Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-28

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No greater mistake can be made than
guessing and then calling 1t thinking.
Get that manure spreader II you have
to get one or two nelghbors to take
stock in it.
Sheep require clean place to eat
and must have it or else their health
will be Impaired and food wasted.
Horse improvement in d. locality re-
quires more than the buying of a huge
hulk of stallion and paying huger
hulk Of price for 1t.
The large, handsome coach horses are
popular for the farm and they always
sell high. A pair of such horses seem
to be a trotting advertisement
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Pick all small, rslow-growing indiffer-
ent appearing pullets and save them
for broilers. Keep for maturity only
the best of the whole lot Of pullets.
A horse, especially If he is nervous,
is much more likely to be alarmed by
the sound of a noise he cannot see than
by the sight of things he does not I'M
derstand.
The man who is ever ready to do
others is often fighting trust and
at the same time is looking for trust
he can join SO he can curry on his bust
ness Of doing others
If the stallion peddler were as care
fully analysed to find his vicessas most
men are analysed by their neighbors to
discover their faults the first would
not be tolerated very long.
Every worms nest in the orchard
should be cut from the trees aud
burned before the woflss mature, scat
ter and spin their cOcoons. 1t Is a case
OF stitch in time saves nine.
Sheep men are still in high feather.
Wool is high and SO are lambs. West
ern sheep are bringing as high as So
per hundred weight on the Chicago
market, and spring lambs as high as
$S25.
The chicken business now seems to
be the leading business for profit If the
manager understands it. Prices were
never better for all kinds of poultry
than now. In some places they are al
most prollibitive.
Working in the rain does not pay. 1t
is barely possible that saving can be
often made by prolonging the labor In
the rain, but there comes day when
one may have to balance his books
against his health.
Some persons seem to have the Idea
that any kind of skate hog is a good
bacon. hog. 1t takes as much, skill to
produce and feed good bacon hog as
1t does one of the lard type, as good
blood and us careful breeding.
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The red raspberry plant is sturdier
and more mature than the black rasp,
berry tip, but the germ that makes the
new canes begins growth so early in
the spring, and is SO tender and easily
broken, that 1t Is advisable to plant in
the fall, II possible.
Although the tobacco plant Is very
sensitive In its nature, yet 1t readily
adapts itself to different soils and
varying climatic conditions. 1t Is also
more highly specialized than any other
farm crop and is grown successfully
under the Intensive system.
Clover hay cut little on the early
side, or the leaves which fall off while
unloading, will make a capital feed for
young pigs and breeding stock. The
tea made by sleeping such hay in boil
ing water has shown itself to be near.
ly as valuable as sklmmIlk for young
pigs.
A prominent citizen of Wilmington
Del, was recently saved from death
from the attack Of an enraged bull by
his twelve-year-old son, Who flashed
the reflection from new milkepail In
the animals eyes, thus putting him to
flight, when pitchforks, clubs and shot.
guns had been of no avail.
The best way to keep up the credit
of farm is to never send anything
to market that is not in the very best
condition. An unsound COW, horse, pig
or bushel OF anything that is not In
strictly Hrst-class condition should
never be marketed. Get the highest
prices by selling the best. That is the
rule.
Milk absorbs bad odors very readily
consequently us soon as 1t is drawn
remove at once from the stable and
take to the milkhouse. Always milk
in a place free from Objectionable
doors. This is especially importan,
when silage is being fed. Do not mill
while the fresh sllage is in the mar
gers. MILK before feeding.
The keeping of careful book nc
count of the farm receipts and expen
ditures for the period of year, lnclud
ing the classifying of the various
items of expense, would bring many Q
farmer to the point of inauguratinl
reforms along several lines, the adop
tion Of more up to date methods, thu
keeping Of better stock and an elimina
ton of good many sources Of prevl
ously unappreciated leak and waste.
There is probably no common weed II
the central western states that give.
the gardener more trouble than crat
grass. Coupled with a remarkable vi
tally, 1t is deep rooted, PRACTICAL,
drought proof. and, due to its habit o,
roofing wherever the joints of stems
come In contact with the earth, l