The Ely miner., 1911-06-02
There is nothing like leather.

Sometimes litter gets so filthy that
it is worse than none.
Leave it to the old hen to pick out
the best nest to lay IN.
To improve live stock requires ia
telligence and thought.
Among all warf-growing trees the
Japanese naples stand first.
If possible grow potatoes on clover
sod; this saves buying fertilizers.
Oats is the standard grain for the
healthy development of young ami
mails.
In the fattening pen give the pigs
all they will readily clean up but nc
more.
Many farmers use boar of differ.
ent breed of that of their sows to pro-
duce cross.
Sound, healthy cows can only be
had by good stabling, careful feeding
and good water
When the chicks can get away from
it at will, plenty of heat under the
hover is good thing.
After the calf has learned to drink,
little fine hay should be tied up in
the pen for the calf to nibble.
Almost all flower seeds germinate
more quickly if soaked in warm
water for few hours before planting.
Do not plant trees with bunch Of
spreading roots. Trim them of to
within four or five inches of the root
stock.
Don't forget to give the little ducks
plenty of drinking water, and after
one week old they want it to swim
In, too
Horses that are clipped dry of
fast at night. This is better than
having them stand around in a heavy
wet coat
A once lively faith in the existence
and possibilities of strains Of hens
which would produce 800 eggs year
has decayed
At the end of five to eight days re-
move the calf to a roomy, clean box
stall and give a clean dry bed of
wheat or oat straw.
The feeding and management of the
young calves should be in the hands
of a competent hand and not left to
the boys or careless help.
Many man has been surprised al
the effect of one load of barnyard ma
nure scattered about under a tree
1t gives new life and fruitfulness.
The only way to make profit with
poultry is to attend closely to bust.
ness and not leave the feeding and
management of the flock to hired
help.
Extreme care must be taken of the
tiny seedlings, for If allowed to get
dry they will almost surely die and
if kept too moist they incline to
damp off,"
The great secret in successful root
culture is clean, mellow deep soil
liberal fertilizing, early sowing and
early culture as soon as the plants
can be distinctly seen.
A light sandy soil will be rather
benefited by working it when moist
as such will have tendency to make
it more compact and consequently
more retentive of moisture.
Rhubarb is of easy cultivation, and
when once planted, the ground kept
clean, mellow and heavily manured,
will furnish generous supply of juicy
stalks for eight to ten years without
removal.
The horse can be made to masticate
his food by putting finely cut hay with
the grain. A ration of half prairie
grass hay and half alfalfa will give
almost as good gains as a ration oi
alfalfa alone.
A Virginia man writes that fol
years he has sown a small patch OF
buckwheat for his hens and he says
he is quite certain that they thrive
better and lay more eggs than they
did without this grain.
Since the cost Of growing an acre
of roots is two or three times as great
as that Of growing an acre OF corn
the yield of dry matter being little
more. it seems poor farm practice tc
abandon the silage in favor OF roots.
Sell fresh eggs or none at all. &c,
! just as far as possible from the gen
eral lot dumped on the corner grocery
Seek for regular customers and gel
|, retail prices Stop crying about low
rates and cheap goods by rising