The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-09-30


A man who is content with cow
giving 5000 pounds of milk is man
who does not understand the first
| principles of the economics of dairy
work; and, until the dairymen of this
| country wake up to the fact that it is
possible to get cows giving. 5000. 5000.
10000 and 10000 pounds OF milk in q
year, they cannot hope to compete
with the dairymen of Denmark and
| other countries.
Dried milk powder has been fed to
Kansas experiment station. The milk
powder is byproduct in the manufac-
ture of milk sugar and contains very
] high per cent. of protein. One hun
dred pounds of skimmilk makes nine
| to ten pounds of the milk powder.
This preparation has also been used
| with success as poultry feed.
A considerable amount of the nutri.
| ment in the corn fodder is lost each
year because it is allowed to become
| too ripe before it is harvested. Good
fodder, cut at the right stage, and
well cured makes one of the best
feeds for winter, but its value may be
easily greatly lessened by improper
management.
AS most people are not familiar
with sheep breeding and feeding, their
| first question when their interest has
been awakened is, What Is the best
breed? This cannot be answered off.
hand as 1t will depend upon the farm
er's likes and dislikes, his locality,
his market and the available feed
supply.
have about the same amount of car
bohydrates. but the corn fodder con-
tains 81 per cent protein while sorg-
hum fodder contains only 1.5 per cent.
Sorghum, however, is very good
feed, is easily grown, resists drought
and is relished by all farm animals.
The queen is simply the mother
bee. The authority Is in the work
ers. Their cooperation is perfect.
Their aim is the perpetufty Of the
race. To this end, If queen be-
comes inefficient through age, they
drag their mother out and kill her.
| and raise new queen.
| There is more profit in one hen
that lays eggs in November and De-
cember than in one dozen that lay
their best in April and May and none
| in the fall. Push your early pullets
for all that is out, SO as to get them
to laying this fall.
Granulation improves the appear
ance of any quality of honey an9
never fails to give it lighter shade.
| 1t also has tendency to drive from
it any wild taste and make 1t purer
sweet. In this condition it is in the
best possible shape for keeping any
| length of time.
A great many people set peach trees
| too deeply. The ground should be
plowed very deep, but the holes for
| the trees should only be deep enough
| to cover the roots well.
There Is a growing tendency In ia.
vor Of large hives for the production
of both comb and extracted honey,
and there Is no gainsaying the fact
that these large hives do hinder the
swarming impulse.
Pear-blight very often affects apple
| trees; and whenever it Is discovered
every particle of the diseased parts
should be cut out, or If very bad. the
entire tree should be burned.
Many farmers imagine that they
are saving money when they breed
| to a seven or eight dollar horse, but
the truth is they are losing five or
six times that amount.
It is not wise to be all the time
doping stock with medicines the ma.
| ture of which we do not any Of us un.
derstand very well. Nature Is the
| best doctor.
It always pays to keep waxed ends
and other articles Of repairs about
the barn, for ga stitch in time saves
nine" with harness just as we'll as
| in other places.
Sheepmen of the west figure that
the wool pays the entire cost OF han.
ding a flock, or band, and gives good
interest on the investment.
Don't make 1t rule that each horse
should be fed SO many pounds OF grain
per day and so much hay. because 1t
won't work.
After the pigs are few weeks old
it is well to have pen IN which they
can go; and provide them with mid
dlings and cracked corn or milk II
you have It,
Farm work horses are apt to be neg.
lected at this time of the year, be.
cause of the general rush OF farm
work.
A SOW that produces and raises eight
to ten pigs is worth great deal more
than one which gives only three or