Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-12-13
THE DELAWARE COUNTY FARM
ERS' INSTITUTE.
THURSDAY MORNING.


opened late with the discussion of
rape ond other supplemental pasture
crops by G. A. Clute, who made
strong showing of rape as an after
feed crop in the grain fields and es-
pecially in the corn fields. He sows
it in his corn after the last blowing
with an end gate seeder and pas
lures to sheep and all kinds of stock
after the grain removed, getting
very satisfactory results and adding
vastly to his years crop on the land.
This is practice which ought to be
followed more extensively and we
should fence farms with woven wire
to give all classes of stock chance
to profit from the cleaning of the
fields. T. j. Carrothers, G. II.
True, Watson Childs and R. G.
Brooks were called upon and all ad-
vocated the sowing of rape and mil
let to help out the pastures in dry
times and also made strong plea
against pasturing to closely as it
Injuries both the stock and pasture
permanently.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
TlIoS. HoLBERT.
The first topic for discussion on
Thursday afternoon was. "How to
Improve and Add to the Profit of
Our Farm Horses" Mr.. Thos. Hol-
| bert of Greeley was the first speaker
and went on record as firm sup
porter Of the drest horse, as the
most profitable for the farmer to
raise. He advised very careful breed
! ing by procuring the best sires. That
it costs no more to raise well bred
animal than a poorly bred one, and
while the average farmer can not
afford to buy, alone, the best of sires,
this difficulty is avoided by forming
stock companies to purchase good
horse. Toincrease the profits, great
attention must be given to feeding,
especially during the first six
months. Colts require feed and at
,, tention, particularly when the
mothers are working every day. A
: horse thrives better on change of
! feed. The English and Scotch peo-
pie are said to be the best feeders in
! the world and their horses always
get the best prices on market and
gain more prizes in the show ring
: Germany has the best and the oldest
breed of horses in the world. They
have breed of horses which is the
: result Of over FIVE hundred years of
e crossing and breeding. Farmers
are advised to pick out one breed of
horses and stick to it. That it was
mistake to cross darft and coach
horse. That there is no profit in it
for the reason that there is no mar
ket for snch horse. At the conclu-
sion Of his remarks Mr.. Holbert ans
wered many questions and a general
discussion Of the subject was carried
V on.
S. B. SHILLING.
: The other topic for consideration
S was, "Best Methods Of Dairying and
Dairy Feeds"
a Mr.. Shilling was the first speaker.
j. He said that while his work was not
directly in the line that would: make
+. him familiar with his subject, still
y he was convinced that the farmers
we're just beginning toappreciate the
h possibilities Of the dairy COW. That
!, this country excelled in all things ia
the dairy business except breeding
n and feeding. That particular atten-
ton should be paid to these, and
that it costs no more to keep COW
that produces three hundred pounds
r Of butter year than one that pro-
81 duces one-hundred and fifty. He
advocated the silo as the solution for
a, getting interest on our high priced
n land, and that the corn stalks that
4. are so often left in the field are worth
d as much as the corn that has been
d taken off of them. Mr.. Shilling ex-
planned what his duties were as pre-
v sident Of the National Dairy Union
y He says his time is spent in prevent,
ing legislation, harmful to the dairy
3. interests of the country. That the
y. principal trouble was in preventing
d the manufactures Of oleo-margarine
,e from selling their product for butter
h That great efforts were necessary te
lie get ia favorable law and greater efforts
1t were needed to have the law enforced
,e lie advised the farmers to join and
S stand firmly back of these dairy as.
st sociations which are formed for the
is protection Of the farmers interests.
GEORGE. S. LISTER
le followed by giving some practical
suggestions as to the selection Of
IL COWS for a profitable dairy. He ad.
vised feeding corn ensilage and clov.
IS er hay. For milk feed protine feed
Frank cHILDs
1t spoke on the same topic. He advis
t. ed giving the cows plenty Of shelter
and enclosing the yards with high
d board fences. Never keep them in
at dark barns. Cattle need plenty Of
II light. He also advocated the silo as
money maker for dairy farmer.
J. FRIDAY MORNING.
Invocation by Rev. Suckow was
followed by music.
L. G. CLUTE
d Discussed the subject. "Can profit
n be added by giving more attention
i to farm detail?" He advocated the
k careful studying of the soil of our
4 farms and the planting Of right crops
on the soil adapted to it; to procure