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Vantine's Incence and burners. Schallerer's Alaska Shop.
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Administer and Congolian rugs.
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:. Gro
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promptly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
Nebraska Says There Is
No Best Chicken Breed

Another years summary of the rec
ord flock project of Nebraska adds
further proof to the statement that
there is no one best breed of chickens.
The records were kept by the practi-
cal poultrymen who are cooperating
with the Nebraska agricultural extern
sion service. Some of them have now
been in the project for five years.
Production averages of the most COM
mon breeds varied only from 142 to
$50 eggs per hen, not enough differ
ence to talk about. The person who
is disguised with the breed that she
or he now has, and intends to change
to something else because the neigh
Dor is making more money out of
them will probably have no better
tuck" with the new breed. The trou-
BILE is more likely to be the methods
used by the owner in caring for the
flock than in the breed of the chick
ems, if that breed is one Of the seven
or eight most common ones in the
corn-belt states.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
Easier to Raise Ducks
Than Little Chickens

With reasonably good care and feed
Ing, little ducklings are easier to raise
than chickens and will seldom be lost.
Two important things to remember,
however, are these-ducklings must
always have plenty of air to breathe
and dry place in which to exer-
else.
A brooder cannot be tightly closed
at night or dead ducks will be found
in the morning. Many duck raisers
remove the skirts of the hovers entire
ly after the first Of May in order that
the air may circulate freely over and
around the brood when they are rest
ing or during the night.
While ducks enjoy water after they
get good start, there is nothing hard
er on little ducklings than damp, rainy
conditions. Keep them warm and dry
until feathered out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
FARM NOTES

Have you made your farm inven-
tory?
No organization functions properly
without organization
The price of eggs this winter is from
four to nine cents higher on dozen
than it was last year.
The farm value of crops produced
in New York during 1925 showed an
increase of 8 per cent over the pre-
ceding year.
Heavy grain feeding just before
lambing may cause udder trouble.
However, the ewes should have some
grain at this time.
Apparently the supply of men who
were born and reared on a farm and
who have college training is not in
creasing as fast as the demand.
Gluten feed and cottonseed meal
are relatively cheap dairy feeds. They
should be used in rations to balance
the feeds that are low In protein.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
Best Plan Is to Apply 1t to
Land as Produced.

Fully 80 per cent of the value OF
farm manure may be lost through
careless handling.
One way of handling farm manure
is to apply it to the land as it is pro-
duced. This may be accomplished to
advantage by pasturing off crops, pro-
vided animals are not allowed to run
on the fields when the soil is wet.
When the manure is handled this way
the losses are perhaps not as great
as through improper storage. There
is, however, a serious disadvantage to
the method in that one cannot always
apply the manure where it should 60,
and, in some cases, it may be neces-
sary to store it at least part Of the
year.
The liquid portion of manure con-
tains a large percentage of the total
nitrogen and potassium. When this is
not saved much of the value of the
manure is lost. Therefore, when cattle
are fed in the feed lot and the manure
Is stored in the open, the manure pile
should be on level ground to prevent
the liquid from easily draining away.
If the manure is stored in loose pile
rapid fermentation dries it out and
much of the organic matter is lost.
Such losses, however, may be reduced
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
Clean Eggs Will Bring
Better Market Prices

Keep your eggs clean. Everyone
knows that clean egg looks better
than dirty one. Clean the dropping
boards every day. If lack of time pre-
vents this put fine woven wire on the
under side of the roosts so the chick
ems cannot get their feet dirty.
Change the litter in the coop as often
as it gets soiled and change the straw
In the nests often. If it is muddy
around your coop after rains it Is
good idea to keep the hens shut up
part Of the day until most of them
have laid.
Always use cases to take your eggs
to market They do not get checked
as easily as when shipped in baskets.
Always cool them before placing them
in the case. Pack them in little end
down. And last but not least market
them often. Did you ever stop to
think how long it takes an egg to
go from the producer to the consumer?
Even in these days of rapid trans
portation it takes quite while, so do
your best to start them on the mar
ket fresh and in good condition. Bet
ter eggs means better prices. Time
spent in caring for eggs is time well
spent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
Burning Coal Mine
Boon to Gardeners

