Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-07-26

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The summer butter should be wash
ed in water at IS degrees.
Hens in windy weather and with
out shelter will not lay, aud soon be-
come "roupy."
When you prune the blackberry
vines, cut off the tops when they are
ABOUT two feet high.
Give the growing fruit plenty Of
sun and air. 1t needs 1t for colorlng
and perfection in shape.
The milk which loses its quantity
cannot be fully restored until the COW
has had her next calf.
Chickens should be reared upon
fresh ground every year to insure sue
cess, and coops often shifted.
AIilking should not be hastily done.
The stripping is the most important
part and should be done thoroughly.
II coat is soiled in the mud, curry
and clean thoroughly before milking
This will keep the milk clean and
the pores of the cows skin open.
No wire should ever be left around
the body of tree. II it is desirable
to fasten tag on some young tree
fasten 1t to an Insignificant twig.
Every decent farm paper in the
country has printed so much about the
importance of testing seed that there
is no excuse for anybody planting dead
ones.
Timothy hard on the soll7 Yes, and
so is any other crop, unless some Of
the elements 1t takes out are put back.
Timothy properly managed is good
crop for most farmers to raise.
The claims of the stock food max
ers are largely without foundation.
There is nothing in most Of them that
cannot be bought In the shape of bran,
middlings and oil meal at very much
lower prices than the so-called stock
food is sold for.
On some farms all kinds of poultry
are fed together, old and young, and
geese, ducks, turkeys and chickens.
There are always domineerlng individ-
uals in barnyards. hence 1t will be an
advantage to separate the older from
the younger stock when feeding.
Weeds are soil robbers and should
not be allowed to gain a foothold. The
best time to kill them is before they
have gained good hold on the soil. A
weak seed just sprouted dies If it is
even moved, while weed well start
ed often grows right along II every
root but one Is turned out.
Sweet skim milk is generally estl-
mated to be worth 20 cents per 100
pounds, but we know good stockmen
who claim they value 1t as being worth
bushel Of corn per 100 pounds. The
value depends on how 1t Is fed to a
great extent. Fed In slop by mixing
bran and middlings with it, is prob
ably as good way as any.
For the main crop of tomatoes
small, stocky, quickly grown plants
are best for transplanting in garden
or field, but for extra early, ported
plants that are almost ready to bud
may be used. These should be trans
planted without removing much Of
the earth from the roots BY this
method 1t is possible to have ripe to-
matoes by July 1.
The Delaine is pure bred Merino
sheep, the result of improvement by
careful selection, breeding and feed
ing with definite ideal constantly
in the minds Of Its breeders writes r.
Wood in Breeders Gazette. The chief
characteristic difference between the
American Merino, or Spanish Merino,
as 1t was formerly called, and the De
laine Is the entire absence Of folds
or wrinkles either on the neck or
body of the Inter, longer staple Of
wool and lighter weight Of fleece.
As distinguished from the Rambouil-
let, the latter is larger and more
rangy sheep than the Delaine, while
the fleece is generally denser, but not
as oily nor quite as fine nor as long
as the Delaine. All these breeds are
merely families Of the one great
breed, Merino.