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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19
Alternating Crops.

In connection with rotation of crops
the land should be improved every
year. There is point beyond which
soils can not be permanently enriched
without an improvement of their con.
stitutional organization, which, how
ever, may be done by supplying artifi-
cially those ingredients of a good soil
Of which they are deficient, such as
lime, and even sand or clay, If posi-
bic, for without changes In the consti-
tutional organization of the soil we can
not hope to carry its fertility perma-
nently beyond what it has acquired In
a state of nature. Soils which have
been reduced merely by cultivation,
where they have not been injured by
washing rains, may be easily reno
waited, and this must be done by again
supplying them with those ingredients
of which they have been deprived by
bad husbandry. This may be done in
part by the application of manures.
whence we are to draw much Of the
necessary supply of vegetable food, and
to this end farmers should freely cult
vate those crops which derive most of
their food from it. In soils adapted
for Its cultivation, red clover is most
suitable for this purpose; it is by far
the most convenient and the cheapest
mode of renovating exhausted soils,
not only supplying much vegetable
matter to soils that have been much
reduced, but 1t is admirably calculated
to pulverize and reduce its component
parts to finely divided state, thus
producing condition favorable to a
combination with those elementary
substances which are furnished by the
atmosphere, thereby greatly increasing
its capacity for absorbing moisture.
Even weeds, previous to the time of
ripening their seeds, derive much of
their nutriment from the atmosphere,
and by destroying them before they
produce seed their product in vegeta-
BILE matter goes to renovate that soil
upon which they have been grown,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

Guinea fowls are good layers. and
when not too old their flesh is tender
and pleasant to the taste, but darker
than chickens.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19
MARRIED LIFE CAN BE MADE HAPPY.
BY Mary A. Livermore.

A happy marriage does not depend upon
good health and good habits alone. Unless on
both sides there are well grounded respect and
love, uniting the twain in oneness of sympathy
and purpose, the marital union will lack the
completeness and blessedness of which 1t is
capable. Sorrows and trials are sure to be expe-
rienced. Illness, disappointments, poverty, with
annoyances and rritations from unlocked for
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

naively says, 1.-THE introduction Of poll
tics into the proceedings Of the Con-
gress was narrowly averted when the
report Of the committe on resolutions
was submitted for action" As the COM
mite had reported adversely to Mr..
Bryan's resolutions, and there appears
to have been lively discussion before
their adoption and the resulting vic
tory for Mr.. Bryan, the escape of the
congress from political discussion
was certainly very narrow, IL indeed u
was not as wide as barn door on the
political side of the chasm.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19


work. is two three and four times more than in either
the poor rural or the rich town districts
is better to rear safely and surely the present lin.
tied arrivals that we have than Increase ndiscrm-
natey the desoatng food of babies irrespective the
burden on mothers and the means available for their
subsequent maintenance
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19
THE "DEso1Ar1Na FLOOD OF BAB1Es.p
By John Burn,

Increased sobrlety, better homes, better food,
more regular work, reversion to rural or
semi-rural life, will correct not yet too rapid
decline In birth rate, and greater comfort for
the mother and increased care for the babies
will rectify what is deplorable and, better still,
avert THE massacre of the innocents" that now
goes on In Industrial centers, where the infant
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

Keep few sheep or goats and learn
to eat fat mutton part Of the time In
stead of pork-pork-pork all the time.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

AooAEf fl11Eh' Ihs' get mixed up In It
Many misguided people think the true test of friend
ship is whether the friend will lend money. Don't Won
ever believe it. There greater mistake If
you any friendship for people don't spoil by trying
borrow money from them til all right get little
help at times but the practice Of borrowing money Is
dangerous 1t is the surest way to cause the
breaking friendship Besides that 1t involves the Dor
rover, as rule in hopeless Indebtedness. 1t matters
nothing If the friend have is rich poor SO long
as he is man of character If he is not upright honest
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

The average person will forgive any
thing quicker than to be called down
when he Is telling q piece Of gossip,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

A pile of cobs burned and then
sprinkled with salt makes nice APP
petizer for hogs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

New York Leads In Dairy Products.
According to figures compiled up to
the LIST of July by the dairy division of
the Agricultural Department Mt Wash
lngton, there are 207 cows to every
thousand of population in the State OF
New York, and the annual output OF
milk reaches 772,799, 900 gallons, which
is greater than that of any other State
in the Union. Wisconsin has 4S3 cows
to every thousand Inhabitants, yet its
production of milk reaches only 49,
275,OOO gallons. In the District of Co
lumbia the production of milk Is $780,.
600 gallons yearly, and the District has
but four cows to each thousand Of
population.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

There are mean hogs MS well as
mean men, and when the two are
found on the same farm there Is GER
tainly a great mess.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19
SOCIETY IS ALL SHAM.
BY John D. Rockefeller, yr.

