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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Short Farm Notes
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Prudent farmers grow their own
feed.
Cross-fencing pasture will allow
the acreage to provide better feed and
thus carry more animals.
-
Start keeping farm records this
winter when work is slack. You may
be too busy to start next spring.
In the absence Of live stock the Ie-
gumes and commercial fertilizers are
indispensable In keeping up soil fer
tility.
Sweet clover, resistant red clover
and alfalfa are great soil builders. On
almost all soils these crops must have
lime.
Potatoes stored In bins should be
watched for rot. 1t pays to examine
stored tubers from time to time and
remove rotten ones.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Plant Breeders Have Been
Trying Hard for Remedy.

prepared by the United States De-
r. partment of Agricultural
After at least 1000 years of injury
to the wheat crop from bupt or stink
ing smut of wheat, it seems probable
that science will soon conquer this
fungous disease and make it innocu-
Gus. Since 1913 plant breeders in the
United States Department of Agricul-
tUre and in state experiment stations
have been striving to find means OF
saving the wheat that are better than
chemical treatment of the seed.
These chemical treatments are not
always successful in the Pacific Coast
states, where the fungus lives in the
soil as well as on the seed.
Instead the plant breeders expert
mented with various strains of wheat,
planting them under conditions favor
able to smut development. Some
strains were almost ruined by smut.
Others were only lightly affected, and
three-White Odessa, Martin, and
Hussar-hardly at all. These and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Drink Water to
Help Wash Out
Kidney Poison
II Your Back Hurts or Bladder
Bothers You, Begin
Taking Salts

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with
lot of drugs that excite the kidneys
and irritate the entire urinary tract.
Keep your kidneys clean like you
keep your bowels clean, by flushing
them with a mild, harmless salts
which helps to remove the bedy's uri-
nous waste and stimulates them to
their normal activity. The function
of the kidneys is to filter the blood.
In "a hours they strain from it 500
grains Of acid and waste, so we can
readily understand the vital impor-
lance Of keeping the kidneys active.
Drink lots of good water-yeu can't
drink too much; also get from any
pharmacist about four ounces Of Jad
Salts; take tablespoonful in a glass
of water before breakfast each morn
ing for a few days and your kidneys
may then act fine. This famous salts
Is made from the acid Of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia, and
has been used for years to help clean
and stimulate clogged kidneys; also
to neutralize the acids in the system
so they are no longer a source of irri-
tatiOn, thus often relieving bladder
weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
Whitewater drink, which everyone
should take now and then to help keep
their kidneys clean and active. Try
this; also keep up the water drinking,
and no doubt you will wonder what
became Of your kidney trouble and
hackacho
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Agricultural Squibs

A wise farmer knows by records
what his crops cost.
A bobsled Is a handy winter tool
for odd jobs around the farm.
Long winter evenings will not seem
as long or gloomy If a farm lighting
plant dispels the early falling dark
ness.
Old crank case oil which has been
filtered from grit and carbon will do
for light running machinery on the
farm. Use is freely.
Close confinement reduces the re-
sistance to disease, results in heavy
mortality, poor egg production, and
small profits.
The farm wagon is the most used
piece of farm equipment. When it's
length of life is considered it Is one
of the cheapest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Low Cost of Fertility
in the United States

Figures show that If all the fer
tilizer used in the United States was
equally distributed over all the acres
farmed, each acre would receive q lit
tie less than six and one-half pounds
not enough to make any appreciate
difference in yields. Compare this
amount with the applications in other
countries and we find striking differ
ence. On the same basis Holland
uses CAT pounds, Belgium 513 pounds
Germany 200 pounds, and Italy so
pounds. But" some say, "our land
is naturally richer and does not re-
quire such heavy applications" But
will it be richer when it has been
cropped as long as some of the Euro
pean land? The chances are that it
will not. American farmers are draw
ing on their reserve capital and
should charge against their crops
sum equal to the cost of fertilizer
necessary to maintain the fertility of
their land. The European farmers
are supplying plant food through
their pocketbooks, but American farm
ers are drawing it out of their soil.
The cost is the same either way
Pennsylvania Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Carbon Bisulphide Used
to Kill Grain Weevils

