The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-07-27

More cuttings can be made from
good stand OF alfalfa than from
clover. hence this is one reason why
II Is better.
Animals must relish their food In
order to get the most good out OF It
Try little variety In the feed to ACT
as an appetizer.
Try one-half ounce daily of ground
| ginger in the feed OF the young
horses that show signs Of muscular
1 lameneas. Give larger dose for
horses that weigh over 1000 pounds.
good for chicks, and even for ma
ture fowls, where they are fed In the
straw and they have to be scratched
for.
| The use OF scales and the Babcock
tester detect the Improbable COW,
ard no COW owner Is willing to keep
the animal when he learns her real
status.
Give the work horses good care
these hot, trying days. Take the har-
ness off st Moons and at night and
always give them little rub on.
They will b. fresher In the morning
] II you do.
Notice the conformation of the
horses legs below the knees before
you buy. II they are light in pro-
portion to the rest of the leg there Is
apt to be weak point there which
will Lessen the stability Of the animal.
The good prices for produce of all
kinds which are prevailing ought to
fill the farmers days with sunshine
and his nights with pleasant dreams
Of the profits he Is to realize when
crops are In.
Watch the potato vines. Don't lot
the bugs get ahead of you. BY lit
tie timely work you can strip OF the
bugs, but all the kins' horses and all
the kings men together with all your
signing cannot put the destroyed foil.
age back on again.
It IL said that farmers In the Unitsd
States annually lose 100000, 900
through the ravages Of insects. There
Is no doubt that much OF this tre-
mendous loss might be prevented by
wise and faithful warfare on the pests.
What are you doing to help?
1t certainly does not Improve ones
temper after hard days work to
have the COW give you a slap in the
face every little while, but try and not
give way to your Ill feelings. II neces-
sary, fasten her tail, but never strike
her because she has sought to rid
herself of the FOSTERING flies.
II you have any care for the future,
practice rotation of crops. Prof Hop
kins says that no profitable and per.
manent system of agriculture can be
adopted which does not include rota.
ton of crops with liberal use of
lie gumes and as much manure as pos
sible.
The real test of the horse Is not in
his appearance but in the amount of
work you can get out of him on the
smallest amount Of feed. Some
horses are poor workers but heavy
feeders, while others who are mod.
crate eaters give good return for
every pound of food consumed.
A sprout starting from the stump of
an old tree can be grated and will
produce fruit much sooner than
planted tree. 1t cannot be expected
to live so long and may fail In its
later years, but will render good serv-
ice while newly planted tree Is ge.-
ting the growth needed to bring it into
bearing.
Perhaps the poor stand" of corn
you are complaining of is the result
of unfavorable weather conditions,
but ten chances to one 1t Is only the
inevitable folly Of lack Of thorough
cultivation or care in the matter Of
seed selection. Haphazard methods
never yet improved the quality or
quantity of the corn crop.
The agricultural department Of the
University of Wisconsin has imported
from Germany a new variety of potato
for the purpose Of testing its availa-
bility in the production of denatured
alcohol. These potatoes, which are too
coarse-grained for domestic purposes,
are said to yield from 900 to 500 bush.
els per acre. The Germans make al
cohol from these tubefs.
That boy Of yours would enjoy q
patch Of ground all his own. Let him
raise all he can on 1t and sell either
to you or the neighbors. after you
have exacted a fair compensation for
the land and the use Of the tools.
Thus you will not only be holding his