Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-01-03

Harsh treatment restricts the flow
of milk; treat cows with kindness
they repay for 1t in dollars and cents.
In counting the cost of keeping poul-
try, good plan is to estimate one
bushel Of grain year for each laying
hen.
Giving generous feed of corn every
evening is one of the best ways Of
Inducing turkeys, ducks and geese to
come home at night.
All buckets, cans and other utensils
with which the milk is brought in con-
tact should be made of tin. Rusty YES
sells should never be used.
If market poultry is chiefly desired,
begin by killing off all the two-year-old
birds. Discard, also, all of the late
Matched stock, ms breeding from these
tends to decrease the size of your
stock.
The wise farmer does not sell good
milk COW. The more intelligent he is
and the more observing the more poor
cows he will have to sell, and it is not
likely to be an easy matter to pur-
chase profitable cows.
Sheep can get along with n small
quantity Of water but they require
some. If they get plenty of dew on
their grass they do not need to drink,
but otherwise they do. 1t is important
because 1t aids in digestion.
Keep accounts with your flock of
sheep and do not let any of them get
very old on your hands. An old sheep
is feeble animal and very hard, If
not impossible, to fatten. Make NUT
ton of them before there are any signs
of falling.
Many fruit trees have made too
much growth the last season, and
there are many useless branches that
will be in the way of the best results
next year. No one who has even a
small number Of trees can afford to
neglect them.5 1t takes little trouble
to prune trees, but 1t pays. 1t should
not be done radically, If one has not
had much experience, but little COM
mon sense is about all thnt is needed
to do the work right.
The Kieffer pear is hardy and pro-
ductive, belonging to the Oriental
| >p IT,, III,
country is very wide. extending from
the gulf region to the lake region.
The Bartlett belongs to the European
group and is much less hardy, but
Is of more delicate flavor The Orl-
entail pears should be gathered before
ripe, placed in dark, cool place for
two weeks or more to mellow up.
Something of the same treatment is
usually followed with the European
kinds.
AS showing how formidable pest
the gypsy moth is to contend with in
Massachusetts, 1t is stated that 2,O7O
nests were found on single tree, each
of which had between 500 and GOO
eggs. This one tree was carrying
through the winter a prospective in
crease of 1,035,00O caterpillars in n
single year. Strong colonies, If undis-
turbed, will kill most deciduous trees
in two years. and evergreen trees in
one year. They not only destroy the
first foliage, but continue their raw
ages MS the trees put forth new foliage,
until the last of July.
The expenditure of S25 or $50 on a
colt or FLY for having the animal
thoroughly educated to harness by a
competent and successful colt breaker
| will In many cases add 500 to the
market value of an animal. A colt
should receive his first lessons in har-
ness from man who thoroughly I'M.
derstands his business. Such men are
scarce In many farming sections where
few colts are raised every year. II
will pay the average of small breeders
to hunt them up and secure their serv
ices, however, when they have a coli
to break.
An interesting departure has been
made by the Great Northern Railroad
Company of England in conveying
milk, and the idea has been taken III
in Ireland to the extent of urging the
railroad companies to use similar ap
paratus. The milk cars are fitted witt
n special adjustable ventilating appa
/ ratus, and the oscillation which has
on a number of occasions nearl,
churned milk into butter during jour
ney has almost disappeared. Even n
rapid speed on sharp curves there
is scarcely any oscillation. The vans
are forty five feet long and run on two
four-wheeled bogles. The absorbing OF
oscillation In milk cars seems to bt
worthy of study on the part of Amerl
can railways.
Double YoIked Eggs.
Double-yolked eggs are caused by
two yolks becoming detached and en-
tering the oviduct Mt nearly the same
instant; they then become enyelopet
i'll one and the same white and shell
The very small eggs that are some
times laid by hens and which are no
much larger than a blackbird's arist
from the temporary stoppage Of til,
supply Of white and shell only. Th,
laying of such an egg is generally al
Indication that egg production by til,
layer is for a time at an end, thi.
being the last of the batch.
Winter Feeding the Cow.
Many farmers treat their cows dur
ing the winter MS they do their horse.
who are not worklng-that is, the!
give them just enough food to keel
life In them until they can be put ou