The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-08-05

strawberry beds, but next year get at |
it a little earlier
When the colt is dropped it should
receive nourishment from the dam
within the first half hour.
Sow some turnips in succession
every two weeks. A row 20 feet long
will produce large quantity.
Agriculture Is an art which adorns
the land so that it adds to mans
physical health and mental pleasure.
We can kill weeds by spraying, but
they will not stay dead without rota-
ton, moving and pasturage of the
land.
After the sweet corn has been used
cut the plants and feed them to the
cows. The land may then be used
for late beans
Some of the worlds most noted
mixers gave small quantity of milk
with their first calves. Don't pass
judgment on the heifer.
At no time is the Skimmilk in
better condition to make the most of
it than when it is fresh and sweet
just from the separator.
Chicken money is easy money
there is no milking, no churning, no
tanning away fiies-nothing to do but
gather the eggs and sell them.
With a good supply of straw for
bedding much good manure can be
made every year, and manure is the
very life and success of farm.
Root crops, such as carrots, beets
and parsnips should be thinned. Do
not be afraid to thin them to a dis
lance of five or six inches apart.
The orchard should now be sown
to some good cover crop, as cowpeas
or soybeans, to protect the soil during
summer Do not neglect this longer
If your fruit needs thinning and
you have not already thinned it, do i,
it at once 1t is better to thin late
than to run the risk of injuring the
trees.
Prune blackberries and raspberries.
Cut back the canes and remove all
dead plants. This will greatly re-
juvenate the plants and cause fruitful
ness next year.
Select your seed from the best
plants of your garden peas. The seed
may be saved and the yielding quail
ties of the plants improved If care is
used in selection.
Keep the weeds down. A garden full
Of weeds is no Endorsement for you as
a husbandman. Late cultivation is
necessary, for weeds are not retarded
by the summer sun.
If the flower garden crops are not
making due progress stimulate them
with nitrate of soda. A teaspoonful
worked into the soil about a dahlia
is about the correct proportion.
If the grass on the entire lawn
seems sickly and does not make a
good growth, it may be that the soil
is sour In such case give the entire
lawn a dressing of lime to sweeten
the soil.
AS there is no proportion between
equal things, your farm, to be pro-
portionally beautiful, should be made
up of unequals. Unequal fields, un.
equal garden beds, unequal buildings.
unequal rooms, and so on.
Theoretically one would think that
the work horse ought to rest at night
instead of being obliged to Craze for
several hours during the natural rest
ing period, but practically the effect
of the grazing and the night exercise
is conducive to the very best kind Of
health and thrift.
Every farmer knows that sheep will
make better gains in flesh on dry
clover hay ration, with the same
amount of grain, than any other kind
of farm live stock. The reason for this
is that sheep consume larger portion
of the leaves of the clover hay and not
so much of the coarse. woody stalk.
The best investment any farmer can
make with his surplus money is in i'm
proving his farm. When some farm
ers get ahead and have spare money
| they either buy more land or begin
to lend money for the interes. it will
draw. These are not unwise thugs to
| do, but they are not the best things
to do with money.
Dairying has thu advantage in that
it enables the farmer to utilize the
labor of his family, the forage and
grain grown on the farm, and to make
the most possible out of small farm.
1t may be said further that it brings
a steady income every week with
which to pay running expenses, this
to the young farmer, is in many cases,
no inconsiderable item.
It is useless to hunt for some prep
aration that will kill Canada thistles
and quack grass. There is no such
remedy that is worth anything. Gull
tivation SO thorough that it will pre-
vent growth above ground for one
growing season, is the only effectual