The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-03-21

damp quarters.
sss that the disc harrow II sharp
ensd ready for use. s
Save the waste on the farm and ap
ply It to lifting the mortgage.
As rule too little light is admitted
to the cow stable. Put in some more
windows.
Do not let the roots Of the young
nursery stock dry out Heel in until
ready to set out.
The low prices Of some animals
prevailing now Offer q favorable op
portunity of stocking up.
High-priced corn and low-priced
hogs is combination which has
caused the farmers some concern.
Dragging the roads when they are
the muddiest makes them the smooth
est and hardest when they are dry.
The food troughs and drinking foun-
tains should be kept clean and sweet
Foulness here may result in sick
birds.
1t is a good idea to keep track Of
the horses teeth. Sometimes q little
bit Of attention will save lots of fu
ture trouble.
The farmer who watches the little
things is the farmer who. does the
big things in the way Of crops and
stock raising.
II you are not breeding up, be sure
that Indifference and neglect is re-
sulting in lowering of the grade of
your live stock.
To be sure fool of man can make
fool of colt by injudicious han
ding, but ordinary petting never hurt
colt and never will.
Chickens will eat most anything, but
whatever the food 1t should be good
and wholesome. Moldy or rotten stun
should never be fed them.
More men fail in the poultry busi-
ness through over-enthusiasm and at
tempting too much at the beginning
than from any other one cause.
!. When horses teeth are defective
and no longer have that grinding pow
er which Is necessary to the proper
mastication of its food It is well to
feed ground oats.
Some colts, of course, are more ,easl.
| ly spoiled than others, but II he early
gives indication Of not having ordin-
ary horse" sense let the other fellow
haye him at his first offer.
"A place for everything and every
thing in its place is good motto for
the farmer. How many minutes and
even hours 1t would save sometimes
when you are in need of some par
ticular tool.
Some agricultural expert has dis
covered that a top dressing Of ma
nure will prevent evaporation Of
moisture from the soil to the extent
of about a ton Of water to the acre.
Think of the value of such water to
the crop during the growing season.
Here Is one mans method Of crow
extinction which he claims Is q grand
success. In his 40-acre field he dug
q pit and then covered 1t over so that
its presence could not be detected:
After entering this, pit, he initiates
the call Of the crow until 1t attracts
the birds. When within shooting dis
tance he uses his gun. When he kills
a number he fastens them about the
blind In a natural position and their
presence adds to the attractive pow
ers of the deception. He has already
killed, more than thousand of the
birds. bringing him In a revenue in
bounties' Of over 500, and expects to
kill as many more during the remain
der Of the winter. -. !:
What man when building house
sitteth not down and counteth the cost
thereof?' And what farmer Is there
who having q sowing and growing
and harvesting season ahead of him Sit.
teth not down and planheth out the
work thereof? Oh, there are lots of
them. The season Is upon them be-
fore they have taken any thought al to
what they are going to plant where
they are going to plant It, and how
they are going to prepare and cult!
vate the ground. and the result IL
that It IL a sort OF blind farming which
begins nowhere and ends dangerously
near bankruptcy corner or next door
to the poor house What folly! The
wise farmer sitteth himself down and
considereth carefully the work Of the
coming season, he recalleth the mis-.
takes Of the past, and resolveth that
he will do better next time This 10
the reason he finds that farming pays.
Try the plan. -
Surely the bee is entitled to his title
of busy II the figures of an industrious.
mathematician are correct He, says
that tn make one Mound nj clovor