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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
FARM. NOTES

When fields are too stony or too poor
to grow crops, they should be made to
return profit by growing trees.
1t is poor economy any time to cut
and sell the smaller trees which will
double their own value in few years.
In order to get the most efficient
and economical use of a piece of farm
machinery, it is important to keep it
working as many days in the year as
possible.
CurculiO Overwinters in brush, stone
walls. and the like. The removal of
these hiding places will help control.
You know that trees near woods are
never as clean as others. A cleared
area will help.
Don't forget packet of Italian
broccoli. You can grow it easily.
Under favorable conditions one pair
of rats will have at least six filters a
year, and there are from to 10 rats
to the litter.
A goose will not lay fertile eggs I'M
less it has access to water. For this
reason confined geese do not do as
well as geese which run about.
1t is hard to conceive of a we'll
managed barn today that does not
have convenient means Of removing
litter. Carriers are indispensable in
transporting manure to a storage pit.
NEGRO and internal parasites In pigs
are best prevented by sanitary man.
agement, by which we mean keeping
the organisms and eggs which pfopa-
gate the two apart from the pigs.
Coupled with the fact that western
breeders are sending many eve lambs
to market and that low prices cause
many farmers to quit the sheep bust
ness indicate that better prices should
come soon for the sheep man.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
Individual narrowing
Pens Favored for SOWs

Sows that farrow in March or April
should be placed in individual pens
at least six by eight feet in size at
least day or two before they far
row. These pens should be equipped
with "guard rails around the walls
to protect the pigs from the sow when
she lies down. The narrowing pens
should be lightly bedded with short.
clean, chaffy straw so that the small
pigs cannot get tangled up in it and
be unable to get out of the way of
the sow when she moves and lies
down as is likely to be the case if too
much long straw is used. Enough
artificial heat should be provided to
take the chill off the building and to
dry up the moisture in it.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
Comparatively Easy to
Raise Healthy Chicks

Lyman G. Neel, extension poultry
specialist at Clemson college, South
Carolina, points out that poultry and
well developed pullets can be raised
only if proper attention is paid to the
details of poultry culture.
In order to make it comparatively
easy to raise healthy chicks, Neel sets
down seven essentials for growing
healthy chicks. The seven points in
the chick raising program consist of
the following practices:
l. Start with vigorous, disease-free
chucks.
2. Hatch chicks at proper season.
3. Use clean range, separate from
mature flock.
4. Use clean portable house with
dependable brooder.
8. Use clean, well-balanced feed.
6. Separate cockerels and pullets
at broiler age.
Z. Brood each hatch separately.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
Large Potato Yield on
PENNSYLVANIA State Farm

The state hospital at Allentown,
Pa. has one of the best farms in
the country. What its scientific man.
agement costs is more than made up
by the fine crops. Its yield of potatoes
last season was something phenomenal.
On single measured acre this farm
produced 6O3 bushels of potatoes. while
on % acres there was a yield far
above the country's average. The
seed used for this wonderful yield
was obtained in northern Michigan
and was of the russell variety. To
prepare the land at Allentown soy
beans and seven tons per acre of barn
yard fertilizer were plowed under in
the fall and $50 pounds of commercial
fertilizer was applied on each acre
in the row. A fertilizer heavy with
phosphate and potash was adopted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
Soap Suds Beneficial
on Small Fruit Trees

Soap suds are beneficial ON any
fruit trees which need them as a
spray against aphids and plant lice.
Under outdoor conditions, soap is
used with nicotine sulphate to make
the latter more efficient as a contact
insecticide against sucking insects
such as leaf hoppers and aphids. says
the Prairie Farmer. Aside from it's
use in sprays we know of no way in
which soap suds are beneficial to fruit
trees. We have heard of people pour
ing soap suds on the ground under
trees, but we suspect that they would
do the trees much more good with an
application of fertilizer or manure.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
Coccidiosis Is Common
Maladv of Young Chicks

"TOo much emphasis cannot be CIV
en- to sanitary measures for the pre-
vention Of coccodiOsis in chickens"
said DR.. J. F. Billiard, of Purdue uni
versity. "This is common disease
of poultry" he continued, land it is
responsible for heavy losses in young
birds from two to fifteen weeks of age.
'The ccccidium, which is the cause
of the disease. is passed in large num-
bers in the drOppings. For short
time after they are passed out, COO
cidia are incapable of producing dis
ease in birds that may take them into
the body with water or feed. 1t is
quite obvious, if young chicks are CIV
en- clean brooders and if the brooders
are kept clean, runs and lots have
not been used for poultry during the
past year or several months, that this
disease can be controlled. Chicks and
young birds should be kept apart from
the adult breeding flock"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
Che
DAIRY
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CLEANLINESS is
OF IMPORTANCE
Quality of Product Deter
mined by Handling.

