The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-04-15
Be gentle with the cow.
Graft charles ard Dlums carly.

There is a growing interest in seed
and soil sterilization.
Neve, nut warm, fresh-laid egg in
the incubator; it will not hatch.
Chickens and turkeys are raised
throughout Mexico, but in haphaz-
ard way.
Let every farmer carefully estimate
the cost of things he produces in the
form of labor.
In order to get good results from
the incubator, 1t is necessary to fill it
with good eggs.
Sow as bee pasturage only crops
that have an agricultural value apart
from their blossoms.
Sheep will eat off many weeds that
cattle avoid, and in this way they help
to clean the pastures.
The primary object of the market
grower is the greatest return of dol
lars and cents per acre.
and can afford room for SUGGESTIONS,
sow cress, mustard, radish.
Many things enter into the produc-
ton of a sound bird. The foremost
is the character of the parent stock.
A very young sow frequently does
not have the vitality and constitution
to furnish a large litter of pigs with
nOuriShment
A Western Australia expert claims
to have patented process by which
milk can be kept absolutely fresh for
an indefinite period.
A good way to keep the orchard
clean and free of insects and disease
Is to pick up and feed to the hogs all
fallen and wormy fruit.
The use of green manures, in the
form of the crops, is not appreciated
as widely as it should be, or at least
is not sufficiently practiced.
Ing will increase cows milk every
time. 1t is that easy, deft hand in
milking that makes milking a trade.
AS the warm spring weather ap-
proaches it is well to plan a little in
anticipation of the annual campaign
against the insect pests which infest
poultry kind.
The low growing sorts, principally
the flint or the sweet corn, especially
those varieties which do not require a
long season to complete their growth,
are most desirable.
Outdoor work for the year begins
In real earnest with this month and
from now on, as the weather warns
up, important jobs begin to crowd
each other with increasing intensity.
A few radish seed may be sown in
the onion rows. The radishes will
come up quickly and will show the
rows plainly; give early and clean
culture; this must be done to keep the
weeds in check.
The ideal way to manage sheep on
pastures is to have them Craze one
pasture down reasonably and then
put them on another pasture until the
first springs up again. In this way
the pasture is kept fresh and sweet
Soils may be and have been most
abominably abused by individuals;
and history, observations and expert.
ments teach that this can be over.
come by intelligent control of soil
adaptation, cultivation, fertilization
and rotation of crops.
Much of the i'll luck complained of
by beginners is traceable, in one way
or another, to lice They get at the
young chick almost as soon as 1t
comes from the shell; and unless
something is done to keep them down
the chick will have poor show.
There Is always good local de-
mand for really good farm dairy but
ter. There Is a sentiment connected
with home made butter which is not
attached to that made in butter fac
tories which impels people to buy 1t
at something above the going price.
Keep your eyes and ears open for
the first symptoms Of disease, espe-
cially at this time of the year, when
the weather is changeable. When you
hear a fowl sneeze or see an unusual
amount of watery discharge at the
nostrils and eyes remove her to warm.
dry quarters at once.
What we need is class of farmers
in America who will have a better I'm.
derstanding of the fundamental prin-
ciples Of fertility, who appreciate the
possibilities of crop production when
all the conditions are right, and who
have a sense of their responsibility
in the conservation of soil resources
that have been placed in their hands.
Prof Bailey, of the agricultural col
lege of Cornell university, says "ani-