Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-21

Growing chickens should be fed
three times day, just what they will
eat up clean, no more.
The object of caponizing Is to i'm
prove the quality and increase the
quantity of the flesh of fowls.
1t Is the nice appearance of goods
that sells them. Nice, large, fat, plump
fowls always bring the best prices.
Tobacco stems covered with straw
are an excellent preventive of insect
breeding when the hens are sitting.
Fowls that have the run of the farm
do not require much grain. The bugs
and insects that they pick up take the
place Of 1t.
Unslaked lime, coal ashes or dry dirt
are good materials to scatter over the
floor and under the roosts after good
cleaning up.
In the successful dairy, kindness to
animals. careful attention to cleanli-
ness and the comforts Of the COW are
sure to be found.
There are three breeds of fowls that
are pre-eminently valuable for egg pro-
duction. These are Minorcas. Leg
horns and Black Spanish.
Reduce the winter stock Of poultry
as much as possible to layers. These
will pay their way and leave profit,
whatever the cost of feed may be.
Boiled potatoes mixed with wheat
bran make an excellent mash for
fowls. Season with salt and pepper.
1t is especially good when fattening.
After centuries of use of the old
antiquated excuse for plow used in
Eastern countries, the modern pillow IL
now being introduced in many oriental
countries.
The longer before planting time
blowing is done the deeper 1t can be
plowed. This means, deep blowing in
the fall of the year and comparatively
shallow in the spring.
Sheep husbandry is something like
fruit growing; 1t Is about the poorest
kind of occupation for careless man,
but the man who is diligent and care
full can realize good profit.
One of the very best feeds to give
ewes that are sucking lambs is oats
and wheat bran mixed, the lambs grow
rapidly with the ewes fed on this ra-
ton, and with good hay or fodder.
There is no advantage in having a
hen wean her chickens too soon. This
is especially the case in cold weather,
us the longer the chickens remain with
the hen the better, as they will grow
faster and thrive better than IL left to
themselves.
The man who farmed in '78 and '92
will probably not burn any corn for
fuel or feed any wheat this year, as
was done in those years. In the for
fsar ,eaf '.,sss &c cheaper to burn corn
than to buy coal. Corn sold 1t .eesyep
cents per bushel ana coal $3.50 tol
In the latter year wheat was so chea
that it was used for feed in many lc
culities.
One of the things some have to lear
is how to feed new corn to hogs whel
the old corn supply has run low. Their
is always more or less danger of dis
ease being brought on by too free US
of new corn. 1t will be better to fec,
sparingly and supplement with othe
feeds until the new crop has com
nearer to maturity. There is an ele
ment Of danger in new corn.
Conveniences lessen labor and are
therefore, time savers. We do no
always have things as convenient a
we might have, even at the same ex
pense. Some very inconvenient thing
cost more than those Of more con
venience. Let US study to have al
things US convenient as possible. On
farmer built an expensive barn
and all the grain had to be carried
some distance in bags and dumped in
to the bin. Another built modern
barn and would not put in a hors
fork for unloading hay. A man VIII
will do this in this age is simply II
his own light.-Iowa Homestead.
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