A large amount of poor cream on the
market could be avoided If more care
was exercised in it's production and
handling. Milk as 1t comes from the
cow is clean but it always picks up a
few bacteria. The way in which the
dairy man handles this milk from the
time it is taken out of the dairy barn
until it is delivered to the consumer
determines the quality of the cream.
Cleanliness should begin with the barn
and the cows. A clean, properly drained
yard, and clean barn, from which
the manure is removed daily, will do
a great deal toward producing quality
milk and cream. Clip the cows TANKS
and udders and keep them clean. Re
move milk from pals Immediately
after milking each COW and do not
allow it to stand until milking is COM
pleted. Keep the can covered tightly
Milk with clean dry hands and use
a small crock or covered pail in order
to avoid off-favor, seed, hay, dirt and
disease after milking If your pasture
contains onions, garlic or ragweeds, it
is better to take the cows out about
six hours before milking them.
One of the very important things
is to keep cream cool. Cool warm
cream before adding it to the supply
can. Sell the cream often. Lastly,
sterilize all utensils with clean boiling
water or a chemical disinfectant. 1t
is a mistake to expect chemical disin-
fectants to completely sterilize in a
few minutes milk or cream containers
which have not been properly scrubbed.
A stiff brush is very effective in wash
ing utensils.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
Succulent Feeds Full
of Necessary Vitamins

There was time when all vegetables
were claSsed as green feed in the
hens ration. We now know that man.
gels. apples, pumpkin pulp and sugar
beet pulp may have some value as
bulky and appetizing succulent feed
but cannot be classed as green feed
Carrots have been found to contain
vitamins which make them very close
to green feed in the ration'of the hen.
Some poultrymen find that hens which
eat carrots are apt to produce eggs
with rich yellow yolks and such eggs
seem to have a high percentage of
hatchability in the spring.
Some feeds that are 10th succulent
and full of necessary vitamins are the
green leaves of alfalfa and head let
tuce.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15

Michigan avenue he made his way to
the Chicago post office where his let
ter was dropped into mail sack
which was tossed into an automobile
truck and rushed out to the municipal
airport. There it was taken aboard
an air mail plane and that evening the
letter was placed in the hands of the
New York postmaster-less than u
hours from the time it had left Fort
Dearborn.
Had such letter been dispatched
from the Fort Dearborn of a century
ago it would have been weeks-and
possibly months it was deliv-
cred in New York. For as one histo-
rian has put it "'From November until
May Fort Dearborn was as isolated
from the outside world as though it
were on another planet. We have in
epitome the story of the failure of one
attempt, made by Captain Whistler in
December, 1909, to break this isolation.
He obtained a months leave-of-ab-
sence to journey to Cincinnati. To-
day the round trip may be made and
a fair days business transacted in "a
hours. Whistler left Chicago the last
of November and reached Fort Wayne,
Ind, December 10, much fatigued aft
err II days of VARY travel through
rain and snow as he tells it in a let
ter. The water was so high that his
further progress was prevented. Find
ing it impossible, should he proceed,
to be back at his post by the end of
the month, he prepared to return to
Fort Dearborn, grateful to his superior
for the opportunity accorded him as
though he had succeeded in making
the journey"
The historian quoted in the forego-
ing is Milo NJ. Quaife in his book
Chicago and the Old Northwest"
That book was published only IS years
ago. But how soon in these modern
times may statement be out of date
To-day the round trip may be made
and a fair days business transacted in
"a hours" writes the historian in 1913.
But the historian of 1881, after
consulting the timetables Of the air
transport companies which now carry
passengers to all parts of the United
States, would write it To-day the
round trip may be made and
fair days business transacted in II
hours" And if you would retrace
Captain Whistler's journey to Fort
Wayne and do it in an airplane, you
could cover in little over an hour
the distance it took him II days to
make.
What was true of the isolation of
the frat Fort Dearborn was nearly
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
Dairy Hints

