The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-06-22
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Muley cattle have come to stay.
FOOD for reflection" should be well
digested.
This is a good time OF year to dip
the live stock for parasites.
The improvement of the potato IL
said to have decreased its hardness
Drains in fields should be at least
30 inches below the surface of the
ground.
Eastern cattle feeders want hornless
cattle and will pay more for them than
for others.
Plant few sugar beets. They will
be appreciated next winter by the
stock when the bulk Of the rations is
90 dry.
The boy born with the silver spoon
in his mouth generally swallows It
before he is big enough to know how
TO use 1t.
The wood pasture can be kept
cleaned up with flock OF sheep, but
remember that they cannot live on
weeds and brush.
Don't feed so literally that the
swine leave portions of the feed each
time In the troughs. Feed only as
much as will be eaten up clean.
A little soaked corn scattered about
will soon encourage the little pigs to
eat and they will soon learn to eat
tho corn dry and to shell 1t them
selves.
Some Of the best orchardist dispute
tho claim that fruit buds can be kept
back in the spring by mulching the
ground over their roots while 1t is
frozen.
Let us repeat that tidiness Is es-
sential to pure milk. Enough dirt can
be carried on the clothes OF the milk
or to influence the product, whether
1t be milk, cream or butter.
There Is vast difference In soils.
A heavy soil turned up too soon after
a rain will bake and dry out quickly,
while some lighter soils II allowed to
go over IL hours will not pillow good.
One advantage CT planting potatoes
In the time Of the :ull moon Is that the
planter Is able to see SO much better
in doing his work. That is, IL he wants
to do night work. II not plant in the
day time without reference to the
moon.
Milk may become tainted from vari-
GUS reasons, such as unsuitable feed,
ply, want of salt by the cows, abb
sorption of odors and the germs which
get into the milk during and after
milking.
Remember every weed which you
give place to on your farm is taking
so much from the soil which you need
for paying crops, and not only that
but It is growing and scattering seed
which will cause increased trouble in
the future.
"Cornfield stun" are sheep and
lambs that have been fed in field
of corn and rape. The trouble with
this method is that the sheep will
eat nothing but the rape while 1t lasts
and will then burn themselves out"
with too hearty feeding on the corn,
thus throwing them of and causing,
in many cases, death.
The success of the dairy business
depends as much on the disposition Of
the skim milk as upon that of the
cream, and here is where a good
many farmers fall down. The skim
milk used In hog raising will return
handsome profit where consideration
is given to the best proportions in
which to feed corn and skim milk In
order to obtain the largest gain with
the least waste of food.
Do you know what kind of cows
you are keeping? Many Of the mem
bers of the Cow Testing association
formed among the patrons OF the FIRE.
mont (Mich.) creamery over a year
ago were astonished to find what a
poor showing many Of their cows
made, but It led to wedding out
which had put the diaries on better
paying basis. Why not start Cow
Testing association in your section?
Among the plants which may be
grown between rows of young apple
trees are tomatoes and potatoes, as
these both use up large quantities Of
starch-making material taken from
the air The potash and phosphorus
taken from. the ground are to some ex-
tent deposited in the vines and these
60 back to the coil again. For these
crops the cultivation need mot -
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