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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
Almost Any Fruits May
Be Made Into Fruit Cup

Almost any fruits you happen to
have, or are able to get, may be made
into fruit cup, but practically al
ways should have some orange or
grapefruit, or both, says the United
States Department of Agriculture.
The mild acid of an orange brings
out the favors of other fruits. Orange.
banana and apple, in equal proper
lions. is a combination available at
any time, anywhere. Add to this, or
substitute for part Of 1t, a slice Of
pineapple, some leftover canned
peaches or pears, cherries, apricots, a
prune or two, dates, figs, with few
nut meats, perhaps-one or two or any
of these will make your fruit cup
good. Berries in season may also be
used. The fruit should be cut In small
attractive pieces, not larger than a
raspberry. and they should not be
stirred about even when you sweet
en- them, or they will look mushy
and shapeless. Orange and grape
fruit sections should be freed from
white peel, pits and skin.
Do not sweeten IL the fruit mixture
is to be used for salad. Otherwise
sprinkle lightly with sugar about an
hour before dinner and set in the re-
frigerator to ripen and cool. Toss
with a fork a little If 1t is necessary
to mix the sugar in thoroughly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06

prepared By the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
There's no more delicious vegetable
than tender, fresh, string beans, and
If properly canned, the straight-from-
the garden flavor may be retained for
winter days. Most people plant string
beans at intervals Of two or three
weeks during the season, SO there will
be a constant supply. OF these, the
youngest and most tender should be
canned whenever they are ready. As
there will be more from time to time,
this plan makes the work Of canning
easier, for one may do Gamer full at
a time, instead Of having to handle
the whole crop at once. Beans that
have become little large may be used
directly on the table, and If they are
cooked as soon as possible after being
gathered they will have fine flavor.
The pressure Gamer is recon-
mended for canning string beans, says
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture. Pick the string beans over
carefully, wash them thoroughly,
string them, and cut into pieces Of the
size you wish when they are served.
A quick way to do this is to hold a
bundle of beans in the left hand and
slice them across diagonally with
scissors or sharp knife. By this
method of diagonal slicing, the tiny
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
Arthur Fletcher Cries
for More Scrap in Game

Modern baseball will lose its attrac-
tion for the public unless the frater-
nizing of rival players is replaced by
the combativeness of the past, in the
opinion of Arthur Fletcher, aggressive
leader of the Philadelphia Nationals.
"There is too much Misunderstanding
and back-patting nowadays" said the
former shortstop of the Giants. 1.-The
players greet each other like travelling
statesmen meeting on the road. Things
which used to be secrets years ago are
now discussed by the players.
1.-THE fans like to feel that the
players are opposed to each other In
spirit. am against rowdyism. The
game has grown out of that stage.
But that does not mean we expect
players to act like lot of Little Lord
Fauntleroys.
"We used to regard the players of
an opposing club as deadly enemies
while the game was on, but now there
is too great a tendency to turn the big
leagues into college fraternities."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
Winter Poorly and Produce
Small Crop.

August seedlings of alfalfa are poor
security for the farmer. L. f. GRADER,
alfalfa specialist at the Wisconsin Col
lege of Agriculture. warns farmers
against August seedlings, for expert
ments at the college show that they
winter poorly and quite often produce
a small crop the following season.
"If we have plenty of rain and good
weather to promote late fall growth,
alfalfa may get good start before
winter sets in but dry weather and I'M
favorable fall growing conditions are
far more likely, GRADER declares. He
points out that August seedlings which
make only three or four inches of top
growth do not yield profitably the fol-
lowing season.
August seedlings sometimes succeed,
but are always big risk, GRADER as
serts. Since the farmer is completely
at the mercy of the weather with late
summer sown alfalfa, he recommends
waiting until spring to make success
ful seeding.
In warning against the late fall cut
ting of alfalfa, GRADER maintains that
there is absolutely no danger of alfal-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06