Kxt<xs1<xz1t nntK1nfaktS1 Observation-Disclosures
Steel stanchions and stalls have
proved themselves more economical
than those of wooden construction.
They are easier to keep sanitary and
are far more durable.
While cream separators, to outside
appearances. look the same as those
Of a few years ago, marked advances
have been made in assuring easier run
ming qualities and cleaner skimming
under farm conditions.
Do not reduce grain feed for cows in
the flush of production. even though
prices paid for milk may be lower. 1t
is better to weed out the poor cows in
the herd and continue to feed the good
ones up to production capacity. This
practice reduces milk costs.
Subsection for five minutes to tenn
perature of 200 degrees or more will
do a very good job of sterilizing milk
equipment.
Feeding utensils must be kept very
clean and summing daily helps in keep
ing the calf well. Watch carefully for
lice on calves.
Efficient dairy cows will return
profit on grain fed even when the pas
ture is good. small quantity of sum-
mer grain keeps up the milk flow and
builds up the cow for winter.
A fly-fighting cow is not an efficient
milk producer. Make bessie contented
by spraying her enemies.
Oft flavors in milk and cream and
bloat in dairy cows are more common
at this season than any other. 1t Ii
good management to hold the cows off
pasture until the grass is well started
and leaves well developed Then by
turning the cows on gradually, increas
ing the time each day. or by limiting
the amour. Of pasture at first and
feeding dry hay. Objectionable flavors
and bioat can be fairly well controlled.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
Eliminate All ReactOrs
to Save Valuable Stock

No dairy farmer ca nafford to keep
a herd infected with Bang disease
contagious abortion) and stand the
loss in milk production, the loss of
calves and have the other troubles
which accompany the disease, states
DR.. Robert Graham. University of II
linois veterinarian. There are vet
erinarians everywhere who are quail
fed to make necessary tests to weed out
infected cows and determine whether
the disease is prevalent in herd.
The diseased animals should be elm
mated and sanitary practices used to
prevent a reoccurrence. he points out.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
Making Profit or Loss
in Feeding of Cattle

Profit or loss per steer is frequently
in determining the profitableness of
cattle feeding. This method is salts
factory. and probably preferable on
those farms where the major portion
of the fed is purchased The majority
homegrown corn and hay. and pur-
chase protein supplements. 1t some
times happens that the feeder is ac-
tually ahead financially when his cat
tie show loss per steer after charg-
ing market prices for feeds. as COM
pared with other years. when the cat
tie pay market prices for feeds and
a reasonable profit.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
! 4 ,
q 9 ! !

When you feel a headache coming on,
it's time to take Bayer Aspirin. Two
tablets will head it off, and you can
finish your shopping in comfort.
Limbs that ache from sheer weari-
ness. Joints sore from the beginnings
of cold. Systemic pain. The remedy
is rest. But immediate relief is yours
for the taking; pocket tin of Bayer
Aspirin is protection from pain
wherever you go.
Get real aspirin. Look for Bayer
on the box. Read the proven direc-
tons found inside every genuine
Bayer package. They cover head
aches, colds, sore throat, toothache,
neuralgia, neuritis. sciatica, lumbago,
rheumatism, muscular pains, etc.
These tablets do not depress the
heart. They do nothing but stop the
pain. Every druggist has Bayer
Aspirin in the pocket size, and in
bottles. To save money, buy the
genuine tablets by the hundred. Don't
experiment with limitations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
Deficiency of Lime

