Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-09-04

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The best safety deposit arrangement
is-far1n land.
The beautiful COW is the one that
shows profit on the balance sheet
The time to gather vegetables is in
the morning when they are fresh and
crisp.
Abundant food within easy reach is
what plants require in order. to make
their best growth.
A shotgun loaded with number two
shot is the only effective remedy for
the sheep-killing dog.
If concentrated food is purchased to
help out, the SKINNED milk fed to hogs
or pigs will pay for the purchase of
such feeds.
Never scald the milk pals or cans
first, but rinse we'll with cold water
and scald last. Sunshine and air help
to keep them sweet.
1t is said that an average corn crop
takes from the soil an amount of mois-
IN ehn Of
to ten inches deep over the entire
field.
Land that has been lined gives re-
suits. with beets. carrots, parsnips, peas
and beans, even when fertilizer Is APP
piled. Lime is also excellent when ap-
piled on grass lands.
Whenever tree first comes into
bearing is the time to fully determine
the variety Of fruit, IL smallsboy does
not get there first, in which case one
may have to wait another year.
Tedious as 1t appears, the destruction
Of the egg clusters and hand picking
of the matured insects is the suresr
method of combating the odious squash
bug that Prof. Shingerland can recon-
mend.
To preserve the wagon wheels so that
they need not be. taken to the shop,
heat linseed oil to the boiling point and
pour 1t into n trough. Have enough
oil to cover the felloes, and turn the
wheel slowly through this hot oil.
Coming right down to facts man
can make or spoil his business as a
rule by his method of selling. The
market place is the end of all produce
SO far rs the producer is concerned and
one can't give it too much attention.
The invention Of the cream separator
has worked changes in the feeding Of
swine. 1t is now cheaper to give the
fresh skim milk to the pigs than to at
tempt to keep it, and the ground grain
Is thus more easily fed at the same
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A light weight milk can may be all
right for the whole-milk patron who
lives near the factory, or one who
uses a spring wagon for delivery; but
for long haul in n lumber wagon the
eighteen or twenty-pound can is need
ed to stand the strain.
Grindstone getting bad SO 1t will
not "cut?' That comes from standing
out in the sun. Better get new one
and then keep 1t under cover. If you
can do no better, you can make cover
of short pieces of board to slip over
the stone when not in use, and don't
forget to slip 1t over.
The person who can place proper
value on the details Of his work should
congratulate himself. While-a woman
was trying to impress me recently with
the high cost Of thread, 1t having rails
ed from five to six cents spool, her
baby pounded out n window-pane with
a 81 cut-glass sugar bowl.
Reno, New, has mail carrier who
Gun neither read nor write, but he is
the only man in the county who will
take the job at the price the govern
ment is willing to pay. This carrier
sizes up the numbers on the houses
with the address on the letter and man.
ages to hold down his job.
The violet does best in moderately
rich, misunderstanding, loamy compose
soil, with no rank manure within
reach of the roots. The planting should
be firmly done, crowding of the plants
not allowed, and but little space be-
tween the lights and the plants per-
mitted; therefore, the foundation of the
bed must not be of yielding char
acter, and for this purpose nothing is
worse than manure or tree leaves.
| Some Of the most valuable plants
are weeds If grown where not desired.
Where wheat Is largely grown rye is
one of the most detested weeds that APP
pear in the field. 1t is very difficult
to separate the wheat and rye grains,
and rye is therefore likely to appear
every year If the homegrown seed
wheat is used The rye shoots to seed
ahead Of wheat; hence the heads can
be cut off with sickle, which should
be done just before the seed heads out.
1t is easier to use clean seed, however
and thus avoid working in the growing
wheat.
ReclaiminE Alknli Lands.
| Experiments have been conducted by
the Department of Agriculture at FIRES
no, CAL, with view to retaining al
kali lands by drainage. Operations are
now being conducted in large vine