The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-09-08
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Drift and debt, or thrift and a bank
balance-which shall 1t be?
Why be satisfied with the fairly
good when you can have the best?
It costs more to produce certified
milk, but it brings much higher
price, generally at least twice as much.
When failure comes, don't try to FIND
comfort in excuses, but root around
to find the cause, and then do your
best to avoid the mistake next time.
The popularity of manure spread
ers has grown so rapidly that 1t Is
almost impossible for the manufac-
turers to keep up with their or
ders.
A good farm manager Is one who
can make the farm pay, and to do that
one must be practical, thoroughly In
formed on the scientific principles Of
farming, and able and ready to do
lot of hard work.
Weeds In the fence corners and
along the highway are neither slightly
or healthful. They should be removed
to make place for grass, or even flow
ers. Only the mosquitoes, bugs and
germs would miss them.
Let the dairy experts remember that
there are good people left who never
built a silo or saw a Babcock tester;
and let the horticulturists reflect upon
the thousands who never made Bor-
deaux mixture or sprayed tree.
Farm too small? Give the case an
other hearing. Do little self-examina-
ton. Perhaps it's the man and not
the farm which has failed. Try again.
Be sure 1t is not case Of man too
small for the farm, as 1t Is so often.
Liquid manure contains large per-
centage of potash, and for this reason
is particularly valuable for fruit trees.
Suitable catch basins should be pro-
vided into which the drains from the
barn floor will run the liquid por.
tions of the manure.
Some mathematician who has sat
up late nights figuring says that II
every drop of water falling on the
mountain tops could be utilized there
would not be enough to irrigate more
than ten per cent. Of the arid lands
in the west, and physical obstacles
even this small portion.
The young man who leaves the farm
to seek his fortune In the city and get
rich quick as a rule follows a mirage
which not only leads him on and on
to the realms of non-success, but often
results in his moral and physical ruin.
Foolish boys, why will they leave a
certainty for an uncertainty? Why
choose husks for bread? Remember
agriculture has always been one of the
surest of callings and so it always
will be.
Willows often become nuisance,
and it is desirable to clean them of
the land. Where not too large and
deeply rooted log chain and team
OF horses will succeed in doing the
work, but IL too large to handle in
that way they should be cut down and
the roots allowed to decay some. To
accomplish this best, the cutting
should be done in August. Sheep and
cattle are excellent agents to keep
down sprouts and new growth from
seed.
In the report just issued by Clifford
Pinchot, chief forester of the depart
ment Of agriculture, the receipts from
forest reserves from July /, 1905, to
June 30, 1906, show a total Of $751;
220, derived as follows: Sales, $685.
443; grazing, $514,0S6; privileges,
$7,503; trespass, $39,224, and settle
ment, $2,961. Under a law enacted
by the last session of congress ten per
cent. OF forest reserve revenues must
DO pdiu W Luc StdtcS VI tcTIllOIlco III
which the reserves are situated.
A dry-farming experiment station
has been opened at Trinidad, Col,
the event being celebrated by ban
quet biven by the chamber of COM
merce of that city to 200 business
men and farmers. Addresses were
made by Senator Patterson, of Den
YER; Prof. Carlson, Of Washington;
Prof. Leibich, of Texas. and President
Donahue, of the Campbell Dry-Farm-
ing association. Prof. Carlson said It
was for the people of Colorado to
learn how to farm under small rain
fall, and to raise crops adapted to
their climate and soil. Prof. Leibich
said the problem Of dry fasming de-
pended on the rainfall and the prop
or selection of crops. Senator Pat
terson believed q wonderful future
was in store for Trinidad and the
state II the experiment work was .
success. 1t would be worth more
than mines. mills or shops. Farms do
more TO give the world good citizen