Soils deficient in lime are unable,
even with liberal fertilizer treatment,
to produce hay of good quality. tests
at the Pennsylvania state college re-
vealed. Lime with manure produced
16 per cent more total clOvers in the
hay mixture and % per cent more red
clover than the hay produced WITH
manure alone.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15

vance Ol SCl6uCe Iuc
past century has played in industrial
progress and in human welfare. In
the way this is done, the exposition
will be unlike any worlds fair that
has ever before been held. Accord
ingly, the exhibition buildings which
are now in the process of construction
will be different from any others that
have ever before been erected. They
will represent not only the architec-
ture of today, but the architecture of
the future. They will be "modernis-
tic" to the last degree. That is, all
of them will be-except one.
Along the lake front where the ex-
position will be held there already has
been built little structure of rough
hewn logs-Fort Dearborn of tragic
memory, risen, phoenix-like, from the
ashes Of more than century ago. And
visitors to the worlds fair in 1888 can
look upon it against its background of
skyscraper-lined Michigan avenue and
in it, surrounded by the modernistic
architecture buildings, see not only
an epitome of the history Of Chicago,
but also an epitome of the history of
the whole United States.
Marvellous as has been this transfer
nation of a lonely frontier outpost
with less than a hundred white inhab-
ftants to metropolis of more than
three million, the fourth largest city
in the world, there remains one amaz-
ing fact to make the story of Chicago's
growth sound like a scarcely-believ-
fairy tale. For all of this has
place within the span of one
lifetime! That man is Nah-nee-
4 ..-skuk, a one hundred and twenty
One-year-old Pottawatomie Indian liv-
ing on a reservation near Mayetta,
Kan, who waoS born in an Indian vii
lage on the present site of Chicago in
1909.
Since he was only three years old
at the time of the Fort Dearborn mas
sacre and the burning of the fort, he
does not have any recollection of that
tragedy but he does remember the re-
establishment of military post at
Chicago when the second Fort Dear
born was built in 1916 and the depar-
ture of the Pottawatomies from their
ancestral lands for a new home in the
West few years later. 1t is prob
lematical whether Nah-nee-num-skuk
will still be alive when the worlds
fair is held in 1888, and whether he
will be able to come back to the scene
of his birth if he is still alive at that
time. But the fact remains that TODAY
there lives man who could stand in
a city of teeming millions and recall
the time when this spot was but little
changed from what it must have been
when the caravelS of Columbus first
touched the shores of the New world.
But the survival of This one hun
dred and twenty-one year old native"
of Chicago is not the only evidence of
the amazing transformation that has
taken place on the shores of Lake
Michigan. Recently there took place
in Chicago an incident which afforded
dramatic contrast between the Old
and the New. Through the gates of
the rebuilt Fort Dearborn one morn
ing rode John Manson, dressed in the
military uniform of the style worn by
his great-grandfather, the builder of
the original Fort Dearborn. He was
carrying letter addressed to the post
master of New York city. Through
the maze Of automobile traffic on
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15

I. A photograph (taken at mighty
which illustrates wildly the contrast
between the Old and the New. In the
foreground is one of the bockhouses
of the replica of the first Fort Dear
born, built for the Worlds Fair of
1888. In the background is the IA
nous Chicago skyline, as seen from
Lake Michigan, with its towering sky
scrapers and its myriad of lights.
2. Nah-nee-num-skuk, one hundred
and twenty-one-year old Pottawatomie
born in an Indian village on the pres
ent site of Chicago, still living on an
Indian reservation at Mayetta, Kan.
8. A century of mail transportation
progress was dramatized in Chicago
recently when message was borne
from the replica of the first Fort
Dearborn to New York by horse, auto
mobile and airplane. In the photo
graph John Manson, a great-grandson
of the builder of Fort Dearborn, is
shown receiving the message addressed
to the postmaster of New York from
Col. John SewaIl. He carried it to the
Chicago post office where it was placed
with other mail in an automobile truck
and taken to the municipal airport,
where it was placed on an air mail
plane.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
Dr.. w. B. CAIDwEItS
SYRUP PEPSTN
A Doctors Family Laratipe
Has Private Gas Well

Seeking relief from an average
monthly gas bill of $500, Joe G.
Cerese drilled well n the rear of his
group of apartments and electrical
shop at Kansas City. He brought in
well gagged at approximately 100,-
600 cubic feet day. HencefOrth he
expects to use his own gas in his
buildings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
Including Most of Us

Some people are born suckers,
some try to get something for moth
ing and some go gaga when told the
first payment is only S2.-Los An
geles Times.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
Young Webster

"What is etiquette, SOM"
sits when you have to say, No,
thank you,' when you really want to
say, Gimme some.'"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
BUILDS UP THE BLOOD