Carbon bisulphide is the chemical
most commonly used to destroy grain
weevels in bins About one pound Of
carbon bisulphide should be used to
each 100 cubic feet of space in the
bin. It may be placed in shallow con-
tainers on top of the grain or sacks
or pieces of cloth may be saturated
with it and thrust into the grain.
The whole should then be covered
with a canvas or other covering and
left for "a to 4S hours. The gas from
the chemical will go down through the
grain killing all life. Best results
with this chemical will be had when
the temperature is 70 degrees or above
and it should not be attempted below
60 degrees. The gas is exceedingly
infiammable and all fires should be
kept away.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Grading and Sorting of
Eggs Need Attention

With more attention paid to the
sorting and grading Of eggs so that
they may command top market prices
it is also necessary to pay more at
tention to keeping the eggs clean.
Anyone experienced in marketing
first-class eggs knows that dirty egg
must not be washed with water, as
this dissolves the gelatinous substance
in the shell, thus allowing air to reach
the egg, and preventing it from keep
ing as well as it should.
OF course, clean straw on the floor
and nests is essential in keeping the
eggs clean. An abundance of nests is
also ecessary and during the seasons
when the fowls are producing heavily
the eggs should be gathered more
than once a day. Although nest
may have a dozen clean eggs in it,
the bird laying the thirteenth egg
may soil the entire number.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Battle on Live
Stock Parasites

produce poisons. Others make open
ings in the flesh and tissue which al
low bacteria to enter. At times the
accumulation of parasites in the body
may be so great as to prevent the
lungs, the kidneys, or the alimentary
canal from functioning as they should.
That the parasites are causing con-
Germ to stockmen is indicated by the
number of inquiries received by the
Department of Agriculture. The ex-
perts of the department have devised
an excellent system Of sanitation for
control of roundwOrms In swine, and
Doctor Mohler says 1--WE are planning
to augment the present force of work
ers and to provide means and facili-
ties for more research with the hope
of finding better methods for check
ing the inroadS of the more serious
parasites for which present control
methods are not fully effective"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Losses Have Been Tolerated
Too Long and Accepted
Too Complacently.

prepared by the United States De-
partment of Agricultural
Parasites injure live stock on the
farms and ranches of the United.
States probably to the extent of hun
dreds of millions of dollars annually.
This is the conclusion reached by DR..
John r. Mohler, chief of the bureau of
animal industry, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, after review
ing the evidence collected by his bu-
reau. ''rhe inroadS of parasites, eS-
pecially the internal kinds" he says,
constitute q live stock problem of
great Importance. Losses from para
sites have been tolerated too long and
accepted too complacently. The live
stock industry cannot afford to let
this situation continue, especially
when certain parasites are exacting
more and more tribute-more and
more blood money"
Parasites Spreading.
As important pests Doctor Mohler
mentions the nodular worms attack
ing sheep, which have been so trou-
bleSome in the South and now are
spreading to the Middle West; tie
liver fluke in the Rocky mountain
states and on the Pacific coast; the
kidney worms SO widespread in hogs;
stomach worms in sheep; round
worms, tapeworms, and lung worms,
and the better known, because more
obvious, ticks, lice, and mites. The
only way in which these parasitic
losses can be stopped, Doctor Mohler
believes, is through thorough and
painstaking research work to reveal
the life histories of the parasites and
discover the points at which they can
be attacked most successfully. This
research should then be followed by
campaigns Of education among live
stock growers for practical applica-
ton.
As an example of the enormous re-
productive capacity of some of the
parasites, Doctor MOhler says that a
female roundwOrm in the intestines
of a hog may produce more than 25,-
100000 eggs.
Iniure by Sucking Blood.
These parasites do injury, as is
commonly supposed, by sucking blood
and by infiicting pain and irritation
which interfere with the animals
rest and feed. But the injury does
not cease with this. Some parasites
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
SEEMS PROBABLE SCIENCE WILL
SOON CONQUER SMUT OF WHEAT

