The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-03-28

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Fit the horses ration to the amount
Of work that 10 expected Of him.
Small flocks of chickens are lees
liable to disease than large fiocks.
Comfort and good feed are the requi.
sites to good flow Of milk from the
patient COW.
Diseased wood can never be made
sound and the quicker the tree Is re-
moved the better.
II you will soak the oats q short
time before feeding It will make them
more digestible for the hens.
The only kind Of preservative which
the farmer has any business putting
in his milk IL that Of cleanliness
A sick chicken is generally refiec-
tion upon the owner. Proper care and
feed will keep them from getting sick.
A vigorous but non-productive tree
may be oftentimss made profitable by
grating good fruit-bearing stock
into 1t.
Handle the farm right. Think out
the problems that confront you, and
then work them out with vigor and
determination.
Why be content with half crop
when forethought, attention to the
small details and faithful work will
give the full crop?
The head mixer still holds his own
against the numerous mechanical de-
vices for drawing the lacteal fluid
from the patient bossy.
Even the farmer needs to play fair
Ito his Land, to his live stock, to his
neighbor and to the man with whom
he markets his products.
Keep the good COW as long as she
yields a good profit Some cows out
last others by many years. Do not
arbitrarily fix the year Of retirement.
Competition Is not the life of crop
growing, for where the crop must fight
for place on the land with the weeds
1t cannot produce a profitable harvest.
Light Is necessary to the health Of
the cows, but do not have the stalls
SO placed that the glare of the sunlight
will be directly In the eyes of the pa
tient animals.
With the growing difficulty in secur
ing competent farm help the farmer
Is coming more and more to depend
upon labor-saving machinery to do his
work, and 1t Ia bringing about q new
era upon the farm.
Quails and partridges are good
friends of the farmer, eating host
Of Injurious insects. Do not let the
marauding hunter shoot your friends.
Post signs about your farm that no
trespassing is allowed.
Be sure all the plows and harrows
and seeders are in good condition.
There is no sort of excuse for the
farmer who discovers the needed re-
pairs only when the implement In
needed for immediate use.
These fellows who claim they can
pick the good COW by just looking at
her wouldn't do for cattle buyers for
us. The Babcock tester and plenty
of time to try the animal are the only
methods we are willing to trust
Take good care Of the wagon and
It will last longer. Half the money
scent each year for wagons by farm
,ers might have been saved had proper
care been given the old ones. The
wagon should never be left out to
weather the storms.
See that the food OF the live stock
is palatable, for the better the animal
likes the food the greater is the
amount of saliva produced to assist
in the utilization of that food. It may
be that correspondingly increased Sc,
cretion occurs OF the other juices pro-
duced in the stomach.
Silage Is merely roughage in its
most succulent form and needs the
grain ration to produce the milk. The
silo pays and 1t Is simply impossible
to find farmer who has given one
fair test who would want to keep cows
without its help. Plan to put one in
on your farm this next season. Plant
a field Of fodder corn this spring and
provide the silo when the time comes.
Get three or four OF your neighbors
to club with you II possible to buy the
necessary machinery. The cost Of the
silo itself ID not as great a. the cost
Of other buildings on the farm used
for storing feed. When you have once
used the silo you will never bs with
out one.
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The following advantages are
claimed for the grain drill: II saves
seed: II plants evenly and Il gets the
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