Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-06
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No farmer makes money in raising
Inferior horses.
Uniformity in the size of eggs can
best he obtained by keeping one stand
ard breed of hens.
Good wool is not produced by sheer
that are starved and fed alternately
Evenness of wool depends upon even
ness of condition of the sheep.
1t Is not the COW that eats the mos
or the COW that eats the least that /:
the best COW, but the COW that makes
the best use of what she does eat.
1t is not good policy to force thu
growth of colts by giving them slim
uiating foods and overlooking them
The overgrown horse is seldom a dur
able ore.
In studying to increase the number
of bushels Of grain raised, study also
to increase the number of pounds OF
butter made per COW. The number OF
pounds over 100 per year are the ones
that help your bank account
"Keeping the Fences Tight would
make Il good text for Il sermon to many
farm congregations. If there is any
thing that is aggravating it is to chase
after stock that has broken through
fences. Such a thing is sure to happen
when you are the least prepared for it.
In scriptural times the Wise Men
lived in the East, but that's not true
to-day. Farmers of the West are wiser
In their day and generation than those
in the East-they know enough not to
deplete the fertility supply in their
soils.
The greatest need of the dairy indus
| try at present is the care Mt the farm
end. The milk and cream must be
kept and delivered in good condition.
Because of the system of grading
cream the product must be of the very
best to secure the No. | grade price.
The farmer now has available a
library of $4,000 of books, pamphlets
and periodicals relating to agricultural
science. AT the rate of 5000 additions
during the year. the Department of
Agriculture will soon have the most
| ,h>ta or ~, "a =
erature in the world.
Ton for ton. many farmers are find
ing that unthrashed oats, cut when the
grain is in the rather soft dough
| (milky) state, and cut fine with stalk
cutter, are better than meadow hay,
cut equally fine, to feed cattle, es-
pecially mich cows. AS Il rule, good
farmers raise far more weight of oats
to the acre than of hay.
According to the results obtained by
three years of experience on forty
farms in Minnesota, farm labor costs
about twelve cents an hour and horse
labor about seven and a half cents.
A farm lnborer can be boarded for
$132 Il year and horse kept for about
$50. Hay can be produced for one-half
and grain for three-fourths of the cost
of raising corn.
Corn is low in price some years in
certain localities. 1t is possible that
next season there may be but half q
crop, but the excess over that required
for consumption may bring good prices
Farmers who have too much grain on
hand, with prices ruling low, should
endeavor to increase the number of
animals on the farm in order to con-
vert the corn into something more
saiuble.
One of the best locations for a gar
den is the strawberry bed that has been
abandoned. as strawberry beds are
usually well MANFRED and carefully
cultivated, while the shading of the
soil by the plants conduces to the for
nation Of humus. An excellent plan
to treat the bed for garden is to ap-
ply plenty of wellrotted manure now,
II it can be done. and then pillow the
bed in the spring. working the top soil
fine with harrow and rake.
1t is mighty good policy to always
have some floating capital on hand.
Many men have gone bankrupt in their
business operations Just because they
didn't have little cash on hand to help
them out in pinch. There is no rea-
son why the farmer, as well MS any
other business man. shouldn't be thus
prepared to tide over period when
receipts run low. There is nothing
that makes us more uneasy than to
see our reserve fund running low.
Plan to have something coming in
every month.
| Disinfectnnts for Cholera.
The tar disinfectants should be used
daily about the feed troughs, floors,
| Sleaninp quarters etr M less than n