The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-08-25
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III FARM
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A fertile soil. 1t is said, maketh a
tat bank account.
Intensive cultivation gives extern
sive production.
The farmer who works alongside
his hired help is apt to bo the fairest
boss.
Pure drinking water and plenty Of
good grits for the fowls are essential
10 health.
The worst thing on farm is bad
fencing; the next bad dog. Mend
the first and kill the second.
Since 1900 the number of rural mail
carriers in the United States has in
creased from 1875 to over 10000.
The number of bushels OF wheat to
the acre is largely dependent upon
the number of times the harrow goes
over the field.
Bill-"What's the matter with your
watch?" Will-"Stopped. dropped 1t
in the sheep dip the other day" Bill
KILLED the ticks, chi"
Intelligent cooperation will go a
long way towards bringing to the
farmer fuller and more equitable re,
turn for the product of his toll.
Remember the fight the silo had to
make to win a place on the dairy
farm. Alfalfa will in few years
revolutionize dairying as the silo did.
Be manufacturer, not miner OF
the SOIL The first puts in as well as
takes out. The last takes out and i'm
poverishes the soil.
farmer: "The farmer has the best
chance to think for himself and
doesn't have to try to please all his
critics."
Every owner of cattle should keep
milking tubes on hand, not for regu-
lar milking. but for ready use for the
hard mixers or in case OF cows with
sore teats or when there Is an obstruc'
ton.
Harvesting and threshing complet.
ed? Yes. Grain taken care Of? Why,
OF course. How about the new bind
err? Has It been left out where 1t was
Used last? Don't let dollars rust out
of It!
Opinions are all right IL we do not
follow them Dnndly Test your pet
notions and theories, let them stand
or fall by results shown, and you will
have a right to claim place In the
ranks of the progressive farmer.
To protect young. tobacco plants
from the cut worm, Connecticut grow
ers dipped them in solution of three
quarters ounce lead arsenate to one
gallon Of water before transplanting.
1t worked.
The difference between the So
called gentleman farmer and the
everyday farmer is that the first
sells what he cannot eat and the
other eats what he cannot sell.
In recent variety test of wheat,
conducted by the Indiana experiment
station. Rudy produced the highest
average of bushels in a two-year trial.
Winter King was second. Both are
bearded varieties.
The vineless potato man with his
secret compound to make potatoes
grow in magical and wonderful way,
has been denied the use Of the mails
on a fraud order, after an investiga-
tlon by the agricultural department.
From the appearance OF some hog
lots one would think that the farmer
considered the hog an amphibious anil
NAL, living half on land and half In
water. Keep him warm and dry II
you would have him healthy and Wig
orous.
Reports from eastern Iowa tell OF
the appearance there this year OF
multitudes of gnats Of species never
before seen, which swarm on cattle
and horses, driving them frantic.
They fill the ears of horses, burrow-
ing under the skin till the animals are
crazed with pain, and many have
been badly cut by rushing against
barbed wire fences.
The National Grange reports an In
crease OF 1873 new oranges established
within the last three months, with
New York In the lead with 20, and
other states as follows: Pennsyl-
vania. IS; washington, is; Michigan,
IL; Maine. 10; Ohio, 8; Minnesota, 8;
Vermont. Z; Massachusetts, 6; Wis
consln, s.; New Jersey. Kentucky and