Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-01

and market the Poultry Advocate
says: "The general purpose breeds are
the Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes and
Rhode Island Reds. If you handle
them properly you will certainly be
pleased with any one of them. The
| Plymouth Rocks stand at the head as
a fanciers fowl, with the Wyandottes
a close second. 1t does not matter
which variety of these breeds you
choose. as that is only matter Of
| feathers"
The largest larm in the world is
probably farm of $4,000 acres on
the northern boundaries of Oklahoma.
1t belongs to the Indians and is leased
to an American farmer who is credited
with conducting the most perfect farm
in the world. The farming is done on
an extensive and modern plan. No
slipshod methods are permitted. 1t
costs nearly 100000 year to keep
this vast farm in operation. One
fourth of this amount is paid for hired
help. Ten thousand acres are put
to wheat, 5000 to corn and 1900 to
| sorghum.
AS range for poultry the orchard
is ideal, particularly If 1t is in sod,
for they will have the benefit Of the
green food, the insects and the shade,
but, as with the swine. 1t should not
be expected that the poultry will get
any great proportion of their living in
the orchard, and, If 1t has not a good
growth of green, then grassy run
must be provided in addition to the
orchard for shade. In an orchard
where the soil was kept cultivated
young chicks would certainly thrive,
for there would be no danger of
dampness. as there would be on sod
range, and there would be the loose
soil for them to scratch in and get
more or less insects. Combine the
orchard with ? grassy range, with
coops for protection in stormy wealth
| err, fair amount Of grain food with
plenty OF good water. and 1t is an ideal
place for poultry from very early
spring to late fall.
Feeding corn-cob Meal.
A writer in Epitomist says: have
heard 1t stated by some experienced
farmers that the cobs ground In the
feed will hurt the stomachs of the
horses, although they will do no harm
to Illuminating animals. Other eXpe-
rienced farmers say that the cobs will
not harm any stomach, but give no
rourishment, and call it useless trou-
ble to the stomach. A man near here
boiling cohs for his cows, and claims
he gets from every half bushel OF
boiled cobs, four quarts of milk. He
is quite satisfied and says 1t pays to
feed corncobs If they are boiled be.
fore feeding. There are, however, au-
tllorities upon this subject who state
that the only advantage to arise from
feeding cobmeal is attributable to the
stimulus of the distentlon of the ami
mails stomach; the nutriment derived
from cobs being dearly bought, and
that beyond the stimulus which cobs
afford in distending the stomach there
is nothing gained by feeding them.
Good Profit in Ounces.
This is fruit which is very much
neglected. !. evertheless, 1t is one of
the most important in the entire list;
important, because there is not
housewife who does not look for it
in the fall of the year when fruit is
being done up" as the family saying
goes; important. because it is one of
the finest Of all fruits for jellies,
preserves and marmalades; important
because there is no other fruit in its
green state, SO thoroughly advantage
GUS to the stomach and liver,
particularly acceptable to the latter
or account Of its known presence of
phosphoric acid. The ounce, besides,
is highly profitable fruit. selling at
a higher price than any other; not by
the measure, but most frequently by
the dozen specimens. bringing from
90 cents to 81 per dozen. Unfortu-
nately, the ounce is more subject to
the ravnges of the San Jose scale and
codling moth than any other fruit
Cyrus T. Fox, Reading. Pa.
Thrashing Corn Fodder.
In a farm exchange writer thus
tells how he utilities his corn fodder:
During recent years hnve harvest
Ell my corn with corn binder and
find this method exceedingly satisfac-
tory. Two men follow the binder and
have no great difficulty iii shocking
I'LL that one man and team will cut.
am very particular TO have the
shocks well made and bound togeth-
CIR near the top. am especially anx-
icus to have my corn fodder nicely
cured and well kept, until it comes to
the thrasher or shredder. AS to the
ccst of harvesting, l am convinced
that some seasons can cut my corn
as cheaply by hand, but one year with
another this Is not so. Then the use
of the corn harvester makes it pos
sible for me to secure all my fodder
corn, and that is what we are after.
III cut it by hand occasionally lose
n lot by frost. Then, too, If properly
shocked, 1t keeps better il. bundles,
and is much easier to run through the
shredder when the time comes.
think in the end it is great saving
of time and money for individual
farmers or groups of farmers to buy
a corn grinder and use it.
We have shredders in this part Of
the country, and they have come to
stay, but for some reason or other
have such horror of these machines
that l refuse to. use them unless
good and safe self-feeding attachment
is provided. Then, too, the average
shredder must have greater capaci-
ty for handling fodder.
l have run my corn fodder through
the ordinary thrashing machine, and
am more than satisfied with the re-
suits. If the corn is dry when it is
run through the thrashing machine, it