Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-05

After four years OF breeding AMI
propagahng, he had more animals than
the farm would support, and his
friends finally interfered and sent him
back to the city to deal in merchandise
that could not obtain such hold on
his affections
This was told me as a true story.
II is the first failure of the kind that
ever came to my attention, but I can
see how such thing could happen.
Cyrus Brown, Michigan, in Agricultur-
al Epitomist.
Food Value of Glover HAY.
Farmers, as a rule, do not appreciate
the full value Of clover as hay. Tim.
othy hay costs more In the market than
does clover, which has lal many farm
ers to believe that timothy has high
er nutritiye value than clover hay.
They assume that as the city liyeryman
or horse owner buy timothy in prefer
enc to clover that they are better
Judges OF the feeding value Of hay than
they are themselves. "a
Nearly all the hay sold In the city
market is sold to horse owners whose
animals are used for light driving or
light work. In such cases timothy ID
to be preferred; not that It contains d
higher nutritive value, but for the rea.
son that 1t carries less dust with 1t,
and there is less danger Of the animals
eating too much Of 1T. It Is also lesi
risky In the matter Of the heaves. ii$
Clover can be easily grown, and vet
how few barns are filed with It. Too
many cattle are fattened on corn and
other hay some add cotton-seed meal,
oil cake or similar heterogeneous concen-
trates to the ration. all of which pro-
duces good results, but the rule on the
farm should be that as much nitrog-
enous feed as 1t Is possible to
grow should be produced. and thus
save the expense Of large purchases of
oil meal. 4;
Clover hay Is an excellent roughags
to be fed fattening cattle In large guam
titles. Some feeders begin the feeding
period with two pounds Of clover hay
to every pound of corn. The amount
OF hay is reduced gradually, and the
corn increased until toward the latter
part Of the feeding period, when three
pounds Of corn are fed to every pound
of clover hay. Feeding clover hay TO !
that extent, 1t is hardly necessary to
give OIL meal, except during the last
four weeks Of the feeding period
Dairy cows also thrive on clover
hay, and corn and clover makes very
good ration for them. A good. thrifty
COW Will eat % pounds Of clover hay
and 8 pounds Of corn daily. Such
ration would have a nutritive ratio OF I
II, which Is narrow enough for milk
production.
But two or three pounds of bran and
four or five pounds Of corn, together
with all the clover hay a COW will eat,
ID a still better ration. Where corn
fodder or other hay Is substituted for
clover hay, more heterogeneous concern
trates and less corn must be fed
Philadelphia Record.
The Cost Of . Farn OatAt.
It costs approximately 81 ,b86 to buy
a good outfit such az would equip an
ordinary eighty-acre farm In the irri.
gated country. This sum would likely
be divided very much into the follow
ing items: Four good horses, 300;
four sets of harness, 500; q plow,
$40; grain drill, $75 harrow, $15 po-
tato planter. $40; riding cultivator,
/ $37 mower, $50 hay rake, $s7; potato
digger, 800; potato sorter, $27; farm
wagon, sips; potato ditcher, $3.50;
scraper, $50; buggy, $75 and small
tools, $40. These things are simply
necessities and do not provide for some
Of the larger implements that a begin
ner may hire or club with neighbor
in purchasing.
Such Implements as binder and
stacking outfit would come under this
head. These will be needed on the farm
but 1t may be cheaper to hire them for
the seasons work. There are, however,
great possibilities for the expenditure
OF money on farm just as well 90
there are for making money n you nm
derstand your business. The list con-
templates farm upon which the pota-
to crop Is the principal product. Now
II a man wants to raise sugar beets he
must add q beet seeder at $45; a riding
four row cultivator, $85; beet puller,
$3.50; total, s127.5O. Those are also
necessities and bring the total bill Up
to $1,76a.50. Now, gentleman farm
er at a long nge.may have discov.
cred that there is more money In farm
Ing than being bank president provid-
ling the farming IL done scientifically.
Such man could easily spend another
81 600 or more and still find good uss
for the extra implements.
An additional list might well read
like this: Riding spring tooth har- I
row. $50; disc harrow, a85; clod crush.
or and roller, $5b; binder, $40: stack
ling OUTFIT, including two hull rakes,
s185; manure spreader, $50: family
carriage, $50; riding plow, as beet
slicer, 32e gasoline engine for power.
1900; cream separator, SIS; total,
1,O41. Ingenuity would suggest other
forms Of expenditure and every one Of
them might also be made to pay inter.
est ON the investment. On top Of all
these, and 1t should really have been
the nrst thing suggested, is good
shed or barn in which to house every
article In the various lists mentioned.
This would be the best dividend payer
In the whole lot.
Anywhere from $500 to $500 might
be probably spent for such shelter, for
| after having snroyided a GOOD fa r,,,so. Z