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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06
Practices Studied.
Scientific High Points
in Flowing for Crops

(By DIR. M. C. SEWELL, Associate
Professor OF Soils, Kansas State
Agricultural College.)
The largest item of expense in pro-
ducing cereal and annual forage crops
is tillage.
The most important tillage opera
tons are blowing and cultivating.
Reduction in depth or frequency of
blowing, or number of CIVILIZATIONS
necessary for economic yields. mate
rally reduces the cost of raising the
crop.
Flowing deeper than six inches for
cereals or row crops-excepting root
crops-is never warranted.
Timeliness-early plowing-is the
important factor in wheat tillage-
July-plowed ground produced eight
bushels to the acre more than Sep
tember-plowed ground.
Nitrogen conservation is the thing
for which the farmer plows, not mois-
ture conservation.
The dust mulch is no longer consid-
cred a useful practice.
Cultivation sufficient to keep down
weeds is all that is necessary-addi-
tional blowing is wasted.
Efficient tools, especially power
equipment. is of utmost value in till
age in the light of discoveries as to
the value of timeliness in blowing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06
Important Advantages of
Well Planned Garden

The farm garden can be made to
produce more than $500 worth Of vege-
tables each season, according to spe-
cialists In vegetable gardening of the
Ohio State university. The farm gar
den produces vegetables for immediate
consumption, and also for storage and
for canning. One of the most impor-
tant advantages of such garden.
however, is the fact that it will yield
vegetables for immediate use. at the
time when they are at their best.
Planning the garden is most i'm
portant phase of its management.
One-ffth of an acre, properly
planned and managed, will supply the
needs of the average farm family. 1t
is suggested that the garden be ar
ranged in straight rows running north
and south, and far enough apart to
permit the use of a horse-drawn cul-
tivafor. Each plant In north and
south row receives She maximum of
sunlight.
The rows should be arranged in the
order of the dates of their planting so
that on the maturing of an early sea-
son crop it may be replaced with an
other crop, and the entire garden kept
in production throughout the season
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06
Early Flowing Favored
for Best Sow Bean Crop

As a general rule, the ground should
be plowed for soy beans, according TO
results of tests by the Ohio agricul-
tural experiment station, cited by the
farm crops department of the Ohio
State university. There are a few
exceptions to this general rule" says
one of the bulletins issued by the ex-
pertinent station, ''as when the soil
is naturally loose and when a good
seed bed can be prepared by disking."
Experiments at Wooster have yield
ed 1858 bushels of grain and 1895
pounds of straw to the acre on disked
corn stubble land. while plowed corn
stubble land yielded 1919 bushels of
grain and 2,052 pounds of straw.
Early blowing is recommended as
the better practice, since it gives time
for the seed bed to settle and oppor-
tunity to kill one crop of weeds be-
fore the soy beans are planted. Late
blowing in dry season may leave the
soil so loose and dry that termination
will be poor and the early growth of
the soy beans stunted. Many growers
prepare the seed bed for soy beans be-
fore that for corn, but do not plant
the soy beans until the corn is in the
ground.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06
Problems for Railroad
Executives In Africa

The operation of the Katanga rail-
way, which connects northern Rho
desia with Belgian Cong3 is causing
no little concern to the executive of
the Union of South Africa. When the
railroad opened a few years ago
white men were employed as engine
drivers and firemen, but to keep
them sober was a problem nobody
could solve The climate in the re-
gion in which the train operates is
bad enough TO drive anybody TO
drink, and the locomotive engineers
found that they could teach natives
to do the job for a few cents a week
while they caroused in the cabin.
The railroad company found out the
trick and now employs black labor.
but many people hold that it is bet
ter to be driven by drunken white
men than the black maniacs who
now control the locomotives on this
line. In either case it is a thrilling
journey.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06
Treasure Beyond Price
Discovered in Pompeii

An exceptionally important archie
illogical find is reported from Pom
peii. 1t consists of a valuable silver
table service and a rich collection of
jewelry deposited in a wooden case.
The table service includes cups, tum-
blers, carved silver vessels decorated
with scenes representing the labors
Of Hercules, a number of spoons, a
silver mirror, q scent bottle, and a
jug. Among the jewelry are gold
bracelets, earrings gold rings, silver
plates with decorations in relief in
the center. In addition &c coins have
been found-30 of gold and 80 of sill
ver-some republican, the rest i'm
perial. The new treasure was found
in house where a statue of Apollo
and a number of beautiful frescoes.
including portrait of man that is
believed by some people to be Virgil,
were found some time ago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06

