The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-01-12


be able to return the horse to ts
owner In condition that viii spe&ks
well Of the. feed and caro- he has re
celvod.
Farmers institutes should make Il
point to have q Babcock milk test
err demonstrated at their sessions, an
there are many dairymen who do not
know how to use them. A good plan
is to invite farmers to bring samples
Of their milk and have them tested.
| Look out for dirty wheat screen
ings. Only the use Of microscope
will detect the dodder and other nox.
ious wheat seeds. Clean mill seed
can be used with profit by farmers.
but they should be sure of the quail
sty OF wheat they are buying.
Corner stones of successful dairy.
ing are. healthy herd, good feed and
care and rigid selection Of animals:
avoidance OF unnecessary milk con-
taminaton; ability to make fine
dairy products and to dispose of them
in the best markets.
What kind of care does your pillow
set. When through with 1t for the
season or even for few days, al.
ways cover the share and moldboard
thoroughly with linseed oil. 1t will
keep It free from rust and when
wanted for use little kerosene oil
and 4 little brisk rubbing will put it
in prime condition for the work.
! One way In which farmers are able
to get good quality Of seeds is to in
form the seedsmen at the time Of
asking for samples that both the sam
pie and the seed when received will
be sent to either the seed laboratory
Of the agricultural department or
the state experiment station for ex-
animation.
One lesson for the farmer which
they may learn from the railroads
that are discarding the small engines
and installing the great moguls that
can pull 40 to 60 cars each. is that
1t is high time they discarded the
light horses and bronchos and Sc
cured the big stout horses capable
of pulling 16-inch to 24-inch pillow.
England recently shows that fields
can be SO Illuminated by acetylene
gas that harvesting may be easily
carried on at night. In the test made
two mowers, each cutting six-foot
swath, were employed in a field of
Is acres, which was moved in
hours and 35 minutes. The power
was furnished by gasoline traction
engine.
Many farmers are working too
much land. They spread their ener-
gies out over SO much space that
their efforts do not bring in the net
returns they should. A good author.
| ity has stated that II the average
farm Of the central states, which
ranges from 100 to $50 acres, was
cut into two farms, the owners would
prosper just as well upon the small
farm without so much labor.
Experiments continuing for three
years at the Indiana experiment sta
ton with barnyard manure as fer
tilizer for corn, showed that while
/ three tons to the acre increased the
yield to 14.9 bushels per acre, six
tons made an increase of but 1862
per acre. Thus the addition of the
second three tons of barnyard ma
nure, estimated as having a value Of
two dollars per ton as fertilizer, or
six dollars for the three tons, in
creased the yield only 1.3 bushels, or
about IS cents in value.
| A German professor named Terdi.
nand Luerick has gone to Colorado,
where dry farming is practiced, with
chemical compound of his own in
vention which he claims will when
applied to the land mature oats and
wheat from a month to six weeks
sooner than Is now possible. The
compound he uses resembles sand.
and Is made up of tiny flakes, which
are drilled into the ground with the
grain when 1t is planted. II he can
make good his claims 1t will be .
great thing for the semiarid sec
lions.
y
The experiment station at Stillwa-
ter, Okla, Is advertising its third an
nual course in stock judging and seed
selection January 7-12. 1907, announc-
ing the purpose of the course to be
to enable the farmers to get into
closer touch with the experiment sta
ton and the work It is doing for Ok
lahoma farmers in the way of improv-
ing agricultural conditions" Such
specialists as John Hamilton and A.
i d. Shamel, of the agricultural de-
partment; Joseph Wing, A. p. Grout,
will deliver lectures. and there will
be fine display of German coach
and Belgian draft horses.