Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-10-30
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| Sheep are good ''weeders," but they
appreciate and pay for good pasture.
! Hogs are specially subject to rheu-
matlsm and for this reason they shorld
BIO given dry quarters.
The United States shipped abroad
last year $4,500,0 600 worth of butter and
$2,500,000 worth of cheese.
Patrons of party telephone lines
should practice the golden rule In the
use Of their phones at least.
Discomfort from any sort arrests de-
velopment and consequently produces
loss in proportion to the degree and
continuity of the same.
1t is said that many horses kick for
fear of the darkness and If light be
left in the stable, most stall klckers
will abandon the vice.
Marketing grain at the elevator is
mighty slow way to liquidate debt.
II 1t is marketed through the medium
of good live stock 1t counts much
faster.
Go round the fences and see that
there are no holes for the sheep and
lambs to crawl through. Once tbs
habit is formed, 1t will stick like n
burdock bur.
When animals are exposed to tenn
peratures below what Is normal, addi-
tional food proportional to the degree
Of the exposure will be necessary to
restore animal heat.
Although roots contain from so to
90 per cent of water, they are ex-
tremely valuable in feeding, US the nu-
trients are nearly all dlgestible and the
juiciness is essential.
Wiping the flank and udder Of the
COW with damp cloth just before
milking is a very efficient method for
reducing the number of bacteria which
falls into the milk pail.
1t is doubtful If 1t pays at any time
10 let hogs run on pasture without
feeding them at least some grain. Even
dry sows intended for breeding pur-
poses should be fed q little SO as to
get them in good shape for another
| years work.
There is no kind of fowls under the
sun, the chickens Of which, If well fed
all their lives, will not be tender, juicy
and toothsome If Killed before they are
too old, and there is no breed that will
be plump, tender and flt for the table
| unless fed thus.
A gardener who has tested 1t for
three years says that broken pieces Of
bone are much. better sthan broken
crockery for draining flower pots The
plants appropriate the fertillzIng quail.
| ity of the bones and make such Yigor-
GUS growth that the plants in pots sup
piled with bones can be noticed at
once.
In estimating the profit from but
ter COW something is due the COW for
the skim milk and buttermilk furnish
ed the pigs. A lot of pigs should al
ways be kept where cream is sold or
butter sent to market. The pigs pro-
vide source for the disposal of re
fuse milk, and portion Of the profit
should be credited to the COW.
Gamma roots should be kept In the
cellar. They can stand cold well, pro-
vided they are in dry location, but
moistures will seriously injure them.
Put the roots in the ground after dan
ger of frost is over in the splrng. The
Gamma Is beautiful plant, and the
more rapid Its growth and larger the
plant the better, hence the ground for
the roots should be well prepared and
manure used literally.
4 No animal is profitable IL 1t Is not
making gain in flesh or producing
something The horse performs labor,
the COW yields milk, and the young
stock should be kept in rapid growth !;
but the steers, wethers and barrows
will entail loss If they do not show
some gain, as they are heavy food con-
sumers. Every pound of weight lost
entails the task In order to regain the
lost waste and compensate for the
time. No farmer should be satisfied
to have his stock at standstill.
Telephones in Forests.
1t Is entirely probable that the for
ests Of the far northwest will soon be
equipped with a frst-class telephone
service. These instruments were in