IL the former resemblance is less than
the latter resemblance, the given twins
are fraternal, since there are some
twins which are apparently identical
and yet do not show the condition
mentioned above. Anyway, this will
probably serve as a criterion for iden-
tifying some identical twins.
"Some writer's on twins and twin
ming seem to hold the view that the
identical twins are comparable with
the right and left halves of the body
Of one person. The view could not be
quite correct, should it imply that the
resemblance between the identical
twins is in principle equqal to the re-
semblance between the right and left
halves Of one person. AS a matter Of
fact, speaking generally, the resem-
blance between the identical twins is
more than that between the halves of
one person. Aside from the fact that
the viscera shows g marked asym-
metry even among identical twins,
there are several cases known where
such twins have the same defect or
abnormality on the same side of the
the hands or feet of the same side of
different twins show closer resem-
blance than the two hands or feet of
the same individual"
But how does science account for
twins, anyway? No one has ventured
a positive answer, but it is generally
believed that the process which takes
place TO produce twins is as follows:
The ovum, single cell, is fortified,
and thereupon begins to divide-al-
ways by twos-into many cells. Grad
ually these are differentiated into
three types and form themselves into
layers in the form of a sphere. the
middle of which is hollow, called the
blastosphere. Up to this point the
process is normal. For some reason
not known, however. the blastosphere
next begins to split. 1t is thought
that this is possibly due to the fact
that the cells on the inner layer ex-
pand much more rapidly than those
on the outer and. naturally, the outer
layer bursts, as does a football blad-
der when it is blown up too tightly.
When the split is complete the sides
Of the two split portions are joined
together and we have two distinct
blastopheres. which proceed to form
identical individuals.
Since the division is always by twos
and it is the opinion of Dean Horatio 81.
Newman of the University of Chicago,
author of 'The Physiology of Twin
ming and 'The Biology Of Twins"
which are regarded as standard refer
ence works on the subject, that it is
thus obvious that triplets can never
be identical. Two of the children may
be duplicates and the third merely a
fraternal type, the result of the ferti-
lization of second ovum. 1t is pos
sible, however, for quadTuplets to be
two sets Of identical twins, Doctor
Newman holds. In such instances the
two blastospheres, that resulted from
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06
Feeding Young Turkeys
About Same as Chicks

Young turkeys can be fed about the
same as chicks. A good starting feed
week or more you can add wheat and
cracked corn to the oats. Grain should
be fed very sparingly to turkey poults.
They should not be fed in the same
quarters as chickens. Give them free
range so that they can secure most of
their food by foraging. This can be
done easily if they are allowed to run
with the turkey mother. Light feed
ing at night will tempt the brood to
come in to roosting quarters. This is
Important. for the turkey raiser should
always know where the brood spends
the night.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06
Bookkeeping Best
as One-Man Task
Average Keeper Will Make
Most Profit With 400
Colonies.

PREPARED by the United States DEPARTMENT
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Service.
The average beekeeper will make
the most profit If he limits his bust
ness to 400 colonies, the number be
can care for single-handed. the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture
says. He may be first-rate bee ham
der, but the temperament of good
beeman generally is not the tempera-
ment for managing employees eff
GENTLY.
What One Man Can %.
One man can do practically all of
the work required for $50 or 400 col
onies, even during rush seasons, the
department learned by studying for
three years the records of beekeepers
in widely separated regions of the
country. With an apiary of this size,
however he will need some additional
means of income. Bookkeeping is al
its best, generally, as a supplement
to farming. One man in New York
state, who farms 100 acres and cares
for 20 colonies of bees learned from
experience that 70-colony apiary is
equivalent to about 40 acres of land
in both income and labor.
One beekeeper, who spends little
time in his apiary and is an inefficient
employer of labor. had a labor cost
of more than Sc per colony. He lost
So cents a colony one year, and S1.15
colony the next year. But not all
good beemen are poor managers. One
who owns 1,S00 colonies reported a
yield of about $50 pounds of extract
ed honey from each colony and to-
tai income of S23,3S7 in 1923, or
net income of S117S for each hour
he worked with the bees. He hires
labor and knows how to use il Other
beemen have reported returns of $40
to $3.50 an hour for their time in the
apiary.
Practices Studied.
The department has studied bee
keeping practices in Colorado, Wyo-
ming, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Iowa, New
York, Michigan, Ohio and Minnesota.
During the next few years the depart
ment will complete its nationwide
survey by studying beekeeping on the
Pacific coast, on the Dakota plains. in
Texas, and in the South.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06
Growers Can Reduce
Loss of Potatoes
Careful Regulation of Tenn
perature Is Important.

