The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-05-12
Clover is rich in protein.

Feed young turkeys bread crumbs.
Poultry is quite a large factor with
many.
The brooder must be kept free from
droppings.
The use of summer silos is growing
more common.
Beet molasses contains over sc de-
grees of potash per ton.
The sows and pigs should be put on
pasture as SOC as possible.
The seed well treated will treat the
farmer to a disease free crop.
Some horses have learned to balk
by being overloaded and abused.
Potatoes will do their best on a we'll
MANFRED. well-prepared clover sod.
There are over ITO, 000, 900 of acres
under wheat cultivation In the world.
Peas, beans and onions were first
known in Egypt many centuries ago.
The intelligent care of trees is q
great aid in our battle with the In
sects.
Let the patch Of mangel-wurzels be
included in the farm plan for this
summer.
Old grass and clover pastures are
Elch benefited by a dressing of plas-
tsr and ashes.
One of the "unfailing" signs of an
ignorant or careless feeder is a bunch
oy securing pigs.
Weeds sometimes injure by killing
farm stock, or by rendering their
product unstable.
UlOOu Ild1C IA AOoi ohouAo ~
handled by a firm, steady hand, not an
excitable, rash hand.
Better to put up new fence or mend
the old than to spend the rest of the
summer chasing pigs.
With the high cost Of feed, a little
tankage added to the ration Of hogs
every day will pay big.
When the cream runs OH b spoon
like oil and has a slight acid taste 1t Is
usually ripe for churning.
It has been found that d~enatured
sugar forms a valuable and economical
addition to skim milk for calves.
Some dairymen are finding 1t quite
convenient to have the milking room
hold four COWS only at one time.
Stimulate the soil to a vigorous
production by means OF thorough cul-
tivation and liberal use of fertilizer.
In deep setting, with plenty Of ice.
the cream is all up In IL hours IN any
Of the good family creameries row in
use.
The age of seed has much to do
with the vitality or terminating
power. Young, bright, shiny seeds
are best.
Hogs have often been tided over a
season Of shortage and kept in a
thrifty, growing condition, for weeks
on mangels alone.
Young geese do not lay as many fer
tile eggs or produce as many goslings
Il. the first breeding eason as they
do in the second.
Milk readily absorbs bad odors
such as arise from onions, garlic or
decaying vegetables, hence don't set
the milk pan near them.
Grading of cream is receiving more
attention by the dairy press and
dairymen than it possibly ever has in
the history of the dairy business.
A good stand of clover cannot be
had when sown on fall or spring grain
where only a few hundred pounds Of
cheap fertilizer is drilled to the acre.
The worst feature Of cucumber cul-
ture is the insect pests, but these
may be controlled by busting with
dry insecticides or even with bone
dust.
The same laws that have tent the
prices of beef and pork products al
most out Of reach of the workingman
will also hold the prices Of poultry
products.
Where one has plenty Of land, or
land that is too billy or rocky for
regular field cultivation, the pasture
affords the cheapest feed that car be
grown on the farm.
For market purposes a stock bird,
lar~ge-breasted, firmly set on short legs,
surmounted by large thighs, will prove
valuable, especially If belonging to a
family Of egg producers.
The great feeding value Of alfalfa Is
M dor,ht kpouu fO all and owing IN fts