Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05

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With oats around half dollar It
certainly does take money to make the
mare CO.
The breechy horse Is the most aggra-
waiting thing on the farm, unless 1t Is
an old cat that kills chickens.
The man who has hogs or cattle to
feed In IN open lot does not grow very
enthusiastic over the prospects Of good
sleighing.
A good way to move hand corn
shelter short distance is to turn 1t
upside down and run 1t on the balance
wheel, after the fashion Of wheel
barrow.
Small grain throughout consider
able area Of the corn belt is not a very
profitable crop. but 1t is a very neces-
sary crop in order to get supply Of
straw.
For a good hedge and wind-break
plant the seeds of the honey locust.
Ute the seed freely, as 1t is quicker to
thin than to grow. This plan is free
from insect pests.
For good results in farm dairying
and butter making In winter, keep the
milk at an even temperature. Keep the
cream sweet until the day before
churnlng, and stir the cream well.
| In 1854 tomatoes first came into gen.
eral use In this country. In 1S4s they
were first packed In tin and glass by
Harrison w. Crosby, at Lafayette Col
lege, Pa, and sold ut 90 cents can.
Some people would have prices of
farm products increased by lessening
the output This, however, seems n
foolish idea in view of the position
which the factor supply" holds in the
| game of markets.
| As a producer Of human food good
dairy COW is about equal to two beef
| steers, and the COW has to give only
10 quarts Of milk per day to do the
work. And, besides, the COW is left,
while the steer is not.
Some farmers say that there is more
money to be made In dalrying than in
sheep raising, and there are others
whose opinions are the reverse. The
fact of the case is, each is profitable,
depending altogether on the man who
is hunting the profit. The only sure
way to know is to try both.
A speaker at the New York Farmers
Institute said ..-"Yarded fowls are the
modern improved egg machines. Fowls
let run and given free range cannot
produce as great number of eggs, for
the reason that they divert part Of
their capacity for forming the eggs In
my own case, increased my egg yield
1920 eggs last year BY yardlng my
fowls"
A stcckman living just outside Of
Nebraska, according to report, drove
his cattle ovGr the boundary in order
to take advantage Of low railroad
rates Evidently the railroad caught
on" and disciplined him by compelling
him to walt for cars twenty-five days.
All this time shippers around him were
able to secure cars. Suit Is now being
brought for discrimination.
When man gets very wise In mat
tiers relating to any single profession
he writes book, but IL you Will call
to mind the best farmer OF your ac-
Quaintance-the man who is best
qualified to say something on crop
growing or live stock raising, you will
find that he never wrote a line on the
subject in his life and possibly has
never as much as pronounced his own
name in public. 1t Is a distinct loss
that such men are not more active as
| educators,
I Imitation DuttermilI<.
Butterlnilk dietarians will probably
be appalled, to learn that the lumpy
liquid which for years has been served
In all our big cities under the general
classification Of buttermllk, is nothing
more or less than mixture of acid
and SKINNED milk. A certain amount
of culture Tactic acid bacteria are adj
ded to skim milk-the sort which is
commonly looked upon as the rightful
property of. the pigs. The bacteria ad-
ded to the skim milk produce coagula-