The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-15

A value in hOgg1ng uOWn corn g:
maturity in the fall is the enriching Of
the soil with the droppings of the
animals.
Select medium-sized, full ripe toma-
toes for seed. No crooked or small
sized fruit should be taken if the best
seed is wanted.
Sunflower seed is good poultry food,
and few rows of the plants near the
poultry yards are also good for sum-
mer shade and protection.
To keep the boy on the farm, enlist
his interest, give him something that
he Gun call his own, and let him have
the profits realized from its sale.
Do not keep either the young or old
horses stabbed for several days in sue
cession, because they need daily ex-
ercise for bone and muscle develop
ment.
A Kansas farmer makes practice
of hogging down corn by the use of a
portable fence, and last year made his
corn thus fed net him Al IL cents a
buShel
One man claims that for the cost of
harvesting a 40-acre field of corn a
hog-tight fence can be built around the
field where cattle fence, barbed
wire, is already there.
Raw farm land should have a dress
ing of long manure plowed under in
the fall, and a thick dressing of fine
rotted manure spread broadcast in
the spring and well narrowed in.
; The custom of hogging down corn in
the fall of the year has been practiced
Cor great many years on American
farms, but it is Only of recent years
shat farmers lave come TO know i've
definite value.
The value Of humus is emphasized
where an old barn, or house has been
lsft standing in the middle of a field.
as the crops are usually much superi-
or to those on the surrounding por-
tons of the field.
Feeding animals need exercise, but
not SO much as should be given breed
ing animals 1t is best to promote the
tendency toward laziness, allowing
just enough exercise to maintain the
health of the body.
If the pasture is short in the fall
the lambs may be turned in the corn
field to pasture. They will eat grass
along the fence rows and the lower
blades of the corn, but they will not
injure the corn in the least.
Land intended for fruit or vegetable
garden should have a heavy dressing
of long stable manure spread evenly
over the ground and deeply plowed
under. This should be done in Octo
Der, or before the fall rains set in.
Where there are bare spots in the
lawn sod, SOW little new crop grass
seed and rake 1t in. Before winter sets
in thick dressing of fine, sifted, rich
manure should be spread over the
grass; rotted manure is the best fer
tilizer.
In selecting stock to be bred fol
layers the male birds are quite as
important. One must be careful that
the males are descendants from pro
life layers. The best layers are also
obtained where the sires and grand
sires are also from stock noted fol
their exceptional laying.
The apple maggot is larvae which
matches out into moth during a pc
riod after the apple has fallen to the
ground with maggot contained with
in it. The presence of hogs in the or
chard in sufficient numbers to con
sumo the fruit as it falls means the
determination of the pest.
In the eastern half of the United
States black rot has proven a serious
drawback to grape culture. Humidity
is favorable to this disease. More
than 20 years ago spraying was intro
duced as a means of combating this
and other fungus diseases of vines and
fruit trees, and bordeaux mixture has
been the standard fungicide from the
first.
The age of farm abandonment is
practically at an end, for the farm
er has solved the problem of how tt
make living for himself and family
and at the same time accumulate q
good bank account from the products
Of small tract OF land New condi
lions require new methods, and this
applies with greater force to farming
than to any other form of productive
industry.
The earlier ground is plowed fol
fall wheat the better, as it allows more
time for the soil to settle before seed
ling time. Soil in which wheat and
all other grasses are sown must be
worked down very fine and compact
in order that large per cent. of the
seeds may terminate and the young
plants make early and rapid growth
Extra time and labor spent in this way
will be rewarded in next seasons crop
Cowpeas make an excellent soil:ns
crop. They should not be planted un
til the soil and weather are warm