prepared by the United States Department
Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Service
Wastes and losses Of potatoes In
storage can be prevented in great part
If growers and dealers adopt the stor-
age methods which the United States
Department of Agriculture recon-
mends. These include careful regula-
ton of the temperature of the storage
room, controlled ventilation, and ex-
clusion of light. Dr. William Stuart,
potato specialist of the bureau of plant
industry, has just revised Farmers
Bulletin S47-F to include information
developed since the bulletin was first
issued in 1917.
The all-year demand for potatoes
has always necessitated storage of
considerable quantities of the crop,
and many growers and dealers have
believed that considerable waste in
storage was inevitable. Scientific in
vestigation has demonstrated that
much of the loss is preventable. Stor-
age under favorable conditions offers
several advantages; it assures a more
uniform market supply, preserves
table quality. and protects the vitality
of seed.
Doctor Stuart emphasizes the value
of changing the temperature to suit
the storage stages of the potato. If
newly harvested potatoes" he says,
especially these somewhat immature.
are subjected TO temperature of
about 60 degrees for the first ten days
of the storage period in a relatively
high humidity, the injured tissues will
quickly heal over" After the brief
period of storage at 60 degrees, the
temperature should be reduced TO
about 40 degrees, maintained there for
two or three months, and then held at
about SO degrees.
Farmers Bulletin S47-F, Potato
Storage and Storage Houses" gives de-
tails of ventilation, temperature reg
ulation, light exclusion, and other fac
tors desirable in potato storage, and
gives practical suggestions for con-
struction of storage houses. 1t may be
obtained free by applying to the office
of information, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington,
D. G..
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06
Water for Calves

Here is a plan of watering calves
that is offered by dairyman who
has followed it himself for years and
now has several OF lis neighbors Of
the same way of thinking. The calves
are first given their regular allow
ance of warm milk TO drink. As soon
as they have finished with the milk
they are offered warm water and these
always drink. If offered the water
before the milk they will refuse it.
Calves will drink about a quart of
warm water after each meal when a
week old, two quarts at six weeks
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06
INDIGESTION
G0ES-QUICKLY,
PLEASANTLY

When you suffer from heartburn,
gas or indigestion, it's usually too
much acid in your stomach. The
quickest way to stop your trouble is
with Phillips Milk of Magnesia. A
spoonful in water neutralizes many
times its volume in stomach acids
instantly. The symptoms disappear
in five minutes.
Try Phillips Milk of Magnesia,
and you will never allow yourself to
suffer from over-acidity again. 1t is
the standard anti-acid with doctors.
Your drugstore has Phillips Milk
of Magnesia, with directions for use,
in generous 25c and SOC bottles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06

I. To this Council Bluffs, Iowa, FAM
lily goes the distinction of being Amer
ica's "F. r. T" FINEST Family of
Twins). They are Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Kroaer and their ten children
five sets of twins. The twins are
Clyde and Claude, born in 1912; Addie
and Abbe, born in 1914; Floyd and
Lloyd, born in 1919; Jean and JEAN
nette, born in 1928; and the babies,
Donald Dean and Norma Jean, born
in 1890.
2. Leo and Theo Bogant of Corvallis,
Ore, have double (no pun intendedD
distinction. Not only are they twins
but they are Ieap-year twins, having
been born February %, 1916. Al
though they are fifteen years old, they
have been able to celebrate their birth
day only three times! They are shown
above holding the cup which they won
at recent Twins Roundup" held
at Albany, Ore, in which 2os sets of
twins took part.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06
Fear Corn Borer

The people of Kansas are preparing
to fight the European corn borer-a
pest of the cornfields of states far
Their east-should the insect react
their state, according to information
obtained from Plant Commissions
DR.. K. C. Sullivan of Missouri. Lafs
~ it has been learned that smartwee'
borers are numerous in the easter
part Of Kansas. They are also foun
in Missouri, and closely resemble cor
borers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06
Agricultural Hints


With the drought in mind provide
a better watering system this year.
Kale can be picked In the garden
all winter. You might try few plants
another year.
Forest trees have just as many In
sect and fungus enemies as orchard
trees and field plants.
Red raspberries are the hardest of
the brambles, blackberries being most
susceptible to adverse climate.
Chickens are particularly suscepti-
BILE to colds largely on account of the
anatomy of the head.
Look over the garden tools and give
them coating of oil so they won't be
dull and rusty when you want them.
To get better pollination In a single
variety pear orchard, top-work some
trees to Bose, Kieffer. Anjou, or Clapp
Favoiite.
In planning next years work, try a
system which will include several of
the crops most profitable in the region
over a period of years.
IT you planned your garden last
year, reverse it this year if it proved
successful. That will give rotation
% the same crops won't occupy til,
anne ground again.
If you never had compost heal
tart one You won't again be wit
ut one. It's the handiest way Of d
eosing of the pulled weeds and leave
It's waste Of good material to br.
hem.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06
High Ideals

