Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25
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pounds wheat 81; 400 pounds Kaffif
corn or sorghum, $1.s7Hla;; 400 pounds
bran, SO; 400 pounds cut clover, 3d.;
300 pounds ground beef scraps, 400
pounds grit, 50 300 pounds oyster shell.
$2.25; 200 pounds cut bone. 81 the
total weight of 5000 pounds at cost
of $40, so cents per bird.
The ration was given for a Western
flock, and In the East barley and buck 4
wheat or some other grain would be
substituted for the Kaffir corn and
sorghum. Prices are little higher in
the Eastern markets, and would amount
ito at least 81 per Bird. The clover Mr..
Orr recommends should be kept In sacks
and when used run through n hay cut
ter, steamed over night and mixed with
| a soft feed.
In the summer and part of the win
ter tile refuse vegetables could be sub
stituted for small part of this ration
with good results. Mr. Orr keeps dry
bran in the boxes all the time, allow
Ing the birds to help themselves. He
finds the hens of the medium breeds dos
not get over fat under these conditions.
Poultry Respond TO Care.
Most poultrymen are familiar with
the rule of one Of the veterans OF the
business who, when asked how to han.
die fowls during the winter, replied
TRY and meet the same conditions thar
| obtain during the summer when they
are on the range" In other words pro- Z
vide grain and green food, animal food,
grit and lime material with plenty Of
clean water, MS much sun us possible,
a clean, dry house free from drafts.
The freedom of the range cannot be
supplied, but the scratching shed will
help nightly In that direction.
BE particularly careful that tho
houses are dry and that the telnpera-
ture is comfortable. If the weather
threatens to be unusually cold, prepars
for it with added protection in the way
of covering windows and giving pro-
lection by curtains when the fowls are
on the roost.. Fowls do not need a
warm house, that is, a house artifcia.-
| liz heated, but 1t is necessary that the
temperature be kept as nearly normul
as possible, else the egg supply will he
shut of by sudden change in the
weather. Care In these respects will
do much more than. Is generally real
lied toward keeping up the egg supply
throughout the winter more or less re-
gardless of weather conditions.
Why City Farmers Fail.
An anxious city man writes that he
| lis earning nearly $50 week In his
city work and asks IL It would be a
wise move for him to throw up his
job, move onto II farm and go into debt
about $1,000. Here is a case where
we can advise strongly in the negative.
THE unfortunate part,of the proposition
is that the man In question says he is Z
able to save but little money This be-
ing the case he had best do some rigor-
Gus. pruning on the expense side of his
affairs. Many men are similarly locat-
ed in a large city, but within daily
reach of his business, though few OF
them enjoy such an income.
| In similar cases 1t would be an ex-s
cellent plan to, buy smaller farm near
some live town and within easy reach
of the. city so that he could go- back
and forth daily. Keep the city POSI-
ton, move the family on to the farm
and use a portion of the income to hire
a good farmer to run the place. This
can be done, and If he and his family
are fairly economical, he will find his
weekly salary will readily cover all
expenses, assuming that the farm yields
no income, which would be suppo-
sition hardly fair. This plan would
enable him to have a general supervis-
Ion of the farm night and morning. his
4 family would be healthier and happier
and soon the farm would yield u fair
income. A young friend, on a. salary
of $50 a week, is doing this same thing
and is paying for his farm out Of Its
returns, together with the saving from
his salary over previous expenses. 9th
sers can do 1t If they go about 1t right.
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