Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-02-15

Iron fence posts are becoming more
common to take the place of the wood
en- posts.
The best cure for farm mortgage
is plenty elbow grease and little
Of self-denial
EloQuence is only CAB with its Sun
day clothes on. Agriculture is plain
farming dressed in store clothes.
When sheep is keep for wool and
mutton, be careful not to Gull out the
best mutton too closely for the butcher.
Lay plans to-day. look over them
morrow for defects and be ready to
rut them into practice at the earliest
possible moment.
Some men In buying breeding ami
male look upon bigness, fairness and
huge priceness as essentials. Live
stock improvement means more.
According to the California Fruit
Grower, California in the year 1904
produced 165, 900 pounds of prunes,
=
and 120,O0O,OOO pounds of raislns.
Most of the available farm lands
that are for sale by the government
are placed on the bargain counter and 4
will be sold Mt bargain counter prices.
To be able to do anything is like
eating doughnut. To be able to half
do 1t is like eating the hole in the
doughnut: one can watch the hole
grow.
One reason why worry kills more
people than work is because there are
more people engaged in the business
Of worrying. Some people would rather
worry than work.
The man who has clay or gray
ely soil need give but little care to
his plow in winter to keep 1t bright,
but the man with an alluvial soil will
need to keep close tab on the bright
ness of the mold-board.
Buying patent right or engaging
in 'get rich quick" schemes is very
good way to rob ones self. 1t is not
the only way, however, for one can
do 1t by continually growing and sell
ing crops without putting anything
back on the land.
The early laying pullet should be
marked and kept for the breeding pen
next season, provided she is other
wise good bird. In nearly all cases
the pullet that begins to lay early in
life is the one that will lay the larg-
est number Of eggs in a year.
Winter days can be employed in
many ways. Much work that is usu-
ally put Off until spring can be done.
Get some half inch rope and make
number Of rope halters. These are
always useful. On stock farm it is
difficult to get too many of them.
The horse that has served his mas
ter faithfully for many years is en-
titled to consideration in his old age.
1t is practice too common to sell
the old horse to some peddller or other
person that will have no interest In
him beyond the work that can he OBJ
TUNED from him.
According to newspaper reports, Luz
Their Burbank OF California has pro.
duced flower which, when cut nei-
Their fades nor loses its odor. 1t is
said that these permanent blossoms
may work revolution in millinery,
as they can be used In place of artifi-
cial blooms.
We've had the horesless carriage,
cowless milk, BUTTERFLIES butter and
the seedless apple and now Kansas
man threatens us With featherless
chicken to uomplicate the task of the
boarder who insists on knowing IL 1t
was picked before 1t was ripe. No,
we don't want the featherless chicken,
for that would necessitate clothing In
cold climate.
To the man who takes great pains
with his seed corn all seed corn school
ing seems silly, but the man
who is careless about 1t is very much
In need Of the best way to increase
the stand. Many farmers have farm
ed for years and yet the yield OF corn
they get is about one-half what 1t
ought to be. This is largely OH &C.
count of poor stands.
The Canadian government is en-
ploying special measures to induce
former Canadians who have settled
i In tho TYn,tod SxotaS 10 co+,,,,, 81 49,
ada and occupy land in the northwest
ern provinces. which are now very
attractive to many farmers inclined
to migrate. An agent has been in
structed to open offices in Boston and
to reach the farmers of New England,
those of former Canadian experience
preferred.
A Pennsylvania farmer saws he
cured balky horse of that pernicious
habit by the use of electricity. He
purchased small storage battery,
connected the wires to the bit and the
crupper. and placed 1t in his vehicle.
When 1t was anticipated that the
horse was about to balk. he pressed
the button, the horse would feel
shock and would snort and try to get
out Of the way of the unusual feeling,
which, Of course, would cease when
he got started. He was thoroughly
broken of the habit, SO the writer
says.
i The corn crop in the seven surplus
States is 1,438, 100000 bushels. or 1877
nm On0 hnahnla mora than In 1000