Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-04

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The prime object of cultivation is to
render the soil loose and light
Farm implements should be clean
when put into winter quarters, and
stored where rust will not corrupt.
The good dairy COW in the hands of
the intelligent cowkeeper will pay the
mortgage quicker than any branch Of
farming.
In the egg business hen is profta-
BILE for two years only. She is a treas
ure as a pullet and good value as
yearling.
Feeding fowls well with variety
of food is quite essential to egg pro-
duction, but no amount of good feed
ing will compensate for bad quarters.
The right quantity to be fed for the
cheapest productions of flesh or milk
and the maintenance of health Of the
animals Is the quantity they will eat
up clean every time.
Corn stalks are valuable fodder for
sheep and If they are cut green and
properly cured and then put through
the shredder. there should be but little
waste, says the Farm Journal.
You can't have eggs without giving
feed. and IL food is wholesome, give all
they will eat readily. Some evenings
there will be more required than 9TH
ers, SO no fixed amount can be settled
upon.
A very common cause for soft-shelled
eggs is overfatness. When one hen
perslstently lays soft-shelled eggs 1t is
best to kill and eat her; otherwise the
flock may take up the vice Of egg-eat-
ing.
Soils poorly drained, and so long
holding stagnant water. often In this
way damage and finally destroy roots,
thus causing the plants to perish.
Plants suffer for want Of oxygen when
the air cannot get to their roots.
Asarule birds mott later every year
80 that If hen changes her feathers
early in the autumn, it may be taken
for granted that she was Matched the
year previous. Again fowls get lighter
In color as their years Increase.
A wool grower sending wool to mar
ket in heavy. dirty condition, leav-
ing anything in the fleece to make
more weight, and expecting to get more
money, Is greatly mistaken. Buyers
estimate the value of the clip by the
net yield Of clean wool.
Don't let your vehicles get Into rat
tletrap condition. Screw up the loose
nuts so us to tighten all the bolts and
keep them from rafting. Use coal oil
freely when there is rust. Rust does
as much damage as wear on the iron
work of vehicles. Leather or rubber
washers should always be available.
The amount Of cut bone to be fed
to fowls depends on the variety of 9TH
or foods given and the range. Once or
twice week is enough in summer and
fall while the range is good. Some
times 1t Is not needed at all on range.
Twice a week is usually enough even
In the winter, and never more than
three times a week.
With horses continuing at high
prices and the disposition on the part
of big business houses in cities that
use teams to get matcred ones, It will
pay to raise heavyweight matched
teams Of any Of the best breeds. Per
cherons, Belgians and Suffolks are
popular with men who want solid
built, stocky teams of heavy weight.
| The fast walking horse is made in
breaking the colt. He usually wants to
go too fast and Is held down until he
comes to believe that his gait is to be
q dragging walk. II the colt is train
ed to walk up brlskly but not trot; If
he is never allowed to trot until he is
thoroughly trained to walk as fast as
he can without trotting, there will be
no trouble about his walking in after
life.
Profits on Young Animals.
1t Is loss to keep an animal four
years II it can be gotten into market
when 8 years old, for the years time
saved means labor and food, as well
as interest on capital invested. With
the use Of such beef producing breeds
az the Shorthorns, Herefords, Angus
and Galloways, an average of 1000
pounds per animal has been obtained
In four years. while 3-year-olds have
reached 1880 pounds, and 2-year-olds
1920 pounds, the daily increase being
| over two pounds for the yearlfnps mn