Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-10-21
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high without clipping. Don't clip or
NOV when wet with rain or dew.
Don't let alfalfa stand II turning yell
low, cut 1t. Don't SOW old seed. Don't
SOW less than twenty five pounds per
acre, one-half each way. Don't SOW
on land that will not raise $50 bushels
of potatoes per acre. Don't SOW twen-
ty-tve acres at first; SOW FIVE. Don't
pasture it; Don't put any of the rotten
manure anywhere but on your alfalfa
plot. Don't depend on culture cakes
or soil from some distant field. Don't
let water stand on 1t. Don't let 1t 90
II a thin stand, but disk In more seed;
don't be afraid you viii kill it. Don't
replow the land; disk 1t. Don't wait
for It to stool: 1t never does. Don't
try to cut for hay until the alfalfa
takes the field. Don't BOW on any land
not well under drained. Don't leave
your land rough; use roller or
plank float to level and smooth it.
Don't give 1t up.
National Resources and Waste.
Conservation Of natural resources
and prevention of waste are two sub
Jects that go together. Conservation
Of forests, for example, means that
they should not be cut faster than need
ed. The stoppage Of waste is corol-
larry to the main proposition. The waste
In the manufacture OF lumber is some
thing enormous. The old-fashioned
sawmill, when it made an arch board,
also made quarter of an inch Of saw
dust. This waste has been reduced by
band saws and scientific saving, but
there is still enough sawdust made to
build cities II 1t could be utilized. The
National Conservation Commission is
trying to find out what uses can be
made of sawdust beyond its meager use
as fuel.
1t is estimated that, under present
methods of mining coal, more than
ton Is wasted for every ton that is got
ten to market. Caved-in mines, which
cannot proftably be reopened, contain
more coal than has been taken out of
all the mines. It Is lost forever The
commission wants to know whether
everything possible has been done to
lessen the loss while the mine is In
operation.
These are big practical questions.
Handled In big, practical way they
mean great saving to the people. a saw
ing added to the national wealth..
Minneapolis Journal.
How Many Eggs VIII Hen Lays
y Here is what Professor Graham said
about egg production recently to the
students of the Ontario Agricultural
College at Guelph:
Il find 1t very difficult matter to
get an accurate idea Of the number Of
eggs that the average hen in the Prov
ince of Ontario produces In year.
am very much inclined to believe that
the average hen does not produce
eighty eggs In twelve months I be-
lieye that the average hen at the aver
age experiment station does not pro
iduce Ito eggs per year. One would ex-
pect that at the various experiment
stations and colleges which are scat-
tered over the United States and Can.
ada they would probably get as good
an average. production as on the
poultry farm. They have many condi.
lions present which are not present ON
the average farm, and they have other
conditions that are probably more fa-
vorable. Considering all thines.s we
should get somewhere near the aver.
age production at the experiment alta.
ton.
81 have come to the conclusion that
the average. nrodnct,on 4. so,nayhora
a.. ~ ISIS, a. Tue MAINE statioh
.nes liau productlon Of l2O eggs per
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