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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25

tendance, heat, light, room, laundry
work, and three good meals day.
To give an idea of what the menu is,
the following bill taken at random, is
given:
Friday, November %, 1906.
Breakfast:-faked barley, crackers,
Clipped beef and cream, bread,
butter, steamed potatoes, coffee,
milk.
Dinner:-clam chowder, salt salmon
in cream, green peas, Hubbard
squash, picked beets, bread, but
ter, potatoes, tea, milk, peach pie.
Supper:-cold baked beans, brown
bread, baked potatoes, bread, but
ter, tea, baked apples, milk, cake.
The cost of heat, light, laundry,
board and room in the dormitories
has never reached three dollars per
week.
What the Boys and Girls Learn.
Botany, the study of plant life, is
one of the subjects given the first
year, that the student may know
how plants feed, grow, and reproduce
themselves; and drawing, that he
may learn how to make plans for his
buildings. While the boys are en-
gagged in blacksmithing, carpentry,
military drill, and the study of gen.
eral agricultural subjects, the girls
are taking cooking, sewing, social
culture and field agriculture.
Who has not wished for the con-
veniences and ability to weld bolt
during rush season when the binder
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25
The establishment of the Minnesota

The establishment of the Minnesota
School of Agriculture at st. Anthony
Park, midway between Minneapolis
and st. Paul, in 1888 marked a depar-
ture in our educational system that
was at once novel and interesting.
The little home building, costing
s17, 900, with a capacity for fifty
pupils, was not built without much
hesitancy on the part of the regents.
Many people looked upon it as futile
attempt to realize the dreams of few
agricultural fanatics. This building
was considered of ample size for office,
library, class rooms, kitchen, dining
room, and dormitory for principal,
assistant principal, students and hir-
ed help. Although small, it was well
adapted to its purpose, furnishing the
nucleus for what was destined to be
the greatest school of practical agri-
culture in the world. Historically
then, this building has great interest.
If "a wished TO epitomize the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25
Honesty.

There is no man, but for his own
interest, hath an obligation to be hon.
est; there may be sometimes tempta-
tons to be otherwise, but all cards
cast up, he shall find it the greatest
ease, the highest profit, the best pleas
ure, the most safety, and the noblest
fame, to lay hold of the horns Of this
altar, which, in all assays, can in
himself protect him.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25
A Vast Sum,

The amount Of money which the
government is called upon to redeem
in the course of the year reaches an
almost fabulous amount. In 1904, for
instance, it totaled $912, 100000. This
redemption Is either for the purpose
of securing clean, fresh notes or to
get change of some other denonipa,
ton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25
Sailing Days Not Over.

Just at time when every one who
IL at all interested in the sea and
ships is talking over the Lusi,ania,
her size and her record. it seems q
curious reminder Of old times to catch
sight Of new gold sign in the win
dows of skyscraper down at Bowling
Green which announces a sailing
service to Australia and New Zea-
land"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25
Delicate Shade of Meaning.

A keen retort is credited to the late
DR.. Haig-Brown, master of Charter
house.
His brother-in-law, DR.. Porter, the
master of Peterhouse, another famous
English school, wrote him, inquiring
his precise meaning in a certificate
that boys character was general
ly" good.
when I say generally" he replied,
II mean not particularly
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25

usual, anu tHcy
figure right along on getting 60 to
80 bushels of oats. You ought to
see the alfalfa q to 2A tons to
cutting is what they get from an aero
and they cut 8 and 4 times ayear!
The land is dark chocolate loam
5 to 8 feet deep, with clay subsoil
and it ought to raise good crops.
Think of land like this, ready for the
plow, selling for $40 to SIS an acre.
1t beats anything l ever saw.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25
Your Rent Money win
Buy a Farm in the
Texas Pan Handle

Do you know that you can take the
money you would pay for next years
rent and buy farm in the Pan
Handle country of northern Texas,
Western Oklahoma and eastern New
Mexico?
Those fellows down in the Pan
Handle don't rent. You can bet
your bottom dollar on that. They
can take the money you'd pay for
next years rent and buy farm
out there. The rent money'll cover
the first payment. The crops will
take care of tn: other payments and
make you good living besides.
They don't have crop failures out
there. 1t rains enough to grow
most any crop. You can dig down
Is to SO feet most anywhere in the
poo Hopd1e ao1
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25

4 GA 44diAotS aAiN
strike good water. !;
You never saw bet
ter crops anywhere.
A Pan Handle farm
er thinks he's no
good if he doesn't
get 40 or so bushels
of corn to the acre.
20 to 80 bushels of
wheat is nothing un-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25

Work is not mans punishment; it
is his reward and his strength, his
glory and his pleasure.-Geore Sand.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25
The Wav of 1t.

