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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19
Time to Harvest Sweet
Clover Crop for Seed

The best time for harvesting a
sweet clover seed crop is when three
fourths of the seed pods have turned
dark. 1t should be cut in the morning
when it is rather tough, In order to
minimize SCATTERING of the seed 1t is
advisable also to haul 1t on tight-bot-
toned racks on account of the shat
tering.
No machine has yet been developed
that will give absolute satisfaction In
harvesting sweet clover. but the grain
binder will probably do better work
than other machines. If much of the
clover is TO be handled, it will pay to
equip the binder with pans to catch
the shattered seed A description OF
how to make these is afforded in
Farmers Bulletin 1876, published by
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture, Washington.
Unless the sweet clover can be
threshed within two weeks after cut
ting, stacking is advisable. The best
plan is to thresh as soon as possible
with the minimum amount of han
ding owing to the tendency OF the
seed to shatter. A clover huller or a
separator, with some adjustments, Will
thresh the crop.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19
Profitable to Have Eve
in Vigorous Condition

A handful of grain fed to eve in
October or November is worth a peck
of feed fed TO a thin eve in January,
successful sheep men of New York
state declare. They say it is mis-
take to try to be economical n-feed-
ing sheep, especially in late fall. A
eve that is in good condition in the
early winter will be found in the
spring to be much stronger than one
which starts the cold weather in poor
flesh.
The ram is usually turned in with
the sheep in late October or Novem-
Der, and it has been found to be good
management to have the ewes in a
healthy condition at this time. The
experiences of sheep men indicate that
this not only results in larger num-
Der of twins, but also enables the ewes
to take better care of their lambs.
1t does not pay, the sheep men say,
to try to produce lambs from sickly
ewes. They advocate the culling of
all ewes having had uGder trouble,
and those with injured teats, before
the ram is turned in to the flock.
These culls may be fattened for
market.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19
Trust Fund to Care for
Legionnaires When Old

Against the day of forgetfulness,
the American Legion of Minneapolis
is making preparation.
Against the time when the Legion
naires are old and few and interven-
ing years and events have crowded
out of the public mind the service of
1917-1S, the Hennepin county central
committee is proposing to set up a
$500,0OO trust fund. For the aged
Legionnaires of the future who may
have suffered "the sings and arrows
of outrageous fortune and must turn
to a new Minneapolis that does not
know them, the young Legionnaires
of today propose to make their $751;
600 Poppy day trust fund, nucleus
of much greater foundation.
E. c. Nicholson, commander of the
Hennepin county central committee,
stated recently that first campaign
for the additional fund may be waged
this fall. Only the interest from the
Poppy day fund is now disable, and
the new fund likewise would be held
in trust with only the interest avail
able except in most unusual cases,
and then only on a virtually unani-
NOUS vote Of the Legion.
In the end, when the last Legion
naire had died, the trust fund would
go to the Minneapolis foundation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19

adays Is to incorporate all the parts of
receiving outfit in as little space as
possible. This is perfect. o. X. from
some points of view, but 1t Is unwise
to build compact set thai is not going
to work as efficiently as hoped.
A power station near Your home will
also create good bit OF noises in your
set. 1t is quite difficult to remedy such
TROPHIES, and the best thing to do Is
try changing the direction OF your an
tenna or shortening or frightening il.
Changing the ground" sometimes
helps little. Or the fasping noises
may be caused by loose connection
somewhere in the set. Go over all con-
nections very carefully and those thai
don't look any too good reaoider them.
Or the whole troable may be in loose
or dirty bearings or improper insula-
ton of the wires In the set itself or
the aerial circuit.
A good bit of rasping and scraping
noises will be heard In the set during
hot weather. This may be attributed
to static. So II you thoroughly inspect
your receiving outfit and fail to locate
trouble the whole fault may lie In the
atmospherics.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19
Coolidge Compliments
Worker Among Disabled

