The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-04-15
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NH'A FARM
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Don't hurry the ducks.
Study the "other fellows" methods.
The little chicks like clean house
as well as anyone.
When about three weeks old is a
critical time with early chicks.
In ordering trees of any kind con-
suit your soil. climate and market as
10 varieties.
Young apple trees fit for setting are
higher than last year. Poor trees are
awfully dear as a gift
The great difficulty confronting the
Average planter is in selecting varie-
ties adapted to his particular soil.
The pure bred herd Of hogs will
be more profitable even from the
standpoint of meat production than
the scrubs.
The pea vines can easily be cured
by spreading them on sod land. Pea
vine hay Is considered better than
clover hay.
Nature will reclaim and make
profitable what man has apparently
destroyed if given time and opportu-
nifty to do so.
Standard varieties of strawberries
are a known quantity, untried varie-
ties good way to lose valuable time,
labor and money.
When a mixer does all sorts of
farm work he will soon have his
hands in bad shape for handling the
cows udder properly.
For family use set the varieties the
different members like. For market
what the ultimate consumer likes. It
will pay to consult him.
Beef scraps or cut green bone must
be fed in winter to furnish the meat
food, which is necessary for the pro-
duction of a large number of eggs.
| II you keep cross-bred or mongrel
hens, buy well-built, vigorous male
and see how much bigger, better lay
ing, more uniform the chicks will be
next summer.
The American hen has made her
place in agriculture by producing mil
lions Of dollars every year and she
has earned the respect of every right
thinking farmer in the land.
The nurseryman prefers to sell
something which brings immediate
satisfaction rather than to urge upon
the customer poor tree which he
receives with protest and harbors
under suspicion.
Information gathered from a num-
Der of sources indicates that cattle
will consume from 80 to 100 pounds of
water per day per head; that horses
weighing 1000 pounds will consume
from 80 to 80 pounds per day.
When the utmost cleanliness is not
observed in the poultry yard the birds
become infested with vermin, which
set up a certain amount of irritation.
and to overcome this the fowls are
constantly picking at their feathers.
There are usually two ways of do
ing anything. the right way and the
wrong way. The wrong way to feed
steers is to feed them without hogs
following. The waste that hogs get
is sometimes the only profit there is
in the transaction.
Poultry raising in Germany has not
kept pace with the demands of the
market. Imports of poultry into Ger
many have increased in 20 years from
100000 annually to nearly $4,000
600 worth at the present time, an in
crease that is almost incredible.
During recent years the pea vines
have risen to the dignity of a by-prod-
uct from which the factories derive
considerable profit. They are row
utilized for silage or fed to stock in
fresh state or cured for hay. They
make silage superior in value to
corn silage.
For breeding stock, growth and
vigor are desired, and, to promote
the best growth and development, a
considerable part of the ration should
be made up of feed rich in protein.
The feed, however, should not be too
concentrated. Corn may be used in
connection with other material but
at no time should it constitute over
One-half of the entire ration.
Vicious bulls are generally made so
by unwise treatment when they are
young, giving them too much liberty
or using them cruelty, 1t is well to
use them kindly, but they should be
trusted no more than is necessary, for
it sometimes happens that bull that
has been quiet suddenly and unexpect-
eddy becomes vicious and mains n
man for life or cores him to death.
The productivity of the corn land
may often be increased for a time
simply by deeper tillage and thorough
cultivation, the effect of this treat
ment being to develop the latent plant
food in the soil and to put the soil in
good physical condition, SO that the
roots of the plants may have a bet
ter environment in which to grow and