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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
PAYS TO LET COW
FRESHEN IN FALL
Last Two Months of Year
Best for Breeding.

On nearly every fluid milk market
there Is a surplus of milk In the
spring and summer with consequent
low price; and shortage in the fall
and winter with prices in keeping
with the short supply. 1t is easily
within the power of the producer to
regulate the seasonal supply of milk
by timing the breeding of his cows so
the majority of them will freshen
when milk is scarce and the price
good.
The months of November and De-
cember embrace the period when cows
should be bred for fall freshening.
Cows bred during those two months
and the month following will drop
calves in August, September and Oc-
tober. Some of the advantages of
fall freshening are:
l. A better price is received. For
example, in an increasing number of
markets, dealers during the summer
season permit producers to ship to
them certain number of gallons of
milk at certain price, this amount
being equal to the average amount
shipped during the fall shortage pc
Rod. Any milk over this amount is
paid for at discount of several cents
per gallon.
2. The cow that drops her calf In
the fall really freshens twice in one
year. When she calves, her flush sea-
son continues for several months.
Then about the time there comes the
natural tendency for her to begin to
slump in her milk flow she is turned
on spring pasture grass and this fur
nishes new stimulus to the flow, very
much like a second freshening. Milk
records show that on an average the
total yearly milk production of cows
freshening in the fall is 10 to % per
cent greater than that of cows of the
same kind and capacity freshening in
the spring.
8. There is more time to milk and
work with the dairy herd in the win
ter, consequently the cows can be
given better care. When the majority
of the cows freshen in the fall the
dairy work in the busy cropping sea-
son is reduced and teh cows interfere
less with work in the fields.-South-
ern Agricultural.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
Barter That Satisfied
All Concerned In Deal

Forty-five years ago l owned a
lumber business in a little country
town in Manitoba. We were all des-
perately poor; $40 bill looked as
large as bed sheet.
One day farmer asked me to SELL
him, on credit, $40 worth of lumber.
explaining that he had sold some
hogs to the butcher, who could not
pay him. The butcher would go good
for the lumber bill, he said. | ex-
planned to the farmer that l would
as soon trust him as the butcher and
told him to get the butcher, who con-
firmed the farmers story.
I asked the butcher If he sold
meat to the Grand Central hotel.
where / was boarding. He said he
did and that they were owing him
money. ! told him to go TO the hotel
and get me two So meal tickets on
account of his meat bill, which he
did, and I furnished the farmer with
the lumber.
So the hotel paid for its meat, the
butcher for the hogs, the farmer for
the lumber. and for my board with
out any money passing.-W. ]. Palm
er. in Wall Street Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
Canadian Animals Show
Value of Proved Sire

A group of four two-year-old heif-
ers owned by Charles Hodgson, Hud-
son Heights, Que, and all sired by
Johanna Rag Apple Pabst, have under
official test in the r. o. P. with two
finishing in the 305-day division,
closed their first lactation period with
a production averaging 1880 pounds
milk containing 443 pounds butter. The
leading producing heifer, Montvic
Dandelion Rag Apple, in her year on
twice-a-day milking gave 1885 pounds
milk containing 61S.75 pounds butter,
her test averaging 3.92 per cent fat.
Her stable mate, Montvic Rag Apple
Mercedes, was close runner-up with
11,4S0 pounds milk containing 576.25
pounds butter, her test averaging 4.02
per cent fat. The other two heifers
in 305 days made 10,464 of milk test
ing 4.02 per cent fat and 10,S63 Of
milk testing 1853 of butterfat.-Mont-
real Family Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
POULTRY
FATS
LOAFING HEN NOT
WANTED IN FLOCK
Watch for the Stacker and
Eliminate Her.