beans In the pods are cut In two and
more flavor is developed in the canned
product Also when they are served,
they take up the seasonings better.
Add enough boiling water to cover
the beans and boil them for five min
utes in an uncovered vessel. Pack
them boiling hot into your containers,
cover with the water In which they
were boiled, and add one teaspoonfui
Of salt to each quart. This short pre-
cooking willis and shrinks the beans
so that they pack to better advantage.
1t drives out the air in the tissues and
thus makes exhausting unnecessary.
Also when the hot-packed containers
are put at once into the hot Gamer
the beans, even those In the center of
the Jar or can, reach the temperature
required for processing sooner than IL
they had been packed cold. Process
at 10 pounds pressure or 240 degrees
Fahrenheit. Quart glass jars are
processed for 40 minutes, pint jars for
85 minutes, and No. 2 and No. 8 cans
for 80 minutes.
If you expect to do much canning
this year, send TO the United States
Department of Agriculture for Farm
ers' Bulletin 1471, Canning Fruits
and Vegetables at Home" 1t is free
while the supply lasts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
.3!s1!S4y!da

Two Scandinavian oarsmen nave
started to paddle twenty-hve-toot
rowboat from London to Calcutta,
distance of $4,000 miles.
NJ. Minguad, a professional billiard
player of Paris, was the first to use
the leather-tipped cue.
Eddie Held of the Algonquin Golf
club, st. Louis, 1928 titleholder. again
won the trans Mississippi golf cham
pionship.
John l.. Sullivan, who was feet
1Oh inches tall, was one of the Few
prominent heavyweight pugilists who
have been under 6 feet.
DIG. A. Lowe set what was claimed
as a worlds record at Stamford Bridge
by running 600 yards in LILO 2-5.
The public playground idea. which
had its birth in Boston in 1885, has
+ since spread to TAB cities and towns
In 45 states and Canada.
Bobby Jones, twenty-three, is the
youngest veteran In American sports.
He has competed In sixteen national
championships.
Prince Sunni, fourth son of the en-
peror and empress Of japan, who Is
eleven years old, is becoming a ju-
yenile archery champion.
It was Burns who pleaded for the
gift to see ourselves as others see
us, and that was long before golf
pants.
More than 1900 trotters and PAGERS
are in training for the 1925 campaign
in the United States. There will be
no fewer than 400 race meetings to
be held during the current season.
There's one of them in. every of.
nce: The bird who Is now re-enact-
ing the British open golf champion.
ship, stroke by stroke, with an UNI
brella.
The famous yachting cup symbolic
ing supremacy on the water has beer
successfully defended by Americs
since 1851, when 1t was donated by
Queen Victoria.
San Francisco enthusiasts will en-
deavor to raise $4,000 to assure the
success of the Pacific coast yachting
and aquatic championship regatts
scheduled for August p to 20.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
Chocolate Turns White

If cake of chocolate appears white
ON the outside this does not indicate
any harmful change in the chocolate.
IT simply shows that the chocolate
has been kept in an oyerwarm place.
When pure chocolate Is subjected to
too high a temperature, even that
above 80 degrees Fahrenheit, it melts
and the fat rises to the surface. When
the temperature is lowered again this
fat hardens and looks white In con-
trast to the brown of the chocolate it
self This does not injure it in any
way for use.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
Sudan Grass Forage Is
Recommended for Swine

Sudan grass and sorghum are very
similar, and while the Missouri sta
ton does not have any experimental
data available showing the value of
Sudan grass it is believed that they
will vary little from those obtained
with sorghum. The general recon-
mendations for feeding hogs on Sudan
grass would be the same as those
given for feeding on sorghum. Sudan
grass may be pastured with little or
no risk.
The Kansas station makes the fol-
lowing report regarding Sudan grass ::
Sudan grass is the best annual
forage crop for hogs in the warmer
sections of the country, and it COM
pares favorably with alfalfa as mid
summer hog pasture because it Is
very hardy and stands the hot, dry
summer very well. Results secured
at the Kansas experimental station
showed that Sudan grass compared
very favorably with alfalfa as pas
ture crop for fattening hogs and for
brood sows."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
Contagious Abortion Is
Difficult to Eradicate