Many aspirants for social prefer
ment seek out influential friends as
the means Of accomplishing their de-
sire. That is reprehensible. The
seeking of friendship to gain any per-
sonal advantage is wrong. What do
you and care for society, anyhow?
What does it amount to? Nothing
but a sham. The so-called society
people don't do much else than sit
around waiting for time to go by.
It's foolishness and cannot afford to
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

The statistics up to this year show
that since 1900 farm real estate val
ues have Increased SO 1-3 per cent
Fewer men are going in the business.
All the good land Is In hand. The
growing population demands more Of
the products of the soil and with the
constant desire of immigrants to re-
main In cities or In small manufacture
Ing eenters, the farmer finds sale for
all he can produce. This is the day
when the tiller Of the soil can buy
automobiles for his family.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

He who leaves the leaves of the Glow
er plant on the field robs the cattle Of
the best part of the plant.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19
spraying for Potato Blight.

Spraying for Potato Blight.
After briefly describing the cause Of
potato blight, G. A. McCua, of the Mich
lgan experiment station, gives the re-
suits Of experiments in which potatoes
were sprayed with Bordeaux mixture
and comparisons made with similar
plants receiving spraying of lime wa
ter. Where the potatoes were given
fourteen sprayings of Bordeaux mix
ture ut Intervals Of four days a net
gain Of $11.90 per acre Is reported.
Where they We're sprayed at intervals
of ten days, six applications being Civ
en-, net gain Of $15.44 per acre Is CIV
en-. On plats sprayed every fifteen days
a net gain of $13.3s per acre is report
ed, and where four spraylngs at inter
walls of twenty days $11.03 per acre net
gain is reported. For the plat which
received fourteen sprayings of lime
water at intervals of four days loss
of $1.76 is reported. The cost of spray
ing is said to have been 72 cents per
acre for each application. This amount,
the author believes, could be reduced
to not more than 30 cents per acre.
!! The author gives compiled informa-
ton relative to spraying by individual
farmers, the results obtained at other
stations, ETC., and notes that the sta
ton expects to carry on experiments
for the prevention of late blight for at
least five years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19
Restoring Prairie Soil,

All who have taken up prairie farms
will recognize the truth of the follow.
ing statement Of Prof. Ten Eyck of
Kansas in regard to them:
when the wild prairie is first
broken the soil is mellow, moist and
rich, producing abundant crops. Aft
er few years of continuous grain
cropping and cultivation the physical
condition of the soil changes-the soil
grains become finer, the soil becomes
more compact and heavier to handle,
it dries out quicker than 1t used to
and often turns over in. hard clots and
Jumps when plowed. The perfect filth
and freedom from clods, so character
istic Of virgin soils, is always more or
less completely restored whenever land
has been laid down to grass for suf-
ticient length of time"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19
TAXING the child.en.

When you buy the Christmas toys
for the little children and wish they
did not cost so much SO that you might
also buy for some other little ones you
know Of who are not so well provided
for as you own are, remember that tho
tariff tax on these toys is from Is to!
60 per cent, according to the kind and
quality. AS there is over 5000, OOO,O 600
in the United States Treasury more
than the government requires and OF
that amount $154,OOO.O0O is loaned
without interest to favored national
banks, there Is no need for this tax ON
dolls and toys that the Republican par
ty persists in collecting Ask your Res
publican neighbor to Investigate the
tariff tax and the more he looks into IL
the less likely he will be to vote to
continue the stand-patters in power
when the election In 1908 comes around.
No sensible voter can desire to pay,
taxes to protect the trusts and thereby
allow those corporations to advance tho
price of their products. when he dis.s
covers that the money is not necessary
to provide for government expenses, and
especially when out Of what he pays in.
increased prices the government gets
but one-sixth Of what goes to the trusts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

REV. w. GLADDEN. There is a loud call upon college
authorities everywhere for vigorous action upon this
matter If they cannot put stop to enormtes let
them shut their and send their young bararans
home. There is college in this which might not
better be botted existence than be the shelter
of such sayagery.
In the first place. the governing body of the colleges
should absolutely forbid penalty of expulsion all
out of door limitations The fraternity which engages in
any performance of this kind should be ouawed and
abolished.
In the second place. let every self respecting young
man who to college make it perfectly plain to all
who solicit his membership in fraterntes that this is
thing that he will not put with that
pose to submit to any pranks that he will not be sub
jected to injury peril humiliation; that If such is
the price of their fellowship he can very well afford to
do without 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19
Fiscal Ler,.lat,on,