Stella: How do you know Jack is
going to propose?
Bella-His speech leaked the last
time / was with HMM. Y. Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25

A woman would rather have big
feet than not have a high instep.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25

When you hear man say married
life is the only life it's a sure sign
he has been married nearly a week.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25

We Pay Top Price for Cream.
Cash every day. Write for prices and
tags. Miller & Holmes. st. Paul. MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25

Lots of people are poor subjects for
mind reader.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25
Cream and Poultry,

Top prices, quick returns, square deal.
Ship to us to-day. Write for tags & prices.
R. E. COBB, st. Paul, MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25

THE MILK PAIL. is kept free from
staleness, sliminess and sickness if it
Is washed with Borax and water in
the following proportions table.
spoonful to quart of water.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25
Hides, PeIts and Wool,

To get full value, ship to the old reliable
N. w. Hide & FurCo., Minneapolis, MINI
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25
We Want Your Cream.

Write to-day for tags and prices Nortl
Star Creamery Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25

It won't be so cheap
very long. It's selling
for more now than it
was this time last year
and I know what Pm
talking about when l
tell you it will sell
higher next year.
The Pan Handle is
filling I'D with the best
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-10-25

tllllng up with the best Own Farm Like III
people you ever saw. IN ran HANDLE
The climate is so fine they thrive on
it. Lots of schools and churches.
How do you stand alongside of tho
Pan Handle farmer? AT the end OF
the year what have you got to show
for the rent you paid /? Nothing.
What's the Pan Handle farmer got I
A fine big farm nearly paid for-and
getting more valuable every year.
Who's got the best of it Z
Why don't you 60 down to the Pan
Handle and do the same! 1t would
pay you to take a trip down there
Just to look around.
1t doesn't cost much-only $2Ofrom
St. Louis or Kansas City and SIS
from Chicago round trip. Tho
Rock Island-Frisco lines have four
routes to the Pan Handle-each ono
goes through a different part of tho
country.
I have got book about Texas that's
mighty interesting readingl Another about
Oklahoma Still another about New Mexico
They will tell you lot you want to know
about the Pan Handle Country before you &c
down there. Do you want onef
The Rock Island Frisco Lines have no lang
for sale, and are only interested in getting
rood. energetic settlers for the desirable, but
unoccupied, lands along their lines.
have chosen several specific sections wherS
conditions are especially favorable Tor new
Settlers, and l am advertising these sec
tons If you would prefer some oo other FER sect,ot
yertisements in other issues OF this paper
' or write me for specific
@ !; :; !: !: !:
S~NNRS~ literature about the seo
lE4s{aIH.@ ton you are most inter-
lE4AkAA&t ested in.
1916 La Sale Statio4
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-01

At Michigan dairymen's meeting,
discussing the cement silo, one man
told how he converted a frame silo
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-01
Dairy Wisdom In Brief

