Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-10-25

Farming is poor business when the
farming is poor.
But few plants will thrive in wet
soil. A good drain is sometimes better
than manure.
A COW unused to llnseed meal, 1t is
said, will increase her milk two quarts
a day If fed it.
Select eggs of uniform size for
Matching, especially If you use hens
for that purpose.
In three years the progeny Of pair
Of rats, under favorable conditions,
will number 1000.
Women seem better adapted than
men for some of the work connected
with tire home dairy.
Sunflower seed produces oil of an
excellent quality, and is said to be
good feed for both poultry and sheep.
A hen will often be made to lay a
soft-shelled egg by falling from a
perch, or by being chased about by a
dog.
1t is the vigor and not the size Of
the seed potato that determines the
size of the product and the amount
of the crop.
Good care prevents disease in the
case of all animals. The troubles to
which they are subject are due in near
" all cases tc improper treatment.
A good hen will lay at least hun
dred eggs every year that may be
sold. There ought to he money in the
chicken business, and yet how many
have failed at It?
Watch currant bushes for San Jose
scale. Scrape the bark, If the scale
has arrived. and apply sulphur lime
mixture. Do not let the scale winter
on the bushes. MS it will finish the
plants before spring.
Crate-feeding chickens is n simple
business that can be conducted sue
cessfully by any poultryman, farmer
or packing house In the United States
1t is the most positive money making
branch of the poultry business.
Don't force mounting. Nature will
provide for it when the time comes
This thing of starving poultry for n
long time and then feeding them high
~ nutrtior% food that they may be
made to grow new crop OF feathers
is all nonsense.
With regard to hens which regu-
larly and systematically lay soft
shelled eggs. 1t is generally found that
they belong to the very prolific varie-
ties, for it is rarely that IL hen be-
longing to the Asiatic breeds suffers
from this complaint or habit.
The usual practice of cleaning off
the droppings boards, and storing the
droppings in barrels, is wasteful from
the fact that when so put together it
heats quickly and gives off its nitro
gen, the element which gives 1t is pc
culinr value as a fertilizer.
Two principal causes may be as
signed why some hens lay eggs with
soft 81, Int q,
orally caused by too rapid production
or something may be wrong with the
feeding by reason of which the bird
gets an insufficient supply of lime for
shell formation.
One of the hes. poultry foods for
inducing egg production is COW peas.
They may be fed whole to adult stock
or cracked for chicks. They are high
ly heterogeneous ana are superior TO
corn or wheat. Another excellent
poultry food is rape, which may be
grown on alI kinds of soil.
When 1t is desired to cut two or
more crops of grass from field the
grass should be cut before the seed
heads form, as the grass has perform
ed Its mission when 1t has seeded;
hence. If the first cutting is deferred
until the seed is ripe, there will be
no second crop of Importance. Such
crops as Hungarian grass or alfalfa
may be cut about every FIVE weeks.
What boon it will be to shlftless
farmers If it shall prove true, us re.
Gently reported, that Hungarian
chemist has discovered liquid which
will prevent the oxidation of every
thing that has been immersed in ii.
Then the farmer can dip his tools in
1t and leave them out in the rain as
frequently as he chooses without in
jury. The new liquid is said not only
to prevent rust and decay, but to har-
den wood and brick. Wood, after be-
ing properly treated in 1t, becomes alb
solutely waterproof. Fuller details
concerning the qualities OF zorene, as
the liquid is called, will be awaited
with interest.
The Butter Eye.
A yellOwish tinge in the skin Is con-
sidered point of great Importance in
Jersey cattle. How much foundation
there may be for 1t has never been
satisfactorily determined, but there is
an impression among certain breeders
that the presence of an orange circle
around the eye is indicative of the
ability of the COW possessing it to
not only produce a great yield of but
ter, but give butter of good quality