Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-09-27

coined by all who operate diaries.
Rape is n pasture plant, and does
not make hay. 1t ought to be grown
along with oats or barley and Their
grazed after the grain has been reaped
Never go security for any one un
less you can pay the obligation with
out serious injury to your own
finances. Going security has ruined
many a good fellow.
An oyerfed fowl is not well-fed
fowl. She is developing SO much fatty
tissue that her egg-layins power will
be lessened or destroyed. The well
fed hen is one that has a properly bal
anced ration and Is made to exercise
every day so that she can properly tii
gest 1t.
A higher average plane of quota
tions for raw wool seems inevitable
the world over and for some time tc
come: and buyers for wooden goods
will be wise to note this MS fact
and to promptly adjust themselves
to the new situation.
Nothing is better than milk to feet
to hogs. The Missouri Experiment
Station has shown by test that where
fed with grain it makes better gains
than either green alfalfa or bluegrass
1t is good for hogs of all ages, but 1,
will pay better to feed 1t to pigs thar
older ones. They make larger gains
on the same feed
An English tlockmaster does MOI
consider kale suitable food for in
lamb ewes, as the fermentation SCI
up by the green would be likely tt
kill the lambs. He states that he has
frequently lost lambs when ewes have
been on white turnips late in the year
and the tops had begun to sprout
After lambing lie considers such FEED
good.
A Paris chemist has produced {
colorado imitation" of the ordinary
egg of commerce. The shell is mad,
with blowpipe from moist com
bination of lime and bismuth. The
white of the egg is made of sulphur
carbon and beef fat and the yolk IL
composed of mixture OF beef blood
and magnesia, coloreu with chrome
yellow.
General consumption of horses II
Chicago has this year up to the mid
die of June expanded about 1000 heat
as compared with last season. This
despite the depressing effects of thu
Transfers strike. shows most salts
factory state of trade. Arrivals fol-
1908 total something over u per cen
more than for the same period OF
1904.
Governor Charves, the first ruler Of
New Mexico under the Mexican Re
public, had 100000 sheep which, it j
said, were herded by 200 herders
who We're always on the range Will
them. From his time the size of thu
flocks steadily diminished until few
years ago the last of the old-tim,
sheep kings. Don Jose Leandro Perea
of Bernalillo. OH the Rio Grande, died
leaving 100000.
In view of the competition between
n A fr,
the frozen mutton trade of Great Brit
ain, figures showing sheep supply O
Argentina are interesting. Officia
South American organs give the mum
her of sheep in the province of Bueno.
Ayres in 1904 at 75,s00,OOO On Jan
uary 1 the United States was estl
mated to possess 42,00O,OO0 head @
sheep.
There does not seem to be any prac
teal need of moisture about the nes
of a sitting hen. Sometimes the,
hatch every egg whether fiat on til,
ground or deep in the hay In the barn
In the latter there certainly canno
be. any moisture. The main thing II
to have good eggs and hen that II
naturally good sitter If one sets hem
on eggs. The lest plan is to hatcl
artifcially.
How thick to plant corn for silag,
depends somewhat on local conditions
says Hoard's Dairyman. professor
Hacker of Minnesota sows abou
thirty quarts of corn per acre, ant
no ears develop when sown so thick
ly. Mr.. Gurler of De Kalb. ILL.,. SOW.
in rows twelve quarts of seed pc
acre, and fair sized ears of corn de
velop. 1t is a rule of many dairymei
to sow twice ms much seed for Stag,
as they do when they wish to hav,
ears develop. About eight quarts o
seed per acre are usually sown TO
silage purposes.
Horse Staggers,
Take about four quarts of bloot
from the jugular vein and give tn
horse one ounce aloes at one dose. Fol
low this with one-quarter ounce salt
peter in feed night and morning
Farm and Ranch.
To Rid Hogs of Lice.
Hogs are very apt to become lousy
and how ii does lessen their thrift
In just one minute ! put OH materia
that destroyed every louise on one hog
With the potato sprayer. the tank con
tanning kerosene. sprayed the fanks
the roots of the ears and the hinde
parts about the tail. The hog soon be
gan to thrive as though appreciatini
the change. 1t Is a great mistake t
let lice make hogs life miserable
and consume the owners profits.
Why They Come Back to Land.
1t is surprising how many city PEG
pie are thinking, talking and actual.
going into farming nowadays. Men o
all classes. from the successful busl
ness man to the laborer. are interested