The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-09-10
The wise dairyman raises his Own

ease among the hOgS. Keep Things
clean.
Very little more trouble or expense
to raise blooded animal than it is to
raise a scrub.
The mouse in the granary Is a WIS.,
itor which the thrifty farmer will not
suffer to remain.
The nearer poultry can be kept In
the natural state the harder they will
be, and the greater profit they will re-
turn.
Been swimming or fishing this sum-
mer? Take half day off and go with
the boys. 1t will bring dad and the
boys closer together.
High prices encourage sheep raising.
but don't jump into the business too
brashly. Begin in a small way and
work up. Buy a few ewes and good
ram.
1t Is the thriftless farmer who is
certain that farming does not pay.
Neither would any other business pay
handled in the same way as he does
the farming.
The dust bath must be provided for
the fowls. They will cooperate with
you in keeping them free from lice.
They enjoy rolling in the dry dust
and it drives away the vermin.
Plant roots find feeding ground at
a much lower level in drained than
undrained soils, as they find condi.
tons favorable for such growth.
Worms, ants and other insects burrow
deeper. These worm holes and root
channels permit more perfect aera-
ton and oxidation, until the whole
body of the soil down as deep as it
has been drained becomes a fit home
and feeding ground for the roots of
our plants.
Don't use binders, for these relics
of barbarism there is no possible ex-
cuse. They are entirely unnecessary
and decidedly hurtful to the best serv-
ice from the wearers. They detract
from the natural beauty of the horse
and prevent the full use of the eye
sight that Nature endowed him with.
Instead of acting as a preventive from
fright at the sight of strange objects,
they render him suspicious of many
ordinary things coming within range
of his obstructed view, thereby max
ing him unnecessarily nervous and
over excitable If he is a creature of
mettle. Man has no right to deprive
the horse of one of his keenest senses
through the use of the Furnishing
binder.
While there is still difference of
opinion as to the best method of or.
chard management, yet it would seem
as though the cultural method gave
more profitable returns than the sod
mulch method. The New York expert
ment station after a five year expert
ment had demonstrated that at least
on clay loan, tillage is more profitable
than sod mulch. 1t remains to be
said that in certain conditions sod
mulch is the only feasible method.
and, therefore, where it is a case of
this system or no apples, then of
course the Inevitable must be &C
cepted. In doing this, it does not fol
low that the grower will not receive
profit from his labors; but it does
mean that where tillage methods are
possible, they usually bring larger
returns than any system of sod cul.
ture which has been tested thus far,
The wheat straw infested with Hes.
sian fly breaks over just above the
joint, which, while it varies consider.
ably in location, is usually a relative
ly short distance above the ground. If
the grower will carefully pull the leaf
away from the stalk where it is
broken over he will find lying in a
little dent lengthwise in the straw an
oval, dark-brown seedlike body one.
fourth of an inch or less long. This
is the "flaxseed" stage of Hessian fly,
and is sometimes improperly spoken
of as the eggs" of the fly. Some.
times, through careless handling or
other causes, the "faxseed" will be
gone over and only the little dent in
the straw left as evidence of its for
mer presence. If the grower does
not find the "flaxseed" in the first ex.
amined he should continue to examine
broken straws until he does find it, or
until he is convinced that the fly did
not do the work.
Cow testing associations are doing
good work in Wisconsin, and the sys
tenn asga. profitably be tried in
other .s1yying sections. These as
sociattons are of two kinds, the '$1 a
COW ptan- and the $50 cents a COW
PLAN" 60 the former the I,airymen's
association furnishes nah to do the
work OF weighing and testing the
milk Of the, individual cows in the
herd at M expense of 81 q cow foa
the ynar. There are generally 81
members 81 each association. so that
tests con be made once month on
each farm. Under the second plan
the farmers themselves weigh and
sample the milk from their cows fol
one day each month and bring the
samples to their creamery or cheese
factory, where they are tested by the
operator at an expense of so cents
a year a cow. The associations In
WISCONSIN at nresent are generally