Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-07

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Some people never get acquainted
with the workings Of a hoe because 1t
requires SO much elbow grease.
More and better green food supply
and more meat of some kind are what
the hen needs for winter egg produc-
ton.
While wheat bran is good feed for
mich COWS, 1t should always be fed
with stronger grain to secure the best
results.
The dairy farm should grow con-
tinually richer, and 1t will not do other
wise unless carelessness is the rule Of
management.
The farm that is without good well
water for the family and stock is
worse off than the farm that has too
much water in the fields.
Treatment that may entirely break
one horse Of n bad habit may entirely
fall on another ills hard To-Day down
rules that will work well in all cases.
You can better afford to starve your
horses any other time than during the
first year Of their existence. A stunted
colt seldom makes well-developed
horse.
The man who sows winter wheat
broadcast is inviting failure. 1t may
not come, but it is liable to. II 1
could not drill my wheat would not
SOW any.
The temperature of water for horses
is not so much an object as the purity
Of 1t. While 1t is best to have the wa
ter cool, 1t is more important to have
1t free from I'LL Impurities.
The female animal on the farm that
is coming up IN flesh ut mating time
is much more liable to produce good
Offspring than the thin or poor animal.
This should be thoroughly understood.
The hired man who kills his employ
er's time Is Just as dishonest US the
man who steals his property, us he Is
getting money under false pretenses,
and in SO doing is fraud and
swindler.
A farmer living near Fort Scott,
Kan, DESTROYS of providing bunch
OF his hogs with much needed tonic,
gave them stiff dose of strychnine,
with the result that he next day hanled
sixteei of them out for fertilizer.
Has 1t ever occurred to you that the
boxes in which grain is fed to horses
will get foul and ill-smelling? They
will and should be cleaned out occa-
sionally. 1t pays to keep them clean,
for a germ will do mint of trouble
sometimes.
In breeding cows for the dairy select
the best and breed them to a sire from
a butter-making family. Use only a
| Thoroughbred bull, remembering that
the bull will impress upon his offspring
either IFS own likeness or that of his
ancestors.
Without exercise 1T is Impossible for
the muscle of the young horses to de-
| velop. hence the necessity for good
sized field for them to run in. If you
would have horses with plenty OF en-
durance, give the colts chance to de-
velop their muscles.
Twenty-Five years ago two horse
farm work, while to-day the same
work, and much besides. is done by Q
heavy team OF three draft horses, and
the work is done much more adyan
tageopsly, also resulting III less wear
and tear upon the team.
| An Indiana man Is experimenting
with what he isplcased to term atmos
pheric irrigation. e-simply places tile
| in his land, not to lead off the water
but to supply the soil with air and
thereby Increases his crops. He claims
1t works we'll, for on hitherto poor
clay farm he is able to produce large
crops of corn.
The United States are celebrated for
the fast horses they have developed
The same intelligence, feed, water and
atmosphere that developed speed with
out parallel will develop strength with.
out parallel when devoted to that OBJ,
ject. Bit the last will not be attained
under existing conditions Of draft
horse breeding.
Nointelligent dairyman will be salts
fed with herd Of COWS that produces
only 10 pounds Of fat per COW, when
1t is possible to have one that will
mike over 300 pounds. The difference
between 300 and ITO Is too much te
lose each year in herd of twenty
cows, when little application of bust
ness sense wifi save 1t.
The feeding of young chicks is really
of minor consideration compared wifi
sanitary conditions and proper man
agement. There is no kind of food
that will save them from filth and
vermin. Well-hatched, well-fed and
well-cared-for nre the three absolute
requisites for success, but the last Of
these is the greatest.
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The man who knows how to produce
good milk, and who will locate near q
large city, has as good chance al