Fiscal Le8tAldt1Ons slas
1t Is all nonsense and will look like
political clap-trap for President Roose-
welt to recommend the Republican lead
ers In Congress to enact an income
tax, or an inheritance tax, unless he 10
also prepared to recommend and urge
Congress to revise the tariff by cutting
off the enormous protection the trusts
now enjoy. The present high tariff tax
es, added to the Internal Revenue taxa,
ton, produce more money than Is need
ed and to impose u new tax, however
just and fair 1t may be, would only
pile up larger surplus and be still
greater incentive to extravagant appro-
spriations than the present surplus Ia.
1t might, however, be suggested TINT
instead Of issuing more bonds to build
the Panama Canal, the proceeds Of an
income tax could be used for that pur-
pose, instead of plling up national
debt for future genera tons to pay. But
what is the use of Offering suggestions
to standpatters whose only idea Of
craftsmanship Is to .'let well enough
alone by continuing to allow the trusts
to plumber the people?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

Do the boys turn the horses out of
the barn by soaring them out and max
Ing them run? 1t is not the best plan.
Shaping them with the halter and
saying Get out of here" makes fools
of them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

Have you observed that some farm
ers almost always have good crops? OF
course in bad year they do not have
as good crops as they do in good years
but 1t is safe to say they have the best
crops In the neighborhood.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

In shocking grain the bundles must
be set down in vigorous manner or
they will not stay. 1t Is surprising
what poor shockers we have on farms.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

In making the best quality of butter
for market there are five essentials
Uniformity in color, in texture, in salt
ing, in packing and in leaving no water
In the butter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

Tame hens sit and lay better, and
fowls of all kinds fatten better when
not subject to sudden fright, as is Of
ten the case with those that are tame.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

The dewberry Is propagated by tips,
the same as blackcap raspberry; and,
with the creeping propensities Of its
canes, the grower will have no difficulty
In increasing his stock Of plants very
rapidly. If the natural rate of increase,
however, is not sufficiently rapid, the
method of propagation from cuttings
of the canes when in proper state Of
ripeness will satisfy the most exacting
propagation. 1t is said that some vari-
cites may be propagated very readily
from root cuttings
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

Fall is as good time as spring to set
out fruit trees. Get good trees and
plan to give them good care in the
future. This is the only way to have
natures mediclne-fruit, to keep set
ting out trees; 1t does not take long
to get your reward.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

If horse has the heaves feed less
hay and more grain and water him be-
fore feeding. A horse with the heaves
should not be worked hard for an hour
after eating and too much should not
be expected of him. Feed wet feed
when it is convenient.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19
THuGGERY IN OUR COLLEGES.
By Or. Washington GLADDEN.

There would seem to he good rea-
sons for the feeling that rutfian-
ism which puts ordinary savagery
to the blush is out of place in one
of our modern institutions of learn
ing, especially In what are known
us our "Christian colleges" Yet
the outrages which are reported
from time to time in connection
with college fraternitles are enough
to make US ashamed of our civili-
cation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

Nut trees, as a rule, have long tap
roots, and it has been handed down for
years that to cut thin tap roots when
transplanting them meant death to the
tree, but experience shows differently.
If the long tap root is cut many lat.
erals are sent out, and thus a fine,
strong root system is established, which
will make good tree.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

To those who are familiar with trans
planting operations, the best time to
transplant rose bushes is in the spring.
Autumn planting may sometimes be
done to advantage by those who live
in q mild climate and are familiar with
such work, but beginners had better do
such work in the spring. s.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

Relative to the time Of harvesting
apples, the author of bulletin, issued
by the Idaho station, calls special at
tention to the necessity Of harvesting
Jonathan apples when the seeds have
turned light brown. If the fruit is
not picked until well colored and the
seeds are dark around the edges, it Is
likely to rot at the core while still
sound on the outside.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

A man In looking over paper saw
the prices of hogs and lie said to him
self, "Why haven't Il few hogs 10
sell?" In another part Of the same pa
per he read of the cholera being very
bad in one locality and he unused, II
am glad have no hogs to die with
the cholera" So, after all, it may be
well enough that this man did not
have any hogs. This is a good time
to be in the hog and sheep business.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

The wife and daughter should not be
required to ask for every quarter they
get for spending money. They should
be recognized as part of the firm, and
should have good share Of the funds
without having to beg it. Come, now /;
be generous and see how much better
you'll feel.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-12-19

One Of the most Important factors in
increasing the wheat yield is early
blowing. If you don't believe it, pillow
portion Of the field early in August
and the balance at the end of Septem
Der, and in the part plowed first, you
may have an increase of ten bushels an
acre over the other. Early blowing is
especially necessary In clay lands. Cen
orally speaking, the field should be
rolled as soon as 1t is plowed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-10-10
Hard Up For An Issue.

