The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-03-16
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FARM
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Raise all the fruit you can eat, and
then eat all you want.
Farming always pays with the farm
er who knows how to farm.
1t is not too early to select your
seeds for garden and field crops.
1t rarely pays to keep the brood
SOW after the fifth or sixth year.
Be regular in the matter of water
Ing the stock as well as in the feeding.
II the garden plot is not naturally
well-drained, make plans for draining
It.
Early lambs to come in strong need
q dry, warm place for the mother
sheep.
Plan to keep the garden plot busy
this summer. Use successive crop
system.
Middlings makes a good feed for
young pigs, especially so II mixed with
skinned milk.
Good tools save labor. Remember
this when buying. The cheapest tool
Is often the dearest.
The hen that sings at her work puts
q song In the heart of her owner when
he goes to gather the eggs.
Now Is the time to fix up your
breeding pens so as to have eggs
ready for Matching when wanted.
A good feed for the baby colts Is
made up of ground oats with some
wheat bran, oil meal and little mo-
lasses.
The farmer who Is satisfied with
scrub stock generally raises scrub
grain and gets only scrub living for
his pay.
There are good many farms
which have the appearance of being
abandoned, which are not. How is 1t
with your place?
Early forced potatoes may be grown
by planting the seed potatoes In shall
low boxes, and transplanting as soon
In the spring as 1t is safe.
Where the farmer is so situated,
enough Ice may be put up in the win
ter time to pay for the putting in OF
the winters supply OF coal next sum-
mer.
II the housewife will keep the kero-
sene oil where 1t cannot become too
chilled she will find that one fruitful
source OF disagreeable smell will be
removed.
A piece of string and knife in the
pocket make useful companions when
travelling over the farm. So many
chances to use them where stitch in
time saves nine.
Try a good neighborly talk before
you begin suit over that matter that
Is troubling you. Ten to one your
neighbor Is as anxious to have 1t set
tied as you are.
A poultryman suggests the unique
cure for an egg eating hen OF an ex-
clusively egg diet for three days.
Rather an expensive cure with eggs
at 40 cents a dozen.
To the farmer who judges that a
chicken Is a chicken and they all
look alike to him there is not apt
to be much Of q contribution to his
bank account from his flock.
While you are cleaning OF the snow
from the corn shocks and hauling It In
to feed the stock, make the resolve
that another year will not find you
without room to house all the fodder
you will need.
After the thaws come look over the
grape vineyard and be sure the trel-
lis posts are secure, and that the
wires are fastened and frightened.
Generally there are some vines that
need relying, too.
A good way to bring the cream up
to the proper temperature for churn-
ing Is to set the can In q bank Of
hot water and gently stir the cream
until the thermometer tells you that
It is ready for the churn.
Here are the DEDUCTIONS OF q Wis
consin investigator which are strongly
10 favor of the silo on the dairy farm
Creamery patrons who fed ensilage
averaged ts2.62 per COW: while those
who did not feed ensilage received on
an average OF but 13l0O per, COW.
difference Of ,is.5s In favor Of the sn-
silage men