The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-01-13

PdIduVcly cheap, especially 30 II you
have saved all of your roughage. such
as cornstalks. the best of your straw.
and things Of that sort which fire.
quently go to waste This being true.
dairying should bring good returns
this winter provided the cows are fed
literally enough to produce large
quantities Of milk.
Disorder of the digestive functions
af1icts lambs most severely. White
scour affects the unweaned lamb.
This appears to be the passing Of un-
digested milk. Change the ewes
feed, providing poorer hay with ground
oats and corn with q sprinkling Of
linseed-meal
If cow has an apple or similar OBJ
struction lodged in her throat, 1t can
be removed by pouring pint Of melt
ed lard down her throat. This will
make the animal strangle and cough,
and In the struggle the obstruction will
be dislodged.
The common opinion that sheep
should be kept as scavengers and that
they will thrive best on the farm that
is too poor for other kinds Of live
stock is twin brother to the opinion
that white beans thrive best on poor
thin SOIL
| 1t is scarcely necessary to suggest
that 1t is good policy to make a close
examination of any newly purchased
hogs and be assured that they are
absolutely free from lice before they
are turned with the other hogs.
1t is much better practise to raise
heifer calves from the best COWS in
the herd to keep up the number Of
| probable mixers than to depend up
on buying the mature animals az
needed.
Start the trap nests so 1t can be
known which are the best winter lay
ers. Almost any old hen will lay in
spring and summer; it takes good
hen to lay in late fall and winter.
The use of the separator is no long
er an experiment with the farmers
and dairymen, as most every farmer
keeping two or more cows is using
one at the present time.
Flowing not only loosens up the
/ III 20 - t. kh,,e ~,
the action of the sun. air and frost.
Stubble, weeds, etc., are buried and
SO changed into humus.
| Milking must be done quickly.
| Quickly and thoroughly. Anything
that irritates the COWS such as rough
ness, or slow milking will shorten the
milk flow.
An acre of land which produces q
ton of dry hay must contain moisture
enough so that the growing crop can
pump up approximately 500 tons of
| water.
Cold-frames, hot-beds, greenhouses
| aud mushroom caves are all used for
forcing rhubarb, but lacking these.
one may utilize an ordinary root
| cellar.
Some folks are still housing their
hens under the barn, where the wind
sweeps through, fearfully cold. These
are the folks who are sure hens don't
pay.
| Use a low, wide-tired wagon in the
orchard, and thus avoid cutting up the
sod and dragging the lower limbs over
the bed, peeling and breaking them.
| A properly-conditioned draft horse,
with its necessary education largely
completed, is one of the most perfect
Unfinished products Of the farm.
| There is solid satisfaction and en-
couragement for a man to do his best
in driving a well-mated team that re-
spends to good horsemanship.
| The time is here when thought must
| be given to the comfort OF the cows
| if their owners expect to sleep with
no twinge of conscience.
| Some few exact conditions are nee
essary in the production of ducks for
| either market or breeding purposes
| for best possible results.
! It is one thing to buy big gaso-
| line engine of the most approved
make and quite another thing to start
it in very cold weather.
| Currants need little protection ex-
cept from deep SHOWS, which some
| times break down the branches when
setting in the spring.
Damp floors cause roup in the flock.
| II floors are of dirt, It is wise to keep
them covered well with straw, clean
lay or leaves.
Ranking as the best in evergreen
hedges may be mentioned hemlock
and Norway spruce sAd American ar
Dor vitae.
The farmer can. by observation and
experiment, determine which are the
best pasture plants for his section