Excitement or noise among the
cows is costly. Cows are nervous an
imals. and they resent any noisy inter
ference.
DO not forget the salt. DO not mix
1t with the grain ration either. The
COWS like IL straight
If You guess about your cows, you
will guess about your profts-all
guess wrong.
Don't foract that tae calf Of today
will be the money maker or the money
loser tomorrow.
Feed the farm by the way of the
good cow. Feed her right. and she
Will feed the land and everybody on it.
If the calf IS hand fed the milk
should be given it at blood heat. Cold
milk is likely TO cause Indigestion,
scours and kindred calf ailments. If
too hot. the milk viii scald the calfs
mouth and interfere with the eating.
Selection and breeding 20 together IN
building up the dairy herd.
\ sore teat 0he sore may be inside)
will cause n cow to kick, but II han
died gently she will he quiet and kind
when cured.
Have scales in the stable and weigh
each milking. Get the milk tested and
raise calves for dairying from calves
thus tested.
Fewer COWS are injured by high
feeding than by unbalanced feeding.
\ clean cow ana clean stable 20
with clean milk. good butter ana clean
cash
The hest way 10 bring cream 70 the
proper temperature is ~ putting the
cream can into pail or tani. OF very
warm water. sir gently uaUl the
cream is Of the proper temperature.
IL s)nc cases. whe"c COWS have been
mila.ng for long tirc. there is SON
GiGiculty in chcrl.av. The addition OF
one o. two frch CO.'S in the milking
herd viii Often Ofcrc3.~a TIC difficulty
we cannot al bay pure brods b.t
we can improve the herds we already
own Ranl ten wears Of systematic
breeding VIII nearly double the value
Of The American COW.
Did You know that IL yogr finger
nails yet too long somc cows viii ct
you know II by squirting about when
you are milking and maybe by upset.
TING Times Take time 10 trim yoar
nails once in awhile.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-01
Value Of a Good Bull.

Every week we hear some man say
hat he cannot afford to pay SO for a
Gull 70 use on his dairy herd, says
Denver Field and Farm. It seems to
is. however that the question IS how
IAN he AFFORD not 20 buy and 10 20 on
the same old way. suppose a grade
COW sired 10y a pure bred bull gives
)ut one pound AT each milking more
han her dam, an amount so small that
he mixer could not notice that lie had
{ withoUo scales. In the 300 days Of a
nill,ing season. or coo mllkings. she
will give GOO pounds Of milk. worth at
he very lowest - cents per 100, or
A.5O for the season. Bat good dairy
,ow IS MIXED eight seasons. which
would be $50 for the one COW, and II
re bull got but ten such il would have
earned It's owner $500. 4 good bull,
however. will do three times as well as
his and make three times the money.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-01
Care OF a Ua1vIna Low.

II a COW Is a very heavy mixer and
On high condition. II would he well 10
give her light feed for about a week
before freshening. TO thin the blood a
little, as a preventive Of milk fever.
Keep close watch OF her and put her
IN a box stall al night. SO that when
she does calve she may have her free
dom. After calving give her a warm
mash Of bran with a handful OF salt
scattered on top. Let the calf suck
and then strip her out and put her
back I'm her stall See that she cleans.
DO not give her any cold water until
after she has cleaned. Work her slow
ly on 10 her feed. ! do not like 20
milk heifer before calving. Let the
calf suck once, and If the heifer takes
kindly 10 her mixer and gives down
her milk freely she is just as well Off
back I'm her stall. hut If she holds up
her milk and wants her calf let her
have II. MIX her at the same time
OF the calf sucking until she takes
kindly to her milker.-C. NJ. Winslow
I'm Rural New Yorker.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-01
BEST DAIRY CROP.
Grass Should Figure Largely, but Not
Wholly, Says Gilbert.

All grass, or nearly SO, Is considered
by many 10 be the correct crop for
dairying. Certainly grass should figure
largely, but farms wholly grass are not
the most economical A not uncommon
Idea Is that as long as a cow gets plen-
~ OF grass in summer and hay in win
ter that is all, or nearly all, that IL
needed, but experience soon shows
that such Is not sufficient. My own
idea of cropping dairy farm is three
parts grass and one part alfalfa, roots
and grain, and If had to alter this
should be more inclined to increase the
arabic rather than reduce il, writes W.
II. Gilbert In American Cultivator.
Some depend a good deal upon buy
ing meal, etc, for feeding the cows,
growing a good deal OF grain for sale
and utilizing the straw. | cannot say
that like this way. Grain growing is
not so profitable as milk producing,
and the successful dairy farmer gives
all his first consideration 10 his cows,
and grain growing is a secondary mat
ter. No well doing dairy farm can be
carried on without a winter supply Of
roots or ensilage and straw All ought
to be produced on the farm. They can
be so obtained more cheaply than IL
bought. and II Is much more profitable
to feed them than TO sell. Indeed, the
greatest economy and the highest prof
Its result from home production and
home consumption.
Best Hay For the Cows.
Cows sholld have the best hay, so
that il is false economy TO sell the hay
because 1t may happen TO fetch big
price and feed with second rate stuff.
That grass and hay are Indispensable
to rural dairying is quite clear, but so
are also m?ngels and straw, while al
falfa. cabbage and other things are
decided advantage. I mention alfalfa
presuming that IL is not included In
the grass which il should be.
A good patch OF cabbage is most use
ful as the grass declines in the fall
and quantity OF kohlrabi TO succeed
these and 10 use before the mangels
These later are an important crop on
all dairy farms. Indeed, they are well
nigh Indispensable. and TO keep land
In grass and buy mangels would be n
profitless absurdity. The roots should
be home grown and abundant. The
growth OF oats In grains might be ia
vored, as crushed oats are capital
milking food, and, .as a substitute for
hay. oat straw Is good feed. Oats
should therefore be grown on all dairy
farms. If not needed as food, the
straw is as valuable as any other for
manure making and bedding.
Glover and rye grasses are less use
full than meadow hay. Tares and
vetches are excellent for late spring
and early summer feed and should
occupy more or less space on every
dairy farm. Rye. too. Is invaluable
in coming In early as n luxuriant and
succulent crop at time when hardly
any other kind Of green crop is avail
able.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-01
szLo OF A WISCONSIN DAIRYMAN.

