Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-06-24

SdVluS Clover nay IS not q difhCHi(
matter IL the climatic conditions are
favorable. while 1t Is almost lmpossI
BILE to cure 1t In good condition in
catchy weather. Where large areas
have to be cured 1t Is impossible to
adopt the method of shocking it, 1t
being much better to cut after the dew
is off, starting the tedder shortly after
the mower and rake up and haul the
next day. In this way hand labor,
whichCis SO expensive. is dispensed
with. 1t is better. says Iowa Home
stead. to allow the crop to stand until
the first heads are brown rather than
cut it during catchy weather. as 1t
will spoil less standing than when cut.
Farm Notes.
There are two certain methods Of
capturing the plum curculio. First Ia
by jarring the tree every morning for
three weeks, after the plums are set,
catching the weevils in sheets laid on
the ground. The second is by colon
izing large tlocks of chickens in coops,
or in yards, under the trees.
If farmers were as careful and sys-
tematic in the management OF their
herds as the breeders of pure breeds
are with their cattle, much better re-
suits would be secured from ordinary
stock Even the best breed Will fail
If not rightly managed, and all classes
of stock can be made more productive
IL extra care is given.
Veterinary surgeons state that the
milk is the first thing affected when a
COW becomes Ill, and that the milk
will show Indications of coming milk.
fever and garget week before any
outward sign can be discovered. A
sore. or anything that may be liable
to poison the blood also poisons the
milk at the same time.
1t Is a mistake to expect that eggs
will hatch precisely in twenty.one
days. While this Is the rule, 1t is not
an invarlable one. Some will hatch in
nineteen days, others in twenty-one
days, and others will require twenty
five days for incubation. The causes
are various-such as getting too cold,
too much heat, lack Of moisture, want
of vitality of either or both Of the
parents, and the age of the eggs.
In giving salt to animals 1t should
be done in manner to allow each
animal to partake Of as much as 1t
desires and prefers, instead of giving
the salt in the food, thereby compell-
ing some animals to use more than
they wish. Each animal has Its indi-
vidual preference, and the proper
mode of allowing salt Is to place II
where the animals can have access to
it at all times, as each will use only
the amount needed.
Weighing the milk is the best means
of registering the capabilities and pc
culiarlties of COW and her yield. If
done one day each week and noted
down the table so constructed will be
most efficient guide to the total guam
tity yielded, the rate of Increase, the
average or seasons yield, the times of
calving, the time of going dry, the eff.
fects of particular food, ETC., while a
sudden decrease is the first symptom
of any disease or trouble.
The effort to produce the seeds of an
apple exhausts the tree more than to
produce the much better quantity of
meat, because seeds contain a much
larger proportion of the mineral ele-
ments. AS much meat or pulp can be
| grown on 500 fine large apple trees as
upon 1000 small, inferior ones, but
the production of seeds will be only
one-half as great. Thus thinning
not only adds to the value of the pres
ent crop, but economies the energies
Of the tree for future ones.