The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-02-18
Buy meat bones for the hens.

| The man; the cow: the feed; are
| Too much exposure and too much
confinement are alike injurious to the
colts.
To keep of lice sprinkle the nests
of sitting turkeys each week with
snuff.
Some sloppy food is responsible Cor
a great deal Of mortality among
small chicks.
Except during the breeding season,
keep males away from the flock hens
lay better Il left alone.
The amount of feed required to pro-
duce pound of gain increases as the
chicks approach maturity.
The farmer who has not time to
fuss with young colt would better
go into some other business.
The tobacco acreage in the United
States for 1909 was 100000 as
against $4,000 acres in 1908.
The little red chicken mite and
erstwhile the louise thrive these days.
Whitewash and kerosene for them!
Raising young squads to supply the
city markets Is always profitable If
they are given careful management
on receiving more in the milk pail
than he puts into the feed trough.
An experiment by an Ohio company
of curing tobacco by heat from nat
ural gas stoves has proved successful
Provide a shelter for pigs running
on winter pasture 1t need not be ex.
pensive, but one that is well ventilat
ed.
In purchasing q boar it is we'll to
bear in mind that one with heavy
bones is more to be desired than one
of slight build.
To make fall pigs do well they must
be provided with warm sleeping quar-
tiers at night and filled with sunshine
during the day.
1t is an advantage to raise turkeys,
not only for swelling your bank &C.
count, but also for the many injurious
insects they destroy.
When the old turkey hens are set
take the same method with them as
with the hen mother and brood, and
take care to provide large coop.
Do not pick out the poorest soil you
have for the orchard. The best is
none too good. A slope to the south
makes good location for most fruits.
Turkeys are much more clearly in
their habits than chickens and their
free from decayed food or filth of any
kind.
See that the poultry houses are
properly ventilated at night. To com.
pei fowls to roost in a close, filthy
place is good way to have unhealthy
stock.
In the last fiscal year experts of the
department of agriculture inspected
before slaughtering 53,544,255 animals
at 876 establishments in 240 cities and
towns.
Never wait until milk becomes CO.
agulated before skimming and when
| adding fresh skimming to the cream
already collected stir well. so all may
ripen evenly.
In purchasing new male birds, Sc
cure those that have something back O!
them in the line of good ancestors
The males are worth considering, for
they are half the flock
Feed fall pigs during winter a mod.
crate ration of corn and supplement
with bran, shorts and such other nitro
genous feeds as you have on hand
to give variety to the ration.
The use of automobiles for deliver.
ing milk from the farm to the ship
ping station saves much valuable time
and has been the means OF widening
the territory where milk can be profit
ably raised.
If you have hens with little chicks
do not put the coops near the ones
where there are little turkeys, az
hen with chicks will kill little turkeys.
A hen with turkeys will likewise kill
the chickens.
Experiments made by the depart.
NETT of egc1czltyre at Washington
have demonstrated that crown gall Is
caused by bacterial parasite and
that it will affect a large number of
plants where infected.
Flockmasters all over the country
will complain in February and March
about their ewes disowning lambs
lambs coming dead or weak and ewes
having no milk. These conditions
are caused by innutritious, dry and
constipating feeds and lack of water
Fat covers up weakness, a fact