Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-06-07
One good lamb Is better than poor

While 1t takes time to breed up
swine herd, 1t 10 a sure way to accom-
plish good one.
Breed the sows Just as long as breed
Ing them is profitable. 1t is unwise 10
slaughter good brood SOW.
It Is said that there are fully $4,000
900 less sheep in the British empire
than there were ten years ago.
A thrifty calf and a healthy boy are
very much alike in some respects.
always hungry.
Men cannot farm high-priced land on
horseback. Neither can they always
afford to sit on lne fence and watch
the calf do the milking.
When a lot of fowls become roupy |
and diseased. 1t is Of far more i'm
portance to remove the cause than to
doctor your stock. Damp. exposed
houses, with foul, wet surroundings,
are highly prejudicial.
Nearly all successful poultry farmers
started in small way and improved
gradually from year to year as they
acquired experience. They should be
located near live city, where there
10 steady demand for poultry prod
ucts and In in easy reach for transpor.
tation purposes.
The most densely crowded hen popu-
lation on record appears to be at Peta-
luna. Cal, where the published figures
show over one million fowls, mostly
of the white Leghorn breed. and kept
for egg production, which industry is
said to bring in an average Of about
$500 per day to the farmers Of the
town.
| Thunder storms and the mineral
four appear to have some connection
The weather bureau finds that the ma
FORTY of storms in July occur some
where near o'clock in the afternoon
1t is matter of common observation
that an afternoon storm on the glorious
Fourth is not an uncommon happen
Ing.
After an exhibit Of corn at the Iowa
Agricultural College, the premium ears
were put up at auction. The ear OF
corn that won first prize sold for $11;
100 ears that won $1,000 premium
sold for an aggregate of $1O2. One
breeder that had forty ears of corn
on exhibition bid them back at $35;
another man paid $1S for ten ears.
while another ten ears sold for $12.
One collection of twenty ears brought
$24. The third best single ear was
sold to the man that exhibited 1t for
$3.50. The grain will be used for seed
purposes
An expert Of the Irrigation investga-
lions division of the-E United ttates De
partment of Agriculture, IN discussing
the crops in ordinary districts that can
be greatly benefited by small and in
expensive systems of irrigation. IN
stances the case OF onions grown in
the south of Georgia. In that district
when there are opportune rains in
May and June to mature the crop, the
average yield is about 800 bushels of
onions per acre, worth 81 bushel
During May and June the necessary
rains did not come. and complete loss
of crop followed. the plants whitening
away in the dry and shriveling heat
One good irrigation each year would
have saved the crop and made the re.
turns maximum in quantity and IRE
proachable in quality.
The making of foreign cheeses III
America has greatly developed during
the last few years. When man goes
to the market and asks for a cheese
with foreign name there is no GER
tainty that he will get cheese that
is made on the other side Of the At
lantic Ocean. In the main these
cheeses are as good as those made
in the place from which they are exS
pected to come. The processes ar, :,
not. however. identical. Thus, at +
Wisconsin convention attended D
Major Alvord about year ago, a nj,
in the audience declared that 4
tain brand of cheese with a fore
name was exactly the same, WHEEL
made in Wisconsin or in Fun
Major Alvord declared that thtKftH
not be. because the cheese NJ.
Wisconsin was made out Of t.
Of COWS, while that made inFo
was made from the milk
Said he. IF you are making t1a4
Of cheese, show me the goattaH