The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-01-19

engages In the business Of buying and
Strengthening calves to apply to the
secretary Of agriculture at Washing
| ton II he would secure exemption
from the inspection which the pack
Ing house business must undergo. The
necessity of inspection would prove
serious handicap to the farmer. and
he can secure 1t by making the proper
application.
Cattle growers in this country have
largely come to realize that the pure
bred bull is the most profitable. but In
Mexico cattle growers have chung to
their grade bulls and grown poor beef
cattle as result. They are now
waking up to this fact and are turning
to the breeders of the United States
for pure bred bulls. The secretary of
the American Short-horn Breeders as
ISOLATION has requests for lot OF roam
bulls from a prominent cattle breeder
In Mexico.
Soap should not be used on the
milk vessels in cleaning them. It is
better to use only salsoda or some
other alkaline washing powder At a
recent dairy convention in New South
Wales. the judge In criticising \ GER
tain lot of butter, noted on the score
card: Tastes of SOAP" And in
quiry Of the exhibitor brought out
the fact that she had used soap suds.
and Notwithstanding that she had
rinsed the vessels in clear water after
ward, there had remained sufficient of
the soap to flavor the milk and make
the butter taste.
Reports to the agricultural depart.
ment indicate that the quantity of VIM
ter wheat sown exceeds that of last
year, and gives promise Of a new high
water mark. The New York Produce
exchange estimates the yield from the
present area sown at sos ATS, 900 BUSH
els, which Is far ahead of last years
harvest. or course, much may hap
pen during the winter and following
spring and summer to affect the wheat
harvest unfavorably, so that estimates
are largely speculative, but 1t is rea-
sonable to expect that the larger SOW
ing Will result in large reaping, ana
that the crops Of next year will exceed
those of last year.
The sharp controversy between
Prof. Cyril G. Hopkins of Illinois uni
versity and Prof. Whitney of the bu-
reau Of soils OF the agricultural de-
partment over the question of soil
fertility has created widespread inter
est. Prof. Whitney contends that ma
nures do not benefit soils, and Prof
Hopkins takes direct issue with his
theory OF, the inexhSdstible fertility Of
the soil. Wouldn't be bad idea for
the government to publish Prof. Hop
kins' recent address at Washington as
an appendix to the bulletin of Prof.
Whitney on Soil Fertility. Then the
farmer could read both sides and take
his choice of theories.
The international live stock show at
Chicago this year outdid all other
shows In several respects. First in
matter of attendance. Last year the
100000 mark was passed and this
year 1t reached 100000. A second
notable fact was that this year holds
the record for the highest price ever
paid for a car load OF cattle at one
of these exhibits. SIT per 100 pounds.
This sum was secured by Funk Broth
ers Of Shirley, ILL.,, for two-year-old An
gus steers averaging 1.43S pounds,
which were sold to the New York
Butchers Dressed Meat company.
When the cash prizes won by these
steers was added to the sale price
they net the feeders $4,291.90. A not
able feature of the show was the dis
play Of fat stock by the agricultural
colleges, which clearly demonstrated
that these institutions are educating
a new generation of feeders. The
Kansas agricultural college won the
championship for two-year-old Short
Horn, -Rad the Minnesota college had
the best AngIs steers-The colleges
did well in the exhibits of steers, Kan
sas and Minnesota being most fortu-
nate.
Growers Of hogs will be interested
In q recent bulletin issued by the
Nebraska experiment station giving
the results obtained In feeding tank
age and ground bone with corn. Tank
age is concentrated protein meal
made from scraps OF meat trimmed
from beef carcasses In the packing
houses. When dried and ground 1t
looks very much like dark-colored
wheat shorts. In the four expert
ments 100 pigs were used. or the
results of these experiments Il. A.
Burnett of the station, says: In these
experiments the cost has always been
lessened by tho use of per cent.
tankage along with corn. or pounds
Of tankage for each IS pounds of core.
This would be equivalent to $50
pounds Of tankage for each 100 bush
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