When contagious abortion has gained
entrance into herd, 1t Is not advis-
able to dispose of aborting animals
with the intention of replacing them
with non-infected cows. Even though
the aborting animals were removed,
there may still remain some dissem-
inators Of infection in the herd, as all
infected animals do not abort. Conse-
duently, new animals introduced into
a herd may contract the disease. BY
proper control and sanitary measures
the valuable cows In herd can be
retained and the offspring from the
most resistant dams used to replen-
ish the herd.
The disease IS often spread by the
sale of infected members of herd.
An unsuspecting breeder may pur-
chase such animals and place them In
a healthy herd, thus establishing
new center of infection.
Control measures are essential to
prevent animals from infected herds
being shown at live stock exhibits, or
offered for sale where infection Is
known to exist. Unless the most rigid,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
Muskmelon Growing and
Marketing Discussed


Muskmelons usually referred to by
the trade as cantaloupes are grown
commercially and for home use over
wide range of territory In the United
States, but the big commercial produc.
Ing areas are located in California
Colorado, Arizona. Georgia, North
Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey and
Arkansas, according to Farmers Bull
letin No. 1468-F, "Muskmelons," just
issued by the Department OF Agri-
culture.
Approximately $1,000 acres are
planted to this crop annually, and
about $4,000 carloads Of the melons
are shipped to the markets.
Muskmelons require well drained
or rather light fertile soil with fairly
long growing season. and plenty OF
sunshine, especially during the ripen-
Ing period Growers must be prepared
to combat insects and diseases that
attack muskmelons, and good seed Is
highly essential for profitable produc-
ton.
The bulletin emphasizes that musk
melons attain their best flavor and
quality only when produced on dis
ease-free vines on which they have
been allowed to become reasonably
ripe before being picked. 1t contains
numerous suggestions concerning pro-
duction and marketing, including in
formation relative to soil, fertilizers
varieties, cultivation, irrigation, gath
ering, handling, grading, and packing
A copy of the publication may be
obtained free, as long as the supply
lasts, by writing to the United States
Department of Agriculture, Washing
| ton. d. c.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
United States Supreme
in Billiards for Years

The United States was supreme in
billiards for years, with Willie Hoppe
holding the leading crowns, but at
present the lead is held across the
waters with Erich Hagenlocher and
Edouard Horemans ahead Of the field.
Frederick S. Hovey of the execu-
tive committee, National Association
of Amateur Billiard Players, believes
Europe is going to continue this adj
vantage, basing his opinion on COM
parative showings Of European and
American amateurs In this years
tournaments.
In Europe the amateurs that COM
peted for continental honors repre-
scented Holland, Belgium and France.
Matches in the European tournament
are Of 400 points compared to the 800
points that constitute matches On this
side.
The highest grand average In the
American play was 10 4-27, and that
was less than the grand average Of
the last man in the European tourna-
ment, an average Of 12.10.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
Stock Keepers Without
Silos Are Handicapped

Stock keepers without silos in
many parts of our country are handi-
capped and sooner or later will be
obliged to give way to the man who
is producing with economy and profit.
1t Is estimated that an average silo
will save stock farmer 5000 per year,
and on this basis $500, 100000 would
be saved each year. At the same time
the corn growers would be securing as
much more by getting a good price
for the corn they market.
Such a proper use of the silo would
not cause an oversupply of stock or
stock products, but 1t would produce
them at a great saving which would
be enjoyed by both the producer and
consumer. Economy helps all, while
waste and extravaganza damage all.
The stock farmers of this country,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
CANNED PLUMS ARE
GOOD FOR CHANGE
Hot-Pack Way of Canning
Most Satisfactory.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Breakfast fruit during the winter
seems to be limited to a very few va
rieties unless you have some canned
fruits to fall back on occasionally.
Plums are one of the best fruits to
use for this purpose. They are good
either whole or as sauce, with the
skins and pits removed. Plums put up
in this way are also useful as lunch.
con dessert with a few cookies or a
piece of cake, and they make very
good pie. Some Of them can be re-
cooked to make plum butter, when you
are not as busy as you are during the
fruit season.
Plums may be canned by either the
cold-pack or the hot-pack method. The
latter is more satisfactory. Gather
the plums just as they are beginning
to ripen. II you decide to can them
whole, prick each plum after washing,
to prevent the skin from bursting. Fill
them into Jars and cover with boiling
strip, made by boiling together one
part Of sugar and two parts of water
or plum juice. Process quart and pint
glass jars for 20 minutes In boiling
water, and No. and No. 8 tin cans
for 10 minutes.
If you pack them hot, cook the
plums with sugar to taste until the
sugar has dissolved, I'LL the contain
ers boiling hot, and process all sizes
for five minutes in boiling water. Com
plete time tables and directions fol
doing all this seasons canning will be
found In Farmers Bulletin 1471-F
which may be obtained free from the
United States Department Of Agricul
ture at Washington.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
Scoring Contests Serve to
Create Interest in Bet
ter Quality.

