Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-06-13
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A COW that is hearty eater Is
usually profitable producer, provld-
ing she is literally fed.
The kind of feeding that keeps lot
Of pigs or stockers from three to six
months without gain is a total loss Of
feed.
Because hog Is hog is no reason
why he should live all the time in a
muss. He will be about the cleanest
animal on the farm If you will let
him.
The object to be gained in raising
chickens for. early market Is to have
them weigh from one and a half to
two pounds in the shortest time pos
sibls.
The stunted pigs will make fine. fat
porkers for the meat barrel next win
ter If singled out and penned by them
selves where you can give them extra
attention.
Sheep management involves the rec
IGNITION of q number of details, each
one Of which may in itself be compare
lively trivial, but the performance or
neglect Of which constitutes the differ
ence between a flock successfully and
/. disastrously managed.
It does not require very wise man
to see why seed corn bought in the ear
is good plan. The chances to go
wrong are not SO apparent. There is
chance to discard any ear that does
not fill the bill. One can also study
the type Of ears.
A man never ceases to hate himself
when he has permitted his policy to ex-
pire only to lose dwelling or barn in
few days afterward. Insurance agents
usually keep tab on expirations. but
sometimes they fail and as rule 1t Is
in such instances where there Is loss.
Nothing helps out the social life on
the farm as much MS a country church
1t causes closer tie than mere neigh
borship. Then there comes all sorts of
social gatherings as result of the
church relations. Anniversaries, birth
days and other occasions call for peo-
pie to come together to enjoy them
selves.
Under no circumstances should a
miscellaneous lot Of hens and cocks or
cockerels run together II the eggs are
to be used for Matching. Such mixtures
are at the bottom Of the trouble in lay
Ing, as q rule. The $50 or 20O-eggs-a-
year hens are not from eggs lain by
pullets or hens that have run with n
mixed lot of males, but are the product
Of Intelligent mating along the lines
specified.
System In Breeding.
1t is a remarkable fact that, al
though we have in this country the best
breeds Of cattle to be found in any
portion Of the globe. yet the majority
of farmers have no system OF breeding,
and use cows in the dairy that give
only one-third the quantity of milk and
butter that could be derived from an,
animal of the well-known milking and
butter breeds.
s Salt ON Auparauua.
Increased yields of asparagus are Sc
cured at the Arkansas Experiment Sta
ton by applying common salt at the
rate of 1000 pounds to the acre. Salt
ed areas produce 1871 per cent more
than the unsalted. Salt was applied the
preceding summer and the following
season salt was again put on at the
rate of two pounds per square yard,
applied in two equal applications at in
tervals Of twenty days.
Working Colts.
Do not wait until the blowing sea
son begins in order to work your colts.
Their shoulders should be hardened by
moderate use before they are compelled
to bear against the collar from morn
ing until night, as blowing naturally
necessitates. 1t must be recollected
that in blowing, dragging, etc., there
is nothing to ease the shoulders, as Is
the case on the road, where 1t is up
and down hill. 1t is steady pulling
all the time.
Fodder Corn for Horses.
Fodder corn, grown so thlckly as to
permit of only small nubbins forming
and cured In the shock into bright,
dust-free forage, is one Of the best ar
ticles available for roughage in horse
feeding. The stalk and husk may be
left uneaten, but the leaves are eaten
with relish when offered to horses I'M
der any conditions. For stations, brood
mares. Idle horses and growing colts,
corn fodder or slower of good quality
will be found an economical substitute
for timothy hay.
The Farmer,s Fruit.
1t has been frequently stated by those
who make a business of fruit growing
that the farmers orchard will soon
be thing of the past. They assert
that the labor for caring for 1t and the
constant warfare against fungi, Insects
and blight Fill restrict fruit produc-
tlon largely to the specialist; that tile
farmer can better devote his land and
work to farm crops and buy his fruit.
We don't believe In this doctrine, and
this year will convince many that 1t is
false. When farmers have to go with