Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-05

Eggs for the market should be
washed clean: they look better AMI
sell better
Respect the brooding hen. Harsh
methods should never lie used to
break her up.
The student of farming realizes
more and more that the scope of agrl-
cultural science is Infinite, so far as
man Is concerned.
The ram needs to be changed every
two years and fresh blood Infused IN
the flock. All things considered, a
three year old ram Is best when breed
Ing to improve.
1t Is very plain why the little mill
on the creek has gone into disuse
when we learn that last year 100000
600 bushels of wheat was sent to the
two cities OF Duluth and Minneapolis
for milling purposes.
We no sooner get the last load of
coal paid for than we have to be on the
outlook for screen doors and windows
to keep out the hungry hordes of
house flies which come little later
than the time for storing the winter
stoves.
Never leave Ice or spring mud frozen
on the horses ankles. 1t Is conducive
to rheumatism, chapped heel and mud
fever. Rub the legs dry with wisp
OF straw or piece OF old gunnysack.
Cheap Turkish toweling is handy and
effective.
The man who owns an upland farm
fears nothing by streams Overlooking
In a wet time he will lose some soil
from his fields by washouts, but he
cares very little about tile drains. The
level lands have some advantages as
we'll as some disadvantages.
There is great difference between
planning and planting. In order to
do one successfully the other must
be attended to. 1t is better to plan
the planting than to plant the plans.
Sometimes our plans do not work out
and sometimes plants fail to material
| lie also.
The man that wishes to become ,
successful poultry raiser should keel
right on with the work. in spite o.
any disasters that may have come t.
him. The discouragements of poultr!
keeping are also the lessons that teaci
the poultry raiser how to carry on hi
enterprise successfully.
Are you sure about your seed corn:
Will any of 1t grow? Frequently one
ear will be good and another bad
Sometimes one side OF an ear will BIZ
alive and the other side dead. 1t doe;
not matter so much the kind OF seed
your neighbor has, but what you have
| Is what you should be intensely In
| terested in.
| 1t Is common saying that hen
and gardens do not go together an,
that 1t is of no use to attempt to rails,
hens and keep garden at the sam,
time. 1t is true that In the sprin,
time. when the seeds are just sendin,
up their tender shoots, the hens ar,
not safe creatures to have in the gar
den. But when the garden vegetables
have obtained their growth or goot
share of 1t the fowls may be giyel
the run of the garden. II they toucl
any of the plants the pruning will of
ten do the plants good. but most o
the efforts of the fowls will be devote,
to Kidding the garden of bugs ant
| worms.
With respect to solidity the differ
ent parts Of the hoof vary widely
The middle layer Of the wall is hard
err and more tenacious than the sole
for the latter crumbles away or passes
Off in larger or smaller flakes on 1t
under surface. while no such spontane
ous shortening of the wall occurs
The white line and the frog are sof
horn structures. and differ from har,
horn in that their horn cells do no,
under natural conditions. become har.
and hornlike. They are very elastic
absorb moisture rapidly, and as read
lily dry out and become hard, britt
and easily fissured. Horn of goo
quality is fine grained and tough
while bad horn is coarse-gralned an
either mellow and frlable or hard an
brittle. All horn Is poor conducto
of heat. and the harder dryer tn
horn the more slowly does it transmit
extremes of temperature.-Prof job
W. Adams.
No Profit in Scruba.