Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-03-15

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Confinement and idleness cause the
vice Of feather pulling.
1t is good plan to feed wheat as
the grain food at this time. as corn is
too fattening
Very young chickens have small
crops and in consequence require feed
Ing frequently.
1t has been predicted that the hoy
grower who stays In the game will he
the man who will win out.
If you can't be cheerful, be cheer
half-full. You know half load is
better than no loaf.
The colt inherits It's form, bone and
disposition from Its sire, and size, col
or and constitution from its dam.
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To have goo1-sIzed sheep, they must
be grown rapidly while young. and It
| Is important to give them good start
The hog that il doing nothing for
itself or its owner may truly be called
q pen holder. 1t holds the pen, and
that is all.
All. that seedless apple is full of
disappointment, for now the little boy
will have no core to give to his little
sister,
When the cholera germ gets into
herd Of swine it is all day with that
herd. The thing to do is to keep a
close tab OH the germ.
In some localities at least sheep
should be looked upon rs auxiliarles
in keeping up the fertility of the land
rather than Il means of profit.
II some men could compute the
time taken In running about from
place to place for forks they could
soon buy a number of them.
A combination of young SOW for
a dam and too much corn will more
surely cause Il fine bone and n de-
terioration than any other cause.
Style is worth something in horse
and is usually the highest priced quail
ity he has. Even draft horse is
worth all the more by having good &C.
ton.
Wool is a product from feeding Just
the same as fat or flesh. aud the flock
should be fed and managed with
view to wool growth, and that of fine
| quality.
Feeding in sheep husbandry is like
!, other problem in live stock. How
ever good the breed. without good
care and feeding they must necessar-
lily degenerate.
The one consoling thing about
mule is that he is one-half horse
Were 1t not for this redeeming trait
of relationship he would have still
fewer friends.
A Pennsylvania court has decided
that a chicken is not an animal. This
is really encouraging. Some court may
now be called upon to decide whether
toad is bird.
With the SOW in good condition at
narrowing. and the pigs given good
start so that they will lose nothing in
weaving, the foundation of IL protita-
BILE animal is laid.
1t is claimed that equal parts of red
pepper. alum, rosin and sulphur will
cure chicken cholera. Feed table
spoonful Of this mixture in three pints
of scalded meal every day.
The man engaged in running down
his farm has long since lost interest
in running his bank account up. a
bank account may not be necessary
for happiness, but good farm il.
1t is pleasure to pick up an apple
and not be compelled to eat around
worm hole. 1t speaks well for the
grower of the apple or it means that
some very industrious moth failed to
do its duty.
The dairyman who is up to date will
not be satisfied by knowing the COW
that gives the most mix or butter in
a day or in year, but he Will seek
the COW which produces the most from
each dollars worth of feed.
A cheap paint for outbuildings anu
fences consists of mixture of ce-
ment and water mixed to paint con
sistency to which is added such color
Ing matter as may be desired. Yellow
ocher makes good colOring matter
Cooperation among farmers is all
right, but such cooperative associa-
tons should be organized by the farm
ers themselves and not by some per-
son who has an AK to grind. Usually
the organizers have personal and ul-
terror purposes.
A good Thermometer is a fine thing
to have to help ambitious people use
good Judgment. Sometimes the wealth
err is too cold to make a trip to town
and when there Is no thermometer one
is liable to guess that "the weather is
not cold"
A large amount of the so-called
whole flour" consists simply of
mixture of flour and middlings. Con
sumers of this grade pay about twice
as much for 1t as they do for the real
-four. The addition Of mlddllngs will
deter rising, but adds to its nutrition.
prominent Illinois swine breeder
says he knows that it is against the
experiment station reports to cook
feed for hogs, but he feeds warm feed
to his growing pigs in winter. He