The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-12-03
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Cash is good buy word.
New wrinkles in farming show new
life.
The milk must not be adulterated in
any way.
work done on the highway proves
ga,d by-pay.
Cabbages should be pulled and hung
up by tho roots.
Se sure the whole bodies of dis
eased fowls are burned.
1t Is imperative that sheep quarters
be dry at all seasons Of the year.
The guinea hen is much relished on
account of the garney flavor of the
flesh.
AS Adll lulSuuGu lOI Use ILLS ldll
should be pushed along az fast as he
will stand it.
A regularity of good feed and kind
treatment will make it unnecessary to
drive the cows in at night.
The gasoline engine is doing more
to keep the boy on the farm than q
course of lectures, oral or printed.
Spasmodic sailing Is injurious to
any animal. Keep plenty of salt
where they can get it when they want
It.
Apple pickers should remember that
the least puncture in the skin of an
apple results sooner or later in rot
ten spot.
Keep the water in the troughs pure
and fresh and see that the loft is we'll
ventilated and your pigeons will not
be troubled by canker
Ducks and geese may be raised just
as easily away from pond or rum
ming water as with 1t. Plenty Of
drinking water is sufficient for their
needs.
When team of horses stand up to
the bit in the same way 1t will be
found they do more work with less
friction than horses that do not work
in harmony.
With milk above three cents per
quart TO the producer in most of the
larger cities, and good fall pastures,
it would seem that the dairyman's
lot Is not so hard after all, especially
at this time.
Give the chickens plenty of range,
plenty of water, and plenty of nitro
genous feeds during the moulting sea-
son and get them into the laying habit
before cold weather. Starving them
will not promote growth of feathers.
Many veterinarians believe that If
COWS are kept, during cold weather,
in buildings where the temperature is
high, the milk yield win be greater
than If they were kept in buildings of
comparatively low temperature.
Labcr-saving devices are appreeiat-
ed more on the farm than ever be-
fore. It seems almost impossible to
get help to do the necessary work,
and we are obliged to farm different
ly and to use mechanical means in
stead of hand labor.
AS pasture grass becomes short and
killed by frosts, begin to give the COWS
extra feed, so they will hold up in
milk. Taking the cows into winter
III good condition, other things being
equal, will mean a steady, high milk
flow all through the winter.
Alfalfa meal is very good feed pro-
vided 1t is made from a good quality
CT hay In composition it is nearly
equal to bran. In 100 pounds there are
II pounds of digestible protein, 1916
pounds digestible carbohydrates and
IL pounds digestible fat.
When scraping out the decayed cav
ity Of q large tree to be afterward
filled with cement, as much care
should be taken to remove every par
ticle of decayed matter as a good
dentist does to remove the dacayed
matter in tooth before filling. Other
wise your labor is lost.
Nothing is better for poultry build
ings from a sanitary point of view
than a good coat of whitewash. Espe-
cially is this true when getting the
poultry houses ready for winter. All
may not be aware there is quite a sci
ence in whitewashing. There are diff
ferent kinds, and each is adapted for
q different use.
The lack of high-class dairy COWS,
the high price of grain and mill prod
ucts and the difficulty of securing COM
petent farm labor have brought great
hardship on the New England dairy
men who have been neglecting the pro-
duction Of gardens, fruits, poultry,
etc., which should find place on
every well-organized farm.
Your cows will not get enough salt
by simply putting lump of rock salt
in the manager A cow giving good
fow Of milk, well fed, ought to have
two ounces of salt day, an ounce
In the morning and an ounce at night.
We would advise you to give this to
them on their ensilage when you feed
ensilage and grain. You can take
small piece of salt IN your fingers and