Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-07-28

for the poultry. Tho trees thrive In
their runs and provide shade for the
chickens.
Alfalfa makes good food and nest
ing for field mice. This Is no reason
why you should not raise alfalfa, but
Is hint for you to be on guard
against the mice.
A study Of the root growth Of corn
shows that the lateral roots run about
four inches below the surface Of the
soil between the rows. This shows
that the cultivation should not be deep
after they have made good growth.
The average daily ration fed 1-year-
old heifers at storrs Experiment Sta
ton during the winter Of 1908 was as
follows: Hay. pounds; silage. 20
pounds; grain. III pounds. The grain
mixture was made up Of 800 pounds Of
bran, 100 pounds of corn meal and
| 100 pounds Of linseed meal.
How many farmers go to the ex-
pense Of setting out an orchard, TAX
ing up valuable land by 80 doing and
who then expect that the orchard is
going to run itself without further
care or attention from him. What
folly. Plant trees and then cultivate
them as you do your other crops.
Here are q few essentialities Of
summer dairying: Keeping flies from
| the milk; never allowing raw water
to come in contact with the milk
cans; boiling water and cans for
twenty-five minutes: seeing that no
manure can seep into the wells;
screening barns and outhouses from
the flies and that the mixers hands
and the cows udders are clean before
and during the milking operations.
At tho Missouri Station. four pounds
Of shelled corn, when combined with
timothy hay. made an average gain OF
about two-thirds of pound daily per
steer. while the same amount of corn,
when combined with cow-pea hay, pro-
duced more than one and one-half
pounds daily. The combination OF cow
pea hay and shelled corn was more
than twice as efncient as was the COM
bination of timothy hay and corn.
The silo has passed the stage where
its value can be questioned Such
feed in combination with alfalfa or
clover with mixture Of corn or bar
ley for grain. silage furnishes an es-
pecially good ration. all grown on the
farm and cheaper than mill feeds. The
Importance of palatability cannot be
overestimated, as 1t increases the
amount Of feed eaten and when prop
erly assimilated the more the animal
eats the larger product 1t will return.
The twelve months egg-laying COM
petition conducted by the state at
Roseworthy Agricultural College,
South Australia, has ended. 1t was
divided into two sections for light and
heavy breeds, six hens TO lay in each
section. The first prize according to
Feathered Life) was won by the On
tario farm, with leghorns, which laid
LAT eggs. Mrs A. E. Kinnear, who
won last years competition. this time
secured the fourth place, 1897 eggs.
Mrs Kinnear's record of 1927 for five
hens is worlds record. In heavy
breeds Happier Bros silver Wyan-
dottes, with 1862 eggs, won the first
prize.
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and farm.