An underground coal fire at RedhilI,
England, enables gardeners to grow
plants outdoors in the dead of winter,
and, it is said, get better results than
If the plants were grown In a hot
house.
Vegetables twice the size of others
grown in Worcestershire, and pota-
toes, which, when dug up, are quite
warm, are told of by the gardeners as
produced by the reason Of this under
ground furnace, which has been burn
ing in old worked-out galleries of coal
mines. A gardener who specializes In
flowers, says that he has grown blooms
in the open which were superior to
any he could force in his hothouses
and which won prizes in flower shows.
The fire presents little danger to To-
cal property, since 1t is confined to
definite area, It's only visible signs
are few wisps of smoke curling out
Of holes in the ground.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
Expense Involved Is Slight
and Will Prevent All
Weak Plants.

Poor seed means poor stand, miss
Ing hills and weak stalks, producing
little or nothing. 1t means waste land
and wasted labor. 1t is sound bust
ness to know that the seed planted
will grow. The only way to find out
is to test. Satisfactory tests can be
made by simple methods. The ex-
pense involved is slight. Considering
the little time and effort required,
testing of seeds has been thoroughly
justified.
Corn lends itself to testing better
than any other grain, as it Is neces-
sary to test only a few kernels from
each ear to separate the unsound ears
from those that give good termination.
Rag-DoII Method Best.
The rag-doll method is best suited
for testing seed corn and sorghums in
the head. The termination cloth
should be 16 inches wide and 60
inches long. Draw line with pen
Gil down the center of the strip Of
cloth. Mark the strips crosswise
every four inches and number the sec
lions. Moisten the tester before put
ting the kernels upon it. Always
number the ears before removing the
kernels From different places on ear
No. l take out ten kernels and place
them in section No. 1. Similarly take
ten kernels from No. and place in
section No. 2; continue until every
section is filled. Place the kernels
away from the dividing lines so a
slight displacement caused by handling
the tester will not mix the samples.
Fold each side of the tester so that
the edges meet in the middle. Press
the cloth down firmly over the ker-
nels and roll the tester using some
cylindrical object as a core.
Working the Tester.
Soak the tester for ten hours In
warm water. Then drain off the wa
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
Test Seed Corn
to Avoid Loss

ter, leaving the tester in the pail with
a loose-fitting cover where 1t is warm
and moist. A temperature between
so and 90 degrees during the day and
80 to 60 degrees during the night will
give good results. The tester should
at all times be moist and have good
ventilation.
At the end of six days unroll the
tester, taking care not to disarrange
the sprouts. The results will indicate
which ears grow with strong shoots,
which are weak and which will not
grow at all.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
Idea of Seriousness of
COrn-Borer Situation

Some idea Of the seriousness of the
corn borer situation can be gained
from the report from the annual field
survey made by the corn borer labora-
tory of the bureau of entomology at
Sandusky, Ohio, In 179 cornfelds rep
resenting the older portion of the in
tested area of Ohio. These fields
showed an average increase of infes-
tation slightly exceeding 400 per cent,
as compared with similar survey in
the same or nearby field In 1925.
Similar results are anticipated for
the annual comparative surveys In
western New York and southeastern
Michigan, when these surveys are
completed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
Feed Adult Geese for
Eggs Along in February

Adult geese should be fed for eggs
about February 1, or so that the Cos
lings will be Matched by the time there
is good grass pasture. In feeding for
eggs give a mash of equal parts by
weight Of corn meal, bran, and mid
dlings or low-grade -four with 10 per
cent Of beef scrap, in the morning,
and a feed of corn at night. A con-
slant supply of drinking water should
be provided. If geese need grain when
not laying, the beef scrap should be
left out and the corn meal increased
in this ration to three parts.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
Aged Couple Make
Quick Comeback
Red Wing man coins year long fight. Husky eUer at
65 he praises TanIac. Wife helped too joins in praise

