The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-07-21

For dressing at all ages the white
color has an advantage.
The CESSATION period of cows is
nine months, or 2S0 days.
Cockerels should be caponized when
they weigh about two pounds each.
Realize the profit from your capital
invested in beef as soon as possible.
A sandy soil is one of the most
difficult ones on which to grow blue
grass.
There seems to be no limit to what
the tractor engine can be made to do
on the farm
For potatoes only well-drained
ground should be used, where no stag
nant water stands.
The best sheep for any state are
those that will bring the producer the
most money for his labor.
Be sure to keep drinking vessels in
cool, shady spot; keep them clean
and well filled with clean, fresh water.
Look after the horses teeth. They
require attention when they get along
In he - he
filed of.
The mixer should wear clean outer
garments, used only when milking,
and kept in q clean place at other
times.
A good mixture to feed calves is
equal parts of bran, ground corn, and
whole oats, with plenty Of alfalfa or
clover hay.
Young mares sometimes refuse to
allow the colt to nurse because of
chapped teats, sensitive udder, or
nervousness.
Change your sheep to fresh pastures
as often as possible; even If, after a
rest OF say two weeks, you go back to
the old pastures.
Kind and gentle handling brings its
reward in the increased docility of the
herd and in shortening the time re-
ouired for milking
1t is well to have gunny-sacks hung
in the doorway; so that, as the cow
forces her way through, the flies will
be brushed off her back.
There is no more use of allowing
bees to poster with useless swarming
than there is of allowing your cows
to pasture on wheat or corn.
Give the setting hen thorough dust
ing with insect powder two or three
times during incubation. This may
save your little chicks from lice and
mites.
A baby beef is calf not more than
eighteen or twenty months old and
weighing not more than 1900 pounds.
1t must have quality and be in prime
condition.
The ideal condition for the mother,
preceding the birth Of a foal, is to have
access to a pasture where she may
be watched daily during the latter
part Of CESSATION.
II Holsteins are selected do not
expect them to thrive on closely
cropped, scanty pastures where they
are compelled to rustic all day to
gather sufficient food.
Where eggs are not to be used for
Matching it will be well to remove the
male from the flock. Don't keep eggs
| in too warm a place. Below 80 de-
grees Is better than above it.
With good milking COWS, well fed
and we'll kept, milk can be produced
at a cost of IS cents per hundred and
butter fat for 16 cents a pound. This
is an average for the year round.
Have spraying outfits enough to
cover the orchard within seven to
ten days, If possible, or before the
earliest blossoms close enough to pre-
vent getting the spray into the calyx.
1t is we'll to mingle as much as pos
sible among the best cows, studying
their habits and conversing with their
attendants, who generally know
more aboue cattle than they are given
credit for.
In constructing the lambing pens
see that they are tight at the bottom;
this will not only keep the young
things from wandering away from the
dams, but also will keep off any cold
CT chill drafts.
If you have waste pasture fSnd avail
able try few goslings this summer.
After they are well started they re-
quire very little attention except shell
ter. green range to Craze on and plenty
Of water to drink.