The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-07-20

spoonful Of sugar to the salt when
sailing ten pounds Of butter to i'm
prove the flavor. Sounds as though
1t might.
The sitting hen which is expected
to hatch eggs and feed mites at the
same time has q hard task on hand.
Make her three weeks vigil AZ easy
as possible.
II you don't hunt the lice they will
hunt your chickens and keep them
from hunting for insects, and the re.
suit will be that hunt as you may you
will not be able to find any profit in
your flock.
The time to discover the weak place
In the harness is not when 1t breaks
at a most critical time and perhaps
results In runaway or bad accident,
but Is before the harness 10 put on the
horse. Harness should Re inspected
frequently to note and remedy the
weak points.
"The permanent greatness OF any
state must ultimately depend upon
the character Of its country popula.
tion."-President Roosevelt. True.
indeed, and there is room for i'm
provement among the people Of the
rural communities. Ever upward and
onward.
ITO him who in the love OF nature
holds,
Communion with her visible forms,
She speaks a various language"
and to none more so than to the
farmer who Is sensitive to every
sunbeam and every shower and who
loves to see and make things grow.
To defeat insect pests one must be
constantly after them. Keep dope
ready to apply in the pigpen or stable
the first time insects appear. Dip the
sheep regularly, watch the hogs close
ly for lice and provide a cold, dry
stable for the cows to hide from the
flies.
Prof. Vol and r. M. Cow are en-.
gagged In an interesting controversy
over the question, "the churn versus
the fat test as means of determin.
Ing the producing capacity of the
cow" Better the churn than no test
at all, but the more scientific and &C
curate must be the butter fat test
ascertained by use of the Babcock
tester.
The influence of q dam upon hel
foals may be equal to that of the sire
and In some instance Is no doubt
much greater, but the average mum
Der Of foals produced by mares will
probably not exceed eight, although
some have been known to produce az
many as IS. The average number OF
feals produced by stations that live
to the average age of horses Is prob
ably not less than 400. The general
influence then of a good stallion may
safely be estimated at many times
that Of a good mare.
The notion which prevails among
some farmers that there Is more
money in thin than in thick cream
delivered to the creamery, Is a mis-
take. Hoard's Dairyman makes this
plain in a case cited in a recent issue
| Eorpnar NJ @ dal;yarad 0nt ro,ode
Of cream containing 817.S pounds OF
| fat, average test 1886 per cent. Had
this amount of butterfat been dellv
cred in 80 per cent. cream only 2,55t
pounds would have been delivered
and 2,445 pounds more of skimmilh
would have had feeding value equa
to 407 pounds of corn at 35 cents
equals $2.43. The cost Of hauling the
2,445 extra pounds of cream or but
termilk to the creamery was 1864
Thus this man lost, during the year
on account of his wrong methods. 9
total OF 1907, an amount sufficient to
pay nine per cent. interest on the
price of one Of the best hand separa
| tors made.
Here is an English method of dot
Ting fruit: Fruit used should bt
sound and not fully ripe. After pick
Ing over, heading and failing in the
case of gooseberries, black currants
etc., II is packed tightly down in The
bottles, care being taken to keep the
outside layer even. All the fruit
should be carefully graded and only
the best used. The bottles of fruit
are then filed to the top with water;
rubber rings (Which should be the
cylindrical ones) are soaked in warn
water and put round the necks of the
bottles, and the tops tightly clipped
on. Tho bottles are next stood In the
sterilizer. which is filed with water
halfway up the bottles, or rather
more II gas or fire heat Is used, and
closed with the thermometer In posi-
ton. The temperature Is run up very
slowly mot more than one degree per
minute), so that the process should
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