The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-13

A mixture of salt, coppeyas, line and
ashes is god for the hogs and should
be placed where they can have access
to it at all times.
With other food stuffs increasing in
price why should not milk go up also:
There is not enough margin of profit
for the farmer under the present scale
of prices.
If there is no pasture for the ram
provide a paddock in which he can ex-
ercise. 1t is a shortsighted policy
which would keep him shut in the
barn these days.
Look at the nuts on the buggy occa-
sionally, and the other vehicles, too.
Easy to tighten them, but mighty hard
to repair the damage sometimes when
a wheel comes rolling off.
Does every cow in your herd re-
turn you a profit? you cannot know
unless you have tested the milk and
keep a record of the yield. Use the
scales and the Babcock tester 1t is
the only way.
If by careless handling piece Of
farm machinery lasts you only five
years when it might have been made
to do good service for eight years or
perhaps ten years, see what loss
your carelessness has cost you.
Ex-Gov. Hoard of Wisconsin declares
that when the American farmers wife,
a few years hence, hands her husband
the shopping list there will appear the
following: Chocolates for daughter
Susan, taffy for little Bill, and gal
Ion of molasses for the COW! Cows
like sweets he said. l feed my
herd a regular ration of molasses ev-
cry day, and l find that they thrive on
it. 1t makes their flesh fat and their
skins glossy. 1t gives zest to their
appetities and helps their digestion.
1t increases the quality and improves
the quality of their milk, for it puts
the COW in a good humor, and good
humored cow is the best mixer"
Wheat and oat straw have a value
of about six dollars per ton for feed
and four dollars a ton for bedding if
handled right Much straw is wasted
from careless ricking. If possible put
all the straw in one large rick close
to the barn The straw should be
thoroughly tramped down, keeping the
middle full. When the grain is
threshed by large steampower there
should be three men at least on the
rick to properly place the straw as 1t
comes from the carrier. A large, high
rick, we'll put up, and after it settles
nicely topped off and wired down,
will shed rain perfectly.
Paralysis in swine most often fol-
lows overlooking of rich heterogeneous
foods to animals that are closely con.
fined. Pigs do best when allowed a
considerable range and not fed too
highly. AS this affection involves the
spinal cord, it is not only liable to
prove fatal, but is not, as a rule, sat.
isfactorily treated. First, remove the
cause Cut down feed and allow plenty
of range, and if not fed too literally
they will forage about and get exer.
else. Young pigs only partially para.
lyzed will often come right treated as
above advised. Old animals will not
often respond to any form of treat.
ment
Farmyard manure is weak in both
phosphoric acid and potash, and these
elements are supplied in fertilizers
While they may be used alone, it ia
customary to use them in connection
with farm manure, which will prac.
tically mean crop insurance, and will
actually prove so with sufficient mois.
ture. Crops can be grown continuous.
ly on fertilizers containing all the ele.
ments of plant food. This was demon.
strated at the experiment station at
Rothamstead, England, where for AZ
years wheat was grown on chemical
fertilizer without manure and yielded
a larger average crop per year than a
similar section on which farmyard
manure was used.
Sore shoulders can be avoided on
the horses with proper care. No SEN
sible driver and owner of a horse will
allow his horses shoulders to gall and
become sore, because this is danger
that can be wholly avoided. The prin-
cipal causes of shoulder trouble in
horses are ill-fitting collars, the per-
nicious sweat pad and too low a draft
on the names. 1t is the urgent duty
of every one owning working horse
to see that the collar ;s fitted exactly
to the shoulders of tbs animal, and If
this is done no evitsmelling and skin
burning sweat Daa will be necessary
for the comfort of Dobbin. Many of
the working harness outfits, nova
days, are not made with the comfort
of the horse in mind. This is seen
in the placing of the draft
in the construction of the names, for
in the majority of cases the point of
application OF the pulling force is
fixed entirely too low down on this
part of the harness. When
the animal is at work, the pull thus
comes on the point" of the shoulder
where it is not evenly distributed
over the surface as it is when it comes
up bit higher on the shoulder where
the draft should naturally be applied.
There is more muscular action near
and around the point" or lower part
of the horses shoulder than is noticed
on the fiat surface of the muscles that
cover the shoulder blades, hence there
is less chatting and rubbing against
the face of the collar there. It is to
the best interest of the horse az well
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