The late George Charles jerks, au-
thor of the Diamond Dick stories,
left on his death in Auburn $500.
Mr.. jerks in his youth wanted to
be a great writer. but necessity COM
PEELED him to write pot boilers. He
said one day in Auburn:
Il have seen many bright young
fellow start out with the determine
ton to write masterpieces like Poe's
or Fenimore Cooper's and wind up as
best seller, panderer to the vul-
garest tastes of the vulgarest peo-
pie"
Mr.. jerks sighed.
IF you don't live up to your
ideals" he ended, they'll come
down."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06

Backward India

Out of 320,OO0,000 people in India
only 2.500.000 speak English. OF the
rest, few can either read or write
any of the Odd different oriental Ian
guages they use between them
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06

PHYSICIANS call this perioo
@Menopause" 1t is the dreaded Change
of Life. Women should face this
period with well-balanced health, or
dangerous symptoms may appear. This
is the time when deficiencies In gen
eral health must be helped. Every
woman approaching middle age should
take DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton, that splendid herbal tonic
Every package of Prescription contains
q Symptom Blank. Fill out the Blank and
mail il to DR.. Pieree's Clinic, Buffalo, N. T..
for FREE medical advice.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06
Modern Expectancy

Modern Expectancy
Little Billy, aged five, entered the
candy shop. but not with the custom
airy pennies.
Have you got anything free on
sale today?" he asked brightly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06

Intolerance may be necessary In
order to keep the rein on ones self.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06
neglect your child's
COUGH or GOLD

TRYthis milder 'counfer-irrif0nt."
i Good old MusteroIe now made
milder for babies and small children. So
pleasant to use and so reliable-zpply.
Children's Musterolefreelyto the affected
area once every hour for five hours.
That's the safe, sure treatment that
millions of mothers and leading doctors
and nurses recognize and endorse.
Musterole gets action because II IS
"counter-irrif0nf" Just szlve
it penetrates and stimulates blood
circulation, helps TO draw out infection
and pain.
That's why this famous blend Of oil Of
mustard, camphor, menthol and other
helpful ingredients brings relief naturally.
Keep full strength Musterole OF hand
for adults and Children's Musterole for
fhe lirrIe rors
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06

In planning next years work, try a
system which will include several of
the crops most profitable in the region
over a period of years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-03-06
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

T YOU want to get in the
news pictures, be a twin!
Many schools have won
temporary fame because a
picture has gone out bear
ing this familiar caption
" Sets of Twins in
One School Puzzle Teach
ers" and the number which
is inserted in that blank
space varies from FIVE TO
seventeen. A few years
ago Stephens college at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
RECORD TOW BOAT
IS NAMED HOOVER
Largest Diesel River Graft
ChriStened at Dubuque
Before Trial Trip.
BY The Associated Press.

DUBUQUE, Iowa. August Is
Named for the Iows-born President Of
the United States, the worlds largest
sel-powered towboat today was
christened by Mrs. r Q. Ashburn, wife
Of the Inland waterways Corporation
head.
Shortly after the ceremony the Her
bert Hoover. oaptained by the veteran
Of the lower river. @, w. Rogers,
turned itSa8row southwark for 3 three
hour trial voyage on the Mississippi
The boat bears little resemblance 70
its predecessors, least of all to the
packets whose place its takes.
Has Twin Screws
Plans followed in the construction Of
deep sea craft we're used in its con-
struction There are few reminders Of
the boats that have piled up and down
the Mississippi these many years. The
big piiotwheel OF the kind Mark Twain
once handled is gone. In its place are
two levers, which are controlled by
small motors and not by pilots
brawny arms >.
There is no big paddle wheel, side
or stern--these nave given way on the
Herbert Hoover to twin screw pro-
pellers,
Can Tow 10000 Tons.
It is a large boat Its over length
is 226 feet a. inches; 1t Is 43lI2 feet
wide. With $50 tons Of fuel oil, II
draws six feet Of water. The ma
chinery pit amidShips is SO feet long
and 80 feet wide and houses twin
motors, each weighing 100 tons. The
Diesel motors together can develop
1900 horsepower
The Herbert Hoover is capable N
moving 10000 tons OF freight in one
tow at an average speed of more than
four miles an hour upstream and much
faster than that downstream.
The craft will be taken down river,
possibly the latter part of next week
Listed at the port Of New Orleans. 10
is to be put into service between that
city and ST. Louis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
sALE-CoUNTRY PROPERTY.

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