(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Cities, villages, and even whole
counties are improving their milk and
cream supply through scoring contests,
says the United States Department of
Agriculture While the contests are of
various kinds, all of which serve TO
create an interest In better quality
milk, two general classes are empha-
sized by the department as worthy of
consideration. Ghese are the contests
in which samples of milk and cream
are submitted voluntarily and surprise
contests In which the samples are col
lected from the distributor or producer
without warning. The bureau of dairy
Ing has drawn up plans for use In such
contests which should be of interest to
any community contemplating milk
Improvement program.
Samples Specially Prepared.
Where the samples are specially pre-
pared by the exhibitor and submitted
voluntarily for scoring. the results may
or may not indicate the quality of the
product regularly sold. And yet, says
the department, when contests are hrst
held In q community or large territory,
they do have considerable educational
value because they show that milk OF
high quality can be produced by OBJ
serving certain simple rules. Voluntary
samples are perhaps better method
| 81 IT, etc nf irnnrOVl-
ment work.
Surprise Contests.
Surprise contests, on the other hand
are a means of determining the aver
age quality of the milk which each
distributor Is selling daily. Each dairy
is generally scored on the average OF
several samples taken at random over
a period of several months. The score
is therefore representative of the daily
output. Well-organized inspection de
partments usually give the dairymar
reports of each sample soon after 1t !:
collected, and If 1T is unsatisfactor!
there is a chance for improvement be
fore another Is collected. For thi!
reason an excellent opportunity is OF
fered the inspector for doing educa
tional work. This, coupled with thu
public recognition given dairymen wh'
produce superior product, has helpet
to obtain marked improvement In TIT
quality Of milk and cream in commu
mites where surprise contests hav'
been made a part Of the regular In
spection program.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
EARN EAC.TStye

Garden slogan: Weed 'em and reap.
No one has more poor relatives than
the scrub bull.
The campaign for better business
methods on the farm is just beginning.
Make use of the garden space by
planting succession crops of suitable
vegetables.
The most important cause Of drop
in the milk flow during summer Is In
sufficient feed.
AS small grain natures look out for
chinch bugs and use barriers If needed
to prevent migration.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06

the everlasting
sporting chance as the
walked possible occasion
pitchers against
realizes that the paid to see him
Cobb willing play fair with
:,
against the Yans No walks Ruth
should
balls
Perhaps his job Cleveland when
Highlander, had
been going Combe outhpaw Ruth
iris
made of the Lieb New York Telegram
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
Relic of Old Race

Remnants of race believed to have
existed in Florida 1900 years ago
have been dug up in Broward county
in that state. Near a burial mound
was discovered an idol, 80 feet tall,
made of sea mangrove, or wood eter-
nal," as it is called by those who re-
regard it as nondecayable. The fea-
lures, seemingly those of a female,
were carved from shells. They were
of the Monaghan type. The body was
fashioned from wood. Scientists found
the burial mound about 500 yards from
the Atlantic ocean. 1t is one of the
highest spots of the country and the
site of the first white settlers who
came to Florida.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
What Galleries Are