into one Of this kind. II was built In
one corner Of the barn, square, with
the exception of cut off corners
Spikes were driven into the oak walls
one foot apart each way, leaving the
heads sticking out 10 hold the cement
Inside of this a framework was built
and the cement filed In two inches
thick This was built fifteen years
ago and is still In good condition. II
the surface of the cement is made
smooth, silage keeps perfectly. A
rough surface induces souring.
1t developed at this meeting also that
there were some silos of solid cement
In the county, and a gentleman who
owned one of these was asked to give
certain facts concerning its construc-
ton. 1t cost $3.50 to buy the material
and put up such a silo OF 100 ton ca
pacity The walls are eight inches
thick at the base and four inches thick
at the top. The cement In the one I'M
der discussion is REINFORCED every
foot by No. 10 galvanized wire.
Tub silos Too.
A number of men being present at
his meeting who were operating the
so called tub or stave silo, they were
,alled upon for testimony regarding It,
One said his had been blown down.
although guyed with wires supposed TO
De sufficient to hold il. The trouble
seemed to he that II became loose when
empty, began TO weave in the wind
and then succumbed TO its force
AS preventive OF this IL was rec
)mmended to put crosspieces in az fast
moved. Four or five of these. well
fastened. will keep it from weaving in
he wind.
The general consensus Of opinion
seemed TO he that the cement silo. while
costing more ia the beginning, was
.eally cheaper In the end. The round
shape is best, although If corners are
well cut of silage keeps we'll in the
square cncT. An eighteen inch cutoff
none too much. As a cover for ST
age all who had tried beet pulp rec
lmmcnGed II. 1t preserves the silage
perfectly Since there is a large sugar
factory in the district, farmers are
ising the pllp freely. Even after 1t
lad become year old 1t retained It's
sweetness underneath the outer sur
face and was we'll liked for stock feed.
Some had used apple pomace, the ref
use of cider mills and vinegar fac
.ores. with excellent results as a cover
,or silace
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-01

Remember that J. L. Miller & Son
have been paving more for frst-closs
butter than any tore IN Gsatiot county.
We grade Il.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-01
Buying New Feeds.

The buyer should be very cautious
concerning new feeds and should ascer-
tain their feeding value before purchas-
Ing The addition Of n cheap filler TO
standard feeds is getting 10 be alto
gether too common practice. A
dairyman should keep his eyes open
and mental faculties on the alert. other
wise he is likely to pay So for $50
worth OF nutrimelts and have only
himself TO blame for the bad invest
ment.-Dr. J. Il. Lindsey, Massachu-
sets Experiment Station.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-01

II is our Judgment that II IL better
rot 10 build the silo over twenty feet
IN diameter, and If that size building
will not hold enough ensiage IL is bet
ter to build two silos, says Hoard's
Dairyman. II involves considerably
more labor TO handle silage In very
large structure than in one OF reason
able size. Many farmers prefer to
have two silos. They feed from one
during the winter and have the con
tents of the other for midsummer's
feeding.
S.o Capacity.
The following table gives the dimen-
sions the silo should be built for Civ
EN- number OF animals 10 lie fed for
200 days. 1t also gives the approx
mate capacity Of each size and the
average number Of acres of corn il
will take to ill the silo:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-01
cntlinn G,a.n Enrlv-

