Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-03-01

Fowls which feather and mature
curly are good egg producers; are good
settlers and mothers and usually at.
tractive in appearance.
Grinding the food for fowls Is not
necessary unless for the purpose of
feeding mixture or variety that can
not conveniently be given in any other
manner
1t is claimed that seeds left in their
seed covers till wanted for planting
germinate much more certainly than
those from which the hulls have been
removed.
Money invested in a railroad ticket
to; attend a poultry show is a paying
investment. The exhibitors are always
on hand to explain and answer lues-
tons, and much can be learned from
| them.
An Austrian has invented 4 safety
line for runaway horses. 1t IL so con-
structed that 1t presses two small rolf.
crs against the horses windpipe and
shuts of his wind" and he has to
stop.
The farmers In Kansas are alive to
the benefits of alfalfa and 1t is rec
ognized as being a great agricultural
product when managed properly.
Growing alfalfa is great industry in
that State.
No better time can be found to dis.
cuss the system of drainage than now.
Many farmer has wrestled with the
problem through wet fields until he
has resolved to do some draining. Otl,
ers have had experience and profit by
that experience.
An Iowa mathematician has fig
ured that corn yielding thirty bushels
per acre will cost thirty cents per
bushel; yield of thirty-fve bushels,
twenty-five cents; forty bushels. eigh-
teen cents; fifty bushels, fifteen cents;
sixty bushels. thirteen cents.
1t is in favor of sheep that they
will yield profit under conditions
go unfavorable that other farm ami
mails, under the same conditions. will
not be profitable; yet they will yield
as good pay as any farm animals for
the most favorable conditions.
In the fall season, when selecting
the stock for keeping for the winter,
always keep the largest, most active
and youngest chickens. II you have
noticed any hen that ia an especially
good layer keep her and set as many
OF her eggs as possible, especially II
egg production Ia an item.
II farm would be unworthy of that
name without well selected flock of
chickens. but do not keep poultry
purely from sentiment. 1t is paying
business. but an expensive hobby.
Know which of the birds 1t will pay
to keep and which 1t will pay to rid
yourself Of.
The useful bacilll are on the in
crease. Not long since we learned that
ii Is necessary to have Il certain kind
of bacillus In the soil for the profitable
growth Of alfalfa, and now comes the
Intelligence that a number OF them
gathered together and formed them.
selves into non-explosive lamp.
The rank and file of the farmers are
not engaged in farming for pleasure
or pastime. This belongs to the veal
thy and the urbanite who may lie ex.
plotting some pet hobby. The general
farmer pnrsues agriculture for live
liliood and devotes his resources to
getting the most from the work per-
formed on his holdings.
For many years we have been told
that snow ia poor mans manure.
We know that there Is nitrogen in
snow and that the soil is more or less
benefited by it, but when one has to
dig through snow to a gate four times
n week, taking away six feet at a
time, he becomes skeptical about the
chemical analysis Of this particular
kind OF fertilizer.
In some parts Of Michigan the farm.
ers' club spirit is SO well established
among farmers that when the meeting
day comes around whole neighbor-
hood will get together and spend the
entire day at some neighbours home.
They have a program, take their lunch,
eat, visit, walk out over the farm of
the host, look at his stock and see
his buildings, and one has no idea of
the influence 1t has on such farmers.
The man who does not read and
think does his work by the hardest
plan. 1t is the education of head and
hand that gives us the best results.
Don't point to man who has made a
success by hard labor, for he is no cri-
terion. There is no knowing how much
such man could have done had lie
educational advantages and could
have used his head along with his
hands.
There is vast difference in balky
horses. Some Of them are incurable
and others will do fairly we'll under
the most favorable circumstances
There are such things as balky driv-
ers and these are as plentiful as balky
horses. A man ought to reason, some
thing the horse cannot do. Horses are
frequently whipped when they are
frightened or at time when they
should not be whipped and they are
mdde balky. Some will balk when
hitched to wagon that will work all
right to plow.
There are different remedies for the
cure OF disease and ailments to which
poultry are subject 1t is matter of
importance that not only the remedy,
but also the proper manner OF apply
ing be clearly stated. Fowls are
caused much suffering and annoyance
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