We hear much about counting the
calories' In the foods we eat. 1t is
sometimes assumed that calories are a
measure of the nutritive value of a
food. This Is not correct. Galleries
are a measure of the fuel or energy
value of a food. There are other
points about the food value Of any
material just as or sometimes more
important than the calories it con-
tains. In judging the nutritive value
of any food the amount and quality
of the protein, the yitamins, the iron,
calcium and other minerals, that 1t
contains should be considered just as
carefully as the calories.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
Gus Krock a Thriller

Gus Krock was a thriller in the Ma
tional league for one season only.
Arson believed he had marvel in
the "Big Swede," but Krock curled up
after having one season of sensational
hurting and was soon lost to big
leaguedom.
Krock was the hurler who stopped
Tim Keefe after that Irish gentleman
had set record by winning 10 con-
secutive games. Keefe couldn't get
by "Big Gus" for his twentieth and
deciding win.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
Pure-Bred Ram Improves
Flock in Short Period

"Pure-BredN Sires and Flock I'm
provement" is the title of chart just
issued by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture showing the adj
vantages of good breeding. 1t demon
strates by diagrams that pure-bred
ram improves flock as much In two
generations as a grade does in five,
the grade in this case being three
quarters full blood.
The chart is patterned after sim
FLAIR one dealing with cattle, which
has been unusually popular as a
means of extending the use Of pure
bred sires. The sheep chart is printed
in leafiet form, size by z, and copies
may be had on application to the
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06

pound, as 1t helped her very Inucn'
so tried it. After taking four bottles,
| weigh 116 pounds. 1t has just done
wonders for me and can do my house
work now without one bit Of trouble.
-Mss. M. RMssINGER, 10000 Nelson
Ave-, Cleveland, Ohio.
If some good fairy should appear
and offer to grant your hearts desire,
what would you choose?
Wealth? It's transient thing that
brings It's own cares.
Happiness? It's an elusive thing
which we keep by giving away.
Health? That's the best gift. Health
is riches that gold cannot buy and
surely health is cause enough for
happiness.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound may be the good fairy who offers
you the priceless gift Of better health.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
AUGUST SEEDLINGS OF ALFALFA
NOT FAVORED BY SPECIALIST

ia smothering itself even though fall
growth of two or three feet remains
during the winter At the college farm,
alfalfa has been allowed to grow to an
entire year without cutting. The fol-
lowing year this field was among the
best in thickness of stand and vigor Of
growth A heavy fall growth for win
ter protection is good insurance, Ora
Der concludes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
Cream
and Milk Supply

except those who are depending sole
ly on the open range, should I'M
derstand that the silo for many years
has proven an economic means OF
producing stock and stock products.
The ignoring of this fact, and prac-
tice. In the corn belt of the old-fash-
toned methods of feeding, are largely
the cause of the present distress
among the farmers of the corn belt.
A proper use Of the silo would go
long way toward settling the pres
ent agricultural problem, and 1t Is
certainly worthy of our careful con-
sideration.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
Odd-Year SWatter

Harry Heilmann, star outfelder OF
the Detroit Tigers, has won the Amer
lean league batting championship
three times. And, oddly enough, he
has turned the trick every other sea-
son since starting In 1921. In 1921
Heilmann won his first crown, hitting
1894. Two years later he came through
again with mark of .403. And last
year, after a sensational uphill battle,
nosed out Iris Speaker on the final
day of tie chase. His average was
1893.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
ICE CREAM WITH
CHOCOLATE SAUCE
Homemade Dish Is Nourish-
ing and Easily Made.

(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture)
Treat the family to homemade Ice
cream occasionally. 1t is nourishing
and good and does not take very long
to make, the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture says. good Ice
cream may be made at home by allow
ing two tablespoonfuls of sugar and
half teaspoonful of vanilla to each
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-08-06
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

To wash cut glass add little bluing
to the soap suds In which 1t is washed.
Make the waffies light and tender.
don't soak them in fat In the baking,
and then let the family have all they
want.
A combination fruit or vegetable
salad. served with crisp lettuce, is one
of the best ways to use up leftover
fruits or vegetables.