Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31

other hog.
The Incubator that Is we'll managed
has but little time to give to the race
suicide problem.
The kind of feeding chat keeps lot
of pigs or stockers from three to six
months without gain is total loss Of
feed.
A man who has not farmed In one
Of the eastern states can scarcely I'M
derstand the damage that timber SPUR
rels can do to growing corn.
If the fine buildings on wornout East
ern farms could be exchanged for their
value in good Western soil, both the
East and the West would be benefited.
If the hay Is lightly thrashed and
well shaken to rid 1t of dust, 1t will be
far better not only for the horses af
flcted with heaves, but for all horses.
Some men try extensive farming with
intensive profit. 1t is better to have
these conditions reversed. Intensive
farming usually brings extensive profits.
Are you doing all you can to improve
your pastures? 1t Is easy to lose sight
of this important feature of farming In
attempts to make the cultivated fields
produce large Yields.
He that does not enjoy feeding sheep
had better quit the business, for he can
not possibly make a success Of 1t, any
more than family can be happy with
out family love in its midst
Some of our leading orchardists are
looking back into ancient history to
learn what they can about the new
seedless apple. Isn't that queer-look-
Ing into ancient history for new things?
There ought to be brisk demand
these days for the old-fashioned bacon
our forefathers used to make. '.The
old-fashioned bacon, the uncanvassed
bacon, the well-smoked bacon our dads
| used to make"
see tnat the mems nave plenty OF grit.
Break up some rock, old crooks or
dishes, moderately fine, If there Is not
plenty of coarse sand or fine gravel In
the ground, and put in where they can
get 1t at all times.
A farmer in one of the western states
adyertises in city papers that he will
engage himself to "haul automobiles
out of the mud at reasonable prices"
This is new vocation, and probably
could be made profitable one.
The feed should be good and free
from aromatic substances II these
aromatic foods are used they should
be employed according to those meth
DDS which will not cause odors or
flayOrs to appear in the milk.
The kind of lead pencil farming that
we should favor is that use of the lead
pencil which will admit of knowledge
of the cost of every crop and the cost
of the production of every animal. BY
this use Of the pencil 1t will be easy to
figure the rest.
II every farmer would be as persist
ent IN cleaning the roadsldes of weeds
as the railroads are In keeping their
right-of-way clean, it would add great
~ to the beauty of the country. Com
pare some Of the public roads with the
railroads and the former suffers by
comparison.
| A breed Of general-purpose horses
can be produced by careful selection
and combination Of different blood lines
and continuous breeding to type
for two or three centuries, but the
shortness Of mems lives and small prize
to be gained have thus worked against
the development of such breed.
Some good housewives that we know
| Of keep supply of canned vegetables
and canned meats on hand 30 that In
time Of emergency they may have some
source to which they may turn. The
fruits, vegetables, fish and meat which
come this way can be converted quick
ly into many delicate and palatable
dishes, and they are always sure to hit
the popular appetite.
A few roots of horseradlsh about the
place often give pleasant variety for
the table, and 1t requires little or no
care. The grated roots form a deli
cious relish for the table in the spring
and fall, and winters supply can be
mr. sand In rho ca,,or Tho rras,,
younp leaves ~ the horseradtsb mole
annetizinps green's IN tba snr,nu
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Tests show that a large number of
varieties of cowpeas are adapted to
orchard use, but the most desirable for
Southern Missouri seem to be the
Whipporwill, Clay and Black. 1t is
well to keep in mind that one of the