Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-01-25

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per cent, or from 100000 In 1901 to
100000 in 1903. This grain Is now
prices considerably above
the dollar mark. and recent discovery
has led to the fact that 1t makes good
bread. 1t is known as macaroni wheat,
and has many traits of hardihood not
found in ordinary wheat.
1t Is common occurrence for a
son of rich man to begon where his
father left off and to end up where
his father began. This Is compare,
lively easy and is too often the case.
among sons of rich men. st is not
all Of life to live nor all Of death to
de-" neither is 1t all of mans life
to make money, but one can at least
partially succeed In what he under
takes. Success is far better than
riches. What is the measure Of your
success? i
One thing in favor Of the goat 10
that 1t is little subject to disease.
Whether this is true of all Of our
diseases we do not know.
Doubtless the goat is subject to some
disease. AT least 1t is asserted that
the goat does not have tuberculosis.
II this is SO 1t is strong factor In
Its favor. Its milk should in that
case. be used more and more, and
new and better breeds of milk goats
should be developed. We are sup.
posed to have about two million goats
In this country. A physician says that
we should have twenty millions Just
to supply milk for the babies Of the
! have used the following formula
for solution to kill borers in apple
and peach tree: One can OF Banner
I've; one quart of coarse salt; twenty
gallons of water; mix and bring to
a boil. Remove small amount Of
the ground from the root of the tree
and pour quart of the solution about
the tree one foot above the ground.
In doing this you will destroy all
eggs or germs about the
tree. In week or ten days replace
the soil about the tree that was re-
1t is better to pour the So
luton about the tree as hot as pos
sible. When one has large orchard
Use kettle stove. By thus doing you
lose but little Of the heat. This solu-
tion III used as directed has given
good results, and am glad to have
others use it.-Exchange.
cannery Crops Uncertain.
The growing of crops for the fac
tory has enough uncertainty about it
70 give it the zest of speculation. This
las been made manifest in the recent
experience with tomatoes. The
,hances of drought, early autumn
frosts, blight and similar adversitiess
realty affect the yield of fruit per
lcre. The yield is also influenced
argely by the richness and Adaptable
ty of the soil to the toma toes. There's
ore, owing to conditions which may
md those which may not be controll- 1
ID by the farmer, the income per acre
las varied from $40 to $3.50. This
makes 1t possible to lose heavily or
make handsomely in growing toma.
oes.
Grass in the Orchard.
Horticulturlsts and fruit growers
ave long known that grasses are In !.
urious to young apple trees. but 1t
Gems that they We're wrong in at
the injury to interference !
With the air, the water and the food
upply Of the trees. Carefully con-
lucted experiments and observations.
It the Wodburn experimental fruit
arm in England have shown, how /.
'ver, that there is some direct or in
lirect product of grass growth that
las an active poisonous effect on the
cots Of the trees. 1t is also suggest
I'd that the so-called exhaustion of, /
he soil by certain plants. preventing
he subsequent growth of other plants
n the same ground, may be due really
O some poisonous product left by the
irst plants.
Begin Feeding Roots.
Roots, such as carrots, turnips.
and potatoes may be fed
to cows swine, sheep and
'oultry. In feeding to sheep it is best
o start in with small quantity un-
II they are used to them, else they
re apt to have scours. There are
many ways Of feeding the roots, but.
8 rule, they should be fed by them
elves and in rather small quantities.
more us an appetizer than anything.
Use. In feeding them to poultry 1t
good plan to feed one lot chop
led up in very small pieces and mix
d with some grain, like corn meal. Il
1t is good plan to cook small DO.
atoes and mix them in the bran mash
which is fed III the morning. Az.
'ther day a lot of carrots, chopped
mall. about the size of q kernel OF
orn, this to be fed MT noon In the
rough, followed by a smaller feed
han usual of grain scattered through
he chaff on the scratching shed floor.
n feeding to hogs put the roots In
he trough without any slop and In
'ieces Of quite good size, for the hogs
Prefer to have them this way. An
occasional feed Of roots from now ON
Until spring will do the stock great
leal Of good.
Forcing Fowls to Moult.
Many poultrymen have tried the so-
allied Van Dresser plan of forcing
owls to moult early and have met
With varying degrees OF success. The
'lan consists of placing the fowls in
run of rather limited dimensions ana
living them as little food as possible.
nd yet sustaining life for two weeks.
The writer tried the plan for the.
econd season last year ana with sat
sfactory results In the case OF Leg
lorns, but only fair results with
'lymouth Rocks. The plan of feed.
ng was to scatter in the runs some
mall grain like wheat, mixing with