other wheats were crossed with sus-
ceptible but agriculturally important
varieties, and the more desirable n.y.
birds that proved smut free were Sc
iected for further propagation.
An offspring from Turkey and Flor
ence wheat is called Ridit. This
wheat has been tested by farmers and
is so free from smut that it need not
be treated, and about 1000 acres were
grown in 1926. Another smut-resist-
ant hybrid is Albit, which descends
from White Odessa and Hybrid 12S.
This has proved not only smut resist
ant but of superior quality and out
yields the standard varieties grown at
the Washington agricultural expert
ment state. Ridit is red wheat and
.Albit white wheat. Other smut-re-
sistant selections and hybrids are IN
process of development. -
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Farm Products
Sold by Grades
Notable Progress Was First
Achieved During Recent
Depression.

prepared by the United States De-
partment of Agricultural
Although preliminary work in the
development of national standards for
farm products has been under way for
many years, notable progress was first
achieved during the recent period of
agricultural depression when every
function of the marketing machine
was tested with a view to the posi-
BILE elimination of waste. The value
of standards and the probability OF
profit from grading have been widely
discussed by many groups. In this
connection, says Lloyd S. Tenny, chief
of the bureau of agricultural econo-
mics, whether or not the producer
or marketer is paid for the additional
effort and expense involved in max
ing such classifcations depends upon
his Subsequent marketing practice.
For example, country merchant sell
dom establishes price differentials for
different grades when buying from
producers in very small lots. On the
contrary, large asSembler of eggs
might find it practically impossible to
engage in business through regular
trade trade channels without conform
ing to recognized grading practices.
AS a general statement it may be said
that the smaller the volume of busi-
ness the less likely it is that grading
to generally recognized standards will
pay. In large-scale operation, how
ever, Standardization is now univer-
sally recognized as a basic require
ment for success"
Standards Formulated.
Among the farm products for which
standards have been formulated by
the United States Department Of Ag-
riculture are cotton, dairy and pOul-
try products, grains (corn, wheat,
oats, rye, sorghums, barley, and rice),
nine kinds of hay and related prod
ucts, live stock and meats, tobacco,
wool, and fruits, vegetables, and re-
lated products, including apples, arti-
chokes, asparagus, beans, beets, cab
bage, cantaloupeS, carrots, caulit1ow-
er, celery, cherries, citrus fruit, green
corn, cucumbers, dewberries and
blackberries, eggplant, grapes, honey,
lettuce, onion, peaches, peanuts, pears,
peas, peppers, pineapples, plums and
prunes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, rad
ishes, shallots, spinach, strawberries,
tomatoes, turnips and water melons.
Containers Standardized.
Several of the styles of containers
for fruits and vegetables have also
been standardized. In several of
these classifications more than one
set of standards have been prepared,
depending ON the use Of the product,
as for table use or canning, or by
origin or variety.
Before recommending standards ev-
cry effort is made to make them prac-
teal and acceptable to the established
trade.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Yield of Alfalfa Crop
Increased With Gypsum

1t has been known for several years
that sulphur increased the yields of
alfalfa in certain sections of Oregon,
but until recently practically nothing
had been reported in this line of ex-
perimental work In the Upper Mis-
sissippi valley.
The Iowa station recently reported
the results of some trials with gyp-
sum, 20 per cent of which is sulphur.
Gypsum is calcium sulphate composed
of calcium, sulphur and oxygen, plus
water. 1t was used as a fertilizer as
many as 80 years ago in European
countries. Its experimental use with
general farm crops in various parts
of this country has not indicated the
necessity for its general use. These
experiments with alfalfa indicate a
possibility of using gypsum to good
advantage.
Averaging all trials, $50 pounds per
acre of gypsum increases the yield of
alfalfa by S33 pounds per acre; 200
pounds gave 964 pounds; 800 pounds
gave 1,075 pounds, and 500 pounds
gave 1885 pounds Of alfalfa hay per
acre increase over the check plots not
treated. In no trial did the gypsum
fail to show an increase in yield. The
highest increase was 5000 pounds and
the lowest 500 pounds of alfalfa per
acre.
The results with oats and clover
were more variable than with alfalfa
and were of such character that not
nearly as much Importance can be
attached to them as with the increases
from alfalfa.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Cost of Living