At 423 Hill St., Red Wing, Mimi,
live Edrick II. Dwyer, Go, and his wife,
60. He tells of very interesting ex-
perience. "For whole year." says
Mr.. Dwyer, "my stomach went back
on me altogether. 1t was most dis
tressing experience. Nothing seemed
to agree with me; lost all desire for
food; my skin grew sallow and / had a
constant burning sensation inside.
"On a friends advice tried Tanlac
and that certainly did help. / soon
began to get refreshing sleep again, to
eat with old-time zest. Tanlac put me
on my feet, with all my old-time vigor
and enjoyment of life. | put on III
lbs. My wife took it, too, and it helped
her as much as it did me. Between us
we used bottles in all. We keep one
in the house now, in case of need"
Tanlac is natures own tonic and
body builder, made from roots. herbs
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
Ideal Chick Growth

Ideal growth in chick is an exceed
ingly rapid process, which is revealed
in a comparison with an infant baby.
A well-hatched chick will weigh ap-
proximately one and a quarter ounces
at time Of Matching, and in twelve
weeks will attain the weight of two
pounds, or twenty-five times its orig
inal weight. A ten-pound baby at the
same rate Of growth would weigh $50
pounds at twelve weeks, which would
be a real bouncer. Discard the runts
and deformed birds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
Three Culling Factors

As rule three main factors should
be taken under consideration In Gull
ing the eve flock, viz: age, wool, and
lambs. And, without question, age is
the most important factor, and affects
very strongly the other two. Ewes are
in their prime generally from their
third to fifth and sixth years. During
this time they should produce their
best f1eeces and raise their best lambs.
The older sheep are more susceptible
to disease and the wool becomes of
poorer quality.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
limberger cheese?" Dealer (not Ger
man)-"Search mel I often wonder
myself"
Had the Initial

Little Mabel, four years old, was la
boriously scratching a pencil over
sheet Of paper. I'm writing to tho
Lord for little baby sister. What's
the Lords first name?
'T'm not sure" replied her seven
year-old brother, 'but the minister al
ways calls him D, Lord"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
VALUE OF MANURE OFTEN LOST
THROUGH CARELESS HANDLING

by keeping the manure firm and
moist.
Piling the manure in the field, ex-
pecting to scatter 1t quite while
later, is bad practice and should not
be followed. The loose open nature
of the pile encourages fermentation,
which increases the loss of organic
matter and nitrogen.-F. B Smith,
Agronomy Department, Colorado Ag-
ricultural College
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
The Brute!

Mrs. Jacks-This article says that
death results If more than a third Of
the body area is burned or scalded.
Her Husband-Then be careful and
keep your feet away from fire, my
dear.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
London Maintains Place

Notwithstanding its many and
growing rivals, London continues to
be the greatest seaport of the world.
During the last year ships entered
London port having a total tonnage of
24,717,055 tons, and ships cleared hav-
ing a total tonnage Of 22,347,9 900 tons.
The ocean trade of the port that year
had value Of $3,7O0000,OO0.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN
Aspirin Marked With "Bayer Cross"
Has Been Proved Safe by Millions

Warning! Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed by physicians for &c years.
Say "Bayer" when you buy Aspirin.
limitations may prove dangerous.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25

Coles CarboIisalve Quickly Relieves
and heals burning, itching and torturing
skin diseases. 1t instantly stops the pain
of burns. Heals without scars. soc and Coo.
Ask your druggist, or send SOC to The J..
w. Cole Co., Rockford, ILL.,, for a pack
age.-Advertisement.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
JUST So

what do you think Of the younger
generation"
"In what respect?"
"The boys hugging the girls"
1--WE must maintain the freedom of
the press"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
Marital COMPRESSION

Don't you realize that marriage
broadens a manT
"Oh, yes. suppose 1t can be put
that way, but flattens is the word I've
always used"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
Limited SerDice

First Radio Fan-Did you hear
Madam Blank sing 'In Old Madrid"
last night?
Second Ditto-No; can't get Spain
with my set.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
Music and Energy

An apparatus which has been in
vented in Vienna, Austria, to show
the effort expended by musicians, has
proved that the energy used to play
wind instruments is much less than
when string ones are played
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
"DANDELION BUTTER COL OR"

