Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-02-16

maySbe used with profit where the hay
ia not tn he obtained X Ia also claim
ed that sows fed ons alfalfa during
nrepnancy will not devour their Young,
it's mineral elements seeming to sat
isfy the appetite of the SOW, while
contributing to the fetal development
Of the piRs.
49,.
Science In breeding.
IN tne oreedihg OF to-day ulhi.y
swings 70 the front as the cniei stano'
ara OF merit. For TINS 70 pc secureu
ana perpetuated tne importance ..
careiut ana systematic seieotins anu
mating must be everywhere insisted
upon.
hindered nv his environments. nv boys
heinp brought IN nnder a choked en-
yironment hut do we stop to consider
the env,ronmanr of the farm animals
from which we are irving to reap
harvest Of gain. or the animals that
are nerforminp orr farm work?
TIE successful dairyman il the man
who applies the most improved bust.
ness methods to his dairy operations
from tha COW tn tho delivery Of hts
nroduce to the consumer.
IT ia difficult to conceiye az a eood s
system of farming without there ia
systematic rotation of crons Any
other system is based largely nnon
hit-and.miss Man ! and is largely de. :
pendent upon the season and markets.
The practical farmer should regard
his farm as book Of nature that 10
snread ont before him inyitinp tho
closest study and the most careful oh.
seryation Of facts pertaining ia soil.
climate. variety of production to which
it is adapted and the markets for the
crop Rotation alton Necessary.
LOOK at tue Trims upon which the
same crops nave oeen grown year IN I
anu year OUT. II tney are not 70 %
seen IN your own iocaiity, come DOWN
70 tne experiment station ana see plots
SO hahdied. compare these Win Iarns
Where rotation ~ practlceo. WhAt ~
tue dlnerehce: IN one the yielus are
nlgn. II not Increasingly nign, az least
uh ls'y 30.
Grass OF clover ana cleaning crops
must oe Grown ~ rota.ioh' Sonne t.ii
can do this to better advantage than
sheep and cows? Manure. moreover.
must be supplied IL fertility is to be
maintained, The sheen is one Of the
best manure producers and spreaders
to be found anywhere.
The farmer is dependent upon the
soil for his gains no matter in what
form he markets the produce. Unless
he maintains the soil fertility from
year to year he Is ,curtailing his gains
by Just SO much. Manure and crop
rotation are necessary to the mainte-
nance Of fertility. No other way has
yet been discovered for keeping the
soil fertile than by enriching 1t by de.
caying animal and vegetable matter
and by growing upon 1t successive
crops that keep the soil in good phys.
/ ical condition, and keep the available, 4
supply of plant food high.
On farm SO managed either sheen
or cattle must be kept to furnish the
necessary manure and consume the
necessary roughage,-Prof. T. B. Mum.
ford. y
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-, epn"ne On Farm.
! he FARMER OF To-Day IS one OF the
liiost piosress.se citizens u tnis PRO
gresslVe country. whenever ne Is
.hoIoushiy con a ehal certain
'ooi VI piecer " liacnihe.y WIN 10 MS
| worh pelter' w more VI ~ OF increase
ms incolne' ~ ~ hol very long Deiore
NC OWNS Una. tool Ut nlachtne'
me nrst tnougnt that comes 70 the
farmer rs nat goou Is q teiepnone
% the. ms - out natural cues
t!oh. ihe iaflnel' ABOVE all IS prac-
tical man. ana Tue Vaiue' OF tne teie-
phone mas not YET peen demonstrated.
ne cannot see tne u.iiity OF II. ~ VIII
not Hlik the cows piougn the SOIL nor
make AK 'ne crops grow. Wnat practical
dement, tnen' can a farmer derive from
lhe teiephohe.
ne eah unue.s.ana 'nat :. might De
just the thing tor the capitailst. he
cah see nov. nie s. anu CITY toik [
eau use IT, out tne farmer cannot ma
lime 70 lou, arouna lne nouse taking
over teiephone. some farmers argue
ina. they nave gotten .along SO far
Withoup .eiephohe' anu why not the
res. 81 tneir Gays!
rms same arsulhent' II carried out,
Wouid nave hepl huhoreas OIL our I'M
provelnshes' now CONSIDERED apsoiute
necessitles, on inc Iarm' ana would
mus nave retarded the marvellous