About 40 per cent of the farm liv-
ing comes directly from the farm in
the form of food, fuel and shelter, ac-
cording to the records collected from
500 Iowa farm families. Including
the items furnished by the farm 1t
cost the average farm owner $1,S75
per year to live In 1922 and 1923.
Tenant families living cost $1,506.
Bulletins 237 and 23S of the Iowa sta
ton deal with Cost and Standard of
Living IN Iowa Farms" They may
he obt3fned from the Bulletin Section,
Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Cowpea Forage

Owing to the fact that cowpeas, in
general, are even more unpalatable to
hogs than soy beans, as forage, they
are less valuable than soy beans.
Since they usually do not produce as
many bushels of feed per acre, they
also have less value than soy beans
as a finishing crop:
The need for pasture may be elimi-
mated at the earliest possible date by
planting some 90-day corn to be
hogged Off
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06

menting when you were a b chelOr.
Newly Married Friend-Oh. It's
much better, thanks. Before was
miserable at home and miserable
when 1 went out, and now 1 am only
miserable at home-Vienna Der Goetz.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Too Efficient

1Yes, used to be in politics myself.
was dog catcher in my town for two
years, but finally lost my job
what was the matter-chanss of
mayors?"
"Nope. / caught the dog"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
hole" Brown-"How come" Jones'
Hes a well-digger."
Just Looked

slow did you find the crops"
"Oh, 1t wasn't much trouble. I
walked to the top Of hill and locked
down into the valley, and there they
WERE"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Tobdsco Diet

The way to handle a fre-eater is
to make him eat his words and see
how he likes scorching his innards.
Farm and Fireside.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
All in One Spot

Friend-Well, how do you like be-
ing married? You were always la
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
Loosen Up That Cold
With Musterole

Have Musterole handy when cold
starts. It has all of the advantages of
grandmother's mustard plaster without
the burn. You feel a warm tingle as the
healing ointment penetrates the pores,
then a soothing, cooling sensation and
quick relief.
Made of pure oil of mustard and
other simple ingredients, Musterole is
recommended by many nurses and
doctors. Try Musterole for bronchitis,
sore throat, stiff neck, pleurisy, rheu-
matism, luunbago, Group, asthma, neu-
ralgia, congestion, pains and aches of
the back or joints, sore muscles, sprains.
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds of
the chest; 1t may prevent pneumonia
and "flu."
Jars & Tubes
|lg |![EIijl \
G1XIsGs 40: <zEI
Better than q mustard plaster
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
To the Rescue

To the Rescue
Reggie Denny, the picture star, is
English, but that doesn't deter him
from telling good ones on his country
men. One of his briefest and best is :
"Elp, 'elp! A bald-eaded man
over ERE has tainted"
''Give him hair! Give him hairw
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06

Smart people too often cause others
to smart.-Forbes Magazine
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-06
For Colds, Grip or Influenza

and as a Preventive, take Laxative
BROMO QUININE Tablets. A Safe and
Proven Remedy. The box bears the
signature of e. W. Grove. 30c.-Adv.
Putnam patriot., 1928-06-28
THEY SAID IT WOULDN'T SELL

