Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-05-11

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II q pig has a languid appetite there
Is something wrong somewhere.
Hens that lay soft-shelled eggs may
be helped by little more vegetables
Or green food and. oysterishell.
Separators have become commonly
known through the use of power ma
chimes at creameries and separating
stations. "a
Remove all the trash from along the
fences There are insects that will
destroy some Of your crops in the dry
grass and weeds.
Too much working will spoil the
grain OF butter and make 1t soft. while
leaving too much water In will spoil
ltS keeping qualities. IS
1t is about as profitable to try to, do
two things at once as 1t Is to try to
raise two crops on the same piece Of
ground at the same time.
The advocates Of sod mulch and
cultivation are still fighting as bitter
" as ever and probably will continue
to do 30 until the end Of time.
Do not pick out the poorest soil you
have for the orchard. The best is
none too good. A slope to the south
makes good location for most fruit.
Butter worth 40 cents pound is
made from the same milk that grease
worth 20 cents a pound is made from,
and 1t takes as much to make the one
as the other.
The silage opens up the soil to the
ameliorating influence OF the air and
sun, giving the newly sown seed a
warm and inyigorating bed which Is
. necessity to perfect termination.
A good many farmers who neglected
to plant an orchard and shade trees
while they were young waste more
time now wishing they had them than
It would have taken to plant them
at the beginning
a farmer. recently presented to the
chamber Of commerce at San Jose, Cal
ifornia q mushroom that weighed
twenty pounds. It was as largesas a
prize pumpkin and would furnish a
meal for fifty people. AZ
Farmers are learning how to coax
the American hen to make the most
Of her opportunities. The agricultural
department reports that IS per cent of
all eggs set last year were Matched,
and the mortality of hen-hatched
chickens was only 10A per cent.
Get Rid OF Male Fowls. &
Do not keep a single male more than
you require during the winter. They
should be sold before they are u
months old to bring the highest price.
Estimate the. cost OF keeping one a.
year and 1t will be found to- be SO
cents at least, and when he Is then
sold he will not bring over IL cents
pound. He should be- sold whom
he can be used as a broiler, the price
being greater for that kind. OF fowl.
How Animals Use Their Tail..
Very few people ever stop to observe
what very useful things animals tails
are to their owners. Horses. COWS and
other. creatures use their caudal appen.
dages as fly fappers. Cats, squirrels
and many more, twist them around
their necks for comfoNers. The rat
has raised the use Of HIS tail to fine,
art, for BY Its means its guides the
blind and steals jelly, OIL and cream
out Of Jars and bottles.
The raccoon catches crabs with It's
tail, and the monkey finds his tail a
valuable asset in swinging his way
through his native forests. Fish steer
their way by means of their tail, the
ant eater uses his bushy tail as an
umbrella, while the vanity Of the pea
cock is fed by the beauty of its tail
feathers.
EEE-Eating Hens. 81
The habit Of egg-eatirg Is usually
most prevalent at this season of the
year, just after the SHOWS are over
and others Of the hens are laying the
first eggs of their spring clutch. In
the case of show birds, they often CON
tract this bad habit in the exhibition
hall, because when they are penned
up in small coops and lay an egg they
have nothing to occupy their time but
to peck at the egg until the shell
finally gives way, In the case Of hens
or pullets just beginning to lay the
first eggs of a new clutch, they are
more liable at this time than any
other to drop an occasional soft
shelled egg, and nothing has more
profound effect than these in teaching
a flock of hens the egg-eating habit.
Agricultural Epitomist.
It Pays to Feed Like This.
j. H. Maxey and son, L. F., Maxey,
of sangamo1 county. ILL.,. sold forty
two steers averaging 1.425 pounds at
$6.48 per cwt. at home, bringing In.
'$96.90 per head The latter estimates
that the pigs following these cattle
made rs pounds Of pork per steer, at
s6N cents, $500. Total returns per
steer. $101.96 These steers were
were bought at about 4 cents when
they averaged close to 1000 pounds,
making their cost. with commission.
ETC., $45 per head. Each animal at
Sc bushels Of 60-cent corn, $3.50, and
the roughage of blue grass, timothy
and clover is estimated at IS per head
IA total cost of $3.50. Margin of
profit, $l2.36 per steer. Allowing
something for underestimate of cost