. You
are young. There are no aches in
your bones, NO great sadness in your
heart. You can't and do not under
stand how n human being can yearn
for the end Of material things. Pray
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

President Draper, of the University
Of Illinois, said in his baccalaureate
sermon: Ordinary sense is matter
of Inheritance and of home life" 1t
would seem, therefore, that q good
many people never had ancestors and
must have grown up in institutions.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08
The Author and His living.

Mrs. Woody Ruyter-what does
your husband do for living2
Mrs Kautton (haughtily)-He's an
author.
Mrs. Woodby Ruyter-I know, 30 Ia
mine; but say, what does your hus.
band do for a living ?-Philadelph
Press. /.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

Roadways of tar-macadam have
been in successful use for some years
in Southern Ontario. The cost is from
one-third to one half that of asphalt or
vitrifed brick, 1t is more enduring than
either, and appears to stand well the
wear and tear Of heavy teaming.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08
Farm Notes.

Slightly moisten commercial fertil!z-
ers before sowing them on windy
day. This will prevent no inconsider-
able loss, us the finer particles of avail
able plant food may be frequently
blown long distances. This is prac-
teal point of great Importance.
The kind of crops and the manner of
cultivation determine the profit. While
some farmers barely subsist on farm
of hundred acres, 1t is not difficult
for others to make small farms of only
ten acres pay. There are some sec
lions in which twenty-acre farm is
considered large one, and yet such,
farms pay well and their owners are
prosperous.
A saving of labor may be made in
the garden by frequently using the
rake. Very young weeds may be easi-
ly destroyed by passing the rake be
tween the rows, while by allowing the
weeds to remain until well rooted n
hoe may be necessary. Economy of
labor is in keeping weeds and grass
down as their seeds terminate, which
renders the task easier.
Sow some annual and biennial
grasses with the perennials for perma-
nent pasture, especially If the soil be
wanting in richness and moisture. The
perennials will make but little heritage
for two or three years, because their
first efforts are to establish strong
roots. ANIMALS, on the contrary,
make but little roots; their growth is
chiefly above ground, and what re-
mains of them supplies some food and
shelter.
A community of farms has many
advantages which are not known
where large farms are the rule. The
farms are better cultivated and cared
for, and the whole section bears n
more thrifty appearance. Neighbors
are nearer, and generally of the most
Intelligent class, while roads are bet.
ter, and churches. schoolhouses, stores
and other conyeniences necessary TO
the most advanced civilization are
more numerous. which advantages can
be the more easily and conveniently
enjoyed.
--ta
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

On plows, wheel holes, wagon frames
and the like, where the jolt and strain
comes directly against the bolt, 1t is
hard to keep them tight. Take off the
Jolt and increase friction by using an
iron washer with leather washer I'M
der It. Turn very tight.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

No parents whe have the means to
buy decent clothes would allow son
or daughter to go out in seach Of n
position without seeing to 1t that he or
she is neatly dressed. Appearances
count for much, and clothes and u
clean face are SO obvious that they
are usually well attended to. Man
ners come next. They should come
first, 1t may be; but, not to quarrel
about that, they. generally get some
attention In the final instructions, IL
It Is nothing more than Now mind
your manners. Jimmy, and be polite
to the gentleman" There still re-
mains one. other thing I'VE are now
considering appearances, not character
and that Is the speech OF the appli-
cant, the language in which he states
his case and answers questions. Here
1t is that many boy or girl undoes
all that neat clothes, clean hands and
an acceptable Difference have accom-
plished. .sAre your parents liying?'
,"Nope-er-that Is, not both often
amt. 1 got u mother. but amt got
no father" Indeed, he does not get
any further, because the prospective
employer does not want boy from
home where such language is used
This may be an unjust way to look al
It. In particular cases 1t would be
very unjust, for gentle, correct speech
is no guarantee of morals or intelli-
gence or industry; but in the long
run 1t Is Just. One who meets d
stranger, about whom he has had op
portunity to learn little or nothing, car
hardly avoid Judging him somewhat
by his manner of speaking; and 1t il
in the home, In the ordinary course
Of daily life and conversation, thai
habits of speech are learned and be
: come fixed. In some families the
trouble is. of course, lack of early ad
vantages. Here the only remedy is thu
resolve that the children shall have
those advantages. But more Otter
s the blame must be laid to carelessness
I'd slipshod manners In speech. A lit
fought, little attention here viii
J i8E much.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08
Probably a Counterfeit.