nNE day last spring went into bookshop in city not too N away and found the proprietor fine state of excite men That morning parcel of books had arrived not to De placed until days later f you'll keep it to your self you of them now he said Its one of the things written by American But 1t won't se he added The book "The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder We read and delighted but we agreed with the bookseller It wouldn't sell Here in tiny volume was welknt tale of character finds but once In decade thought but the average reader wouldn't like 1t any he would cotton to Miss Elizabeth Bowens also commendable work The Hotel which published slightly later wrong Mir Wilder who is modest young
 master English New Jersey preparatory school had writ something He had visited Peru the locale of his novel built the shadowy skeletons of people had had read about The Bridge how ever besseer then became the fashion then be profitable of all literary products sensaton at traetng of the publicity of thousand newspapers Today hundred thousand copies of he Bridge have sold MT. Wilder holds record. His book bears propaganda It is not Elmer Gantry or Main Street" nor it written for Wright public It s
 charming piece exquisite English forming bit of sculpture in prose than incidental The success Of The Bridge may prove many things but believe that the secret of it's success the fact that is genuine worthwhile piece of work
Putnam patriot., 1928-06-28
PUBLISHED BY
THE GRAND TOUR, ALA MODE

DUTNAM and Pomfret readers of The Hartford Times will
 doubtless follow with not little interest the bicycle tour through Europe which to be made this summer by Walter Arnold of MT and Mrs Walter Arnold of Pomret and Walter O. Green of Hartford The have already sailed for Europe and Mir Arnold will write weekly inn pressons The Times Here the modern grand tour at
 it's best Recently talking with two of for who had returned from trip around the world which had eight nine months No had been spared The trip carefully arranged by prominent travel bureau every they taken charge and shown the sights circle the globe They stayed at the hotels they rode expensive motors they the charges expensive guides Their whole trip required from them not slightest initiative And what the result of their voy age All that could gean something about pretty girl the ship at Hong Kong the bathing at Waikiki how hot t dance at the Residence in Delhi glimpse of Mus eon in Rome, and how good to get back to dear old Of the history the customs and the traditions of the world word In fact except from seeing what their could avoid they had gained not single impression It will be different with Arnold and Green travelling bicycles stay ing where they will close the lives of the people Moreover they going work we'll play There's the real incentive.
Putnam patriot., 1928-06-28
WATCHING POMFRET

WHILE the problems of the of the of Pomfret
 W their problems matters concerning the improve. ment of state highways Eastern Windham County cen of all of the people of the county and perhaps of state
 The eyes will be focused the neghborng town and the result meeting next Friday will be awaited with interest.
 State Highway Commissioner John A. Macdonald in an address representatives the thirteen Chambers in Eastern Connecticut Monday evening explained the proposed route through Pomret and predicted its completion if the town other towns along the route have done will its share of the burden
 The Commissioner speaking of all highways throughout the ate but when he touched this proposed highway Eastern Connecticut interest acute it highway that affects the people represented in the audience.
 The congested traffic trunk line highways has become alarming that the Highway Commissioner seeking sou ton of the problem determined upon the of he terms 'cut-out highways part traffic the event that people in New London Norwich and intermediate towns wish to Springfield they might head north Putnam thence southbdge and their destination This trunk line also takes large of through traffic cester To relieve this situation the through Canterbury Brooklyn Pomfret the Southbrdge Spring field is proposed This will relieve the main and will the time up back country through beautiful scenery and excellent farm land
 The road between Pomfret railroad and Brooklyn is heavily travelled for back road. but has been improved by the part the proposed road from salt the Massachusetts ne it will become Connecticut Pomfret towns through which is routed It will also furnish ceent of travel for the people along the we'll the transient tourist
 The importance of such highway reaches beyond the towns directly involved It of importance to the motoring public It affords Eastern Connecticut further opportunity develop of it's rural communities through better tation facilities.
 be hoped that the citizens of Pomfret will consider the matter from broad angle when voting the resolution which to before the town meeting Friday Doubt less the excellent financial proposition made possible by the general assembly through legislation legislation sponsored and supported by the smaller will be seriously considered the of Highway Commissioner Macdonald the project thus netting piece cost 4000 for a net expenditure of $11 GOO.