Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-03-08

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Water Is MS important as food and
lhould be supplied clean and fresh.
When fowls are permitted to roost
In foul. damp houses 1t causes droop-
lshness.
When the hens are laying abun-
hantly lime should be kept before them
ut all times.
As rule the greatest failure in the
Ice crop is in a failure to get enough
Of 1t put up.
Loose oatmeal is one OF the best ma
terlals to feed young growing chickens.
1t can be fed dry.
Every feed has Its own excellencies
and Is superior to every other feed in
some point or points.
1t is good plan to keep in a box
supply of ground bone where the
fowls can help themselves.
While you have comparative leisure
suppose you give the betterment Of
rural schools and country roads some
thought.
A dressing of well-rotted manure
put on the garden now will be found
great help. 1t is difficult to get a
garden too rich.
The man who has sure feeling
that his seed corn is all right may be
Justified, but there are some who are
hugging delusion.
Did you forget to let the water
down In the pump when the thermom-
eter went down to zero? If you did,
the pump demands your attention.
The caution must be repeated about
placing eggs where they will absorb
disaTeeable odors. 1t hastens putre-
faction and lessons their market value.
The champion ear Of corn at the
agricultural college at Ames, Iowa, at
the close Of the Short Course" term
sold for $11 to commission firm In
Chicago.
500 dairy COW is rarely met. She
Is seldom recognized when met. She
Is never for sale when recognized.
Poor feed will make 500 COW look
like thirty cents.
The United Kingdom now consumes
$5.O0O.OOO worth OF bananas a year.
Three-fourths OF the supply comes
from the Canary islands and the bal
ance from the West Indies.
The Walnut Growers association Of
southern California has offered an
award Of $4,000 for practical means
Of controlling the disease known as
walnut blight or bacteriosis.
1t is time many Of us were getting
out OF the primary grades of agricul-
tural knowledge. The drainage and
fertilization are still in the A G.
stage and there have been but few
who have passed on to the next grade.
The same feed, shelter and care re.
quired to winter poor sheep will
winter good one. The difference in
the yield Of wool or mutton between
poor and good sheep Is usually the
difference of profit or loss In keeping
sheep.
In the early days Of irrigation 1t was
thought that 1t required six feet of
water to lrrigate a crop. Now MANY
would be glad to get one foot. Accord
ing to government expert about %
per cent Of land is injured by too much
water.
In planning 1t will be well TO plop
for profits as well as yield The Yield
is not all. but it is a good deal. One
will need TO seek weak places in the
fields and replenish with loads OF
manure. and then he will need to read.
study, observe and practice.
A broiler is chicken OF two pounds
or under A spring chicken weighs
from two to four pounds. A stewiny
or roasting fowl weighs four or more
pounds. Broilers are also known as
"barbecues" and frying chickens."-
Boyer In American Poultry Journal
Tn r,tyipr faod1 Fo, ok.ay.
not always depend OH the arithmetIcal
calculation as to nutritious elements.
Palatability must also be taken into
consideration. The best mess for a
COW may be prepared and IL she does
not eat and enjoy II, poor results Will
follow. The COW gets good results
from bluegrass because it is palatabIe
as well as nutritious.
An Ohio man has made the discoy.
cry that he can hatch chicks in a bee
hive. Upon investigation he found
that the temperature Of his hives was
about that of his incubator. Acting
upon this information he placed sit
ting of eggs in hive and in nineteen
days took from 1t some chicks. He
says chafr hive is necessary. Stretch
piece of cheese cloth above the bees
and lay the eggs on this cloth. Place
cushion over and around the eggs
Here is something, II true. that ought
to convince every poultryman that 1t is
necessary to keep bees.
Profit in Poultry.
Few people realize what enormous
quantities Of poultry and eggs are
consumed or how rapidly modern
methods are revolutionlzlng the poul-
try business. Not many years ago
there was not large poultry farm in
existence. and no one believed exclu-
sive poultry farming could be made to
pay. but to-day there are many large
poultry farms which are giving a good