Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-03-20

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A small amount of sulphur fed to the
poultry during the winter will keep the
blood in condition.
Keeping the skin of the work horses
clean enables them to sweat freely, and
this is essential for their health.
The mare that is sucking colt is
doing double duty and should not
be required to perform as much hard
labor as the other horses.
Give the pigs fair start in life by
feeding the SOW upon milk-producing
rations. There is nothing much better
than skim milk mixed with shorts.
Bulldogs and six shooters are on
about a par when 1t comes to finding
place for them In the home, Both
are nasty, ugly propositions and as
general thing prove to be "loaded."
A great deal of hay is sent to mar
ket that is full of weeds. Such hay
brings the lowest price, and also In
dicates that the farmers who ship 1t
are not only careless, but also ignorant
of the true methods of farming.
The wood lot, whether Of artificial
or natural planting, is best handled
by careful and judicious thinning,
which thus gives the remaining trees
more room for growth ms well as nm
increased supply of light and moisture.
Were 1t not for the operation of a
law of natural selection and an elimi-
nation of the fruit of weaker vitality,
apple trees would be broken to the
ground could they furnish nourishment
sufficient to bring all the fruit that
sets to maturity.
Where the garden is plowed without
being MANFRED and not rich enough to
produce good crop of vegetables next
season 1t is best to cover the plowed-
ground with coat of manure in The
fall and work 1t in with disk and Gull
tivator in the spring.
In the building of the sflo 1t Is well
to see to 1t that the structure Is well
braced with view to wind resist
| ance, as one located near the home of
the writer was blown down lately dur
ing the progress of heavy thunder
and wind storm.
Too much wood Is usually left to
grapevines. The old vines need to be
pulled from the trellis and all of the
old vines trimmed away except three
or four shoots eighteen inches to two
feet long, owing to the age and,
strength of the shoot.
Cows should be so fed that their
milk flow will not vary much during
the year. This Is a.possibility which
some dairymen accomplish. Cows often
decrease steadily in their milk flow.
This should not be. Too much dry feed.
and not enough succulent ration is
given.
Statistics say that in the State of
Indiana the percentage of loss annually
from disease In swine herds Is twice rs
great as in other classes of farm AMI
mails. The records further show that
| these losses reach an average figure of
So, 100000, while the total in one single
year was estimated to have been near
| ly $5,OOO,OOO.
Discussing the German method of
planting potatoes, with ample distance
and with eyes under, so that the stems
may grow widely apart, n foreign grow
Ell asserts that it not only saves the
seeds, but produces more and better
crops. Often dozen tubers are used
where only one would be enough, but
1t is difficult to make some new garden
/ ers believe 1t.
The sow that will fetch n litter of
seventeen pigs is usually found on
farms which have a dairy, a silo, clio
yer meadows and raise eighty bushels
of corn to the acre. being the product
of somewhat prosperous and lelsurely
type of agriculture which does not make
1t necessary for the SOW 10 raise ht-
ter Of pigs before she Is a year oiu.
wsstern orchordist saws. II is NOT
wise policy to buy trees for planting
,hat nave peeh grown vi iNei VI
creek potion .laiio. me s,eAl uel''i
and richness OIL sou ..leie Always pro-
duce coarse sio"'h VI "oou .au 'ons
taprooes' WHICH mus. N ~. IN W. ~ -
planting. ne W. ness 80. 10y ~. ..eo,
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planning Oh his u lanu.