A harmless vegetable butter color
used by millions for 80 years. Drug
stores and general stores sell bottles
Of "Dandelion" for 80 cents.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25

A wise man will make more oppor-
tunity than he finds.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
A Drill Life

"Judge, there is not one bright spot
in my life-I have been married
twice.-Tit-Bits.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25

One can't make friends If he Is too
impatient with others foibles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25
No Great Stimulus

as fish a brain foodY
II don't think so. I eat plenty of
fish yet I can't learn to SWIM"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-02-25

vitality" is seven-eighths will
power.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1927-01-13
John Dewitt

Into the little farm home near
McConnelsville, O., where Robert
and Lilly Ann Dewitt made their
home, a SON was born on Nov. l,
1914. They called the lad John, and
here he grew to young manhood
When the stirring days of the great
rebellion came, he slipped away
from home and enlisted in Co. X,
9th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and
served for some 21 months. He
was with Sherman on the memoir
able march to the sea-" He re-
ceived his discharge at Camp Chase,
Columbus, O., and then went back
to farming. He was united in mar
riage to Miss Maria Brown at Nc
Connelsville, O., Oct. 3, 1867, by
Rev. Vail To this union four chill
dren were born, Rev. Chas. A. Dey-
lit and Wilfred w. Dewitt, having
preceded the father in death. He
is survived by his wife, one son,
Frank Dewitt of Luverne, Ia; one
daughter, Mrs. Harry Donovan of
Delaware, o.; one brother, William
D6VICL OF w., LouA
grandchildren, John Dale Donovan
of Delaware, o., and Amy Dewitt of
Cedar Rapids, Ia; Mrs. Cy Defen-
baugh of Council Bluffs, Ia, and
Mrs. Max Collins of Alberta, Can
ada, besides many other relatives
and friends. About 20 years ago
he left the farm and moved to Phi
10, O., and eight years ago went to
Delaware where he has made his
home. He was converted soon af-
ter he came back from the army.
and was baptized and Joined the
Methodist Episcopal church and has
been a consistent and faithful mem
ber, loving the church and being
found in all the services as long as
health would permit. He united
with the William Street church on
going to Delaware, and his sturdy,
upright presence will be greatly
missed. He was member of the
Grand Army of the Republic.-XX.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1927-01-13

porch. We all sat at the table at
the same time and ate dinner-20
in number. They had the house
decorated with beautiful flowers
bouquet of roses and poinsettia on
the table. The poinsettia is the
it was the first time he ever gath
cred roses on Christmas day. They
had three roast chickens and every
thing that goes with chicken dim
ner-pies, cakes, and everything
good. In the afternoon we took a
sight seeing trip around the beau
tiful lakes.
We went to church Sunday; in
the evening we went to the Christ
mas entertainment Santa treated
to candy
On Thursday we went with Lar
mer, Gladys and her mother (Mrs.
Vickroy) to Orlando; that's SO
miles from here: had a very pleas
ant trip Then on Friday sister
and | went with Clyde to Plant
City; that is great vegetable sec
ton where so many strawberries
are raised. They ship them by the
car loads back north; they sell here
for so to 75c quart. A man from
Flint, Mich, bought the first quart
of ripe Strawberries and paid SIS.
1t contained 22 berries; he said he
wanted them for his Thanksgiving
dinner.
We made another trip yesterday
with Clyde and Bro. Steed and wife,
to Tarpon Springs; this is dis
tance of about 100 miles. We went
by the way of Lakeland, Plant City,
Tampa and Dunedin. We stopped
here and got dinner, then we drove
for miles and miles along the Gulf
of Mexico.
Tarpon Springs is part of the
gulf, and this is where the sponges
grow; this is the largest sponge
plant in the United States. We saw
hundreds, yes thousands of them
some as large as bushel basket
down to the size of tin cup. They
dive down and with sharp knives
cut these sponges loose from the
bottom of the gulf.
Most of the people in this towr
are foreigners. They have all kinds
of relics in their stores, they have
gotten out of the gulf One old
foreigner said he had been in the
business 20 years; he said they
would go out in their boats 25 or
80 miles, then put on their diving
suit and dive down to the bottom OF
the gulf; sometimes they would get
eight or nine different things; next
time may be only one. He said
sometimes they. would dive down on
a large shark We asked him il he
wasn't afraid of them and he said
no-they were as afraid of him as
he was of them.
This finishes our trips. This is a
beautiful warm day. We are both
we'll and enjoying the fruit and sun
shine.-Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Dou-
gan.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1927-01-13

