Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-01

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Cows giving milk consume much more
water than those not giving milk.
With reasonably good management
sheep should give greater returns than
any other live stock.
One great source of infertile eggs is
due to the fact that too many females
are yarded with one cock.
The expense in labor in caring for a
garden adequate to supply the needs of
an ordinary family need not exceed $50
year.
If you want to get the best work out
of the boy, let him have half day off
now and then to play ball and give
him half dollar to blow in on the
next circus.
Early Matched chicks should be taken
from the breeders and placed in rat
proof colony houses. They will huddle
In corner at first, and should be
taught to roost as soon as possible.
The labor of hand wedding may be
reduced to a minimum by planting IN
freshly worked soil only. tilling close
to the rows early in the season, and
permitting no weeds to ripen their seed.
In selecting eggs for Matching, take
those of uniform size and thickness of
shell. Reject the dirty, notified eggs
| and those with thin shells. Do not set
small eggs nor eggs more than thirty
days old.
Where sixteen hours a day is still
the rule on the farm it is pertinent to
ask the question, is there any necessity
for such slaving?' Many boy has
been driven to the city by Just such
methods of carrying on farm operations.
Grape cuttings should be planted as
soon as the soil can be worked in the
spring. In planting put them in the
ground up to the top bud and at
slant SO that the soil will be packed
firmly about them to prevent drying
out.
1t ought not to require the aid of ex.
perts to show the danger of Tornado
hyde and formalin as milk preserver.
The milk sellers do not have the same
interest in this that the consumers have,
and all who persist in the use of such
drugs should be given a taste of the
strong arm of the law.
1t is best to buy seed corn in the
ear when practicable. The Whole ears
are honest representatives and show
for themselves. 1t is best to discard
MI the defective, irregular-shaped
grains from the ends of the ear in or
der to insure a perfect stand. "A per.
feet stand materially lessons the cost
of production.
The "cock-sure cure" for hog cholera
promulgated a few years ago by the
government has gone off "half cooked"
and the whole scheme has failed. The
reason it failed was due to the fact that
n whole herd had to be destroyed In
order to effect cure. Strange. This
is like the man who cleared his barn
of rats by setting 1t on fire.
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Artistic garden beds have earned a
| good, long rest Ii there ever was any
reason for them 1t has all vanished.
The best way to grow garden vegetables
nowadays is to grow them in long rows
so they can be easily cultivated by hand
or wheel hoe. Plant rows extending
across the garden, arranging the varie-
ties so that other and later crops can
| take the place Of the early vegetables.
Sheep are the best animals to Craze
In sod orchard. They crop the grass
close to the ground, thus obviating
loss. of moisture by evaporation
through the blades. They do not tramp
the ground solldly like cattle, and their
droppings are an aid to fertilization be-
cause of their extended distribution.
| Sheep also keep the orchard clear of
weeds and brlars, If turned Into 1t early
enough in the summer.
Oyerripe cream means rancid butter.
| The scientific buttermaker ripens his
cream to uniform acidity The
amount of acid his cream contains he
measures by means of test. The man
who makes butter on the farm should
use this test, or else he should use
something that Will enable him to
know exactly when to stop the ripen.
ing process and begin to churn his
cream. Butter to sell well should be
uniform in quality.
Experiments show that COW when
in full flow of milk drinks from 1900
to 1000 pounds Of water month, the
average quantity, determined by test
ing herd, being 1860 pounds per cow.
This fact shows the Importance of un.
limited supply of water at all seasons
of the year. In every 100 quarts Of
| MIX the FARMER sells ABOUT eighty
eight quarts Of water, and when the
COW cannot procure water at all times
she will fall off In Yield
Pruning should be done as early as
possible to give the wounds time to
heal. Especially is this true where
| pruning is heavy. 1t is not yet too
late to finish this sort of work, but no
large limbs should be cut, because they
will not heal in time to prevent bleed
Ing when the sap begins to flow. Paint
ing all scars of an inch or more in di,
ameter made at this time OF the year
will prevent bleeding and destroy a
breeding place for fungus diseases.
In planting peach trees a Western
Missouri orchardist recommends put