Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-02-28
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You can have better garden than
ever before by following proper rules.
II you have hired man who Is fond
Of milking. tie to him. He 10 rare
Jewel. indeed.
Don't keep milk in the barn. Build
dairy house at distance of several
rods. If possible.
Decide how much space you can give
to the things that require lots of room
corn, potatoes, cabbage and vines Of
the cucumber family.
II horse coughs it is probably due
to dusty hay. The cleanest hay should
be given the horses. Other kinds Of
stock will do well on dusty hay.
All breeds of sheep are by choice
scavengers. but when expected to sub
sist entirely on scavenger's fare they
return only scavenger's profits.
Skimmllk is more valuable than
most people think. 1t only takes 1927
pounds to equal pound of cornmeal
IN feeding value for growing pigs.
Give the colts plenty of exercise.
Don't keep them tied up In the barn
all winter long. They can stand
bit of fresh air and little frolic every
day.
Nothing dignlties man quite so
much ls the ownership of n piece of
land. If you are renter, get hold of
some Of Mother Earth MS soon rs you
can.
Some people would be better off If
they were to refrain from making new
resolutions. All that will be necessary
for them to do will be to mend some
of the old ones
One pound of corn meal is equal In
feeding value to 1927 pounds Of skim
milk when fed to growing pigs. There
is really more value In skim milk than
we give credit for,
These days when the fire Is burning
warm it will be good plan to see II
the insurance policy is all right, and 1t
might be a good plan to see that n
ladder is convenient.
Do you give your horses salt regu-
larry or occasionally? They should
have 1t where they can get it at any
time. If you think 1t makes no differ
ence, try eating without salt yourself
for q month.
Keep a fowls head and feet warm
and yon have provided we'll for its
comfort In that line. In other words,
II the floor is dry, the roof made to
keep out wind and frost, the sides we'll
battened, then the fowls will keep
warm.
There are two kinds of profitable
farming. One is to grow and sell
profitable crops and by so doing i'm
poverish the soil. and the other is to
grow equally as good crops and con-
duct the operations so as to keep the
fertility of the soil up.
1t Is we'll to remember when giving
medicine to fowls that with some
liquids drop is larger than some
others. Sixty drops of water make n
teaspoonful or dram; laudanum and
all other tinctures, and alcohols have
100 drops to fluid dram.
Hogs are % to 35 cents hundred
higher than year ago. and don't
seem likely to be much If any lower.
AS things look now, pork will be
made at less cost this year than last;
so. on the whole, the hog business
houldn't give growers the blues.
Extra clevlses, slngletrees. double
trees, bolts, etc, should be provided now
when there is comparative leisure.
When one gets busy and finds he could
rig another team IL he only had few
'iohe eie' 'Ses VI sihSieltees, anu uoes
tot nave them. Is the one way to insure
DISAPPOINTMENT and loss.
The short courses at our agricultural
colleges afford ,plendid opportunity
for the busy farm boy to gather some
information along his line. The boy
who wants to get information will
find 1t there. The boy who is not
looking for 1t could not find 1t If 1t
were at the end Of his nose.
Glass gives more warmth to hotbeds
than any other covering, but for plants
frame covering OF oiled muslin is as
good and Is cheaper. 1t can be prepar-
ed by stretching the muslin and satur-
ating both sides with boiled linseed
oil, spread evenly with paint brush.
congressman as rule do not pay
much attention to the lobbyist. There
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