Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
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The farmers road to success is paw
ed with good resolutions.
A well-flled woodshed and conven-
lent water supply go long ways to-
ward promoting domestic tranquility.
In some poultry houses 1t Is fight
between the man and the house to see
which gets the most good out of the
business.
Lie down and stretch out few min
utes every day. Shut your eyes and
let the world go. 1t will do you more
good than anything else.
The most recent idea in branding
stock is to burn the telephone number
in the skin. The owners of stray cows
may then be easily located.
At the sale of G. w. Fink, of Mary
vile, No., thirty-five head Of Aberdeen
Angus cattle brought $4,000, an aver
age of $123 for each Individual.
Sip the cold water you drink these
days. A lot of cold water gulped down
will be apt to bring on collie. You
haven't the time nor strength to waste
in that way.
This is the time of the year when it
takes the tuck out of the boys to work
much before breakfast. Don't expect
to do half days work on an empty
stomach. You wouldn't think Of treat
ing the horse that way.
If the corn cultlvator undergoes as
much Improvement in the next few
years US it has in the past, it will
almost be white shirt job to pillow
corn. The dustless feature should be
next given attention by makers.
Farming and politics" is combina-
tion to which ITO graduates in large
eastern college have announced as their
future life work. Running for Office
and farming are commonly associated,
but not popularity after such prepara-
ton.
The reason why wool merchants al
ways request the tying of fleece with
cotton or hemp cords instead Of binder
Irvine is because the Irvine fibres get
mixed in with the fleece and in dyeing
refuse to take the color. This makes
extra work in picking out the objection
able fiber.
Italian farmers are suffering from
scarcity of labor more than the Amer
lean farmers. During the past two
years 250,OO0 laborers from the prov
inces Of that country have emigrated
to the United States, but most of these
stop in the big cities and do not work
at farming.
The old way of growing garden truck,
in little square or oblong beds, is out
Of date. Long rows are far the best.
Then the horse and cultivator can do
lot of the work we used to do by
hand. Life is too short and too busy
to admit of much hand work anywhere
in these days.
Hundreds Of years ago, Tull said,
'Tillage is manure" and while he was
mistaken as to this, he was thinking
along correct lines. The fact is, the
more finely divided the particles of the
soil are, the greater the moisture con-
tent Of; that soil and the more soluble
the plant food.
For all one can tell nowadays his
cultivators and curry-combs may be
made of old wagon tires and boot
jacks picked up anywhere between
Maine and California. The old iron
gathering industry has become an ex-
tensive one and in large cities may be
found acres of scrap piles awaiting re-
melting.
The value Of the farm telep' p vas
strikingly shown recently In Sc
Of Mrs. George Stech, Of Centerville,
Iowa. A tramp broke into her home
when she was alone with her baby, but
before he smashed in her front door
she ran to the telephone to give the
alarm. The tramp attacked her before
she could do 50, but the receiver being
off the hook. her screams were heard
by many of her neighbors along the
line and assistance soon came.
Drenching Cattle.
If cows head is raised as high as
possible and her mouth kept open by
the drenching bottle or horn, some of
the liquid is very apt to pass down the
windpipe into the lungs, sometimes