Mrs. Belle Nye of albuquerque, N.
NJ, past national historian Of the
American Legion auxiliary, recently
interviewed President Coolidge and
General Hines, head Of the United
States veterans bureau, In the inter-
est of the disabled service persons Of
New Mexico. President Coolidge COM
municated with Mrs. Nye as follows:
my Dear Mrs. Nye:
II am very glad to learn through the
interest of Senator Bursum about the
fine work you are doing among the dis
abled soldiers. / want you to know
how keen is my own interest in their
behalf and how much / appreciate the
efforts of people like yourself, who
give so freely and willingly to better
their condition.
"Most sincerely yours,
CALVIN COOLIDGE"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19
Maintaining Profits in
Handling Chicken Flock

To maintain profits in the handling
of poultry one must maintain the egg
yield, says A. G. Smith, head of the
poultry division of the Minnesota ex-
pertinent station, University Farm,
ST. Paul.
Mr.. Smith believes that the usual
dwindling of profits in egg produc-
tion in the warm weather is largely
caused by lax methods, and that it is
a mistake to discontinue feeding a
good rich-laying mash during the sum-
mer season. He says it will not do
to let flocks which are restricted to
hard grain rations depend alone upon
such insect life as they find on the
range for their animal food. This is
true because the essential egg-making
materials are lacking in the feeds OBJ
tanned and hens cannot manufacture
eggs without the necessary raw mate
rails.
Further, to maintain egg production
in the summer Mr.. Smith says that
poultry houses should be well yenti-
lated and kept as cool as possible by
opening or removing windows, and if
necessary by installing additional
means of ventilation; that mites and
lice should be destroyed and young
and old stock kept separate.
Whatever you do, says ,1r. Smith,
feed regularly and feed literally, put
ting into the mash more wheat by
products and more ground oats, and
putting into the grain fed more wheat
if wheat prices are not too high.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19
O IHE O
AMERICAN
LEGION
Copy for This Department SUPPLIED by ths
LONDON'S IDEA OF
LEGION BASEBALL

A recent baseball game played by
members of the London post of the
American Legion brought forth the fol-
lowing comment In the London Daily
Herald:
''That the American Legion should
have chosen the Chelsea football
ground for their baseball rendezvous
reflects their sense of propriety. The
game should be called 'glorified round
ers.' One ceases to wonder why the
adjectives fierce and husky are SO
popular in the American vocabulary
after witnessing ball game
''To the uninitiated the most unfor-
tunate man on the field seems to be
the club-swinger. He goes in carry
ing club not unlike pick handle.
No sooner has he taken up his position
than the catcher behind him, feeling
comparatively safe in mask and
breast protector, tells him what a
bloody, decomposed player he is, and
the pitcher who delivers the ball, be-
ing well out of reach of the club, keeps
up a continual stream of unkind re-
marks, at the same time executing a
kind of war dance, and ends by slug
ging the ball at the club-swinger as
hard as he can throw 1t.
''Then the spectators join in. Should
the club-swinger slug the ball out Of
the grounds and run round the three
bases, all his sins are forgiven and he
is a 'sure-go- getter,' but should he miss
the ball altogether he is 'wan-eyed
mutt and advised to borrow a door or
get pair of 'horn-rims.' This unfor-
tunate club-swinger has many ways of
escape. He can be thrown out, run
out, caught stealing or talked out.
Many times the pitcher tries to knock
him out by hitting him with the ball.
"The 'top-notch' club-swingers in
America are reported to draw salaries
equaling those of English cabinet min
listers. This may be due to the cost Of
life insurance premiums"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19
Where Trouble Turks in
Some Radio Equipment

When everything you try TO listen
TO is greatly distorted and there are
all sorts of nerve-racking, rasping
noises, at once you ask yourself !:
whats the trouble?' 1t may be any
thing of dozen things, but just what
this is battles the radio fan unless he
has had considerable experience with
set troubles.
In the first place, 1t Is a wise thing
to inspect thoroughly the transform
ers. A good many persons, in con-
structing their set, use cheap make
of transformer. not thinking of what
trouble they may cause. Transform
ers such as these, being improperly de-
signed and composed of inferior ma
terial, cause all sorts of disgusting
noises and as much distortion as there
can be- &c" batteries make little diff
ference in such cases. For this rea-
son the wise fellow will purchase only
q reliable make of transformer.
Distortion and rasping noises are
often caused by the sockets and trans
formers being In too close proximity
TO each other. The general plan now
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19

