Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-03-20

lower termination should be sold at a
CORRESPONDENCE lower price than "a
per bushel
These prices to apply to all grow
ers, dealers and seed firms handling
seed corn for the season of 1918.
The selling of seed corn at public
auction or specializing in 1t in any
way is against the best interests OF
our state and country and should not
be INDUCED in.
I further declare that any person
who refuses to sell his surplus seed
corn or any corn that he may have
that is available for seed purposes,
after the need of our state Is explain
ed to him, is doing an act that Is dis
loyal and unpatriotic and directly
against the interests of this state and
the military establishment of the
country.
/ call upon all citizens to help in
bringing about an equitable distribu-
ton of seed corn throughout the en-
tire state an dto help test and make
ready for seed all available surplus
in the state.
In testimony whereof, have here
unto set my hand and caused to be
affixed the Great Seal of the State,
Done at Des Moines this 14th day
of March, 1918.
w. L. HARDING. Governor.
Save the Pigs.
1t is estimated by Prof, John M.
Evvard of the Iowa Agricultural Elk
pertinent Station that with 1917 feed
and pork prices it costs approximately
s1.0O to produce the average pig to
narrowing time. Care at narrowing
time and thereafter to prevent losses
| by accident or neglect is certainly
time and effort well spent.
| Give the sow and her litter clean,
dry, we'll bedded and well ventilated
quarters. This will help prevent
chilling and losses from infection and
disease.
The sow that has newly farrowed
| is best started on feed slowly until
the pigs are able to take all the milk
she can give. Then feed literally.
even though feeds are scarce ana
high. The fewer poundsofl5centpor
| high. The fewer pounds of 10 cent
pork the SOW loses the better. 1t
costs less to keep flesh on the sow,
even while sucking pigs, than 1t does
to put it back
The animal husbandry section Of the
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton suggests that, after the pigs are
taking all the milk, the SOW be fed
all the corn she will clean up twice
day, with a separate mixture, either
slopped or dry fed, of wheat mid
dlings, meat meal tankage and salt,
tankage one part, fed according to
appetite. Salt and water should be
allowed as wanted. This Is best fed
on pasture Another ration recon-
mended is made up of corn, mid
dlngs, imeat meal tankage and salt,
all fed in separate self feeders. Self
feeding should not be started. how
ever, until the sows are brought to
full feed by hand feeding.
Hominy feed, II obtainable at moi
more than 10 per cent greater cost
per ton than corn, may be substituted
profitably for part or all corn. II
will also reduce from 10 to 80 per
cent of the tankage required.
| Peanut meal, where available,
NAV be used in place of the tankage
and part of the corn fed to sows and
pigs. It may be hand fed in the pro-
portion of about l part of peanut
meal to parts Of corn, or It may
be self fed where corn is self fed.
Feed the pigs the same feeds as the
sow. They are easiest and best led
in a creel containing self feeder OF
1 troughs easily accessible to all There
are few runts where the self feeder Is
used. Feed the sows and their litters
so that at eight to ten weeks of age
the pigs will be we'll grown and ready
to wean. When the pigs are Weaned
the sows ought to be in reasonably
strong, healthy condition, ready to
be rebred for fall litters or to be tat
tened quickly for early market.
i Exemption for Farmers.
/ In a letter sent out Thursday by
IAdit Gen. Guy E. Logan, local boards
are instructed that in the filling OF
the emergency call recently issued
they are to pass the order numbers
of men actively engaged In the plan
ming or cultivation of an agricultural
crop.
This action is taken owing to the
scarcity of farm labor 1t is pointed
out that this step is taken solely on
account of the need Of the nation and
not for the benefit of any individual
,, Local boards are therefore asked tc
observe closely the conduct OF the
men thus deferred, and Immediately
upon becoming convinced that any
of them are not giving their entire
time and attention to agricultural
work, or are trifling with the defer
\ ment granted them, the board mus
call such persons to the colors.
. It is further requested that all cit
liens should assist in the matter Q
bringing to the attention OF the boart
. cases meriting deferment as well a.
cases in which deferment is beini
abused.
Price of Seed Wheat.
Mention has been made that tn
Farm Bureau is "profiteering" on tn
carload of seed wheat which 1t ma
ordered for the farmers
In these days when everyone think
the other fellow is not giving him
square deal, the Farm Bureau wishe
to emphasize the fact that Its busl
ness is not to make money for its sci
but for the other fellow.
The carload Of wheat bought iron
; the government at Minneapolis cos
$3.50 per bushel f. o. b. Minneapoli
in carload lots and cannot be bough
in less quantities. A price OF SIS
per bushel was established for thi
wheat, on the following basis:
/. Freight from Minneapolis.
9. Loss from car leakage.
8. Labor in unloading and selling
: nd dra pe' naede