Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-29
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gain due to spraying was ffty-eight
bushels per acre, at cost Of about So
per acre, giving net profit Of about
$50 per acre, after paying the expense
of spraying. AS result Of this good
work 1t is asserted that the practice
of spraying is on the increase In New
York.
How to Get Alfalfa started.
Early attempts with alfalfa are like
~ to prove failure unless the peculiar
requirements of the young plants are
thoroughly understood and the many
pitfalls guarded against. 1t Is best to
start with small patch-an acre or
less-and to make from four to eight
subdivisions and give each different
treatment MS regards fertilizer, lime,
method of seeding. etc. In this way
the experience which would otherwise
require number of seasons to procure
can be obtained at the end of the first
year.
PropaKatinR Apple Trees.
Apples are propagated either by root
grating or by budding on seeding
stocks. If the former Is employed.
sclons of the varieties chosen are united
to 1-year-old roots by the whip, or
tongue-grafting method. Sometimes
short scions and long roots are used,
in which case the result Is called a
whole root graft, and sometimes long
scions and short pieces Of roots are
used, when the result Is known as a
piece root graft. Root grating Is done
at any time during winter or early
spring If budding Is resorted to, the
Seeding stocks are lined out in spring
and budded close to the ground in sum
mer by the T-budding, or shield.bud
method.
Chinese Goo.e Good Layer.
Often difficulty is experienced in get
ting the old farmyard geese to lay ear
~ In the season, but that may be sur
mounted If the Chinese variety be more
extensively kept. The Chinese goose
is most prolific layer, and the flesh
makes excellent eating. So long as the
huge fat geese are not in demand, the
smaller and more profitable Chinese
may be taken up with advantage. Per
haps the best crossbred goose for gem
eral early marketing purposes Is that
produced from mating Chinese gander
with Toulouse goose, but II larger
supply of eggs is required, the mating
should be reversed. In either case the
youngsters are extremely hardy, grow
ing and feathering more quickly than
any other breed or cross. They should
attain a weight of eight or nine pounds
by the end of the summer with very lit
tie hand feeding.
Ansoras Growing In Favor.
The value of grade Angora goats,
says American Sheep Breeder, depends
chiefly on how well they are bred. Low
grade Angoras with only two or thres
crosses of Angora blood should be
worth in Oklahoma $3.50 or $21s a
head. A better grade Of Angoras. say
three-quarter blood, probably would
cost $3.50 head Mohalr is worth
this year from 25 to 40 cents a pound,
depending upon the length, fineness
and condition of the hair. There Is
no doubt, Mr.. Blair, about the future
of the Angora business. The Angora
is already national Institution in this
country and is here to stay, and We are
pleased to say to you that Angoras are
growing steadily in favor each year.
On new, wild. brushy land they are
simply Invaluable and hundred Of
them are worth more to clear up new
farm than the best two woodsmen that
ever welded an axe. because they clean
1t up thoroughly, leaving no live roots
or sprouts behind them.
Strawberry Planting.
II you do not have strawberry bed
In your garden and want one, August
is good time to start it, provided you
plant pot-grown plants.
These pot-grown plants are runners
which were rooted in pots early in the
season.
You could not use at this season
plants which had not been pot-grown
because the pots would be SO badly
damaged in the transplanting that they
could not furnish the plant with the
amount Of water which 1t would de-
mand. That kind Of plant, known as
layer plants" may be set out in Sep
TENDER. but they would not give you
arg fruit next spring under ordinary
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out in August will bear next spring.
In bed 1Ox2O feet, one may grow
100 plants. If the soil is heavy clay
thoroughly work into 1t dressing sew
eral inches In thickness, of coal ashes,
and half ton of manure, before set
ting the plants. AS soon as the ground
freezes, spread another half ton Of ma.
nure over the bed as mulch.
The following spring, as soon as the
first leaves show above the mulch, pull
the manure away from the crowns Of
the plants, and work 1t Into the soil.
Such bed will bear more strawber-
ries than family Of three can eat
| fresh.
Insect Pests.
The poultry house absolutely free Of
lice and mites is the happy exception
and not the general rule. One must be
ever vigllant and constantly aggressive
in the warfare against these pests in
order to even keep them in subsection,
. says Matte Webster In Poultry Topics.
When breeder tells me that not a
louise or mite can be found in his or
her poultry domain cannot help think
Ing that thorough Investigation Of tho
houses would discover some of these
torments hidden away under perches or
In some dark corner. Why this doubt
of my brother or sister breeders asser-
tion, do You ask? Well, the time was
when made like assertions, and
thought truthfully, but 1 had as'rude
awakening from my dream ofslouseless
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