Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-08

Recommendation
If you have any doubt about either
seed corn or planter it will be better
to ascertain the facts prior to May 1st
Sprained tendons and Joints are
often the effect of long grown hoof,
continually tramping on solid floors.
Unfortunately the road to success is
mud road and has not been thor
oughly worked, and 1t has thorns and
briars by the waysIde.
In the past twenty years this coun-
try has increased in population % per
cent, and 1t has decreased in number
Of sheep 20 per cent. Dogs have con-
tributed to this state of affairs.
Poor yields are not always due to
poor soil. Some farming is fruitful of
poor yields. Good farming will make
more plant food available and the
yield will be proportonate to the
amount Of labor bestowed, other
things being equal.
A man or woman working in
dairy should have good eyes and a
good smeller.. When a can becomes a
little rusty 1t should be discarded at
once. He or she should be able to
detect every odor that will taint the
milk or injure the flavor Of the butter.
That colt which persists in getting
Its foot over the halter rope or strap
should have the rope passed through
hole in the manager on the end of
which may be hung weight that will
at all times take up the slack, keep
ing 1t taut. When he lies down II will
give him plenty of rope.
1t is an astonishing fact, says the
Agricultural Epitomist, that more
than 100000 dozen Of eggs are i'm
ported into the United States annual
~, about 10000 dozen of which come
from China and Japan. while 100000
dozen come from Canada. The Ameri-
can hen is all right. but something is
wrong with the American farmer.
We have beginners and cutters,
starters and losers, and then we have
stayers. One Of the best things In
this world is to know when to begin
and when to quit; when to start in
any enterprise and when to pass 1t
up. If we stay by a thing that is
losing money the longer we stay the
| worse.
Government statistics show that
1904 exports Of bread stuffs will be
less than one-half the value Of those
exported in the calendar year 1903.
The first eleven months of 1904 the
exports were but $s2,OOO,OOO, against
S178,OOO.OOO for last year. The de-
crease is largely due to the wheat crop
Of 1904 and the corn crop Of 1908.
A banker riding through the coun-
try recently saw the implements Of
certain farmer out exposed to the
elements. Now this man was Dor
rover Mt his bank, and when he came
in to renew his paper, the banker
would not renew, stating that he
thought he was dangerous man to
loan money to. This is an object les
son.
The area under vine In France in
1904 amounted to 4,1O1.484 acres. The
yield of wine, according to the Official
preliminary estimate, was 1.749, 281 ,OO(
gallons. or almost double that of the
year before. when the vintage wat
only S1S.91S,OOO gallons. The output
of cider in France in 1904 was 933.
5000 gallons, against 1882, 600 gal
Ions in 1903.
In digging ditch many farmers
throw the top soil and clay all to-
gether and when ditch is filled the
infertile streak through the field for
many years. A better way is to throw
all the top soil on one side OF the
ditch and the clay on the other and
when filling again the black dirt car
be put in last.
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The poultry nests and roosts shoult
frequently be taken outside of tn
building and lightly brushed witt
kerosene and lighted match applied
The fire will run over tue surface
without doing any harm. II properl,
constructed the roosts and nests cal
be taken out and replaced In few
moments. leaving an empty poultr,
house, which can easily be cleaned.
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So -. p ' anu
~ SIM "a, pun.
which is known as HAY tea" II lief
long enough the solution will contain
all the nutritive substances Of the hay
Cold water will do the same thing
requiring some more time. Hay tina
Inns been permitted to become over
ripe loses Its nutritive properties {,
the nerfected seed.