The we'll known dairyman. Georg,
Aitkin. manager OF the BILLINGS farm
5 in favor &C cutting grass early. IIe
mas followed this practice for many
gears and finds a. advantage in It. Il
mascr TIE best hay for cows givin.
milk. lie does not feed cottonseed
neal. anl he thinks cows will do bet
nr on less concentrated feed and he
nare free FROM disease.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-01
1T PAYS TO ADVERTISE.

lie didn't have a dollar; he did
mt have a dime. His clothes and
shoes were looking just as though
they'd served their time Re
didn't try to kill himself or try to
dodge misfortune's whacks. In
stead he cot some ashes and filed
five dozen sacks. Then next he
begged a dollar In the paper in
the morn he advertised tin polish
that would put the sun to scorn.
He kept on advertising, and just
now suffice to say, he's out in
California at his cottage on
the bay.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-01
MRS. JOSEPH B. FORAKER.
Clever Wife Of Senator From Ohio and
Her Aspirations.

Mrs. Joseph Benson Foraker. whose
husband is contesting the political field
In Ohio with Secretary William IL.
Taft. has contest OF her own on her
hands While Senator Foraker is APP
pealing TO the Republicans OF the Buck
eye State to indorse his presidential
aspirations his wife is seeking the in
dorsement of her claims 10 the head
ship of the Daughters OF the American
Revolution.
She was Miss Julia Bundy and grad
uated from the old Ohio Wesleyan col
lege at Delaware, O., in 1865. II was
there that she met Captain Foraker
who had gone into the war at sixteen
and come ont at nineteen and who
took a course at Delaware. finishing
his studies nj Cornell university. She
married the senator in 1870.
Mrs. Foraker keeps among her souve-
Mrs pair of slippers. once white. now
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-01

The word aas very many lambs who's.
owners names are hid. ard vet thcs G
lambs grew wool as white as Mays ever
did. OF course The fame OF Mary's
lamb is not at al surprising: twas
brought about by stauard's Rexall ad-
vertising.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-01
D d. HELM AM
The Popular Auctioneer of
Crotiot County.

BY years Of experience Mr. Holman has
learned 10 conduct sales successfully
Stock and farm sales a s. ecial,y. Salts
faction guaranteed. Speaks 30 German
and English. Telephone him over Bel
line, Ithaca 80, ! rings, or address Sum
er No I, or telephone RECORD, Alma.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-01
GOOD SAND

Is an important feature in making good
concrete. laying brick. or making NOR
tar of any kind. We have the hes, that
nature affords and can furnish it OF short
notice. Gail up Union phone ios. OF tell
Mack. the man with the sorrel team. and
your wants viii be supplied.
Yours truly,
fl6sts G.. s. NOUNC.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-05-01

yellow with age. When Benjamin Har-
rison was inaugurated in Washington
Mrs. Harrison naturally had an ex-
tremely busy day. When evening
came she was greatly fatigued. and
her feet, cased in new shoes all day
were aching Her Inauguration ball
slippers were of pearl embroidered
white satin. She managed 10 get them
on, but when she arrived in the ball
room she was in agony. She took of
her slippers. and the consequence was
that when il came time TO lead the
grand march she could not get them on
again. Mrs. Foraker was near by and
offered her own slippers. They felt
like heaven" said Mrs. Harrison.
Thereupon Mrs. Foraker said, You
wear them through the evening. and
will keep on my street boots" II saved
the grand march. Mrs. Harrison pre-
sented her own slippers TO her friend.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-12-17
FACTS FROM FRANCE.

In France tree planting and forest
preservation have become an important
branch of education.
In France about 10000 widows man.
age to fit themselves out with new
husbands every year.
Over $4,000 tons of peanuts are
brought to Bordeaux annually from
Africa, and the value of the oil made
from them is 100000. Many French
families prefer it for table use to olive
oil, and it is much cheaper too.
The Church of st. Pierre, at Mont
martre, which has been closed for the
last six years for repairs, is about to
be reopened for public worship. 1t Is
the oldest church in Paris, having been
built in the twelfth century by Louis
vi. and his queen, Alix of Savoy.