The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-03
Work is the famer's capital.

Work is the famer's capital.
Potato tops are good for potato
tugs.
Cow stables must be well lighted ard
ventilated
Animal food is essential for geese
and ducks
Put the pighouse in good condition;
winter is coming on.
A horse of quality will outsell a
coarse grained one any time.
When the hen no longer lays in her |
nest, the wood block comes next.
Keep milk away from all other |
foods as it is a great absorber of |
odors.
1t is poor policy to feed inferior
grain to the horse-espeeially to the
work team.
To produce their full milk-giving !
capacity, cows should be kept as free |
from disturbance as possible.
HOrnless cattle are preferred by |
feeders and shippers, and they will |
usually pay premium for them.
A horse which rears backward is
never safe for riding. One can never
tell when he will fall over backward.
Though exercise is good for the lay
Ing hens, we wouldn't advise having |
Tue dogs chase them for that pur-
pose.
A cow that is hard mixer, due to
construction of the muscles at the end |
of the teat, may be cured, if properly |
treated.
Remember yourself when building
poultry houses and plan them so that
you may take care of them with the |
least amount of trouble.
The bruise on an apple may not at |
once develop into rot but it will make
brown spot which disfgures and |
lessons the value of the fruit.
Dairymen generally like COWS with |
out horns. They are much easier to
handle, there is less risk Of their be- |
ing injured and they take up less
room.
During the busy fall days. don't for.
get to provide for the hers diet as
well as for other stock; whsle prepar.
ing dainties for the table, hoard up
some for the hens.
Prepare the nests and place nest |
eggs in them, so the pullets will learn |
to occupy them. 1t is important that
the pullets be early taught to lay in |
the nests provided for them.
Farmers with silos arg inclined to |
feel and show greater independence
than their neighbors without them. |
They say they don't care so much |
what the season is, they ave sure of |
lots of good feed
A new sheep disease has been |
found among flocks in ceE tral New
York state, known as gid" and is
said to be the first case in This coun-
try. Gid is a brain disease being a
form of staggers and is Otter fatal.
Cats prefer young chickens to mice or
rats Many valuable chicks have dis
appeared in this way and the cat
looks innocent. After you have muz-
zled your own cat, then look out for
the neighbor's cat.
After the wheat field has been plant
ed open up drains with the plow for
leading off surface water. A few
hours work spent at this will mean
the saving of much wheat from drown
ing out. There will be much rain be-
tween seeding time and harvest.
Nitrogen is contained in great guam.
titles in the air above us, but It can
not be purchased and used with profit
in farming, except under special condi-
lions. Glover and other leguminous
plants can draw all they require from
the atmosphere by means of bactsria
that live on their roots.
It Is not possible to maintain our
lands without clover and it is best to
SOW clover and pillow it under. 1t Is
desirable to clip the clover two or
three weeks earlier than it would be
cut for hay and let it lie upon the
ground, and this helps the second
crop, which may be cut for seed; then
the straw should be put back on the
land.
1t is interesting to note just how the
cowpea crop benefits the soil upon
which it grows and increases it's pro.
ductive capacity. In the first place
it does so by increasing the supply
of nitrogen, which it transfers from
the air to the soil by means of the
bacteria which live on the roots of the
plant. This added supply of nitro
gen serves also to increase the growth |
of the plant as well as enriching the
soil during its growth.
The fight against insect, scale and
fungus diseases in our orchards must
not be dropped with the harvesting of
the fruit crops. 1t cannot be hoped