The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-04-01
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III FARM
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A hen cannot feed lice and make
eggs at the same time.
Important garden crops for early
planting are potatoes and strawber-
! rieS.
| Onions should be sown at the earli-
est moment the ground can be got in
| good condition.
Is not the gasoline engine an i'm
portant factor in the problem of keep
| ing the boy on the farm?
With recent years alfalfa has forged
to the front as forage plant in the
United States with extraordinary ra-
pidity.
The demand for flaxseed meal has
| been greater than ever before, even
in spite of the high price received
this season.
A churn filled too full takes much
longer to churn and there is greater
loss of butter fat One-third full is
about right.
Potatoes and turn1ps are cooked
for poultry the same as they would
be for the table except that they are
cooked without being pared.
Do not place eggs under the turkey
hens the first days she shows signs of
broodiness. Better wait awhile be-
cause she is apt to change her mind.
If cleaning the stable is your hard
est chore, try the litter carrier. You
will be surprised to find that such a
labor saver can be had for so little
money.
The equipment needed for a farm
at the present time is an item to be
considered; the farmer now must pur-
chase and employ many high priced
implements.
The Idaho experiment station has
found that scalecide at the strength
of lis kills San Jose scale as well as
any spray, but that it is not effective
when used 1920.
After the potato crop is gathered,
which will not be later than August
10, if early sorts have been planted,
sow crimson clover. cowpeas, soy
beans or hairy vetch.
In grading the surplus poultry and
dividing it into lots for fattening,
farmers having pure-bred f1ocks will
find an occasional cockerel which it
seems pity to send to the slaughter.
ing pen.
The popular notion that gapes
come from lice had it's origin doubt
less in the fact that the chick, weak
ened by the presence of these pests,
was the one to succumb to an attack
of the gapeworms
Farmers of to-day are taking great
er interest in all matters pertaining
to agricultural affairs than ever be-
fore, and 1t is merely a question of
time until the work that has begun
will spread until the whole lump is
leavened.
For hens who are inclined to set
at this time, provide a slat coop,
large as possible, in light, cool place
and confine the hen with male. Feed
and water them well and ordinarily
two days confinement will cure them
of the inclination to set.
The development of the milk-pro-
ducing quality in cow is best judged
by an examination of the milk veins
when she Is fresh. The milk veins are
blood vessels that carry blood, not
milk. These veins show the large
amount of blood carried by the milk
glands.
The manure from silage fed steers
is free from weed unless they are
found in the bedding material. In
feeding clover hay the weeds have a
good way of spreading. The same
amount of silage can be stored in less
space and it saves hauling hay or fod.
der in bad weather.
Rhubarb requires a deep, rich, mel.
low soil. In fact, the soil cannot be
too rich. The earliest yield is from
q warm, sandy loan. The longest stalks
and the greatest number may be grown
on deep, rich clay loan. The ground
should be plowed twice and narrowed
and rolled to get it in good order.
Don't fool with the sick fowls too
long. Medicine is sometimes an eff
fective treatment for certain classes
of ailments of fowls, but as rule.
care and feeding will do more to cor
rect the trouble than all the medicine
| that can be bottled up. Sometimes
the Ratchet is the only practical rem
edy to give.
Muck soils are generally acid or
sour and this acidity must be cor.
rected before they will be productive
Suitable materials for this purpose are
finely ground limestone, airslacked
lime, wood ashes and mari. Finely
ground limestone is to be preferred
to the forms commonly used. 1t is
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