Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-07-17

Coats will prove profitable to the
farmer whose pasture is bushy and il
surrounded by high and strong fence.
Five good cows will help buy sep
arator quicker than six poor ones, and
one is needed more with the five than
the six.
Farm animals constitute nm effective
and profitable fertilizer factory on the
farm with the capital paying good div
blends all the time.
When pasturing the pigs in the
clover 1t Is best to feed the grain at
night, as that leaves the porker hun
cry to eat the clover in the early morn
ing.
Corn stalks alone will make no COW
break the State record in the produc-
ton of milk. A pail of half and half
night and morning will help some-half
bran and half ground oats.
.The world owes me living" says
an unthrifty man. Yes, that Is so, but
he will have to hustle around and
make the collection. The world owes
every man a living who is willing to
help get it.
There'd be more happy homes II ev-
cry man could be as patient about
home as he is when he goes fishing.
Some men will growl If dinner is two
minutes late and then they'll stay
whole day in boat and never get
bite.
Don't quarrel over the line fence.
II you cannot agree with your neigh
Dor got surveyor to set the stakes.
The outlay of few dollars is better
than the unpleasantness and the W.:
certainty as to the exact boundary
line.
1t is a step in the right direction to
have the boiler of the steam thresher
tested, but 1t is not enough; the en-
glneer should have touch Of the same
test inefficient engineers are some
times at their posts when bad acci-
dents occur.
Prof. w. NJ. Hays, assistant secre-
tary Of agriculture, is urging the es-
tablishment of agricultural high
schools in farming districts, and there
Is no doubt but that such schools will
become powerful educational factor
In the near future.
y Beeswax mixed with enough tallbw
to make it soft Is an excellent water
proof dressing for leather 1t should.
be rubbed into the latter while 1t is
held near the stove. and the leather
ought to be very dry In order to read
lily take up the preparation. For hnr-
ness dressing lamp black is mixed
with it.
Tomatoes to be grown In con-
fined space should be trained to poles
with cross strips. After the plants
have grown to five or six feet IN
height they may be clipped to pre-
vent further upward growth. Tie
every foot to keep them supported,
and clip the surplus foliage. to throw
the strength Of the vine into the
fruit and to give the sun chance
at it.
Under irrigation and on moist soils
alfalfa grows so rank that compare
lively little seed is set. 1t is on this
account that whenever an effort Is
made to grow crop of seed on fertile
valley lands the third crop is selected
for this purpose, says a writer in Or
ange Judd Farmer. Coming later in
the season, when the supply of mois-
ture is generally less abundant, the
crop will usually be far in advance of
that which could be saved from the
first or second cutting.
The blackberry Cane Borer.
Since the borer began to destroy
the blackberry canes the old and we'll
known Wilson yariety-the largest and
most attractive of all blackberries-has
almost been obllterated In some sec
lions, but where growers have united
In the work of cutting away the canes
md burning them the evil has been
greatly lessened. One slovenly fruit
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