The Ely miner., 1910-08-12
Sheep gam in clover.
Plant young, medium-size trees.

| Unleached wood ashes Sown broad
cast in the orchard will prove bene-
| ficial
Start the milk with the thumb and
finger If the colt is not very strong,
or If the udder is at all hard.
Dust the climbing roses with sui
| phur early in the morning, while the
dew is on, to prevent mildew.
A cool, well ventilated pen Is ideal,
| but it must be free from drafts or
you will surely have trouble.
The ground is bank in which the
| farmer invests manure, seed, tilling.
| time had thought. All are important.
There is no better or cheaper place
to develop young horse and put him
in proper shape for market than on
the farm.
Sweet corn may be canned and kept
ehiou6h luS WIuLCi, OuI II AOQuiASS
considerable time and patience to
cook it properly.
Red top and alsike are as much a
standard mixture for wet meadows as
timothy and red clover for the better
and drier uplands.
Two drones cost as much to raise
as three workers, and after they are
raised they keep on eating, while the
workers labor for you.
The chief value of the Runner ducks
and the point which has made them
the most talked of in duck history is
their great laying habits.
Good roads contribute much toward
rural development. The money spent
upon building and maintaining roads
returns in splendid dividends.
The farmer who grows liberal sup
ply of roots for his hogs seldom has
much trouble with the ordinary dis.
eases to which swine are subject.
Difference in individuals to produce
maximum flow of milk should prompt
every dairyman to weed out his in
ferior animals as early as possible.
When the eve has lambed, if the
lamb, after becoming dry Is not able
to obtain the ewes milk of it's own
accord, It should be assisted in doing
so.
To obtain the earliest and finest
vegetables the soil should be kept fine
and loose throughout the growing sea,
son by frequent hoeings or cultiva.
sions.
a good bee smoker rightly used is
necessary to handle bees, as by it's
use one can subdue them so that
they may be handled with few if any
stings.
The amateur must learn to thir
ruthlessly. Plants that grow too close
ly together never do well. Pinch off
all the suckers from fruit and orna'
mental trees.
Unless the owner Is thorough
fancier and has time and facilities for
keeping them unmixed the keeping OF
more than one variety is exasperating
and seldom profitable.
Make bird-houses and thus secure
the presence and esteem OF these
active insect-destroyers. Also protect
every toad and try to keep a few
about the home place.
When a hen is through setting burn
all the old nest material, disinfect the
nest box and give it coat of liquor
lice-killer to make a good job OF it,
and then put in fresh material.
After the hay has been in the NOW
a few weeks the leaves become ten.
der. and when the hay is handled for
feeding purposes break off and go to
waste This waste is far greater than
generally realized by most farmers.
Keep some kind of crop growing
in the garden the enire season. II
nothing else is done sow wheat or rye
on the vacant places to keep weeds
from springing up and maturing seed
Weeds ripen in a very short time, il
they are allowed to grow.
The greatest profit in raising bees
is secured by a well-directed method
of dividing the colonies when in
proper condition to do so, and re-
straining their instincts, as far as
may be, to swarm when the surround
ing circumstances are unfavorable
for an increase of colonies.
The cows which produce best are
usually those which were well pre-
pared for their milking period. Breed
and strain or family are important
factors, but important and necessary
as they both are, neither. in itself, is
a guarantee of production. Feed is
equally, and possibly more important.
If the busy woman en- the farm finds
it takes too much time to make her
butter into pound prints, which are
some trouble to make and still more
a. to- ~I,