The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-05-25

chicks as well as the big ones.
Be careful in your dealings with the
man whose horse is afraid of him.
ling of breeding stations is overfeed-
ing.
Save all liquid manure by earth
thrown on the floor and bedding
placed over this.
When butter is on flavor the liberal
use Of lime water In washing will
work wonders.
Weed the old strawberry bed but be
careful not to disturb the roots with
hoe or cultivator until after fruiting.
The good farmer is he whose farm
shows an increase of fertility each
year and whose stock are always on
the up grade.
Doa't leave too many eyes on pieces
when cutting the seed potatoes. Too
many stalks mean too small potatoes
to be profitable.
Meager rations may economize on
the feed but they ind their inevitable
reckoning day when 1t comes to bal
ancing the accounts.
The low-headed tree has long since
demonstrated its superiority over the
high-spreading tree. It Is easier to
prune, to spray and to pick the fruit
Two points must be considered in
marketing lambs: The condition Of
flesh and the condition of the market.
Good flesh and good market give good
profit.
AS soon as "red-rust" fungus ap-
pears in the black-cap or blackberry
rows dig 1t, using care in doing so
not to scatter the fungus on the
healthy plants.
Red top and alsike will make good
growth on that piece of ground which
is too wet for crops If the ground is
plowed in dry time and then thor
oughly narrowed.
The box stall in stable proves an
almost indispensable feature many
times during year when the special
occasion arises for caring for sick
horse, or other stock or for the calves.
During the farrowing season make
a memorandum of the hogs which
prove the best mothers with the
largest and healthiest litters and then
keep them as long as they will breed.
Crows and blackbirds will not touch
the corn IL before sowing the seed is
stirred in kettle with little gas-tar
and then little plaster. 80 that each
grain is slightly coated. 1t will not
injYre the corn.
Feed the farm through the COW. The
farm in turn will give you back feed
for the COW. There's the farmers
endless chain system that keeps the
farm on the upgrade and puts money
in the bank for him.
A half-hour spent with the farm
tool in making sure that It Is in per-
feet working condition before taking
to the field may save you half days
work in repairing the damage which
often results from taking things for
granted.
when wool prices fell few years
ago, the keeping Of sheep on thou
sands of New England farms was
abandoned, but change has taken
place and focks are again finding
their way back to the farms much to
the improvement Of conditions. Sheep
growing is a paying business most
anywhere.
A good enough cutter for seed po.
tatoes and one with which rapid work
can De uOue may Dc mdue lTOul du
old case knife fastened in the end Of
a plank which is fastened to box
on which the operator sits. The bas-
ket is placed below the knife and the
potatoes drop into it as they are push
ed on the knife.
It Is a plain proposition that the
farmer who is compelled to sell his
grain crop at a particular time cannot
make the profit he would IL he were
able to hold 1t for more favorable
market. This being true does not It
behoove him to study how he may con-
troll the situation and dispose Of his
crops at the most favorable time.
One reason why the profits Of the
farm look 80 small In proportion to-
the income of the city chap, Is that
the living Is taken before the profits
are figured and with the city chap the
profits are figured before the living
Is taken out. In other. words the
profits Of the farmer IL net, while
that Of the city man IS made to look