Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-01-09
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A close pen Is bad place for pigs,
when they might be out getting most
of their living for themselves.
Bran, malt, oats, hay, carrots and
green grass or clover are suitable for
sick or convalescent animals.
A farmer needs nice house that
will keep out the cold and he needs
an Ice house that will keep out the
heat.
Next to shredder an old thrashing
machine will put fodder in good con-
dition to feed. In fact some farmers
claim that 1t is even better.
An agricultural axiom was written
as early as the year 1858, as follows:
1.-THE finer the earth is made by tillage,
the more 1t is enriched by rain, dew
1 and air."
The man who had better stock and
farm products at home," than those
exhibited at the fair was there. He
usually shows up, but he seldom ex-
hibits any of the results Of his labor.
1t pays to fertllize crops. If twenty
loads Of manure on an acre only In
creases the crop five bushels Of corn,
there is gain by 1t, for that fertility
will be evident on that acre for many
years.
A dark soil absorbs the rays Of the
sun faster than the light soil and thus
makes 1t warmer. This difference in
temperature affects the termination
and growth Of plants. In the spring
when the corn Is coming up the rows
are usually seen first in the dark SOIL
While 1t may be desirable for the
poultry keeper to know the points in
the standard for pure-bred fowls, and
to be able to detect bad feather or
fault at glance, for practical purposes
he had better know the symptoms of
disease and be able to detect sick bird
when he visits the yards
Carrots, parsnips and satisfy will
keep safely in the ground where grown
unless the winter be very severe. 1t
Is always well, however, to pull and
store some Of these roots in sand in the
cellar so that they may be available for
the table should the ground become too
hard frozen to permit of digging or
| pulling them.
The advantage Of moderately low
headed, open-center trees are best ap-
preciated when one Is engaged in
1 spraying, thinning and picking the
fruit. This is problem and good or
chardists are studying deal to-day,
and 1t is very generally admitted that
1t requires the greatest good Judgment
to prune just enough to produce the de
Sired effect -
. About so per cent Of the American
export trade in horses is done with the
British Empire. During the last year
the total number of horses exported
from this country was 40,OS7 of a total
value of $4,365.9S1. OF these no less
than 31,919 were taken into Canada,
the bulk representing the team power
4 Of American farmers settling in the
new Northwest.
A Virginia apple grower says: 1t
may not be generally known that If
green apples are poured on brick
floor or dry dirt floor in autumn, that
freezing will not hurt them in the least,
provided they are not disturbed while
frozen. Have had them on plank floor
and freezing would ruin them, but have
never lost them by freezing when on
dry brick or earth floor.
barbed-wire fence was heard to
make the remark: i've been In the
cattle and horse business for many
years, and I have observed that 1 al
ways got more horses and cattle when
1 was down and out Of repair. may
have to retire, however, us my neigh
Dor, the woven wire, is expanding his
domain" 1t is getting to be question
whether a farmer who raises good
horses can afford to have a barbed-
wire fence.
Professor W. ]. Green says: "Apples
will thrive on great variety of soils.
will color better on high land, but
will hang to the trees better and rlpen
later on foreground, but there is more
In the management than in the soil.
With spraying and cultivation they
can be successfully grown where they
formerly would not succeed. .sThor-
ough drainage is important, thing pre-
ferred. Mulching has produced good
results, but when commenced must be
continued. 1t may be employed where
cultivation is not practicable"
Did you ever try to drive a ninety
pound shoat through a sixteen-foot
gate? OF course you have, and you
have had him stop before reaching the
gate, turn about, mediate, hesitate,
cogltate and finally the combined efforts
of hired man and dog can't put him
through that gate. Then you have had
the same pig approach the same gate
when he was not wanted and you have
slipped up along the fence in an at
tempt to head him off and-and-well,
of course he got through first. It is
presumed that the average hog is pos
sesscd of the spirit of dlyination. He
can foretell what is going to happen
good deal better than his owner.
| Acetylene Lamps.
The operation Of cutting wheat at
night with motor lighted by acety-
lene lamps has been successfully per-
formed in Kansas. A good crop was
cut by an agricultural motor, which
hauled two binders at one time and
cut 50 acres in rather over IS hours.
Save Money In Fertilizer.
1t Is possible to obtain more plant