The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-29

Here 10 q wash for the trunks Of
fruit trees which It n said will
keep mice and rabbits from gnawing
them: To one peck of lime add,
while warm, one quart crude car
bolic acid, four pounds Of sulphur and
one-half gallon pine tar. Stir well.
Marbles or grubs in cattle depre-
ciate the value OF the hides. AS soon
as they are noticed on the animals
back they should be killed by putting
turpentine. kerosene. crude petroleum
or mercuriai ointment In the openings
In the skin over the MARBLE. A small
oil can may be used.
Land plaster is sulphate OF lime.
Acid phosphate Is made from phos-
plate of lime, and is the soluble form
OF phosphoric acid, made 30 by using
sulphurc acid on phosphate OF lime.
which breaks up the combination OF
lime and phosphoric acid. taking two
parts Of the lime away and leaving
another part OF each.
Prof N. T.. Hanson, of the South
Dakota experiment station, claims to
have found in northern Siberia an
alfalfa suited to the arid lands Of the
northwest, where the winters are bit
ter cold. 1t is a native of the dry
steppes OF Siberia and grows we'll
where the mercury falls to 80 or 40
degrees below zero.
A comparison of the average crop
Of wheat per acre in this country
with that Of England or Germany,
shows that we are not getting what
we should out of our soil. While the
average yield In the United States Is
only IA bushels per acre, in England
1t is a2 bushels and in Germany 23h
bushels.
A number of the agricultural OK
pertinent stations are offering short
courses during the winter for the
farmers. Here are opportunities
which the farmers should not neglect.
A few days or weeks spent IN prac-
teal study and experiment under an
expert will put new life and inspira-
ton into farming
1t Is poor management and econ
omy, Brother Farmer, to hoard money
In the bank and go without things
that are really needed "a the farm
| and in the house. Secure conven-
fences, and even what YOU may con-
slider luxuries, as fast as year bank
account will allow. Life Wal take
on a brighter hue, wife will be better
pleased, and the children Will be
more content to stay on the old
farm.
The farmers institute programmes
should be filed with practical topics
for the farm, discussed by men who
know what they are talking about,
and know how to tell what they know.
Farmers Institutes that are held for
entertainment of the farmer, and
which load their programmes with
lectures by preachers, school teach
ers and leading speakers, are of no
real value to the farmer, and will not
command his respect or his presence.
Hoard's Dairyman has ascertained
by actual inquiry that a very large
proportion OF owners of cows still
believe that the large veins on the
belly of the COW, which are popular
ly known as milk veins" really carry
milk to the udder, instead OF being.
as they are, blood vessels. All the
same, adds the Dairyman, these veins,
as well as the udder, should be pro-
tected from cold and dampness by
COW when the fall weather comes
on.
Milk fever or parturient apoplexy,
condition with surplus OF blood. In
a majority of cases 1t can be warded
of by giving no stimulating food prior
to calving and very little of rich
food, as gluten, cotton seed meal, or
distillery grains until two weeks aft
er. Wheat bran is q good. safe food,
and not to exceed pound of linseed
meal day will tend to keep the bow
els loose, which is of vital Importance.
II Is good plan to give as near as
possible within As hours hours OF
calving one pound Of epson salts, and
repeat Immediately after COW Is de-
livered.
The Rural New Yorker Is bold
enough to state that there Is no long.
err any doubt that injury has been
done to apple trees and fruit by
spraying with Bordeaux mixture.
This injury, 1t declares, has been OBJ.
served since 1894, but has been grow.
ing steadily worse, especially in damp
sections. The apples scalded by Bor-
deaux look as IL attacked by somo
fungous disease. 1t 10 different from
the effect of frost or the scalding
from Paris green or arsenic. The
trouble is SO serious that the scien.
tific men have begun elaborate exc
periments in search Of a remedy.
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