The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-08-19


now.
A poor mixer, man or maid, Is an
abomination in dairy.
The shorter the fattening period the
greater the profit from the pen.
If there are any bare places on the
lawn now they should be reseeded or
resodded.
The disk is a better implement than
the pillow for breaking up sod in the
orchard.
If farmers kept books there would
be a great many better ones than
there are today.
There will be something to learn
about farming so long as there are
studious farmers
There is a distinct difference be-
tween weeds and corn. There should
also be an extinct difference.
An orchard will live longer, bear
better and be more profitable for be-
ing well cultivated and enriched.
Perhaps the first important factor
to consider in dairying is the stable
wherein the cattle are to be housed.
Strawberries should be cultivated,
the weeds eradicated and the mois-
ture conserved for late summer
drouth.
When the incubator is to be started
for late matches set things in order
and run it two days before intrusting
the eggs to it.
Fresh manure has a tendency to
cause carrots, parsnips and satisfy to
grow forked roots; it also causes rad.
ishes to become wormy.
The attention the farmer gives the
hen is an invitation for the hen to
lay-and her cackle is the acknowl-
edgment of the invitation.
The scientific, thoughtful farmer
works with his head. He knows every
COW, her yield, her condition and her
profit producing capacity.
No live stock is so easily and quick.
ly increased in volume as hogs and a
season of good prices is usually a
precursor of increased breeding.
Allow the calf to run with the
mother for a day or so Immediately
after birth. The new milk is neces-
sary to promote proper digestion.
Aside from the commercial value of
the products from the poultry yard
the value of fresh eggs and fine poul-
try for the table should not be under
estimated.
Generous treatment while a heifer
tends to develop the udder and in fact
all the milk producing organs Of the
never lost.
Do not defer harvesting your Irish
potatoes until they are affected with
black rot. AS soon as the tubers ma
ture and the plants begin to die har-
vest the tubers.
No sane and active poultry keeper
will tolerate lice in the nest Place
water, feed and dust bath where the
hen can easily get at them when she
daily leaves the nest.
All decayed specimens of fruit
should be promptly destroyed. Wind.
fall apples and peaches should be
gathered up and destroyed to prevent
spreading the disease.
Unless you secure the guinea eggs
and have the young ones Matched I'M
der the hens, along with the chicks,
they are almost certain to become
wild and unmanageable.
Beware of "red rust in blackberry
or blackcap bushes. When seen,
promptly dig up and burn infected
plant, being careful not to scatter the
fungous dust over healthy bushes.
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chards are fortunate if they have
evaporators for drying windfall ap-
pies. This is a good way to utilize
unstable fruit and thus add to the
profits of the orchard.
Keep your eyes open for better hens.
You will often see some advertised
for sale. But steer clear of old worn
out stock. None over one or at the
outside two years old should be
bought or kept on the farm.
Cottonseed meal fed to excess will
inSure the flavor of butter just as
linseed meal in excess will injure
the grain and flavor. While both of
these can be fed to an advantage to
dairy cows the best results are pos
sible only when they are used in con-
nection with other materials.
Do not neglect to examine the cur
rant and gooseberry-bushes and look
for the white eggs of the currant-
worms, and the larva of the currant-
sawfiy. If you find any, dust the
leaves, top and under sides, with fine
ly powdered hellebore, when the
foliage is wet, or put heaping table
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