Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-08-04
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Cultivate the spirit and feeling OF
partnership between the boys and
yourself and there will not be so much
danger of their becoming dissatisfied
and leaving the farm.
There is nothing like plenty of
good, fresh air in living and sleeping
rooms, whether the rooms be for the
occupancy of man or other animals.
This holds good for both winter and
summer.-Exchange.
Scientific research has done great
things for agriculture. A striking
illustration of this Is found in the
sugar beet. whose sugar content has
within remarkably brief period of
time been increased from 1875 per cent
to 1888 per cent.
The cement flooring with movable
Stat platforms makes the IDEAL form
for the hog house. The cement floor
alone is too cold and damp for the
hogs. but with the Slated flooring on
top which can be taken up TO clean
out the place there is nothing which
ID better.
1t is always best to feed the calves
by hand because one knows Just what
they are getting and how much. 1t is
really not such terrible task to feed
a dozen calves, but 1t is quite nuls-
ance to go through the motion just
for one or two. Perhaps great many
dairymen who object to raising calves
for their own herds would change
their minds If they should practice 1t
in wholesale way.
1t Is great mistake to sell whole
milk of the farm. for where the skim
milk Is not kept to feed to the stock
one Of the richest elements for ma
nure making is lost. Keep the milk
home by means of a separator. Sell
the cream. feed the skim milk to the
calves. hogs and hens.
II corn is very weedy or If there
comes a heavy rain it pays to cult
vate after 1t Is laid by. l have cult
waited when corn was In tassel and
think it paid me we'll. cultivated
part Of field one year with one horse,
and when husking time came 1t took
two rows less Gao rods long, to make
load than on the land which had
not received the extra cultivation.
use fve-shovel adjustable cultivator
and pillow as shallow as can. l be-
lieve in level cultivation. Most peo-
pie in this country plant corn too
thick. Sixteen to twenty inches is
my way. then cultivate at least four
times over.-E. ]. Hotchkiss in Farm
ers Mail and Breeze.
Most of us try to raise more chick
ems than we can handle properly.
have come to the conclusion after ten
years work raising fancy bred fowls
If one can house only fifty, that is all
he should raise. Feed and house them
well and the eggs will come. Don't
raise chickens to sell. If you do you
are giving dollars for cents. l have
never been able to get 80 cents per
pound for fries, and 6 to cents is all
one can get in the fall. Keep Just
enough hens and fries to pick up the
waste around the place. And don't
let the little chickens take care of
themselves while you are watching
the incubator. It's not how many you
can hatch. but how many you can
raise. that counts. Keep box of so
to 100 pounds of lime in the henhouse
the year round.-G. L. B. in Farmers
Mall and Breeze.
Under our present methods there is
entirely too much waste and careless
ness in the handling of wool clips. In
the first place much wool is shorn
in reckless manner. The shearers
entire endeavor Is to fleece the wool
and leave from one to two pounds on
the sleeps back. thereby unconscious
ly depreciating the value of the fleece.
In the second place the wool is col
lected, tied In bundles and placed
In bags regardless of grade. texture or
general character A little attention
to this particular feature of our In
dustry would have tendency to In
crease the value of the fleeces. If
wool Is badly tangled with burs about
the only way to get the real value Of
the fleeces Is to send them to scour-
Ing mill. II marketed while still
filled with burs the loss Is from to
cents pound. A securing mill will
take out all of these burs by the car
bombing process, which costs 2 cents
pound and 1 cent for finishing.
After the process the fleeces are put
upon the market as secured wool and
bring good prices.-Denver Field and
Farm.
Wholesale and retail prices of
dressed meats have gone up from per-
fectly natural causes. For reasons
well known to the trade the supply
has been very materially curtailed
this year as compared with previous
years, and there is no abatement in
the demand, especially for the better
cuts. With the usual June raise in
sight, due to the scarcity of prime
stuff and the added demand for 1t
from summer resorts and transporta-
ton lines very high price for meats
during the summer is In prospect,
says the National Provisioner. 1t Is
not probable that the demand will fall
off very much, despite the business
depression, because there is plenty Of
money In the country held back walt
ing for investment, and 1t is not like
ly that the purchase of foodstuffs will
be reduced because of any lack of
money with which to buy them. Pack
ers. however. will have difficult time
In supplying their trade even at high
prices. owing to the scarcity of de-
sirable stock, and it Is entirely prob
able that sensational newspapers will
try to stir up another fuss" before
the summer is over.-Farmers and
DroyerS' Journal