Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-18

bull or ram can be made to
work for living by the use of tread
power. Such animals would be all the
better for the exercise, and the power
would be obtained without cost.
A good egg Is alive. The shell is
porous and the oxygen of the air goes
through the shell and keeps up a sort
of respiration. An egg soon becomes
stale in bad alreor in dry air charged
with carbolic acid.
For early pigs well matured sows
should be mated. AS rule, they will
take better care of their filters, will be
better suckers, and the danger of par
turition will not be SO great as with
the younger sows, while they will be
more readily managed by the feeder
A gasoline engine operated by n
competent man is not as bad an in
srlrance risk as IL gasoline stove i'll the
hands of an incompetent and nervous
woman. Gasoline is dangerous, and
We should know that. The better we
know that 1t is dangerous the less
trouble there will be In handling 1t.
Reject horse with toes turnSd In
or out. The twist generally occurs at
the fetlock. Toes turned out are more
Objectionable than toes turned in.
When toes are turned out the fetlocks
are generally turned in. and animals
30 formed are very apt to cut or
bruise Both,. however. are weak for
nations.
Many man has been called upon
to compute the profit III growing tim
Der. Some have said by their actions
that 1t does not pay. This is in the
face of the fact that there seemed to
be plenty Of natural timber. The nat
ural supply is fast going into COM
merce, and 1t may be good policy to
provide for future emergencies.
Spring blowing for some fields will!
let much water escape and will leave
the soil too loose to hold moisture.
Settling must take place, which may
be done artificially or naturnIS- ROins
and frosts are natures way Of doing
this. For this reason early spring
blowing will put the soil in IL better
condition to withstand summer drouth
No one denies that the producer has
not right to profit on his products.
He has us much right to Il profit us the
merchant. the middleman or the rail
road corporation. Is the producer get
ting what belongs to him? II not, why
not? Does the producer know when
he is selling at loss, or whit his
profit is in growing any product?
There is room for some education along
this line
A Minnesota hog raiser has found
good plan for keeping hen from sit
ting. She puts under her cheap
watch. which is wound every day and
kept ticking. AS the watch ticks the
hen begins to show signs of uneasIness
and stirs the noisy egg around with
her beak. She grows more and more
nervous us the noise continues, and
soon runs Off to get cool. She finally
gives up the charge and abandons the
nest for good
California fruit has long since had
distinguishing merit which has not al
ways been due to superior quality. A
good deal of the success has como
through the attractive packages and
method OF packing the fruit. By this
means they succeed In capturing the
fancy prices. Fruit men can afford to
take notes. Wrapping individual speci.
mems conserves flavor. and when not
wrapped the flavor escapes. With the
pear the longer the flavor escapes the
poorer it will become. The pear, peach
and plum are better for being wrapped.
Iowa Homestead.
Birds that have their full liberty and
are we'll fed usually moult well; but
when they are kept in confinement,
care and precaution are always neces-
sary. An abundance of warming, nu-
tritious food Is particularly needed at
this time, and tonic of some kind can
usually be given with benefit. One of
the best things of this kind to use is
one-half pound of sulphate of iron, one
ounce of sulphuric acid and two gal
Ions of water. Put teaspoonful Of
this tincture in the drinking water,
and continue all through the season
of moulting.
Don't overload the horse for this
causes more balky horses than any
other one thing. There are many other
causes. 1t may be bred in the horse.
know of one tribe of horses, all Of
which are affected with the disease.
But most cases could be prevented by
being careful in loading; when the
ground is n little soft is good time
to overload. or by getting into ruts on
the road when the wagon is heavily
loaded. If we watch all these little
points most cases could be prevented.
Be careful, as there is no medicine
which comes in Il bottle which will
cure the balker.-Exchange.
We are almost out of patience when
| we see men who have kept sheep for
years catch them by Selling hold of
their wool. 1t is cruel, shamefully
cruel. and n man with any heart in
| him would never do 1t second time
il he could see the red, blood-settled
looking flesh always found under such
a spot If the poor sheep is killed
shortly after the abuse. 1t is almost
us easy to catch a sheep by the neck
or leg, and If it We're not it would be
no excuse. thus tearing, rs it fire.
quently does, the skin from the flesl
just beneath it. The sheep is SO dell