Discovering the hens that are loafing
and are not paying for their board is
an easy task if few simple rules are
followed, asserts p. B. Zumbro, spe-
cialist in poultry for the agricultural
extension service at the Ohio State
university, cooperating with county
agricultural agents.
Whether or not hen is in produc-
ton, he says, may be determined by
examining the vent, pubic bones, comb,
wattles, and ear lobes. The vent of
laying hen is enlarged, soft, pliable,
moist, and free from yellow color.
That of hen out of production win
be dry and stiff.
The pubic bones of the laying hen
are wide apart, usually the width
of two or more fingers, compared with
the close-fitting bones of the non-pro-
Queer, which are no farther apart than
the width of one or two fingers. In
the laying hen there is considerable
depth between the rear of the keel
and the pubic bones, usually the width
of two or more fingers, compared with
the one-or-two-fnger width Of the hen
out of production.
The comb is large, full, and Of
glossy appearance in the case Of the
pullet or hen about to lay. This
condition lasts, as rule, until the
peak of production. Toward the end
of production it loses it's gloss and
prominence, and although still red, 1t
appears limp and wilted. The comb
of hen that has quit laying is small,
contracted, dry, and usually covered
with a white scale or dandruff. The
comb, Zumbro adds, is one Of the best
external characters to indicate nom
production in hens as they are OBJ
served in the pen or yard.
All breeds and varieties of chickens
may be culled on the basis of these
factors, he points out. However, pig
mentation is another characteristic in
dicating whether or not birds are lay
ing. Birds of the yellow skinned va
rieties, such as Leghorns, Rocks, Reds,
and Wyandottes, show yellow color in
the beak, skin, and shanks before they
start laying. 1t is similar to the yell
low in the yolk of the egg. The col
oring material is provided by the feed,
largely from yellow corn and the
green, leafy parts Of plants. When
the bird starts to lay, the coloring ma
terial in the feed is used for coloring
yolks of eggs. and the amount that has
been stored in the skin, beak, and
shanks Is gradually used up. This
constitutes fading or bleaching
process, the extent depending upon
the number of eggs produced.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
Cost of LAYERS Feed

Under normal conditions it takes
57.2 eggs to pay for the cost Of feed
for a pullet during the pullet year,
figures supplied by the Dominion ex-
perimental station at Lennoxvillle,
Que, show. This figure is arrived at
from an average of IL years results.
The number of eggs required to pay
the cost of feed per bird varies with
prevailing market prices from year to
year. During the period of the report
1t has ranged from as low as 50 eggs
in 1922 to peak of SO in 1928, while
1t took 81 to pay the feed cost in 1881.
When, eggs are cheap feed is, usually,
correspendingly cheap. This year
feed is cheap in localities enjoying
fair crops. Possibly the egg value
of a pullet's feed will be less than the
average.-Montreal Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
One Maiden and IL Widows
Possess Great Riches.

Newport-A dozen women in New
port control fortunes aggregating
about half billion dollars. And all
of these women are at present unat-
tached. Eleven are widows; one has
never married.
1t would seem therefore that cava-
liers of the old school should find a
happy hunting ground along the world
famous "Cliff Walk" and Bellevue ave-
nue., where these feminine millionaires
have palatial homes.
Perhaps the most celebrated Of the
glittering dozen is Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney. Nor is Mrs. Whitney's fame
based wholly on the wealth inherited
from her husband, or upon the inter-
nationally famous racing stables they
founded.
Has Artistic Flair.
Her fame is based on her prowess
as sculptor, dearly won after years
of drudgery. Even when she was
Gladys Vanderbilt she was known as
1.-The poor little rich girl" who wanted
to become an artist. Her efforts in
tlllS uelu DIT uTSI dIuuSeu ucI AIlcuuS,
and then won their respect.
Probably the most exclusive of the
dozen is Mrs Hamilton Mex. Twomb-
ly, in whose drawing rooms at "Vin-
land" on Ochre Point one never en-
counters newcomers to society.
No less famed as hostess is Mrs.
Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt, widow of
Cornelius Vanderbilt, who reigns at
'"The Breakers" as dowager mistress
of the colony.
The old Vanderbilt home at the cor
ner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh
street, in New York city, was sold
some years ago by Mrs. Vanderbilt for
the record-breaking sum of $7,100,000.
One of the twelve is princess. She
is the former Anita Stewart, now the
widow of the Portuguese Prince
Miguel de Braganza. Her home is
'The Moorings."
The princess inherited from her IA
Their, William Rhinelander Stewart,
lawyer, financier and philanthropist,
over $1,0OO,00O, while her stepfather,
James Henry Smith left her $10OOO,-
900.
Mrs. Moses Taylor was left an es-
tate estimated at the time at $780,
100000 when her husband, information
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
II Unmarried Women
Control Vast ealth

