The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-06-01

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laid eggs by vigorous fowls.
Elbow grease and gumption make
the winning team on the farm.
Corn diet for the ewes will make
them feverish and cause lack of milk.
The good-habit horse is easily spoil
ed under the management Of the bad
habit man.
With all your planning for the work
Of spring and summer don't forget to
plan for the harvest.
A pint Of strong cider vinegar and .
quart Of linseed oil make a good fur
niture polish. Try It.
Look after the hog lice sharply when
hog cholera breaks out, for It is said
they spread the disease rapidly.
In sections Of the country where tho
soil is too poor for general farming
the poultry business can be conducted
successfully.
The choice of crops should be as
much a matter of deliberate, careful
planning as that Of their planting, cul
tivation and harvesting.
Grass is as good for hogs as 1t Is
for cattle. Give them pasture, and
they will do more than the square
thing by you in return.
II hilly ground is plowed crosswise
Of the slope the chances for washing
under heavy rains Is much decreased
over what 1t would be II the furrows
run up and down.
Does that collar At? Perhaps 1t did
at the start but It needs readjustment
now. Attention to these little details
will give you larger return in serv-
Ice from your team.
| The separator must be kept clean
by washing thoroughly each time aft
er using. The slightest taint Of foul
ness will affect all the milk and cream
that passes through 1t.
Horses at present prices are money
makers for the farmers who raise
them. Why not raise few? Be par
ticular about the sire you use. Go far
to get the services of good one.
The brooder that is handled right
Is nll right, to be sure, but there
never was a brooder invented which
| could beat the old hen for motherli-
ness and thrift in rearing the little
| chicks.
BY the way, how is your calendar
| scrap book getting on? You ought to
be adding to 1t and you ought to be
| Jogging your memory from the clip
pings and memoranda you have put
| therein.
Several professors in the Utah agri-
cultural college have resigned owing
| to the action of the legislature of the
state in abolishing engineering from
the course of study. They felt 1t was
backward step.
Here is a point for the housewife to
| remember when sweeping the carpet
| Put little kerosene upon salt and
then scatter over the carpet and
sweep. The dust will come up better
and not injure the carpet.
| Land intended for parsnip growing
should be deeply and finely worked,
and supplied with liberal amount
OF available plant food, SO that the
young plants will make quick, strong
start and strike down straight and
smooth.
Don't be afraid of the truth. Look It
squarely in the face, and IL It is the
truth and you are wrong, acknowledge
1t and get right. Don't go on living in
error, whether It has to do with farm
methods or the treatment of your
family. Get right and then 60 ahead.
| III you want 10 really KNOW WnaL
you can do with that bad piece of
road which lies alongside of your
place, rig up road drag and spend
a little time dragging the dirt up to
the center. One seasons faithful at
tention at the right time will make
a different road of 1t.
Is that same stone in the field on
which you broke your plow-point last
year? And did you come within an ace
Of doing the same thing this year? Jot
| It down on your memorandum pad as
one OF the jobs to be done at the first
opportunity and get that stone out Of
| the way.
Cement mixed with lime sulphur
wash to make 1t stick to the trecs is
an innovation In the spraying line
which an orchardist in British Colum.
bia is said to be using. The plan is to
add four pounds Of cement IN each