The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-10-22
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Mares bred in November will drop
their colts the following October.
What a great debt the world owes
the farmer for the many good things
he produces.
Never keep more hens than you can
accommodate comfortably, because
they never do we'll when crowded.
The sale of saddle horses in New
York city has been 20 per cent. more
during the present year than it was
last.
Give fruit trees plenty of light and
root feeding room. There is always
more danger of setting trees too close
together than too far apart.
It may be necessary to have several
pens and follow system OF line
breeding so that there may not be
too much inbreeding or loose breed
ing.
Coaxing a little loneliness into what
have been waste places is a modern
mission, which is expected to have an
influence in extending the reaction
toward country life.
Hay farming Is sometimes called
mining the land because 1t Is sup
posed to gradually remove and ex-
haust the fertility of the farm in the
same way that mining removes the
ore supplies.
One of the most common methods
OF blAHcaing is by means of boards
placed on edge along each side of the
row of celery. This method is also
in general use for blanching large
fields of early celery.
A horse that has been worked II
to Is hours during the day is entitled
to good feed. Twelve quarts of
oats, divided into three meals, and
from eight to ten pounds of hay, given
at night, make a good ration.
The apple maggot is one of the
greatest menaces to the apple culture
and is one of the most difficult pests
to eradicate. 1t inhabits the interior
of the fruit and to destroy it means
the destruction of the apple itself.
sible it is necessary not to scrimp in
top dressing, but to put back the
greater part of the fertility that is ia
ken out by the crop, returning it in
the form of manure or chemicals, or
both combined.
Four feet is high enough to permit
blackberries to grow. Slender, late,
immature canes should be cut out en-
tfrely If there are longer ones. It is
an immense bearer, and a aevere cut
ting back often makes the difference
between profit and loss In the yield.
If hens are made comfortable in
every way and have only thee grow
ing of normal crop of feathers, and
are fed literally with nutritious pro-
tein feeds, they will come through the
moulting period in good condition and
will be ready in a short time to lay
eggs for the high market.
An experiment with milking ma
chimes by the Nebraska experiment
station shows that the majority of
cows yield their milk as freely and
fully when MIXED with machine as
when MIXED by hand, but with some
individual animals the use If the ma
chine is not entirely successful.
Fall is good time 10 give the
farm a general overhanling. {. Espe-
cial attention should be given to haul
ing and repairing. The roads are
good and the fields solid where the
hauling must be done. 1t is better
time than spring to fix up the fences,
as the ground is not wet. Building
of sheds and general repairing is best
done when the material and ground
are dry.
Glover in wheat or oat stubble in
tended for hay next year should not
be too heavily pastured this fall. Cut
ting over the field once or twice with
the moving machine will give the
young plants better chance to light
and air, and the weeds and stubble
moved off will help form a mulch for
holding moisture during the dry
weather and keep the plants from
freezing in cold weather.
Following the feeding of rye before
other soiling crops mature, an unused
pasture should be kept in reserve and
the COWS turned on when the grass
in the arly pasture is eaten short. If
a field of the farm is in winter wheat
and another field in oats, and these
fields are sown in clover in early
spring and the wheat and oats re-
moved as soon as possible after har.
vest these fields may be used as dairy
pastures for a short time to good eff.
feet, while the other pastures are
recuperating.