ally know banker, died in 1928.
Mrs. Taylor, who is active in civic
and philanthropic matters, spends her
summers at "The Glen" and her win
tiers at La Saddle Marrakad, Morocco.
Her husband is remembered for being
the first to bring the game of polo to
America.
Another of the sensationally wealthy
is Mrs. James B. Duke, whose hus-
band, the North Carolina tobacco king,
left an estate valued at nearly $780,
100000.
OF this estate about $20,0OO,OO0 went
to Duke university in North Carolina
and large part of the residue to the
daughter, Doris.
Mrs. Duke, who was Nanaline Holt
Inman, was nevertheless left woman
of wealth. She makes her summer
home at "Rough Point"
Miss Julia Berwind has never mar
ried. She shares "The Elms" on
Bellevue avenue with her brother, the
coal magnate, Edward ]. Berwind.
Then there is Mrs. Nicholas Brown.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
Keeping Cow Records

Individual cow records are now avail.
able to every man maintaining milk
ing herd of cows. The dairy herd i'm
provement associations, or cow testing
associations, as they used to be called.
all are familiar with. twenty-five or
26 men in a community band together
and hire tester, who visits each herd
one day month, weighing and testing
the milk from each COW. In this type
of record work, it is necessary for a
group of men in one community to be
interested. They ordinarily have to
start their herds at the same time.
The cost is from $50 to $40 per year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

The organ in the convention hall az
Atlantic City is now virtually COM
plete and is by far the largest organ
In the world in number and sizes OF
pipes, wind pressure used and horse
power employed. This was neces-
sary, due to the immense size of the
auditorium, which is the largest
building of its type in the world and
has total seating capacity OF A.
600. The organ is being built from
the general bond funds issued by the
city of Atlantic City for the building
of the auditorium proper and its
equipment, and it's cost is S36S,OO0.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

headachy, half-sick, feverish, rest
less, with coated tongue, bad breath,
no appetite or energy, you know that
nine times out of ten it's sign his
little stomach and bowels need purg-
ing. And when you know that for
over fifty years leading physicians
have endorsed one preparation for
this condition, there doesn't seem to
be any reason for trying" things.
Rich, fruity California Fig Syrup
clears the little stomach and bowels
gently, harmlessly and in hurry. Il
regulates the bowels, gives tone and
strength to them and to the stomach;
and helps to give your child new
strength, energy and vitality. Thou
sands of Western mothers praise it
Mrs. Joseph w. Hill, 4306 Bedford
Ave-, Omaha, Nebraska, says: I'll
never forget the doctor who got me-
to give my baby boy, John, California
Fig Syrup. Nothing else seemed to
help his weak bowels. That was
when he was just baby. He suf-
fered a good deal before gave him
Fig Syrup, but 1t stopped his trouble
quick. I have used it with him for
colds and little upset spells ever
since. I consider him a Fig Syrup
boy"
Insist on the genuine article. See
that the carton bears the word "Cali-
fOrnia." Over four million bottle8
used a year. A ta
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

the elder, whose son, John Nicholas
Brown, became the "wealthiest baby
il America" when his father and uncle
died within two weeks of each other,
leaving him their colossal fortunes.
The wealthiest baby now. however,
probably is Mrs. Browns grandson,
born to her son and daughter-in-law
July 4. The fortune is variously es-
timated between S3O,OOO.OOO and $780,
100000, comfortable sum in either
case.
Other fabulously rich unattached
women include Mrs. James Laurens
Van Allen of "Wakehurst" Mrs. T..
Shaw Safe of ocean Lawn; Mrs. Ed
ward V. Hartford of "Seaverge"; Mrs.
James B. Haggin of Villa Rosa.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

the gate of the yard are affected by
the large amount of metal in any gun
and they turn on a red light if an
armed person enters the gate. Move
ment OF the gate otherwise turns on a
green light.
Udd has amplified the slight noise
in the cell-building process of potatoes
and assertion is made that the sound
has been distinctly heard.
A humidity meter which switches on
electricity when moisture dampens it
closes the doors of the chicken house
automatically when it rains. They are
released when the sun is shining. The
meter was fashioned out of an old
alarm clock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
Toll Bridge Collectors
Get Many Queer Coins

