The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-10-07
Requiring almost the same care


separable. With large flock of hens
producing winter eggs, and number
of squads at time when young
chickens are not obtainable, the poul-
tryman has practically no competition.
The supply, in most instances, is so
limited and the demand so great that
the young squads are sold at the nest.
people coming after them to be sure
Of getting them.
Brood sows on the average farm
may be almost entirely supported by
waste products. And those same waste
products form the best sort of bal
anced ration Skim milk, buttermilk. &
windfall apples, parings, run in the I
orchard, with shade, and after the
filters are weaned and growing nice
ly, run in the stubble to clenn up (
every kernel of grain, and in the )
clover fields after hay has been cut.
"A hen that lays $50 eggs in year
will earn for her owner a certain net
profit of one dollar and twenty-five
cents, and if he is careful about mar
keting his profit may be increased by
an additional so cents, so that If he
wants to increase his income by $3.50
or $500 it is only necessary for him
to keep 200 or 400 hens.
If you can do no better by way OF
making troughs for the sheep to eat
their grain out of, you can nail two
boards together in the shape of a V,
with a couple of short pieces across
the ends to keep them right side up.
This will save much grain, and grain
Is money this year.
Sailing the cows Is most important,
especially when they are on green
grass. About an ounce per day is re-
quired by each COW and this is better
given regularly and in small quanti-
ties than only occasionally and In
large lots.
With hired help almost impossible
to get at any price, it would seem
that all farmers would hesitate about
taking more land upon themselves for
cultivation, for a poorly-cared for crop
is surely failure, but they plunge In
regardless of consequences.
Some breeders claim that sex can
be selected from which males and
females can be Matched at will. Old
hens mated with cockerels produce
about rs per cent. pullets, while mat
ing pullets with old cocks give
greater per cent. of cockerels.
Did your COWS fall off in their milk
while passing from summer to winter
conditions? This is a trying period
and the cow that tides over 1t all
right will, with normal conditions, be
safe for a good flow till spring.
Sunf1owers are usually grown for
the seeds, and the stalks are allowed
to go to waste. They contain so large
percentage of woody fiber when ma,
ture that they would be of no value
for feeding purposes.
1t will pay to market old and use
less hens now, rather than carry them
through the mott which begins this
month. Many of them will not lay
again until spring and will not pay
their keep.
There are two great and common
mistakes In landscape gardening One
is to make garden without any flow.
ers in it; the other is to have a mess
Of plants assembled without any de.
sign.
If you wish to improve the quality
Of your flock without serious expense
| the best thing to do is to Gull out a
pen of the choicest birds and hatch
their eggs.
Very often when the large farm has
been obtained at the expense of the
home. so much of 1t goes to waste for
the want of ultivation-thorough cuL
tivation-that it is really Improbable,
| Now that the Matching season is
over, all the male birds should be
taken away from the hens. Your
chances for fresher eggs and more Of
them will be increased.
| Manure Is just what Is needed tc
bring up the yields and to increase
the water-holding capacity of our soil
| for without water no amount of fer
| ti1ttv iS of apv avail
| Don't forget the supply of SHARP
gravel or grit even in the fall; fowls
can not always pick up suitable sup
| ply even when on a range and the
weather Is good.
If little rape seed is sprinkled in
with the rye variety of feed will be
provided and the hogs will do ever
better than upon rye alone.
Pleasant surroundings and modern
conveniences, easily obtainable, will
go long way in keeping the boys
and girls on the farm.
| A hog should have some graiu ev
cry day of its life although hogs can
not be raised and fattened on graiI
alone at profit.
L The dairy heifer is sure to be
profitable product Of the farm as long
as the demand for dairy cows con
| tinues.
In applying the spray to low grow
ing trees and bushes make the appli
1 On tiop when tha dew ia IN tho pJopts