The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-09

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or. What has not been 30 well known.
perhaps. IL the no less important fact
that milk to be kept free from harm
full bacteria, must be cooled imme-
diately after being drawn from tho
COW, and kept cool until used. The
bacteria DO not readily multiply In
cold milk, but they increase In the
billions In milk which is allowed to
stand with the animal heat untem-
pered.
Here is the way one farmer cares
for his manure: In one corner OF the
barn lot he has . shed closed on one
end, both sides and part Of the front
into which he puts the manure. Any
ofYai, leaves, trash, ETC.. he finds on
the place are put In there with the
manure. This compost pile 10 left
to accumulate from one year to an
other, and when well rotted IL taken
out and spread on the land. There
is sSme doubt as to whether this
method is as good as the one In
which the manure is spread at once
on the land, for experts contend that
the highest value Of manure II when
1t is first made.
The farmer who is satisfied with
the same results year after year 10
going backward instead Of forward.
Keep posted on the latest develop
ments In agricultural science and
then adapt as many Of the new ideas
to your farm as possible. In this
way you will be constantly improving
your methods. increasing the fertility
and productiveness Of your farm, and
securing larger returns for your la
bors. And also you will find that de-
lightful stimulus in your work which
comes from consciousness OF being
master of your work instead OF being
a slave to conditions.
| In an experiment In feeding steers
in Nebraska, while making oil cake
ten per cent. of the grain ration did
not cheaper the production secured.
the finished product sold at an ad.
vance OF Is cents per 100 pounds live
weight. This goes to show that the
| value Of food when used in fattening
| cannot always be accurately esti-
mated from the increase directly re-
sulting from It. Corn Is considered
to be worth eight per cent more In
making increase of pork than barley,
and yet in growing high quality
bacon, 1t is possible so to feed barley
| that higher return relatively will be
| obtained from 1t than from feeding
| corn.
| Lumpy Jaw, so called, Is q tumor Of
more or less rapid growth that does
no. always occur on the bovine jaw
or Gcad. 1t Is found frequently In
other parts of the body 1t Is not
consid lred contagious and is not rap
potassium, one md half to two and
half drains, dissolved in water and
administered In a drench daily, has
been beneficial The amount must
be adapted to the size of the animal.
1t is not wise to give this treatment
to cows In milk. A full description of
the disease and treatment may be OBJ
brook Farm Notes by addressing the
Bureau of Animal Industry Washing
ton, d. c., and asking for Circular 06.
The Association of Pork Butchers
in Holland has recently published the
| ~ toll ne
several government experiment sta
| tons with the object of testing the
relative value of different meals, es-
pecially maize, barley meal oatmeal
and buckwheat meal, for the fatten.
ing of pigs. The trial was made with
48 young pigs, all Of the same age
and weight, divided into four lots.
The animals Of each lot received, re-
spectively, as much as they would
eat of the different meals, and in ad-
dition they all had daily a supply OF
skim milk and some potatoes. After
they were killed an examination OF
the carcasses showed that the flesh
of the pigs fattened on maize was
not as firm or salable as that of tho
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result is the same as has been report
ed from trials In America and Can
ada, and is worth noting. It would
appear that maize is good food for
growing pigs, but that other meals
should be substituted, either In part
or altogether, during the last month
or two of the fattening process.
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In setting out trees the following
method will give good results: Make
the hole two feet or more in dame
ter and eight to IL inches deep, az
size Of tree may indicate Place rich
top soil In one pile and the subsoil
In another. Cut out all broken or in
jured roots from the trees to be set,
and freshen the ends of the sound
roots with slanting cut from be-
low upward so that the fresh sur
face will rest on the soil. When the
roots are in their natural position, sex
the trees in the center of the hole
and carefully all In around the roots
with the best Of the top soil taken
out, sitting 1t from the edge OF the