Sunbury, Pa.-Collectors of old and
rare coins are advised to take Jobs as
collectors on toll bridges, IL they can
get them, in order to augment their
collections.
The experiences of employees of the
toll bridge here justify the advice.
B. A. Wheeland. one of the col
lectors here, reported his latest find
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

was half dollar coined in 1881. The
coin was larger than the present 30
cent piece and caused Wheeland to
hold up the motorist who gave 1t to
him until the money could be exam
ined. On one side was head of Miss
Liberty" and on the other a spread
eagle. On the edge were inscribed
the letters. Fifty Cents" Convinced
of its authenticity, Wheeland gave the
motorist 30 cents change
Other curious coins recently taken
IN by Wheeland included an English
piece of silver. Cuban coin. Gpd
other foreign money.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
Prices Are Reduced to Meet
Changed Conditions.

Chicago.-Latest compilation of sta
tistics regarding present-day incomes,
living costs, new prices of commodi-
ties, farm produce, materials of all
kinds, etc., when compared with the
standards Immediately preceding the
general business and industrial slump
of 1929, provide an interesting picture.
This is particularly true when an
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
Dog Bark Used to Open
Doors. Turn on Lights

Seattle.-A house of magic was dis
closed at Issaquah, little town in the
Cascade mountains, at which the bark
of a dog opens the garage doors and
turns on the lights!
William Udd, chicken rancher, has
fitted up radio device that results
in the sound waves actuating an cleo
trical device to open the doors and
turn on the lights.
Sensitive vacuum tubes placed at
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
200 Drunken Fish Reel
Ashore in California

Moss Landing, Calif.-Liquor is
known to have strange effects on hui
man beings, but for fish to deliberate
ly walk out of river-well, that hap
penedshere and several of Moses Land
ing's leading citizens will swear it isn't
fish story.
Two hundred fish staggered out of
the Moro Colo slough, crawled on
their stomachs, fiuttered their gills to
the air and then drew their last
breath on earth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
Paper From Pine Pulp

Paper thin enough for newsprins
has been made from pine pulp. the
experimental laboratory at Savannah,
Ca, has announced The laboratory
is experimenting with pine pulp as q
means for making paper, TO assure q
paper supply from the great south
ern pine lands.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
Ancient Indian Village
Unearthed in Nebraska

Fullerton, Neb.-Remains of an In
diam village. believed centuries old,
have been unearthed here.
The village apparently once was a
settlement of 80 or more persons.
Hoes, axes and other implements and
quantity of seed indicated that the
tribe was dependent largely upon agri-
culture.
The culture Of the village appears to
have been higher than that of the wild
tribes of Indians known to white men.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
Waits Four Years
for Five-Cent Pay!

Washington.-Four years ago,
Alonzo L. Keefer, Waterman at
the war trade board, resigned.
On May IS. 1928, the government
sent Keefer a letter informing him
he was still due some money I'M
der the terms of the government
employees retirement fund and
asked him to fill out a form.
Keefer personally took his APP
plication for the money to the prop
er office, sent other letters. tele-
phoned and made frequent trips to
get his money.
On August %, 1892, Keefer final
ly was rewarded. The United
States treasury had sent him a
check for 5 cents.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
It's Grand Larceny

Salinas. Calif.-Al Myers, thity-two
years old, will carry the memory of
a kiss he "stole" from nineteen-year-
old girl here long while. He was
sentenced to prison for from one to
fourteen years for the offense by the
Superior court.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
Poultry Facts

