The Ely miner., 1911-06-09

Kept in the hog pen.
A small threshing outfit ON the av-
erage farm will not pay.
Let the grass get a good start be-
| fore turning the stock on it.
The last of May is plenty early
enough to turn the calf out on grass.
Working out buttermilk and work
ing in salt is where the overworking
| is done.
The borer is the most common and
it is the most troublesome enemy of
| the peach.
1t is a good plan to have the horses
and cows clean up their managers aft
er each feed.
Have grass paddock for the calves
so they can Craze at will and have the
exercise they need.
A farm raised cow is much superior
in most every respect to the one
bought at the cattle yards.
Don't forget the little ducks in case
of shower, for if you do one will
be apt to have dead ducks.
Belgian or yellow carrots are hardy,
make large root growth and are the
best roots for horses and colts.
The most inhuman measures are
often employed for breaking up" hens
that nature prompts to set when their
owners don't want them to-
! Grading of cream is receiving more
attention by the dairy press and dairy
men than it possibly ever has in the
| history Of the dairy business.
In squads the flesh is whitish, as
seen through the skin, but in a year.
old bird it takes on light purple
shade and grows darker with age.
Trim the young tree in the orchard
right from the start Low-headed
trees are best; therefore, prune from
the top down and not from the bottom
up.
1t has been shown repeatedly on
demonstration farms that disking be-
fore plowing Is one of the most paying
operations in the preparation of a
seed bed.
When the calf is two weeks old
mix one teaspoonful of linseed meal
and one teaspoonful of flour mid
dlings, which should be thoroughly
scalded in each feed.
Seeds of cauliflower, cabbage, let
tuce, celery and tomatoes, sown In the
cold frame about the middle Of this
month will furnish good, stocky plants
for the principal early summer crop.
The litters Of gilt, which is the
first litter of sow, are usually
smaller and slower in growth than
when the dam is of more mature age,
hence much profit must not be ex-
pected.
Cold frame plants are often better
than plants raised in the hotbed, as
they are stouter, thick stemmed and
have more fine fibrous roots and are
less liable to wilt when set out in
the open ground
Where prices are too low to feed
young pigs for porkers, it is better to
sell them for sucking pigs, although
this plan is seldom resorted to owing
to the better prices which are obtain
able for the former.
August Is none too early to decide
which plants shall be taken into the
window garden and their treatment
from the time of the decision should
be such as will fit them to make fine
display during the winter, rather than
get the finest present showing.
Pigs like and need variety, espe-
cially of mineral feeds. During the
summer on pasture they secure this,
Sut in the winter the mineral matter
IHust be supplied in the form Of
coal, charcoal, ashes and salt The
young animals must have plenty of ex-
ercise in cold weather.
That one egg is as good as another
is mistaken idea, and if you do not
think so try for while the work of
selling strictly choice eggs to a Gus
tomer-eggs from hens that have
been we'll kept and eggs laid by a
poorly fed or diseased hen and see
If the customer does not complain.
Difficult as is the lesson, it is never
theless true that profit in raising
broilers or first-class roasters comes
only to him who uses pure-bred males,
broad, deep, full-chested birds, yel-
low in skin and legs. The scraggy
little barnyard hen, with a mongrel
male as the sire of her chicks is in
capable of producing a chick that
will reach three pounds weight long
before 1t is matured, at which period
Of existence it ceases to be ''broil-
er." 1t Is the use of good breeds