Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-03-24


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Wood charcoal should always be kept
In the hog pen.
No animal on the farm succumbs 80
quickly to disease as sheep, but they
are not difficult to keep healthy.
Be careful about the harness. II 1t
is comfortable you will get work out Of
the team to the best advantage.
II there are any young colts running
about in the stable, be sure you hang
the harness out Of their reach.
OIL meal or ground fax seed makes
splendid ration to overcome ten
dency to constipation in the horses.
& Nervous and bad tempered horses
have been tanned by feeding sugar.
Many instances Of this are on record.
In breeding, defects are peculiarly
persistent and are more easily stamped
on the next generation than are good
qualities.
Oats and bran, half and half by
measure, Is the best grain ration for
the stallion in season, according to an
experienced horseman.
Pigs will eat ordinary slop with rel
ish: 1t is good for them because 1t
supplies certain elements which are not
found in the ordinary rations.
A ration made of corn, shorts and
tankage makes an ideal ration. The
proportion should be five parts Of corn,
five parts shorts, and one part tankage.
A hen can stand considerable cold,
but will quickly succumb to drafts. To
keep her comfortable she must be made
to exercise and this is best done by
keeping the floor of the scratching shed
or the regular pen heavily Uttered and
grain thrown among it. :
Modern Uses OF Corn.
People often wonder, particularly
those who have Travelled for hundreds
Of miles through the corn belt, what
becomes Of corn which is grown every
year. In the year 1908, when the total
crop was 2666, 100000 bushels, PAL
000, 600 bushels were consumed in flour
and grist-mill products, $780, 900
bushels in the manufacture of starch.
100000 for malt liquors, 100000
bushels in the production of distilled
liquors, 100000 for glucose, $780,
100000 for export and 100000 for
seed, making a total Of 51s0OO,O 600
bushels or 1913 per cent of the entire
crop. The remaining SO.7 per cent,
or 2,14SOOO,OOO bcshels, seems to have
been almost entirely for feeding pur
poses. 1t is an interesting fact that
about so per cent of the corn crop,
roughly the above amount, was shipped
out Of the counties in which 1t was
grown.-Corn Reporter.
Discovers New Farm Products,
After quest for new varieties Of
alfalfa and clover in which he GOV.
cred much Of Russia, Siberia, Central
Asia, Turkestan and Northern Africa,
N. e. Hanson, the agricultural explor-
er, has returned with more than 300
lots Of seeds and plants to be used
by the agricultural department in ex-
detrimental work. Prof. Hanson on
previous trips discovered alfalfa and
clover that thriyed amazingly in the
west where before the plants would
not grow Mt all. He also introduced in
the northwest Siberian alfalfa that
ia believed to be the hardest Of the
proteid plants and endures the most
severe cold.
Professor Hanson has found two
more varieties Of this northern plant
which grow In section OF Siberia
where the mercury freezes and where
there is no snow. The department Of
agriculture will conduct experiments
with the newest plants that have been
discovered in several of the northwest.
ern States, and the results will be
watched with great interest.
Facts About Poultry.
Keep your hens warm, well watered
and fed.
Eggs are the drawing cards at this
time Of the year.
Keep your laying hens from rough
or raw weather.
Are you aware that the lazy hen is
never laying hen?
Eggs are profitable IL hens are
housed and fed 1ntelligently.