Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-09-06
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1t Is better not to get the horse
ovcrheated, but If this can not he
avoided do not bring him in warm.
Use n disinfectant in the stalls. 1t
VIII make them sweet and clean and
help to keep flies and mosquitoes
away from the horses
Every poultryman should have a
small glass medicine dropper such as
may be bought from any druggist for
making local applications to the eyes,
nose and throat of the fowl.
Collect trillium bulbs IL you must
but you ought to buy them. You will
| find lot of interesting western tril-
liums in the bulb catalogues. Mark
plants of marslimallow for transplant
ing.
Visit good collection of phlox. Sc
lect what you like and make note OF
the Nightmares so that you won't buy
them from the catalogue next spring
and fill your garden with magenta
horrors.
In the past few months five spans
of draft horses have been sold in Chi
cago at $1,000 span. Not pedigreed
stock for breeding purposes, mind you,
but just common drafts such as any
farmer might raise, but few do.
With lambs over the So mark. a
shortage of 100000 head of sheep
with us. and substantial falling of
In most other sheep raising countries
should give the most skeptical sheep
men at least a five years confidence
In the industry.-Sheep Breeder.
Mutton legs can he cured and
smoked just as pork hams are, and
they are found to be one of the very
best kinds of meat when prepared In
that way. Those who usually object
to mutton when fresh cannot find any
reason for complaint In smoked NUT
ton leg.
Those who desire to learn much
about those fell equine diseases CLAN
ders and farcy should send to the
Secretary of Agriculture. Washington,
d. c., for circular No. IS of the Blu
reau of Animal Industry. The text
is from the pen Of Doctor Rush Ship
pen Huidekoper
Oregon growers association are
uniting in plan to prevent overstock-
Ing any markets to which their fruits
are shipped. One firm will be selected
In each market to look after the fruits
from the different shipping points, and
this firm will be sent only such fruit
as can be disposed of probably.
Kerosene emulsion, an excellent
wash for nest boxes. loosts and even
rs n wash on walls and ceiling, is
made as follows: Kerosene, one gal
Ion: water, one gallon; soap, one
pound. The soap is dissolved in boil
ing water. While warm pour kero-
sene In and mix thoroughly for 1--WE
| minutes.
Plow up the land you intend to SOW
with winter grain, such as wheat or
rye. If this is done it turns up all the
roots of rank grass. tlistles, daisies,
wild carrots or whatever there Is that
will injure the crop you intend to
put In the field. 1t also gives you a
clear field of hay the next year, after
you seed 1T with grass seed.
Hot weather is the time to make
cheap pork; then every farmer should
have plenty Of clover, grass or alfalfa
| pasture. some skinned milk and. If
he chooses. summer squash and other
things to go with the grain, and bal
snce the ration. thus keeping the pigs
in good health. Summcr-made pork
is always cheaper than the winter
article
Onions have become a great crop
| for market in Texas. The crop the
last spring was very large and seemed
to sell at good prices. Farm and
Ranch tells about one train of thirty
six carloads that passed through san
| Antonio. They sold for more than
$500 carload. A May issue OF that
paper stated that the early crop would
be more than 1000 carloads.
! Elipc a NJ tha
Gus things the housekeeper has to con-
tend With in her dairy work, IL she
does the work us many do In summer,
out of doors. They can be avoided by
putting up n frame of suitable size
and covering 1t with wire gauZe. A
good place to keep the milk and but
| ter vessels II one does the dairy work
in the cellar.
Plant some rhubarb: everybody plant
some. This old. reliable garden prod
uct is one that commcnds itself to all
! who appreciate good thing. Rhubarb
possesses more desirable features than
any other vegetable. 1t is less trou-
BILE to grow, is one of the most whole
some, has delightful flavor and is
one Of the earliest to come in the
spring. Plant some md you will be
glad you did for years to come.
A Louisiana man thinks garlic will
cure chickens Of gapcs. He says: II
see many cruel ways OF getting rid
of the gapes in chickens, such as run
ming something down the windpipe,
etc, which have tired. If garlic is
chopped up fine and fed to chickens
If they won't eat 1t alone. mix it in
their feed. it will rid chicks of the
cape worms. do not doubt that tine.
ture Of asafetida will produce the
same effect, though have not tried IT,
Bacon hogs are slowly growing into
favor, because demand has been
built up for bacon of that sort. The