Canning old ROSTERS is the best way
to dispose of them this year.
The most common troubles with Lit.
tie chicks are those due to crowding
and contaminated soil
In handling ducks pick them up by
the neck rather than by the legs.
which are apt to break easily.
A new-laid egg is said to be about
90 per cent water, and If the birds
cannot obtain enough, the egg organs
are bound to suffer.
Pullets should be fed lots of grain,
including some yellow corn, advises
Miss Cora Cooke, extension specialist
in poultry, Minnesota university farm.
Ducks lay their eggs in the morn.
ing and should be confined until 80
a. m. The average Pekin duck lays
from 100 to 120 eggs each season.
Proper care and feed prevents q
well-bred pullet from molting in the
fall. Plenty of feed viii not make the
pullets too fat.
1t is most important that the hens
droppings. about Sc pounds year,
should be properly stored or treated
The simplest and best way is to mix
the material with twice its weight Of
dry earth and keep covered when
possible.
Early laying by pullets is controlled
primarily by breeding. The time Of
laying can be Influenced only q few
weeks by feeding but it is not advis-
able to "hold back" pullets in the
FALL.
Get rid of old hens first. They are
the ones most likely to carry disease
and spread it to the young growing
birds. Particularly is this true of the
avian tuberculosis. Then, too, young
hens will be better layers than old
ones.
For heavy egg production a hen
needs liberal supply of calcium
lime. This lime can be economically
supplied in the form of soluble lime
stone grit which will also do what
grinding is needed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
s.d;m.n, Carried to Ocean

The Mississippi river has a total
annual discharge at its mouth of 1885,
190,0O0.0OO cubic yards, and the tota:
amount of sediment carried into the
gulf annually is about 4O6, ESQ. 000. 001
tons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
In q Nutshell

When things become unbearable and
life seems totally futile, make up your
mind that to grin and bear 1t Is the
only advisable thing-just to grin an''
bear It
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
DAIRY HINTS

Grinding roughage for dairy cows
has not proved profitable.
No separator can work properly II
the skimmilk bowl is not level or If 1t
vibrates.
The too common practice Of wash
ing the separator only once daily not
only increase the loss Of butterfat, but
also decreases the keeping qualities
of the cream.
Drought win lessen the per cent of
fat in milk and finally turning in pas
ture will have effect on the fat con-
tent only when the pasture is in poor
condition.
One can of poor cream may pro-
duce a whole churn full of low grade
butter. This is especially true where
strict grading is not practiced.
The three things that tend to pre-
vent milk fever are: Clean quarters.
a special light, bulky ration, and the
judicious use of epson salts.
Low grade cream results In low
grade butter, and low grade butter
depresses the general market of dairy
products and tends to keep all prices
down.
Calves will begin to nibble at hay
and grain when they are about a
month old at which time they should
have opportunity to eat these feeds.
Culling the improbable cows will
increase the profits of the individual
herd. whether or not it affects market
prices. Thus every dairyman coop
Grating will receive his reward.
One way to cut the cost Of living
IN the farm is to eat the improbable
dairy cow in the form Of canned,
sorned, dried and fresh beet.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
Lawyer Dies in Court

New York.-Stricken by a heart at
tack while arguing case in municipal
court. Nathan D. Stern, corporation
lawyer. died instantly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

The too common practice Of wash
ing the separator only once daily not
only increase the loss Of butterfat, but
also decreases the keeping qualities
of the cream.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

To some girls even a worthless
fellow Is "just wonderful"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

Drought win lessen the per cent Of
fat in milk and finally turning in pas
ture will have effect on the fat con-
tent only when the pasture is in poor
condition.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11
John 8 Mother
Praises Doctor

There isn't a moth
er living who won't
agree that no half
sick child should be
the subject for an
experiment with
medicines Of uncer-
tain merit. When
your child is bilious,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

For heavy egg production a hen
needs liberal supply of calcium
lime. This lime can be economically
supplied in the form of soluble lime
stone grit which viii also do what
grinding is needed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

No separator can work properly II
the skimmilk bowl is not level or If 1t
vibrates.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

Canning old roosters is the best way
to dispose of them this year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

Grinding roughage for dairy cows
has not proved profitable.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

One way to cut the cost Of living
IN the farm is to eat the Improbable
dairy COW In the form Of canned,
eorned, dried and fresh beef.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

One can of poor cream may pro-
duce a whole churn full of low grade
butter. This is especially true where
strict grading is not practiced.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

Culling the improbable cows will
increase the profits of the individual
herd, whether or not it affects market
prices. Thus every dairyman coop
Grating will receive his reward.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-11-11

Proper care and feed prevents q
well-bred pullet from molting in the
fall. Plenty of feed viii not make the
pullets too fat.