The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-07-16
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W. FARM
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A flock of sheep well managed will
help eat the mortgage off the place.
The small fruit drier which can be
placed on the range is handy on the
farm.
Harvest time will tell the story as
to whether you did the spraying faith
fully in your orchard.
1t Is generally the poor cow which
the farmer is anxious to SELL re-
member that when going to buy.
In putting the corn in the silo be
sure it is laid down evenly and is
well packed. The keeping quality de-
ponds much on the way the work is
| done.
It is never too late to plan for some
kind of system of rotation of crops.
1t may be too late to do anything for
this year, but you need to think ahead
at least year to get such a system
started right.
Prof. Burnett, Nebraska, and Prof.
Holden, Iowa, are both of the opin-
ion that org5 nization of farmers, prin-
ii, e., s.I 81,
poses, is one thing now most needed
in country life.
Fruit and poultry are two of the
greatest industries of the present age
and require but little capital to start.
Begin in small way and work up.
Be thankful if you have not big
bunch of money to put in at the start.
1t is generally the man who goes slow
but sure who makes a success of the
business.
Pick name for the farm, have 1t
neatly painted on a sign board and
place it in a conspicuous place in the
lane before the house. 1t will inter
est passersby, will identify your place,
and Will prove a wonderful incentive
to you to spruce up bit and make
the place look as good as the name
you have picked for it.
Pigs i'd on SKINNED milk do bet
ter than upon any other diet, whether
fed sweet or sour. Pigs seem to like
the sour rather than the sweet, and in
| either case grain foods should be fed
with It in order to make balanced
| ration. Skinned milk as food for
all young animals is an aid to the
digestive organs, as there is not par
ticle Of it but is digestible.
In CHltivating to preserve moist
| ure the work should be done each
time as soon as there is an indication
that q crust is being formed. 1t is
particularly desirable to cultivate aft
| er each rain, as the packing by the
| raindrnps forms a hard crust. Some
times D, light rain that penetrates the
soil for but the fraction of an inch
packs the soil so thoroughly that cap
| Hilary tubes are formed, through which
the moisture in the soil is sent off
into the atmosphere.
LOSS of curd from buttermilk can
be saved by straining through very
fine meshed cheese cloth, or by add
| ing a small quantity, about one-fourth,
sweet skim milk to three-fourths but
| termilk Let the mixture stand over
| night at a temperature of about 60
degrees. Then heat the next morn
ing to about 100 degrees and let stand
for one hour. The skim milk curd
seems to collect the fine buttermilk
curd so that there is much less loss
during the straining process than is
| the case when an attempt is made to
separate the buttermilk curd alone by
the cloth strainer.
Lime sulphur spray may be made
as follows: Good lump lime, Is
pounds; flowers of sulphur, Is
pounds; water, so gallons. To pre-
pare this mixture, first Stake the lime
| in a small quantity of water, using
enough to keep the shaking lime thor
oughly wet. When the lime is pref
| ty we'll slaked, put In the sulphur and
add as much more water as is nee
essary to keep the whole of the con-
sistency of thin cream. Put the ket-
| tie or the receptacle containing the
mixture over the fire and boil for As
minutes, or until the liquid is of q
deep reddish brown color. Then, d.
| lutte to so gallons, and apply at once.
If the mixture should become cold,
crystals will form and weaken the in
secticide for the destruction of the
| lice and their eggs.
We repeat: Test your cows and
know what they are doing for you.
Dairying pays only when you have
profitable cows, and the only way you
can know this to 4 surety is by use
| Of the Babcock tester. The equipment
and process is comparatively simple.
Here are all the necessary things for
| mixing the test:
One Babcock tester of size to suit the
herd. One dozen fest bottles. One
milk test pipette measuring 17.6 C.
CD One dairy thermometer. One
quart bottle standard sulphuric acid.
Hot water. In making the test, keep
| in mind the following rules:
(A) IT'S cubic centimeters average
milk OBJ 17.6 sulphuric acid. Add the
latter carefully. If it is poured
through the milk it will burn it; let it
r,1n down the inside of the bottle. co
| Shake thoroughly. CD Put into the
| <astar opd uhir! five r1iOufoc. ZEN