The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-07

Exercise is essential to the best
growth Of the foal.
You have some things to learn after
you get an incubator.
The best time to cut the lambs tail
and castrate is at one week old.
Calves make more gain with a given
amount of food than does older stock
Too much emphasis cannot be laid
upon the use of cover crops In our
orchards.
Giving water at irregular times is
Injurious not only to chicks, but to
old fowls.
1t is seldom that the very early
varieties of potatoes yield SO well as
those little later.
Mans object in fruit growing is the
production and improvement of the
edible portion of the fruit.
Good ventilation is essential; but 1t
should be so arranged that the cows
shall not be exposed to a draught.
Everybody knows that in July
weather cows give larger amount of
milk than in cold and wintry weather.
Build a good shed to shelter the
tools; 1t Is doubtful If you can make
SO 1-S per cent. profit in any other
way.
There is best temperature for
each individual lot Of cream, but this
can be determined only by expert
ence
Are there any old apple trees in
your orchard bearing undesirable
fruit? Easy to graft good varieties
upon them.
Keep on good terms with the ewes
80 that you can catch and handle
them without causing undue disturb
ance In the pens.
There is no phase of the dairy bust
ness that needs moro study or more
careful management than does the
breeding of the COW.
As the time draws near for calving,
the cow should be put into a comfort
able box stall, having plenty of bed
ding to keep her dry.
The open swill barrel standing by
the kitchen door is a direct invita-
ton to typhoid, diphtheria and like
diseases to enter the home.
When live stock prices drop 1t is al
ways the man who knows how to
make meat at the least cost per pound
who realizes the largest profit.
When the fruit buds come very
thick most people take It as a sign
Of big yield, but when fruit grows
too thickly 1t must necessarily be very
small.
If the udder becomes hard or shows
a tendency to garget, apply unsalted
lard and give 1t vigorous rubbing;
after which give the eve a good dose
of salts.
Skim milk, which is whole milk,
minus part of it's fat, and which costs
only half as much as whole milk, fur
nishes protein about four times as
cheaply as beef.
When the COW is comfortable and
contented, she responds with flow of
milk far in excess Of that which she
gives when she has been uncomfort-
able and irritated.
Cherry rot or broyn rot affects all
stone fruits, including peach, apricots,
etc. It is by far the most serious and
battling of cherry diseases to the COM
mercial cherry grower.
Barley meal, low grade flour and
white middlings added to the mash are
useful In preventing summer diar-
rhoeas. Keep graduated charcoal be-
fore the birds for the same purpose.
Never feed hay, or sweep or in any
way stir up dust just previous to milk
ing time, for this will contribute to the
introduction of bacteria, which con-
teammates and Injuries the quality of
the milk.
Gull your focks often and market or
eat such birds as 1t will not pay to
keep. By penning or Grating the culls
they can be fattened nicely in three
weeks time, If well fed Feed three
times a day all they will clean up of
cracked corn and mash Of two-thirds
corn meal and one-third equal parts
bran and low grade -four mixed with
skim milk or sour milk. Use the milk
either always sweet or always sour.
No time like the present to clean
out the spring or well. 1t pays to look
after the water supply. If the well
goes dry try driving two-inch well
point through the bottom of it. There
ought to be plenty of water If you go
after it. If you have tiled spring
that throws up fine sand and want to