Several of the friends and neigh
bors gathered at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Ross, and the ladies
helped Mrs. Ross prepare dinner,
and the men got the wood, and all
had very enjoyable day.
Miss Maud Murdoch spent the
first of the week with her sister
Mrs. Fern Zumbro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Carr and
daughter OF Parkersburg are spend
ing his furlougk With Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas Mosher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Anderson
spent several days with relatives in
Marietta.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Work and son
Raymond, and daughter Mrs Ruth
Antill, attended the funeral of Mrs.
Allie Work of Merriam. O.
George Vincent of Bartlett spent
Friday and Saturday with Mrs.
Frank McPeak, who remains about
the same.
Emory Zumbro of Coshocton
spent this week with his grandpar-
ents.
Ray Danielson spent Saturday
with Ralph Blind and Russell Ross
Frank McPeak and F. K Blind
spent Saturday in Stockport.
Mabel Burguin spent Saturday
and Sunday with Miss Frances
Blind.
/ Miss Dorothy Ross spent part OF
the week with Mr.. and Mrs. Johr
Ross
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Beabout
lspent Sunday with his parents ol
Epworth.
Mrs. Frank Colerick will go tt
Marietta this week to serve on tn,
petit jury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Antill spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Johr
Work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Ross ant
children spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Israel Ross.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Bachelor
took Sunday dinner with Mr.. ant
Mrs. Clarence Rocho'n"
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1927-01-13

ter or Marietta were over sunday
guests Of their son r. D. Braden
and family
Mrs. Evoliue Roberts who has
been i'll the past week with bron-
chitis, Is some better.
Mrs. Rebekah Wartenbee who has
not been well all winter, Is not SO
well at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pierpoint and
grandchildren Conrad and Billy
pierpoint visited Ganday with L. E.
Plerpoint and family.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. VI. Bachelor and
children Neal and Ruth. Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Bachelor and ]. L.
Palmer visited Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar Michener of Todds.
Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Roberts and
son OF Malta visited SUNDAY with
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1927-01-13
Write From Winter Haven, Florida

Dear Editor:-We take this way
of writing to our many friends who
wanted us to write to them. This
saves us writing SO many letters.
We left Pennsville, o., Dec! 6, for
our Florida trip. We stopped at
our daughters Mrs. Ed Hum
phreys at Columbus, O., for a two
weeks visit. We left Columbus
22nd, at $3.50; got to Cincinnati at
$50; left there at 1880 on Pull
man car, over the L. & N, by the
way of Atlanta and Jacksonville
and got to Lake Alfred at $50 on
Friday morning, Dec. "a. This is
five miles from Winter Haven, Fla
Our nephew Otis Marshall met US
there. In a few minutes We were
at our brother-in-law B. B. Mar
shalPs. We came through Georgia
about the same time in the evening
that that terrible train accident
happened; a northern and southern
train ran together; the southern
train was on the switch and the
switch had been neglected to be
turned, so they ran together-kill'
ed several people. We were thank,
/ full that we had taken the L. & N
route instead of the Southern.
The weather was nice and warm
when we got here on Christmas day
The thermometer registered so. II
didn't feel hot, it was nice and
pleasant. On Thursday it turned
cold. went to &c. 1t frosted, and
froze the garden vegetables in
places; it was hard on the strawber-
ries. 1t is warm again now.
! Our good relations Amy and
Gladys Marshall had planned q
Christmas dinner for us before we
got here; they had it at Clyde and
Amy's as they have the most house
room. Steeds live with them
Bro Steed set the table on the long
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