The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-27
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/ A small patch Of sunhowers as
crop pays.
Cream which ID ripened without
securing gives good flavor to butter.
It is poor excuse which tries to
excuse the presence of the poor COW
in the herd.
Sunfower seed is one of the best
feeds for chickens. especially during
the melting season.
Increasing the egg production OF
hens Is accomplished by saving only
the best layers for breeders.
You cannot keep your flock of sheep
free from ticks unless you dip them
at least once a year; remember that.
Be sure you have got the best out
of your farm before you allow dis
contents to encourage you to sell out
and move.
Four ounces Of molasses. one pint of
water and nickers worth of Quassia
chips mixed together and boiled
makes . cheap fly poison.
II you allow the weeds to take the
moisture and uourishment needed by
the crops you need not wonder at the
small growth and poor yield
A thrifty apple orchard is the best
kind of insurance. 1t will pay you
dividends in a few years and will be-
stow a valuable legacy upon your fam.
lily when you are gone.
A creep must be provided for the
lambs where they can get bite to eat
undisturbed II you would have them
do well. Nice sweet clover, wheat
bran, oats, and little oil meal make a
good ration.
When planning for better machinery
for the farm work, machinery that
will save labor, don't forget that there
are many things you can provide for
the kitchen and dairy which will
tighten the work of the wife also.
Set the few poor acres on the farm
into trees and start q wood lot Any
of the quick growing trees will return
q profit In few years on land that
would otherwise not yield enough to
pay the taxes and the interest on the
money invested.
Do not wait until the hay crop Is
ready to cut before looking over the
mower and seeing whether repairs
need to be made. You may be put to
aggravating loss by having to walt for
new parts. Find out what you need
and send for the parts desired at
once.
After fowls have been kept for
some time on soft food, whole grain
cannot form a considerable portion Of
their ration without q loss. The or
gans for grinding and digesting hard
food have been so long In disuse that
they are quite unified to perform the
ONCE required of them when hard or
whole grain II provided.
A shelter In the fields not only is
"A good for the stock but 1t proves handy
for the men folks when the sudden
storm comes up Not much work to
erect framework and put roofing
paper over the top, but it means a
mighty sight of comfort In an emer-
gency. And think of the time you
save In not having to run to the
house for shelter.
II Is poor management which tries
to do the work Of the farm with the
young growing horses and then mar.
keting them as soon as they are ma
ture. In the first place, young horses
that are worked too hard cannot be
developed properly. and, secondly. the
work of the farm is bound to suffer
Raise your horses, but don't expect
too much work out OF them while they
are maturing.
One reason why spraying gives such
unsatisfactory results oftentimes is
because the materials out of which
the sprays are made are adulterated.
To checA this evil Senator Kittredge
Of South Dakota has introduced into
congresr bill prohibiting the manu-.
facture. sale or transportation Of adul-
terated or misbranded ,fungictdes,
paris green, iAad arrsenates and other
insecticides
Here 10 stock breeders method
of training Aorns to graceful growth:
He bores q small gimlet hole in each
horn about one-fourth inch from tip
OF horn. Take small wire, such az
II used for ba1ing hay, run this
through the hole In each horn, wind
the wire once around each horn bach
: Of the holes; then twist each END
around main wire and fastsn In cen
ter. Leave wire ON until horns an
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