Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-28

part of the green food supply required
for the stock. A few carrots or man
giles cut fine and mixed in this mas.
adds to its value and makes it still
more appetizing.
Hardy Strains of Plants.
We have not vet fully awakened t.
the advantage of growing hardy strains
of plants in contradistinction to the
usual varieties. One of the means OF
getting hardy varieties seems to be
the use of seed produced in the local
lty In which 1t is desired to grow the
hardy plant. In the matter of clover
grown in Minnesota 1t has been found
that In good many cases the seed
brought In from the south produced
plants that in turn produced the usual
number of seeds, but that the seed OF
such plants was SO poorly filed as tc
be worthless, while the plants from
seed produced in the same locality
gave seeds that were all plump and
full of vitality. This Is not always the
case, vet If it is so part Of the time
1t serves to act as signboard tt
point in the true direction for develop
ing hardy plants.
A Good Poultry-House.
By far too many poultry houses ART
built high and wide. The high house
must be more warmly constructed thar
the low house, while the wide house
gives far too much floor room, and es
pecially If the scratching shed Is II
use. By the proper arrangement OF
nests under roosts, protected by drop
ping boards, space is economical great
ly and, most important of oil, 1t Is pos
sible to get much more sunlight into q
narrow house than in wide one, and
to put it where 1t will do the most good
on the floor. The profitable poultry
house Is also the one where provision
is made for good ventilation, without
draughts, where the sun will strike
in and cover the dust boxes, where the
nests are in the dark and where the
roosts are In the warm corner and ar
ranged SO that they may be curtainet
If further protection is needed in very
cold weather. The walls back of the
roosts should be covered with tarred
paper, so there will be no draught
from that side.
Value of Skim Milk.
The feeding value Of skim milk tc
calves or pigs depends much on what
the animals are to be used for. If one
is raising fine bred pig or calf the
skim milk has greater value than II
the animal is to go to the block. Fur
ther, some skim milk is Of such little
value that it ought not to be fed al
all. Indeed, it may be fairly said that
If the skim milk is not fresh and
sweet its main value is that of just
so much mixing fluid.
1t seems to those who have expert
mented with the feeding of skim mill
that it has its greatest value wher
given to poultry; beyond question
1t is one Of the greatest egg producers
that can be fed either by itself OF
mixed with bran and other mealt
forming a mash. Unless one has pig
or calves that 1t is desired to raise tt
add to the herd 1t Is advised that thu
bulk of the skim milk that Is fresh ant
sweet go to the poultry; at least give
them all they will consume. By care
full watch it will be seen that sucf
feeding is an economy, even though
1t did not largely increase the egg pro
duction, which 1t does.
A Ration for Swine.
The argument that swine can be fet
more cheaply on corn than on anythin,
else is fallacious If one counts for an,
value the increased gain in given pc
Rod under the other ration. True, 1
corn is low in price and other ration
excessively high then the corn is tn
cheaper food provided the carcass
brings fairly high price. 1t has beel
demonstrated repeatedly that in mos
localities the ideal balanced ration 70