The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-09-15
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Slow but sure is a good motto for
the novice In the poultry business.
Apples should be picked when they
are fully 'matured, but before they
have begun to mellow.
Legumes will fail to put nitrogen
into the soil II the soil Is too poor to
give the leguminous crop good start.
The National Apple Shippers asso-
citation at its annual meeting this year
urged that a national inspection law
be enacted
Do not pick the Keiffer pear until
for some weeks for the best qualities
of the fruit to develop.
This years wheat yield has out
classed the famous wheat crop of 1901
by about 100000 bushels, being, &C
cording to the latest estimates, over
759, 100000 bushels
There are three essential points to
successful dairying: Good breed OF
cows, growing of feed on the farm, and
knowing your cows, which knowledge
is obtained by the aid of the milk
scales and a Babcock tester.
Caught. you've taken to
farming. l suppose you've noticed
that brown cows eat more than black
ones?
Berry-No. How co you account
for it?
Merry-Moro of them.-Cassells.
Frequent change of pasture Is good
for sheep at this time Of year, and
many noxious weeds and briars will
be cleaned up out of the renee corners.
Let them turn such undesirable
growth into profitable wool and NUT
ton.
Even in this day of books and scisn-
tific study of agriculture, there are
many farms which lack good libraries.
No investment will pay so we'll as q
few well-selected books, among which
should be some on agricultural topics
by recognized writer's of worth.
Is the only shade which your hogs
can find along the side OF fence row
or on the interior of sitting hog
pen? Then you cannot expect to real
ize profit from them. Short-sighted
economy or careless Indifference
makes lean purse when 1t comes to
squaring up the years accounts.
Remember this when buying COW:
AS a rule, men do not sell their best
cows, any more than you would II
you were the seller instead of the
buyer Experience in this direction
shows that it is the cow the owner
wants to get rid of for some reason
or other which is the one he wants to
sell.
A correspondent from Arkansas
says: Keep your eye on our apple
orchards There are over 100000
trees growing in the state and they
will soon be producing big crops In
matter of quality and color Arkansas
apples rank high, and they brought
the growers of two counties $3,OOO,0OO
in one year-an average of over one
dollar per tree, big and little.
There Is a so-called farmers own
ticket in New York state with Capt
William G. Clark, a statesman-farmer
of Constantia, as candidate for gov
ernor. Whether he will be as success
full in raising votes as he is in raising
grain, remains to be seen. Certain 1t
is that he will find that the former
crop will have to be cultivated In
different manner from those he has
been accustomed to raise.
Farmers unions in the Indian terri
tory. or rather now the new state OF
Oklahoma, are said to have estab-
lished warehouses and clearing houses
with view to protecting their inter-
ests against the spectators In farm
products, especially cotton. In addi-
ton to the warehouses for storing the
cotton until satisfactory prices can be
obtained, the farmers are buying cot
ton gins and propose to gin their own
cotton. Why not such unions? Why
should not farmers so cooperate as
to secure the very best possible prices
for their products?
The quality Of the salt used In the
dairy Is of vital Importance, for 1t
serves four purposes in butter and
cheese making. 1t expels buttermilk
or whey. 1t augments the keeping
quantities of butter. 1t serves to pro-
mote the ripening of cheese and 1t
accentuates flavor. 1t can he easily
appreciated that II the salt contain
impurities, 1t will affect the butter
and cheese. An ideal butter salt
should be pure white. of uniform.
thin flaky grain of medium size. with
out III odor, and be nearly free from
the bitter salts and dirt. The Ideal
cheese salt may be similarly de-
scribed, save that the grain may be
larger.