Finding that the voters are taking no
stock In their calamity bowling and cam
paign of slander and mudslinging, the
fusionists have seized upon the new State
capitol as an issue whereby they hope TO
turn the disgruntled vote in the direction
of Emery and bis crowd, but that effort is
also falling flat, especially since the dedi-
catory exercises are over, and the tens of
thousands of people who visited the
great structure are coming home and
telling of its bewildering beauty and
grandeur. Every one who has seen it
says without hesitation ait is worth all
the money it COST 1t must be under
stood that the building covers more than
two acres of ground, and the distance
around it is just one-haf mile. There
are seven floors, each magnificently
adorned, and AIS rooms. Every DEPART
ment of State government is located in
the building and fully equipped in gor-
geous style. In fact to attempt even
faint description of the building and its
furnishings would be futile. 1t must be
seen to be appreciated. President Roose-
welt was charmed with it and said it was
the finest public building he had ever
seen. The New York capitol doesn't
compare with it, and that has cost nearly
thirty millions already, and is yet un-
The magnificent Congressional
library at Washington is far outclassed.
In short, competent judges say it's the
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-10-10

1T develops that Mayor Michael Liebel,
Jr. who made it possible for Emery to Sc
cure the Erie county delegates in the state
Democratic convention, will support Ed
win S. Stuart Tor governor. The mayor
has changed front because of the speech
delivered there by Emery two weeks ago
on the occasion of the opening of his
campaign. The fusion candidate has a
weakness for talking about woman suf-
frsge. There are many foreign born
citizens in Erie, the number running into
the hundreds. Most of them are Demo-
Gratis. In Emery's attempt to please the
women he spoke in a sighting way of the
naturalized voters. This has angered
Mayor Liebel and his friends and Stuart
will receive their support. The new may
or has big following among the political
workers of the city and the announcement
of his intention to punish Emery means
the loss of hundreds of votes to the fusion
ticket. Mr.. Emery must remember that
Pennsylvania has thousands of natural
lied voters who are as good citizens as he
is and many of them showed their loyalty
to their adopted country by responding
to Lincoln's call for help to save it from
secession, while he was conspicuous by
his absence.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-10-10
Wounds, Rrnises and Rurns.

BY applying an antiseptic dressing to
wounds, bruises, burns and like injuries
before Inflammation sets in, they may be
healed without maturation and in about
one-third The time required by the old
treatment. This is the greatest discovery
and triumph of modern surgery. Cham
be.lain's Pain Balm acts on this same
principle. 1t is an antiseptic and when
applied to such injuries causes them to
heal very quickly. 1t also allays the
pain and soreness and prevents any dan
ger of blood poisoning. Keep bottle OF
Pain Balm in your house and 1t will save
you time and money, not to mention the
inconvenience and suffering such injuries
entail. For sale by Dunn Il Fulton.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-10-10

finest public building in the world. It's
all raid for, the corporation tax has done
it, and so far as any individual citizen OF
the State is concerned in the cost, he is
not effected in the least, for there's
enough money left in the treasury for
Mr.. Lidlifter Berry to look after to build
another just as grand Why then should
we Pennsylvanians not swell with pride
as we point strangers to tour building"
Graf? Not one penny, says Architect
Huston, and they'll never find any. It's
all there, and the State has got its mon
ey's worth. Nevertheless there are
small, peanut politicians who will go
about trying to stir up and prejudice the
public mind by yelling extravaganza,
grant, when perhaps their own graft rec
ord of a single term in office amounts to
more than can he found in this whole
great building. Nothing is too good for
the grandest State in the Union. Speak
ing on this subject, the Philadelphia
North American, the arch enemy of the
ANNBhbhNob lhNg ~ WIS oAoNot uhS NnlS
to say, which ought TO shut the mouths of
those who seek to slander our grand old
Commonwealth:
"The man who conceived it, the artists
who adorned it, the workmen who
wrought it, have erected for themselves a
monument which will speak their fame
for centuries. Hereafter the people who
wish to perceive what American archi-
lecture is capable of will turn from the
best in Boston and the better in Wash
ington and seek in Harrisburg the crown
and glory of the science. Pennsylvania
deserves the noblest of all state buildings.
In many ways-in richness of her nat
ural gifts, in the wonder of her industrial
forces, in the glory of her history, and in
the exalted character of her people-she
has right to claim the first place among
the great commonwealths of the union.
1t is fitting, then. that the building in
which her law-givers meet, and which is
10 typify and represent her to the world,
should be masterpiece of design,
of art and a thing of perpetual
Ioveliness."