Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-25

When the cows have been long in
milk the churning becomes more DIFF
ficult.
Before you breed your mare to a
stallion, go out and look at dozen of
his colts.
Don't Imagine you can tie up n
big colt with n rotten halter and have
him stay tied.
1t is. mistaken idea that pigs en-
joy sour stuff better than that which
is sweet and wholesome.
The best way to clean n wood pas
ture where the young sprouts. are be-
coming troublesome is to turn In the
sheep.
&. Wool is product that does not take
fertility from the soil, but actually
adds to the value of the soil for grain
growing.
Sheep manure is very enrlcbing to
land, perhaps because of their very
thorough digestion of their food. When
they eat weed seed, even mature ones,
they are 80 dlgested that there will
be no danger of their termination.
One Of the best preparations to pre-:
vent fence post from rotting ls to
mix linseed oil and pulverlzed char
coal to consistency of paint and paint
the post with It,. a post prepared with
this preparation set for seven years Is
said to exhibit but little or no signs OF
decay.
The hen more than year old is
not winter producer of eggs. Why
this is SO is not known. The pullet
produces the winter eggs, but as she
gets older her season of egg production
Is later. If the egg market in the
spring and summer is not good, then 1t
will not pny to winter the old hens. so
that after all 1t Is not question of
management, but one of being gov
erned by conditions.
Jesse Bond, who lives near Peru,
Ind, and was formerly Commits
sioner of Miami County, has an apple
trae that ia a ye,rs Md when he
satt,e, on tho n,ace whore he now lives
no nlanted tbe free If measures over
nine feet in. circumference iust above
the ground. The tree was a good pro-
Queer for more than 80 years, but now
n ennn,ias little moro than shade Inst
reor n bore only seven onnles
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Exhibitors at the International have
come to the conclusion that the time is
now ripe when agricultural colleges
should have a separate class OF their
own. Some station WORKERS do not fail
with THIS ldea. ihere IS ut least an
!,agas eaam tn cnrrv away the l;on.s
sb.ra ~ tha nrizess .Individual exhibi.
tore faal that they ,re han,licanned ms
tbov have to ,emn,ov ,ndiyidnni fnnds
70 comnete with public finds IN bnvlng
,f,ttinp. md showing stock.
80, - - - = {.
Professor Written says: In this
climate young trees are liable to lean
away from the sun, toward the north
or east. The best way to keep them
straight Is not to set them SO they lean
toward the sun, but to keep them In
balance by winter pruning. 1t Will be
observed that the limbs on the north
side tend to grow faster than those OH
the sunny side. In some varieties the
southern limbs turn toward the trunk
of the tree, away from the intense sun
light while the northern limbs spread
-. chorto,,,, tho ,;,,,I,. ~ a.,
,,an.,, STAG an,,o,,yos flo wa,aht !, lt,o
49, 20 tho trao On ~ vii, M t,n ~
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Good Way to Catch Hawks.
A Minnesota farmer, who has been
successful In catching hawks, says:
To trap hawks, owls and crows that
bother your chicken eoops, get pole
of 2x4, IA or 10 feet long. At one end
of this pole make notch In which to
place small steel trap, the trap to be
held in place by means of few tacks
or small nails. Fasten the chain good
and solid about a foot from the end.
Dig a hole for the other eEd of the
post in some open place about five rods
from your coops or where these pests
are more likely to perch to watch for
your chickens Generally when they
ito, nosItion and then hone mil vo,,
relieve them. Try 1t and ,renort re.
turns
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Curing Bnrbed Wire Cuts.
Here is some Information from
correspondent of Epitomlst that will
prove useful on vast number Of
farms
ExDerfenCe has proven to me thai