Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-13

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weather and gradually Increases as tho
animal grows older, but 1t does not
seem to cause any suffering nor inter-
fere with the general health OF the
animal.
In most cases OF chorea (stringhalt)
medical treatment does not give bene-
fit, but good results follow careful
feeding and tonics. The food should
be nutritious, easily digested, Of good
variety and abundant.
A mixture of oats. oil meal and bran!
Is good. Three times a week give the
following: Salt. 4 ounces; sulphur, 3
ounces; hardwood ashes. 2 ounces--a
tablespoonful in the feed. Also give
Fowler's solution of arsenic beginning
with one-half ounce doses In the feed
once daily. and gradually Increasing
by one-fourth ounce at time until
I ounce is given at dose in the morn.
Ing and at night. This should be
given for two weeks, then withhold
two weeks and then repeat. -Ex.
change.
How to Care for the Horse.
A hat is great protection to 4
horses brain in hot weather. They
can be bought at any store for IS
cents. "a -
Sore shoulders are caused BY i'll
fitting collars. and nothing else.
a man who will work horse Will,
9 sore shoulder and make no attempt
to cure It. or change the collar ought
to be compelled to wear ill-attina
shoes that would raise new crop Of
sblisters every week.
II the horses are taken OF dry feed,
allowed to run to grass and worked
hard on hot days. look out for collie.
Work teams ought to be allowed to
run In the pasture at night. 1t IL
cruelty to confine them in hot stalls.
The horse that sweets freely il in
good condition. S:s
During the heavy work in hot
weather horses ought to be watered
between the regular resting periods.
It does not make much difference
whether horses are watsred before or
after eating. 1t Is largely matter
of habit, and experiments show that,
one time !. about as good as another.
A horse that bolts his food cannot;
have perfect digestion any more than
9 man who eats in the same way.
Try cutting the bedding straw for
your horses into inch Lengths. II
makes fine bedding, absorbs LIQUID
readily. is easy to handle In cleaning
the stables. and also In the manure
carrier and spreader Farmers and
Droyers, Journal.
Car Women Succeed with PouItrys
This is the heading OF q recent ar:
ticle In q prominent poultry Journal.
It makes woman smile to read II.
Can women succeed! Did you ever
stop to think that the moment any;
thing In the live stock line begins to
pay--or In most other lines, the men;
step In and take command at the helm
then? In the poultry business ii, Is
more conspicuous than in Others.
do think. The bulk Of the poultry and
eggs sold In the United States are pro,
dnced by women and children. Then,
ask II woman can succeed In poul.
try. ;s35 s,i ~
When 1t comes to selling fancy
fowls. shipping these. or any kind, To-
shows. and Judging, men certainly
have taken the lead. a woman IL Just
as womanly shipping fowls for exhi.
billion and Judging them at shows and
fairs as staying at home cleaning after
and caring for them, and / am glad to,
see that some women are pushing into
the public part Of the business. All,
but Judging. l know OF no women
Judges. And why, I'd like to know.
There is a field for woman right
here II she will only push into il.
There isn't one phase Of the poultry
business adopted by men that q wom.
an could not do better II she would.
Any intelligent woman Is capable Of
starting a poultry place and taking
care Of 1000 fowls day as we'll az
any man-if she wants to--and has a.
moderate degree OF strength. II she
hasn't this last she is not at for any
kind Of work requiring the amount Of
muscle woman should aspire to-
The work is healthy, II carried ON
with system. and women are. as rule,
neater and more Clearly about work
than men.-Ida M. sshepler In TWEEN
tieth Century Farmer. IS; n n
Worth Reading.
Sixty-nine entirely new varieties Of
roses were shown at recent French
exhibition.
An average orange tree produces
20, 600 oranges and an. average lemon
tree 5000 lemons.
Russia ,s theslargest producer Of bar
ley; Germany is second and the United
States close third.
The lucifer match was. Invented In
1929 after many years of experiment.
Ing by several scientists.
The tungsten lncandescent lamp h
the first artificial light by which all
cplors can be distinguished.
American plows and cultivators are
turning up the soil in more than sey-s