The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-30
NID FARM
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The stingy feeder cheats himself as
well as the COW.
The smell from the hog pen indi-
Gates pretty accurately the lack of
thrift of the farmer.
The summer boarder may put
money in the bank, but look out it
don't put the wife in the graveyard.
Head lice on the little chicks tell
the story of that droopy condition
Get rid of the lice or you will lose
your chickens.
Do not increase the hay ration to
the horse as the work grows heav-
Ter, but do so with the grain ration.
It is the latter that makes muscle.
Ground intended for the strawberry
bed should be prepared now. Plants
may be set in September if not ear
lier. Have the ground in fine shape,
If the lice are unchecked they will
take about as much flesh off the pigs
as you can put on them by generous
feeding. Get rid of the lice if you
want to make a profit.
Ticks on cattle can be gotten rid
of by going over the animals with a
sponge moistened in crude petroleum.
Go over again in about two weeks,
when the eggs have Matched a new
brood.
Lots of time is lost at harvest time
because the tools have not been got
in readiness for the work. Easier to
make repairs before the machines are
needed than just when crops and men
are ready.
Some farmers bore holes in their
pocketbooks by boring holes in the
barn floor to get rid of the liquid
manure. Little do they think that
they are letting the richest part Of
the manure escape them.
Tie horse watch has picked up a
nail IN his hoof must be treated care
fully Or serious lameness may result.
Cut open the wound until it bleeds
freely, then wash in carbolized water
and pack the foot with oakum.
If troubled with bloody milk exam
inc the udder. 1t may be that it has
become bruised. If not it may be due
| to Inflammation. If due to the latter
condition give the animal a laxative
followed by dose of nitre. Reduce
the diet and battle the udder fire.
quently in cold water.
Let us not forget" said Daniel
Webster, that the cultivation of the
earth is the most important labor of
man. Unstable is the future of a
country which has lost it's taste for
agriculture If there is one lesson of
history that is unmistakable, it is that
national strength lies very near the
SOIL"
Be sure the hogs have fresh water
and shade Hogs will do well and
make satisfactory growth with but lit
tie grain if they can range in the stub
BILE fields after harvest. They will
soon pay the cost of fencing But
a poor hog fence is an abomination
and in the end will prove more ex-
pensive than one properly built The
corner and gate posts must be solidly
set or no end of trouble will ensue.
Millet is considered valuable crop
by many farmers familiar with it's
growth for the following reasons:
First, it may be grown as catch crop
where some other crop has failed, or
on land that has been too wet for
early sowing. Second, it may be
grown as a crop for smothering weeds,
where those perennial in character,
as quack grass, infest the land. For
this purpose it is very effective when
the land has been properly managed
prior to the sowing of the millet.
Third, it may be made to provide hay
in emergency when hay may be short
from other sources. Fourth, it may
be made to furnish grain that proves
a good substitute for corn where corn
may not be sure crop. Fifth, it is
sure crop, when properly managed,
as it can be matured for seed in less
than 80 days from sowing; for hay
in less than 80 days.
The standards of dairy production
are being constantly raised. While
Chicago is discussing the wisdom of
enacting an ordinance requiring the
pasteurization of all milk supplied by
diaries not producing certified milk,
Wisconsin has passed a law which
prevents the sale of unclean and in
sanitary milk and the use thereof in
the manufacture of food products and
| prohibits unclean and insanitary con-
| ditions of creameries, cheese factories
| and milk dealers establishments or
outfits. Barns or stables must be rea-
sonably we'll lighted and ventilated
and be kept free from any filthy accu-
| mutation. Milk will be declared insan-
itary that is drawn from cows housed
in a filthy condition and is kept or
transported in dirty, rusty or open
scanned cans or other utensils, or that
which is stale or to which any unclean
or unwholesome foreign substance has
been added. Cream must not be pro-
duced from insanitary milk, and
cream separators must be thoroughly
washed and scalded after Use. A fine
of not less than $25 nor more than
$1O0 for each and every offense, or i'm
prisonment in the county Jail of not
less than 80 days nor more than 60
days is the punishment to be inflicted
for violation of this law.