form of slope" is used, there is pro-
nounced tendency for the end coils to
loosen.
The sketch herewith shows a quick.
neat, simple and substantial method Of
fastening the ends of narrow coils
when such coils are wound centrally or
otherwise over wider coils. All this
requires is two small pieces of fairly
stiff spaghetti. The work proceeds as
follows:
Drill three holes In the form oppo-
site the beginning and end of the wind
ing. Sketch A shows one group of
holes. The larger hole should fit the
outside diameter of the spaghetti and
the smaller ones should be large
enough to permit the size of wire used
for the coil to pass through several
times.
Cut two pieces of spaghetti to suit
able length, draw the wire to be used
for winding the coil through one piece
of spaghetti and insert 1t in the large
hole, as shown by B.
Bend the spaghetti over, as shown
by C, and thread the free end of the
wire through the small holes, forming
one or more loops around the spaghetti
as shown.
Wind the required number of turns
on the coil. Hold the last coil with
one hand, cut the wire, draw the end
of the winding through the second
piece of spaghetti and repeat the fore
going operations.-Radio News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19
Best Plan to Segregate
Cockerels and Pullets

AS soon as it is possible It is desir-
able to separate the cockerels and pull
lets in order to give more room and
to prevent heckling of the pullets.
The cockerels also will make broilers
more quickly when confined to limited
quarters where 1t is cool and fed
fattening mash. Sixty pounds OF mill
run or middlings and 40 pounds OF
cornmeal combined with either ten
pounds of meat scrap or 200 pounds
of liquid milk make good broiler fat
tener. Feed this morning and night
and a little cracked corn and green
stuff at noon Feed in troughs. Do
not leave the wet mash over an hour
as they are likely to go "off feed"
Give cockerels and pullets roosts to
prevent crowding and to provide for
fresh AFRO. c. Krum, Poultry Spe-
cialist, Colorado Agricultural College.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19
Mrs. Katie Scheffel,
r. F. D. No. S. Lowell, Ohio

"I have been suffering for years
with female trouble. Was operated
on five years ago. 1t relieved me
some but / did not regain my
strength. Two years later was
taken sick and bedfast several
months. treated a long while
without much relief. / was dis
couraged, my mind affected, SO
nervous I could neither eat or
sleep and unable to do anything.
We tried several doctors but
one after another gave up my case
as hopeless. Finally good friend
advised me to try Pe-ru-na. | did.
1t relieved me almost immediately.
Your medical department said I
was suffering from chronic catarrh
of the system. I began taking your
medicine in March, 1914, and con-
tinued until August. / took ten
bottles of Pe-ru-na and three bot
ties of Man-a-lin and felt like a
new person. Your medicine seemed
like a gift from Heaven. 1t was
Ike coming from darkness into
light.
We have used your medicine
since for coughs, colds and grip
with good results. We will always
keep it on hand. I weigh twenty
five pounds more than l ever did,
eat and sleep well and can do
good days work. Everybody says
j look fine. Even the doctors are
surprised. I cannot thank you
enough and will always recommend
Pe-ru--na to sufferers from
catarrh."
MRS. KATIE SCHEFFEL.
r. F. D. No. 5, Lowell, o.
Mrs. Scheffef is only one of
many thousand women in the
world, who owe their present health
to Pe-ru-na. The record of this
medicine is a proud one as Peru
ma has held the confidence of both
sexes for fifty years or more.
If your trouble is due to a
catarrhal inflammation in any or
gan or part of the body, do like
Mrs. Scheffel. Try Pe-ru-na. Insist
upon having the original and re-
liable remedy for catarrhal condi-
tons. You won't be sorry.
Ask Your Dealer About This
Old-T Tried Remedy
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19
Tract of $1,000 Acres to Be
Used for Study.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricuiture.)
A tract of 81 900 acres, comprising
most of the old Fort Keogh Military
reservation at Miles City, Mont. has
been transferred TO the United States
Department of Agriculture by congress,
and is being transformed into an ex-
pertinent station for the study of range
live stock and forage crops. Experi-
ments at the station will be conducted
jointly by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture and the Montana
agricultural experiment station, the
former being responsible for the man
agement and operation of the station
Live stock interests have been seek
ing for years for an opportunity to
study some of the difficulties of west
ern stockmen on scale large enough
to make the results reliable. The new
station is well suited to the purpose.
1t has irrigated land for growing for
age, and typical western grazing lands.
1t has an annual average rainfall OF
but IA inches, and its winters are
severe. The two railroads and the
Yellowstone trail which cross it will
make ii easily accessible TO visitors.
The Northwest particularly is en-
thusiastic over this splendid oppor-
tunity for research. but those who are
now making plans for the work to be
done at the. ranch recognize II as a
distinct gain for American agriculture
as n whole. Problems in the breeding.
feeding. and care of live stock, and the
growing of crops for Them. that are Of
concern to all live stock raisers, are TO
be studied The results obtained will
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19
Antenna Lead-in Does
Not Have to Be Covered

