Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-30

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be. If they have some great excellences
raise number of young queens from
them, and then you can dispose Of the
old ones. The same applies to the
combs In the brood chamber. Do not
lot them stay in the hive until they be-
come old and worthless, but remove two
or three at time and give new frames,
with ut least inch starters.
Breaking . Cow to Milk.
II you are going to break young
COW. the first thing you have to do is
to keep cool. Many kicking COWS are
made bad BY bad breaking and bad tenn
per. 1t is good idea to tie the new
cow up the first few days and give her
the very best treatment, SO she has won
your confidence. Before you are going
to milk be sure to haveyour finger nails
trimmed as close as possible. Do not
rush milking at once, but start gently
When you are through milking pet her
and give her something to eat during
the time of milking. I have done milk
ing for fourteen years at home, on the
farm of my parents, and know whereof
I speak.-Paul Kautz in Agricultural
Epitomist
Selecting Brood SOws.
Few things are more displeasing to
practical farmer than to see lot of
heterogeneous pigs following an old
scrub SOW. They are very unsatisfac-
tory to the feed lot and improbable
to the farmer. There is no excuse for
keeping scrub sows. The brood SOW
should be large, roomy and stand well
on her toes. Her shoulders should be
smooth and deep, back wide and slight
ly arched. There should be ample room
for heart and lungs provided by large
and deep chest, well sprung ribs and
straight, deep sides; deep, roomy
body from end to end. A good depth
Of chest and abdomen are especially Inn
portsnt In SOW.
I II possible, the SOW should be select
ed from large litter, this being apt to
insure fecundity. Each sow should
have at reast twelve well developed
teats. thus providing proper room and
nourishment for large filters Of pigs
Agricultural Epltomist.
British Rival Of Burbank.
Some Of the achievements of that re-
markable horticulturist, Mr.. Luther
Burbank. in Southern California, seem
to have been rlvaled In England by a
Lancashire farmer. 1t is said that on
Cartons seed grown near Warrington
a single oat plant surpasses by several
hundred cereals any plant ever grown
In the world. 1t is the product of TWEEN
ty-seven years practice of process
called accelerated evolution" and has
been obtained by crossing highly de-
veloped oat with certain varieties Of
wild oats which have an incalculable
capacity for generating seeds.
By these means the Lancashire farm
er obtains yield of 100 bushels an
acre, something over twice what is con-
sidered good yield in other parts of
the country. So practical has the pro-
cess been found that In thirty years the
yield Of some crops has been completely
doubled, and 1t may reasonably be ex-
pected that similar increase will take
place within the next thirty years.
Prnning Shrubs.
Many people think all shroubs should
be pruned annually. This is quite a
mistake. Most varieties should be
pruned only when the growth, is weak
or twiggy, and certain others only need
the removal Of old and barren wood.
The looser and more graceful are the
forms the more attractive are tho
shrubs.
Remember especially that the early
towering shrubs, such as weigela, deut-
Ella, wistaria, SNOWFALL, forsythIa, flow
ering almond, lilac, which bloom on the
wood, of the season before, should never
be pruned In the spring. The best time
to do this is after towering before the
growth is started, otherwise the flower
buds will be cut OF.
AVOID neavy cutting back at any
time. a little each yea will suffice as
time. A little each year will suffice as a
wnen pruning and cut so as to give easy
moving vines, trying to keep the
branches Wen down to the ground.
olo ana twisted stems and stunted
growth should Do thinned out, but do
not cut away many OF the healthy
SHOOTS. Branches either large or small
should be cut back quite close to joint
OF stem, while twigs should be cut close
TO an eye or joint.
Pruning Is best done with stout
sharp pocket knife or with medium