Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-08-30

Ohio orchard men say the grass
nulch method is all right on billy

Oh1o orchard men say the grass
mulch method Is all right on billy
lands.
The farmer boy who is ashamed OF
his profession has had bad training by
poor farmer of a father.
Breeding swine should have a range
sufficient not only for exercise, but to
tempt them to vigorous exercise.
Rhode Island grass lands produce a
net profit of from s. to $40 per acre
without taking into account the pas
turage.
See how much honey you can get,
rather than how fast you can In
crease, being satisfied with an increase
of 80 or at the most 100 per cent an
nually.
As soon as the chicks are through
eating, it is advisable to turn the feed
troughs upside down, III order to pre-
vent the chicks roosting on them and
befouling them.
The coop should be closed tight to
keep out rats or weasels. If these an
imals exist in the neighborhood the
chickens must be protected, but not
by closing them in air tight.
The ginseng fakirs, after bad sea
son caused by frlgld blast from the
| agricultural department, are beginning
to look up again and their advertise
ments of seed and roots are cropping
out in the farm papers. Ginseng is 8
good thing to let alone.
Undertaking makes the soil open
porous and more easily cultivated, anu
soil that is made loose and arabic is il
far better condition to promote the
growth of our crops and crops grow
on such soils suffer less from extreme
wet or dry weather than those on lant
that is compact and with water leve
within few feet of the surface.
| Wherever roots are used as part OF
their rations, quite remarkable result.
are obtained, apparently out of al
proportion to the feeding value Of thu
roots. This seems to show that tn,
roots serve to render grain food NOR,
digestible. Although pigs do not Xix,
raw turnips, yet when the turnips ar,
cooked, and mixed with raw potatoes
or cabbage, they will eat them readily
When small amount of bran is fet
with this mash, good gains are made
A decided curiosity In the dairy lin
Is lump Of butter weighing owe
twenty pounds found in peat bog Ii
Ireland, which it is estimated to hav
lain anywhere from one hundred to
thousand years, yet 1t appeared quit
fresh when dug out. 1t was foun
four feet under the surface, and aI
peared as IL 1t had been dropped Their
while being carried to market. Bu
in former times the summer made but
ter was buried in the boys to keep un
til winter, the preservative qualitie
of the peat serving as method of nat
ural storage, and 1t Is probable tina
the butter was buried III this way an
= then forgotten.
The Colorado press bureau speaks o
a new industry for that State One o
its circulars says: "Colorado's sage
brush and cactus have given way t
peas. A few years ago several farm
ers in this locality, generally regards
as one Of the most arid and WORTHLESS
sections of the State, sowed part o
their land to peas. When the Gro
neared maturity they turned in thei
lambs to Craze. The results were mai
velous. Other farmers did likewise
and the business increased until las
year more than 100000 lambs wer
fattened In this country for shipmen
to the Eastern markets. They nette
an average profit of $l.5O each on a
Investment of 50.
For club root in cabbage SOW lin
broadcast at the rate of seventy hy
bushels per acre before planting, an
harrow In, or avoid using infested Ian,
Destroy wild mustard and charlock, a
these weeds will harbor the diseas
For apis spray with soapsuds or ker,
sene emulsion. For maggots cut cl
cular pieces Of tarred paper abor
three inches in diameter, cut slit
each from center to circumference, an
place one of these pieces about I'll
stem Of each plant at time of tram
planting, or spray with carbolic acl
emulsion. For cabbage worm spra
with paris green and rosln mixture
when the plants are small; later wit
insect powder or hot water. Whe
the caterpillars first appear hand plcl
Ing may be resorted to.