Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-12-02

We must not lose sight Of the fact
that COW must earn her board fol
the entire year before she can begin to
show profit.
The horse that is "all legs" Is not
the one you want. Try to get those
that are well set, neither too long legs
nor too long bodies.
1t is easy to hang up your harness
II you once get into the habit Of it.
How many farmers do you know that
drop them on the floor?
Prayer may bring rain, but the lively
cultivator and the persistent hoe will
make dust mulch that will keep the
moisture In the ground.
More than 1000 acres of watermelons
were planted last spring between Pen
sacola and River Junction, Fla, dis
lance Of only few miles.
The fowl that begins to mott during
August or September has much bet.
ter chance to survive the winter than
the One that begins in the late fall.
Wood ashes may be applied at the
rate of % to so bushels to the acre.
One ton Of good wood ashes will con-
tain about 14O pounds Of phosphoric
acid.
All dairy products are intended for
human food and 1t is only justice to
our fellow beings that we do our part
to insure clean and wholesome article
Of diet.
Use well-rotted manure on the gar
den plot, il you have not done so be-
fore, working it well into the surface
G or inches Of the soil. Do not delay
this matter any longer.
In feeding ensilage it is essential that
the silos be far enough from the stable
to eliminate all danger Of the milk abb
sorbing the odor of the ensilage when
it is thrown out of the silo.
1t has been found that fowls with
deep, angular breast bones have to be
fed longer to make them look well,
and they consume considerably more
feed than those having uniform breast
bones.
To build and maintain a dairy farm
would seem to be an easy task, yet
there is more in the man than the sur
roundings. There are but few first
class dairymen and they have diaries
corresponding.
A good 'front.' counts in business
and well-dressed, clean and prosper
disappearing farmer can get better
bargain than the man who looks ike
tramp and shows he has no acquaint-
ance with the bathtub.
Some people who refuse to pay 81 a
sitting for fertile eggs from pure-blood-
ed stock, and take their chances Of
getting them at the grocery store,
get eggs that won't hatch.
The breeder know why. .
A Kansas man recently sold forty
head Of Hereford yearling heifers at
$4O.T0. They yielded net profit OF
$50 per head. They were bought as
weanlings, roughed until last July,
then fed for about ten months on al
falfa and corn.
What we need in producing good
dairy products is economy, vigilance
and common sense whether the product
is being sold to the city trade, made
into butter ON the farm, sold to the
creamery. condensary or the cheese fac
tory.
II the droppings of the fowls are not
in normal condition give a teaspoonful
of soda water (bicarbonate) to each
afflicted bird. In making the water use
three heaping teaspoonfuls Of soda to q
pint of water. Follow with 1-grair
quinine pill each night for three nights
in succession.
In keeping track Of the family ex-
penses 1t is well to have all items of
merchandise charged, with payments
monthly or quarterly, or pay cash for
all items as soon as ordered. Where a
mixed system Of payment is followed
there are likely to be confusion and
more or less misunderstanding as be-
tween patron and merchant.
While the clearing up Of the patches
of small trees and brush along the road
sides and fence rows and in the pas
lures may tend to improve the land
scape from the aesthetic point Of view,
it means the destruction Of just 50
many places OF shelter for the bird If !
Of the locality. which Is an even more
important consideration than the I'm
proving of the landscape.
The grape fruit, which is of the colo.
Of lemon and Of the shape Of an
orange, though considerably larger,
gets its name from the fact that the
fruit as borne on the trees is clus-
tered much as are grapes on their
stem. This fruit is not at Its best until
the second year after picking, when 1t
Is really too ripe for shipment, which
accounts fer the fact that relatively m