La Crosse, Wis.
mother al
w avs kept DR..
Pierce's Golden
Medical Dis
covery in her
medicine chestand
gave it to men,
bers of the family
as a blood and
stomach medicine.
l. af,-,-,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
WOMEN: wotch your
30 Va Il. s

What should women do to keep their
bowels moving freely? A doctor
should know the answer. That is why
pure Syrup Pepsin is so good for
women. 1t just suits their delicate
organism. 1t is the prescription of an
old family doctor who has treated
thousands of women patients, and
who made a special study of bowel
troubles.
1t is fine for children, too. They
love its taste. Let them have it every
time their tongues are coated or their
skin is sallow. DR.. CaldwelPs Syrup
PepSin is made from fresh laxative
herbs, pure pepsin and other HARM
less ingredients.
When you've a sick headache,
can't eat, are bilious or sluggish;
and at the times when you are most
apt to be constipated, take little of
this famous prescription Gall drug
stores keep it ready in big bottles),
and you'll know why DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin is the favorite laxative
of over million womenl
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

n THE city of Chicago
preparations are going
forward rapidly for the
worlds fair, which it will
hold in 1888. 1t is to be
called the Century of
Progress, and the keynote
of the exposition will be
a INSTALLATION of the part
that the marvellous adj
vance of science in the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15

taken it as such, especially in spring
time. think it the best medicine any,
one can take as spring tonic and to
build up and enrich the blood. 1t also
regulates the liver and is good for
weak stomach-it renovates the entire
system Chas. Van Sickle, 821 La
Crosse. ALI druggists.
Every package of DIR. Pierce's medicines
contains a symptom blank. Fill IL In and
mail to DIR. Pierce's Clinic in Buffalo,
N. Y. for free medical advice.
Many who have been scorched by
the tongue of gossip hate scandal
and often will not listen to it.
Take up something you enjoy and
don't be bored by your idle time.
The majority rules-when In ac-
cord with the boss.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-05-15

When fields are too stony or too poor
to grow crops, they should be made to
return profit by growing trees.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-11-21
ONE BREAK GIVES
MICHIGAN VICTORY
over MINNESOTA
Hudson Gets Away For Long
Run in First Period For
Only Score

Ann Arbor, Mich, Nov. 21-(AP)
One big break was all Michigan's
Wolverines needed to defeat Mime
sofas Gophers, 6 to O, before 10000
persons here Saturday.
1t came in the first period when
Captain Hudson cracked through the
Minnesota line and ran 81 yards for
a touchdown. The try for goal
failed.
First Period
Minnesota kicked off. After pre-
liminary line smashes failed of ma
terial gain for either team, Bill Hewitt
took the ball on Michigan's 43-yard
line. dashed around right tackle and
sped 81 yards for a Michigan touch
down. Petoskey's try for the extra
point was low. Score: Minnesota 0:
Michigan 6.
Jack Heston went around the Min
nesota end for a 26-yard run late in
the period. but Hewitt's long pass fell
incomplete and Michigan was forced
to punt. Minnesota plays failed to
crack the Michigan line and the first
period ended Minnesota o; Michigan
6.
Second Period
With Hewitt still ripping up thu
Minnesota line In the second perioc
the Gophers made frequent substitu.
tions but failed to threaten.
ManderS was stopped twice Without
gain but Munn's punts held back thu
driving Wolverines,
A bad punt by Heston, travelling
only to the Wolverine 37-yard line
gave Minnesota its first break. A la.
teral pass carried the ball to Michi.
gans 27-yard line and a forward pas.
and . line smash took the ball to Ihs
21-yard line. There Somers forward
pass was intercepted by Heston or
Michigan's 13-yard line ending the
Gopher rush. The second period end
ed with the score Minnesota 0, Mich.
igan 6.
Third Period
Ninnesotas aerial attack offered a
threat to the Wolverines In the third
period, the Gophers reaching the
Michigan 45-yard line but losing the
ball on downs after a long pass fell
incomplete. The Michigan line held
Manders to gains averaging less than
three yards.
Michigan continued to pound the
Minnesota line, breaking through re-
peatedly for short gains, but Munns
punting kept the Wolverines from the
scoring zone. The third period ended
with Michigan in possession of the
ball on her 46-yard line. Score Min
nesota o, Michigan 6.
Fourth Period
Minnesota made a mild threat in
the final quarter but failed to get
really close.