The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-25


In Its proper place as soon as you get
through with It, than to spend an hour
hunting for 1t the next time you want
to use 1t.
Summer losses from manure Is
caused chiefly by two things: Fer
mentation, wherein the nitrogen In
the form Of ammonia In the gaseous
state Is allowed to escape. and leach
ing caused by heavy rains washing
the nitrates away.
Some authorities have estimated
I that the American farmer annually
loses at least one-third Of the fertil-
izing value q his manure supply.
This being fact the American farm
er would annually lose upward OF
500, 600, 900, or about $83 per farm
from this one source alone.
The water supply In the pastures
should receive attention during thesa
summer days. Pond water is more
than apt to become fouled during the
hot, dry spell of midsummer. Cattle
lose more in flesh and condition from
scant and unfit water supply than
from the worst blizzard in winter.
A calfrearing test conducted by an
experiment station gave the following
results: In 112 days calves fed
whole milk gained 1.5 pounds per
head per day, as compared with LOT
pounds with those fed separator skim
milk and cod liver oil. About four
ounces was found to be the maximum
amount of oil which could be fed.
The gypsy moth is high roller. II
Is said he Is travelling west via auto
mobile, the swift-moving machines
carrying him far beyond the limits
Of the present infected regions. This
fact will only intensity the feeling OF
the farmer against the auto, and make
him more indignant than ever when
he smells gasoline.
A recent report from the Pennsyl-
vania experiment station says:
Among raspberries the old red Cuth-
bert has generally been the heaviest
bearer among the reds, with Eaton and
Turner Us good companions. OF the
blackcaps, Onondago, Older and Black
Diamond excelled the good old Gregg
in productiveness. The heaviest yields
among the blackberries in 1905 were
from Rathb,irn, Snyder, Allen, Wilson
and Dinner"
The summer farrow. practiced so
successfully by the English farmer.
is not suited to any considerable por.
ton of our country. The greater heat
and dryness of our summers render
the condition of fellow land wholly
different from that which results from
similar treatment in the cool and
moist climate of Great Britain. There
the conditions favor an improvement
Of texture, and an increase Of avail
able fertility, with every stirring Of
the soil, while with us the period Of
extreme heat and drought tends to
burn out the humus without develop
Ing anything Of equal value to take
It's place.
Two farmers near Halsey. N. j.,
have taken the skim milk from the
creamery at that place and poured 1t
on their lands as an experiment. One
emptied rs cans on a timothy sod lot
and the other used $50 cans on
piece of meadow land, and remarka'
BILE results are said to have been OBJ
tained. Their grass showed a vigor
of growth fully seven times as great
as that on adjoining fields where com.
mercial fertilizers were used. But
when 1t Is remembered that expert.
ments without number have demon
strated that SKINNED milk Is worth
20 cents per 100 pounds for feeding
young pigs when they sell for $500
per 100 pounds, 1t can be safely as
serted that the throwing of skim milk
on meadows will not become general
Regarding the future possibilities of
denaturized alcohol, Prof. H. w. Wiley.
of the United States department Of
dBrlCultuTe, says. i tuiHh IL duNi5-
able at once to warn our farmers that
1t will not be feasible for them to
manufacture denaturized alcohol on
the farm. 1t cannot be made except
under the supervision of a revenue
Official The process requires thor
ough knowledge of chemistry and
high degree of technical skill Like
the manufacture of beet sugar, the
process will be found impracticable in
small way. Central factories are
necessary in the sugar industry, and
central distilleries will be necessary
In the fuel alcohol industry. In such
distilleries, located in places access
ible to the farmers, alcohol can be
economically and successfully made
from the raw materials (small pota-
toes, or other products) which the
farmers may furnish"
Newer methods and new varieties
have simplified the growing and
blanching of celery. Blanching by
means Of boards is the best and most
practical method yet found, and is