The lead-in wire of the antenna does
not have to be a covered wire. That
is, you may use the same kind of wire
for the lead-in as Is used for the an
tenna itself.
Never run the lead-in wire close to
the side of the building. Keep 1t sus-
pended out away from the walls, espe-
cially if they are of metal or stone, by
at least a couple of feet. This can be
done by means of stick of wood on
the roof and another one at the win
dow where you wish TO take the lead
in into the house. An insulator should
be used at the end of each stick.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19
Largest Post in World
Does Not Need Charity

Fifty-three more members, and the
Omaha post of the American Legion,
largest in the world, will have passed
the 5000 mark The Omaha post re-
Gently passed resolution asking that
1t not be included In the Omaha
Community Chest, funds from which
are allotted to various organizations
for charitable purposes. Omaha post
stated in this regard: ut has been
our proud boast that the post has
been self-supporting. We have sought
members on the basis that each MEM
Der should help carry buddy's
pack We should dislike to see the
Legion. particularly the largest post
in the world. forsake this policy and
become dependent upon the Commu-
nifty Chest"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19
New Explosive Shortly to Be
Released to Farmers for
Blasting Stumps.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agricultural
One hundred million pounds of ex-
plOsive, enough to load freight train
40 miles long. Is shortly to be made
available to farmers for land clearing
and to the states and federal govern
ment for road construction. This ex-
plosiye, pyrotol, is to be distributed by
the bureau of public roads of the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture
at the cost of preparation and ship
ment This is a continuation of the
work which has been carried on for
the past three years whereby the vast
supplies of explosives in the posses
sion of the government at the close of
the World war are being. made over to
make them suitable for constructive
purposes. The distribution has already
resulted in saving millions of dollars
to the people of the United States.
Used for open-Air Work.
Pyrotol is composed largely of
ground smokeless powder, prepared by
process perfected by George r. Boyd
of the bureau of public roads. 1t is
peculiarly adapted for blasting stumps
and for work of similar character. Ii
can be used for all open-air work with
out causing headaches or other i'll
effects and will not stain the hands or
clothing. 1t is a lOw-freeZing explosive
and can be used with good results in
all ordinary temperatures. The cart
ridges are of the same size and shape
as the ordinary dynamite cartridge.
Each box contains 30 pounds, about
$50 cartridges, and each cartridge is
approximately equal in strength to
cartridge of 20 per cent dynamite. 1t
is safe to handle, providing that the
ordinary care exercised in handling
dynamite or other explosive is used.
1t is detonated by the No. 6 caps COM
monty used with commercial dyna-
mites.
Uses for Explosive.
The laws under which these explos-
ives are made available authorize dis
tribution to the state highway commits
sions for use in road building, and to
farmers for land clearing. There is
no charge for the explosive itself, but
the consumer has to pay the cost of
preparation and the freight charges.
These charges are different in various
sections of the country, but, in gen.
eral, the cost is about half the cost of
an equivalent amount of commercial
explosives. In each state, where there
is sufficient interest in agricultural ex-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19

