Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-14
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When oats are fed unthreshed they
make better balanced ration.
Timothy is not good forage for
dairy cows and not profitable crop
to grow.
Working the butter after the salt is
properly incorporated is injurious and
causes waste of salt
In 1900 G1,196,1 6O pounds of honey
and 1,765,315 pounds of beeswax was
produced in this country.
Harsh treatment restricts the flow
Of milk; treat cows with kindness; they
repay for it in dollars and cents.
A few fowls in separate pens are
much more profitable and more easily
kept healthy than in large numbers.
Profit by experience in all things.
This motto is as valuable in the rails
ing Of poultry as in any other bust
ness.
The pure-bred animal Is the more
valuable simply because of its greater
capacity to appropriate favorable cir
cumstances.
Shipping crates for fowls should be
at least sixteen inches high and as
large as the requirements Of comfort
would suggest.
According to the claims Of cold stor
age men, brown-shelied eggs keep bet
ter than white-shelled ones. as they
are heavier and thicker.
Pigs given an opportunity during the
nursing period to eat with the SOW are
weaned more easily and safely than If
otherwise handled.
One of the best proofs of the breed
ing value of stallion is to see some
of his colts. 1t sometimes pays to III
vesugate before breeding.
Looking back over the past five or
six years the sheep man can see no
place where lie can register kick.
He certainly has none coming.
The poor man has an advantage
over the rich one in that his children
do not have to wait for his shoes be-
| fore they can start out in life.
Remember that the sick fowl, If the
ailment shows symptoms such as ac-
company some of the more serious dis
eases, should be quickly removed from
the flock or killed.
White clover Is rich in protein and
lime, good for both chicks and hens.
When grass is kept short by lawn
mower, it is much more tender and
better liked.
Cows must have comfort in order to
do well. Give them good bed and
| comfortable stall with us much liberty
as is. consistent with cleanliness, con-
venience and economy.
To impart best favor and appear
ance, fatted fowls should be fed tai
| low, melted and mixed with meal and
skim milk, twice week. One pound
of tallow is sufficient for forty fowls.
III hog stables and barns it will be
1 found better to have the feeding floor
higher than the rest and the floor will
always be kept clean of cobs and lit
ter. Hogs will work it off on the low
err part of the floor.
\ Put on n few battens over the
cracks in the stable and note the saw
ing of grain. Leave the battens off
and you will have to heap up the half
bushel when feeding. Which is the
cheaper? That is the question.
An icy watering trough is not joy
forever. There are several ways Of
preventing this trouble, the best of
which is tank heater. This does not
require much fuel and but little time
to keep 1t in good running order.
/ oAhSC iluliOu lldS DCSOLuc bO pOpultl
and in such great demand, wool grow
ers are fearful of the consequences.
People are eating up the wool bearing
focks of the world. Germany has had
her flocks decreased GO per cent since
1873.
The city man has his home for an
abiding place; it is not his business.
The farmer has his home as bust
ness. He earns livelihood by the
aid of his home. This is one reason
why 1t should be happy home. 1t
combines business with pleasure.
1t is better policy to let nelghbors
brag about what you are doing than
to be compelled to do that yourself
Put your light in n candlestick where
1t will be seen of all men, then one
will not have to tell with emphasis
what he is doing or has done.
While the farmer is enjoying sea-
son of comparative inactivity the frost
is active, being engaged in unlocking
stores of fertility in the soil. II plamr
food is not stored there Jack will not
find it, neither will he supply it. That
is not his business.
A flock of sheep as cleaners III the
cornfield are great success. The
weeds, grass and pestiferous seeds
they destroy can be reached by no
other agency. If the small farmer
owns no flock of sheep he may rent
one for few days from a more
thrifty neighbor on easy terms.