The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-10-20

the farm should be supplemented by
course at some good agricultural col
lege.
| Learn something about the science
Of horseshoeing so that you will know
when your horses are properly shod.
Many good horse gives poor service
because poorly shod.
Experiments at the WEST Virginia
university experiment station have
demonstrated that the manuring Of
meadow land pays, whether stable
, manure or commercial fertilizer 10
used, although the former gave the
best results, and the top dressing OF
stable manure left the soil in better
condition agriculturally than the dress
| ings of commercial fertilizer.
| BY growing leguminous crops nitro
gen can be restored to the soil, but
when pot'~h and phosphorus are need-
ed 1t is tie common practice to supply
them by means of the commercial fer
tilizer. However, there is theory
gaining favor that by the proper rota-
ton of crops and the changing OF the
pasture from one part Of the farm to
the other the phosphorus and potash
can be maintained.
Medieval Spain, as she is called so
often, is not so far behind the rest of
the world when 1t comes TO agricul.
49, In.
learned the value of agriculture, and
recently gigantic siphon has been
completed by which the waters of the
Aragon and Catalonia irrigation canal
are carried across the valleys of the
Sosa and Ribabona, making fertile
more than 247, 900 acres of land. The
siphon consists of two main tubes,
five-eights of mile long and IL feet
inches in diameter, lined with steel
plates three millimeters thick, bound
with iron hoops and encased in con.
crete. These tubes have capacity OF
100 gallons per second.
One of the most significant signs OF
the times is the rise Of agricultural In
dustries and the awakening OF general
interest in rural subjects. This and
the eagerness with which the universe
ties and colleges are seeking solutions
of agricultural problems is turning the
attention of students in the direction
of agriculture. There Is a danger here
to which Prof. l.. II. Bailey calls atten-
ton when he says that 1.-THE student
who enters this field will most assur-
| eddy not succeed unless he has good
| talents and efficient training, and
properly estimates the problem. But
it is evident" the professor goes on
| to say, mot only that an educated man
can succeed in agricultural arts, but
that in time this type Of man will be
| the only one who can hope for the best
| results"
The Speculative Farmer.
| The speculative farmer! Does he
exist? He certainly does II the reports
are true that bucket shops" and
commission rooms" are being estab-
lished in the larger villages and towns
of the west, for such places would not
be opened up II there were not farmer
patrons to keep them running. But
one thing Is certain, the speculative
farmer" is not the progressive farm
err" The latter trusts to skill gained
by experience and scientific study,
and to hard work, to make money.
while the former takes to the get
quick-rich road which ends inevitably
in the loss of farm and stock and self
respect. Here is the picture as the
correspondent of the Worlds Work
has seen it:
when in his slack time a farmer
visits the village to meet his neigh
bors and talk over family doings and
crop returns, he sees a newly-opened
Office with spacious entrance, double
doors, and plate-glass window. He
stops and looks. Within he hears.
Wheat 82k :. S3A :. 84h.' He
enters. and is greeted by the neighbor
seated In a comfortable leather chair.
The place begins to fascinate him; it's
smokingroom and fresh cigar are Sc
ductive bats. He feels good, and finds
himself at home among neighbors. The
blackboard and it's columns of chang
ing figures are entertaining; his neigh
Dor tells him of neat turn he made:
and as he watches the fluctuations in
wheat, oats and corn he thinks.
What's the harm in taking try my
self?
HE buys wheat; wheat rises two
points and he sells. From that hour
the man is changed. His spirits are
light that night, and as he sits at the
family fireside he takes out an extra
cigar and smokes with the enjoyment
Of man who feels that the days OF
easy money have come. The drudgery
Of farm life seems a huge mistake;
too slow for one who can hire helm
and pay them out of the easy profits
Of the trading-room. Yet his thoughts
find no expression that his wife may
share his anticipations. All his life
she has been his safe counsellor: but
this little venture is his own, and he
gloats over 1t.
When the telephone rings he dare
not let his wife answer 1t. The mes
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