winding drill hole on each side of
quarter of an inch away from these
two holes and directly above them,
drill two other holes, and so on to the
top of the tube as shown In Fig. 1.
The stator is completed
On the ball, the hollow shaft is
pushed through so that when the
variocoupler is assembled this brass
tube will come flush with the outside
of the hard rubber tube. This IS
clearly shown in Fig. and is very
important. The brass strip is then
screwed to the rotor ball and the shaft
soldered to it permanently. The fiex-
ible rotor leads are run through this
tube.
The brass nut into which the solid
brass shaft is to be screwed is then
pushed into the wood ball, which must
be previously cut to hold it. The nut
is timed and the brass strip soldered
to it and held down permanently by
screwing 1t to the rotor. This last
strip is on the outside. Refer to Fig. 3.
Now on the ball wind every turn
possible to get it on with No. % d.
G. G. wire, but be sure that the two
sides are balanced. with an equal num-
Der of turns for proper celebration Of
the set afterward. This completes the
rotor.
The solid rod is unscrewed from the
rotor, the rotor ball is placed into the
stator tube and the hollow shaft carry
ing the leads is pushed through the
lowest hole. Then the solid rod ia in
serted in the opposite hole from the
outside of the tube and screwed into
the nut in its former position. The
brass springs are placed on both sides
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19
wardrop of Merchandisng)
Placing Binding Elm


With the average neutrodyne re-
ceiver, local stations, as a rule, come
in with tremendous volume, and one
or more stages of radio frequency am
plificatlon could be dispensed with and
good results still obtained. Regularly,
1t is not good practice to use any ar
rangement in radio frequency cir
cult to control the separate stages,
but in a neutrodyne circuit this can be
done without loss of efficiency. The
accompanying diagram shows the
method used. Two extra binding posts
are employed and are connected to the
middle tap on the secondaries of the
neutrOfOrmers, as shown. These bind
ing posts may be placed on C separate
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19

to keep the rotor in the center. Refer
to Fig. 2.
The completed variocoupler Is now
hooked up in the set. The set is tried
for a few days and the results noted
carefully. Then the rotor is removed
and placed into the next two holes
farther away from the winding. Sc
lectivity will surely increase. The
rotor is again changed. and then again,
until all the holes have been tried and
the best ones for each particular kind
of work have been found.
This experimentation necessitates
long leads from the rotor and the bind
ing posts on the parts to which the
leads are connected.
This variocoupler is so flexible that
for distance work, the very top holes
give the best results, and all others
have their advantages down to the
very bottom hole, which is supreme
for the locals. The changes take less
than five minutes.-New York Globe.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19
Pyrotol Is Adapted
to Highway Work

plosive, some state agency, usually
the state agricultural college, takes
the orders of the individual farmers,
pools them into carload lots to de-
crease the freight charges and handles
the details of the distribution. The
Department of Agriculture cannot ac-
cept orders for pyrotol except through
such state agencies.
Shipping points for the explosive
will be Repauno, N. J., Barksdale,
Wis, and DUPONT, Wash.
1t is probable that this pyrotol viii
be the last of the surplus war ex-
plosives to be distributed by the De-
partment of Agriculture.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19
How to Hold Ends
of Narrow. Coils
Device That Will Be Found
of Special Service to
Experimenters.
BY WILLIAM c. RoEMER

In winding coils for various pur-
poses, it is frequently necessary to
place winding having but few turns
over another winding the turns of
which cover considerable width.
When such case presents itself, the
problem is to provide suitable an
chorage for the beginning and end of
the smaller coil.
The usual method is to fasten the
wire to the form outside of the wind
ing already in place and make turn
with large spiral to the point where
the second coil is to. be wound. At
the end of the winding the process is
reversed. This method does not make
a neat Job and unless shellac or some
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1924-09-19

each end and large hole in middle to
fit shafts.
The above specifications must be fol-
lowed or it will be impossible to con-
struct the variocoupler.
On the S-inch tube wind so turns of
No. % d. C. C. wire, taking off a tap
every turns for Ga turns, and then a
tap off every second turn for 10 turns,
starting A-inch away from one end of
the tube as shown in Fig. /.
A quarter of an inch away from this