Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07

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Do not get the idea that the minutest
aetall may be overlooked.
Make line for every single row Of
vegetables and name EACH crop.
IL you do not want fat I'M your skim
milk, do not let your milk cool before
separating.
The man who is nervous should not
attempt to milk nervous COW or
break well-bred colt.
All houses built on farms should be
provided with bath rooms. 1t is not
difficult to arrange for one.
The man who understands his busi-
ness in stable of good cows does not
complain when they have big appe-
tito
man can be good hired man
without being slave or servant.
Some very good hired men have to
work for cranks
A Utah experiment seems to prove
that it's best to give a horse the most
| 1,t ,ttr1,t
the morning and at noon.
| Occasionally there may be found q,
boy that does not like farm work
Sometimes it occurs that that boy
does not like any kind of work.
One thing that has been n means Of
increasing the consumption of mutton
is that there is less danger of disease.
/ in this meat than in beef, or pork.
Trim your horses feet. Do this with
the colts. They will get used to be-
ing handled, and the blacksmith won't
have much trouble In breaking them
in.
Don't imagine harness adjusted fori
one horse will fit every other horse oniI
the farm. Here's thing every farmeri
ought 10 know, but it causes lots of
trouble every year.
1t is said that lightning will followf|
the path Of the least resistance. Howl
is 1t with the lazy nun? He usuallytI
does the same thing but he does notN
move like lightning.
Keep little money in the bank tol
buy that calf that neighbor has TOT
SELL he has more use for money THANH
the calf; you have use for the calf bel
cause he will grow into money rapidly.
Scrub lambs, 155 days old, grown att
the Louisiana station, weighed onlyfl
thirty-two pounds each, as compared!
with forty-thrce pounds for well-bred,
lambs only 1919 days old. Why growi
scrubs?
Have you plenty of litter stored fori|
the hens during cold weather? They
need exercise to keep them warm and
In good health while penned in; this,
along with proper food, will bring
plenty of eggs.
Getting discouraged and giving up AL
certain branch Of farming sometimes.l
comes just at the approach of success,
Did you ever quit certain thing onlyt
| to find it become profitable in other
hands soon after you gave it up?
| borcoc iuSt lopo oponpIx hp.,
in the stable is one thing that is most
difficult to teach boy. For some ,un-
accountable reason the average tboy |
cannot measure the length of rope}and
gauge correctly just how long orihow
short to tie.
Scientists say that the tuEnip is COM
posed Of 90 per cent water; neverthe-I
less, the very best mutton that En-
gland produces is raised on tur1hps
as bulk ration. with the addition Off
grain as fattening ration. So thel
water the turnip contains must be of
excellent quality.
| A number OF experiments conducted;
at experiment stations show that we'll
matured corn will shrink fully 10 per
| cent In the course of six or seven
months after cribbing. Corn that will
bring thirty cents at husking time
should bring at least thirty-five cents
six months later.
A horseman says: The finest winter
feed that know of is sheaf oats, that
is all l know about it. The horses will
60 through the winter in good, strong
condition and in the spring they will
be fit for work Let them eat the
heads and BEST of straw, and use the
rest for bedding.
A house does not always have to be
handsome to be comfortable No one
with cold feet can enjoy home. Chllls
running up,the back are serious remind
ers of lack of management in some, par
| ticular. A furnace or large stove
jacketed in the basement or CELLAR will |
do more to keep the house warm than
any other way.
All mule colts and most young work
mules are pranky. That is they are
fond OF "monkeying' with each other
when turned out In a lot; but they are
seldom mischievous to the extent of
jumping over fences and getting into
the crops, and even when they get into
cornfield or other sort of CROP they
don't do much harm.
Have you ever noticed that when the
ax gets out Of place it is sure to he on
a cold morning when you have forgot
ten to get kindllng the night before7
This makes man real good natured,
but when he remembers that it is just
where he left 1t he Is sure to try to
excuse himself. Have box In which