Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-12-07

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Uneven sailing and working makes
streaky butter.
Keep the farm separator clean, in.
side and outside.
All animals, when fed heavily, re-
quire change Of food. and this IL -.
pecially true In the case OF sheep.
It don't pay to keep cows for 3 side
issue. Get the best and make dairy
ing business Just like any branch Of
farm work.
1t ia important to remember that the
richness Of the food given stock has
much to do with the value OF the ma
nure made from them.
Handles OF old dish pans will make
good door pulls on screen DOORS aud
places where needed. These should be
put away and saved until they can bs
brought into use.
One advantage in using smooth plan
ed boards for the poultry house, II
that it is a much easier task to keep
down lice and in keeping clean, while
the cost is very little more.
Free exercise for hogs develops mus.
Gle and frame and adds to the value OF
the pork. Lnck Of exercise Is the great
est of all reel-diseasers in the case of
all kinds OF animals, including man
himself.
1t is estimated that the 5000 head
of sheep in Whitman county, Washing
ton, will shear an average clip OF
twelve pounds. The lamb crop must
be considered good, since It is calcu-
lated that the average increase VIII
be 100 per cent.
Tie season for tomatoes can he
heightened several weeks by pulling
up thrifty vines before killed By frost
and hanging them In the cellar. The
fruit will continue to ripen much bet
ter and will keep longer than II picked
and laid away to ripen.
The successful dairy farmet to-day
4 Is business mana manufacturer
who is producing a commodity in uni
| yersal demand. He is not In the husl.
ness for his health, but for a profit
| above his living. Therefore, careful
| study of the marketing Of his larry
! products is necessity With him.
The man who fails to rig enough
sideboaris to his wagon to l.okl what
corn can be husked III linle day is
wasting time that In more valuable
than that Of the bankers. 1t ia all
right to hnyc plenty of batbortis, for
they are continually squirting one to Ito
his best in trying to fill the wager,
box.
liz some farmers would only talk
clover instead of politics they'd be
much better OF. Some farmers pro-
| fess to know all about politics WHO
have not learned the first principles ~
! the beneficial element Of clover. A
1 politician is always looking after bis
fenccs-his political fences. Quit pol
tiles and grow clover.
Just at this time, while some Of the
old stock is still on hand, and the sur
plus of the young stock not vet dis
posed of, with cnpons, pullets and old
i all fo,.t 1.niy lolH ull <,s
maslies, we need plenty OF feel
troughs, II we wish to protect the birds
from ,mduly crowding one another and
possibly preventing the weaker ones
from getting their share.
The old-fasliionel '.razor-back" hog,
which ran wild and fed chiefly Oh
acorns, made the sweetest Of all pork
and the most toothsome OF breakfast
/ bacon. The trouble was the lcnnness
O. the carcass generally and the waste
In bore. The thoroughbred hog rene
dies these defects and, Of course, by
greater bulk and fattening, qualities ID
far more valuable for market purposes
than his unclyilized ancestor.
One Of New York's big department
stores has gone into the hen business.
Nearly whole floor il devoted to
A poultry aud poultry appliances. Elk
perts are to teach those interested how
to care for chickens. and IL you wish,
chicks will be Matched for you while
i you walt. Fifty broods are to be
Matched every day. SO the proprietors
j claim. The idea ls to increase the in.
tercst in poultry raising and thus make
sales for appliances, eggs, etc.
Apples should never he picked when
q wet. They should never be stored
when warm. Should he ripened in Il
dark, cool place. All should be sorted
into grades and labeled accordingly
Two neiglibors took apples to market
Both had the Wealthy variety. One
of them sorted his apples and took
nothing but the best, and the other
took them as he gathered them. The
first sold his at satisfactory price
willie the other could make no sale Il,
II glutted market.
One reason why some spring set.i
ing fails is that plowing sometime.
makes the soil too loose and rObs 1t OF
moisture. and then It brings to. tht
surface material that is not friendly Il
tiny roots of young grass and clover
1t needs surface soil that has been cx
posed to air and sun, and where or
ganlc material has become well rot
ted The disc will sometimes At land
better for seeding than blowing. II
leaves the soil solid, except at the sur
face. moisture is held, and the surface
Gun be made fine and compact.
In comparing farm with city If,
1t is well to state that where one car
be successful and obtain enjoyment
there is where he ought to reside
Some enjoy the farm and others tn,
city Many people have never l;noWI