Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-16
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the growing season the fertility wifi
leach away into the subsoil, where ID
will be out of the reach of surface-feed1
Ing crops. If kept growing something
all through the summer 1t will nod
leach and 1t will be all the better for
the soil. II allowed to leach 1t will
be better to change the spot occasion,
ally and put the old garden spot to-
clover to bring up the fertility again.
1 According to the National Stockman,
the demand for pork this year has as
tonished even the most sanguine friends
of the hog. Both fresh and cured meats
have been taken in large volume right
along at prices which were SO high that
they were expected to check consump-
tion. There are three reasons why this
condition has existed and still exists.
First is the prosperity Of the South,
large consumer Of cured meats. The
southern trade was never larger than 1t
Is to-day. Next is the growing foreign
trade, which, like our own, seems to
proceed regardless Of prices; and, final
", the people of this country have
learned to eat bacon.
Ask cattle feeder in the corn belt
how he is coming out with his steers,
and he will say that If his steers don't
make him any profit his hogs will let
him out So often does this happen
that the hog has come to be IN Inn
portant factor to reckon with in all
cattle-feeding operations. Indeed, If itr
were not for the grunters, the business
of cattle feeding might be q precarlous
one. There is sad lack of profits, as al
general thing, in handling hogs, just
because there is sorry lack of man
agment somewhere. The essentials
are the countless little things which
no one can teach another, and these
have more to do with 1t than general
rules. The blood, the care, the warm
shelter, the proper food are all on the
list, but only the practical man learns
those which are not written.
To Get Rid of CockIeburs. +
A correspondent of farm paper
says:
Cockleburs can only be exterminated
by pulling up the last one Of them in
u field for two years running. The
necessity for the two-year treatment is
accounted for from the fact that every
cocklebur, according to our correspond
ent, contains two seeds, one Of which
will grow the first year and the other
one the second. By planting corn for
two years running, and taking great
care not to leave a single plant in the
field, 1t is claimed they can be exter-
minated.
Producing Denatured Alcohol.
III farmer or other person desires
to go into the business of manufacture
ing denatured alcohol, at plant how
ever SMALL" says Internal Revenue
Commissioner Yerkes, 'he will be re-
quired to construct his plant in the
manner prescribed by the general laws
and regulations. He will be required
to give bond, the effect of which is to
prevent him from defrauding the gov
eminent of the tax on any distilled
spirits produced by him. He will be
required to establish distillery ware
mouse; to deposit the spirits produced
by him in this warehouse; to establish
denaturing bonded warehouse, and to
tax pay or denature, just as he may
wish, the alcohol produced by him, All
OF this Will be done under government
al supervision, but the government pays
for this supervision. The manufacture
OF alcohol does not bear one cent Of It,
There is no objection to farmer name
ufacturing his alcohol In his back yard
provided he wants to establish a dis
tillery there If you will take the trou-
BILE to Investigate you will find, in my
opinion, that the laws and regulations
relating to the manufacture Of alcohol
I'm Germany do not differ to any great
extent from the laws and regulations
in this country"
Horse Maintains His Position.
The horse is always about to be, but
never Is put out of business. On, the
appearances Of every new agency OF
transportation the announcement Il SOL
EMMY made that the horse. artel pass
Ing through an era of decreasing prices,
will cease and determine. SIt was SO
when railroads began to gain headway.
when bicycles came into use, when the
electric cars commenced to buzz along
the highways, when the auto developed
into something more than curiosity,
but yet here the horse is still with US,
and more valuable than ever.
Statistics submitted to the House of
Representatives in connection With the
agricultural appropriation bill, show
that there has been notable Increase
both in the number and value of horses
In the United States in the last nine
years. The aggregate of horses Jan.
1, 1905, stood at .1S,71S,57s, against
14,367,667 at the corresponding date OF
1897. Their total value Increased from
$452, GAG, 1896 in 1897 to $3.50, 5s9,9O8.
This startling rate of increase in
value Is no more marked than that of
mules. according to the same govern-
ment authorities There were 2,216.-
654 mules in 1897 and 3,1O4,O61 in
1906, and the values We're, respectively,
ss2, 100000 and s3s4,esO,52o.
| HuskinH Corn.
The following expression of opinion
Is from one who has been watching the
work of handling corn by machinery:
/ Much Of the work will ha dnna nv tho
power husker and shredder, but num-
Der who had their corn husked in this
manner last year. are going to return
to the old method as being cheaper and
more satisfactory.
\ The shredder is the natural compsn-
ion Of the binder, and most of the corn
cut by the latter will be sh:mlel.
There are. however, some binders in
this vicinity that have stood still while