she-They say that good-looking
chap with the eyeglasses is an English
nobleman.
He-Well, don't believe IT. heard
him say that he had no Intention of
marrying an actress or an helress.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

:.
The reason for the speech of Presl-
dent Roosevelt at San Francisco in
which he made SO strong a plea for a
greatly enlarged navy and other prep
arations for war, is now apparent.
His friend Senator Lodge delivered an
address at Greenfield, Mass, in which
he spoke of dangers from without due
to our great industrial growth and
power.
I'VE have," said he, "a higher energy
of organization and production than
any other nation. For this reason we
are driving less highly organized and
less energetic peoples to the wall.
Whether the opposition thus aroused
can be stilled or whether it will be-
come desperate and manifest itself in
a political or military manner no one
can say. 1t behooves us, however, to
watch carefully and be always on our
guard both in our conduct and our
readiness"
President Roosevelt and Senator
Lodge are evidently agreed that siren
uous steps are necessary to preserve
this country from the united opposi-
ton Of Europe either POLITICALLY Nv
tariffs and others forms of protection
or nv the more resolute method Of war
II NAV he that both these doughty
statesmen are merely intent nnon
arousinp n martial spirit in the haa RIO
of their countrymen, so that they will
allow themselves to be bled more
freely for large appropriations for the
navy. the army and the other con.
comitants of expansion. But If tbey
are sincere in their advice and really
fear this country is in such great
danger, 1t would seem that they should
take their fellow citizens more into
their confidence and say how soon the
attack may be expected and what
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

married to Sena-
tor james Black
burn, of Kentucky,
a year ago. She
is a woman of
great beauty and
possesses a per.
sonal magnetism
which rapidly turns
.acquaintances into
friends.
Before her mar
riage to Senator
Blackburn she was
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

lime or Kerosene will drive most Of
them away, and little bisulphide of
carbon poured into each hillock and
covered over with the loose earth will
clear them out thoroughly. For ants
in the house, rat poison in molasses
will kill lot of them, and the rest
will take the hint and leave.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08
Wheat for Egg,

Wheat contains larger per cent of
aloumen than any other grain, and for
this reason Is one of the best grains to
feed for egg production. 1t should
not be made an exclusive ration, how
eYer.--Commercial Poultry.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

A New York man has gone crazy
because report that he was heir to
fortune proves to have been false.
1t is always well to refrain from get.
ting worked up over such stories until
one can put his hands on the money.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

why haven't you been attending
church of later asked the parson.
Doctor forbid IT." replied the delin-
quent party. "He said must give UP
sleeping in the daytime"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

We feel grateful to those club
women who were generous enough to
call man capital background" II
there is anything which the average
woman needs to-day 1t is good male
background with capital-plenty Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08
A Kettle swim.

An exceedingly simple yet conven-
lent hanger for a kettle is shown. Let
a represent n post 4x36 inches; b a
piece 3x4 edgewise, with three-quar-
ter-inch bolt through 1t and the post,
so b can turn easily; is small iron
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

The foot7and-mouth disease is de-
ranging the New England's fairs. The
hand-to-mouth disease is complaint
Of long standing almost everywhere.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

Ozonize the water is the latest
ukase Of science. AS the apparatus
for doing this costs only two or three
hundred thousand dollars, no house
hold should be without It.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

One dairy writer suggests that the
COW which kicks never hits sensible
man. Not II the sensible man side
steps before the cows northwestern
corner reaches him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08
ANIMALS CAN NOT BErouL SUPPLY.

lever, controlling the flow of water to
the outside bowl. The fountain is au-
tomato in Its action, as the float rises
with the water in the bowl and cuts
OF the supply when the proper height
has been reached. AS the valve is al
ways closed, except when water Is
flowing from the tank to the drinking
bowl, there is no opportunity for for
eign matter to find its way to the inte-
rior Of the storage reservoir.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

II have an idea" began young Soft
leigh, THAT -"
Are you quite sure interrupted
Miss Cutting. shat you can distin-
guIsh betweee ideas md wheels ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

General Howard thinks schools will
stop the kentucky feuds. They may,
but think Of the first school teachers
who go in there to do business
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-07-08

The wife Of Berlin banker has
been arrested for throwing bouquet
that struck the emperor on the helmet
with such violence that it frightened
the empress. This is simply awful.