The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-06-27

Brush fences look untidy and are
breeding places for pests OF all kinds.
Declare war on the Canadian thistle,
inaugurate vigorous campaign and
grant no quarter.
The milking machine seems about
as near being on practical basis ~
the flying machine.
Try and be more sympathetic than
the fence board which separates your
land from your neighbors'.
It Ia generally the man who has no
silo who discovers that silage Injuries
the cows teeth or works other Ill to
the stock.
The three things that determine the
quality Of the crops are the physical
condition of the soil, the temperature
and the rainfall.
The fair season is coming Plan
now to get something ready for the
show, and do what you can to make
your local fair success.
Don't waste much time with the sick
fowl. Separate at once from the rest
of the flock, and IL it does not respond
quickly to treatment use the ak and
shovel.
We never will know how many farm
crs owe their success to the manage
ment and good Judgment of their
wives, and what is worse, many farm
ers do not realize It themselves.
Colorado farmers have the organic
ing fever and are forming unions
with view to lettering their condi.
lions. They expect to make money
by buying in carlots and selling for
cash Z. o. b.
Not too late to SOW siiage corn. Get
the corn in and then plan for the
building Of silo in which to put It
next fall. Your stock will respond
to the feed next winter and repay you
several times over for your trouble.
Machine grease can be readily
cleaned from the hands by a little
kerosene and sawdust. The oil will
cut the grease and the sawdust will alb.
sorb both oil and grease together, SO
that soap and water will have q
chance to do its work.
Where the cream OF cows OF un.
equal milking periods is mixed togeth.
er see that the whole is thoroughly
mixed and ripened. Unless this is
done a considerable portion of the
slower cream is washed into the but.
termilk as soon as the quicker cream
comes to butter.
An Iowan reports the birth Of d
short-horn calf without a tail, the end
of the backbone coming but an inch
or two beyond the hip joint. The calf
is healthy and doing well. This is not
common occurrence. but great
many similar cases are on record
The writer had a similar case when
he was on the farm 20 years ago.
Under the head of fool farming may
be enumerated such fads as raising
frogs. squads, skunks, and even rails
oil foIa
with those who thoroughly understand
the business, but the average farmer
will find that the potato patch will
stand him In better stead than any of
these schemes which seem on paper
at least to offer big inducements.
The average dairy COW costs $50
per year to feed It Is easy to figure
out that II the income from the sale
Of her milk does not exceed this
amount, the COW is clearly not paying
her way. The only satisfactory meth.
cd Of determining this question is by
weighing the milk and testing the pei
cent. of butter fat 1t contains by the
Babcock test. A COW that does not
pay takes up Just as much room as q
profitable one. Sell her for beef.
This is the ration which a Pennsyl
vanian feeds his turkey poults with
good success. The poults require NO
food until a day old, as nature has pro
vided for them, but water and sand
should be placed within reach. The
food should not be Of a sloppy kind al
that leads to bowel trouble. Curds OF
Dutch cheese Is liked by them and
they thrive on It. Stale bread mois
tened and squeezed dry is good
Onion tops and dandelion leaves
minced fine should be fed each day
while in confinement. Corn bread Is
the best food when two weeks old
and later cracked corn or wheat
should be provided.
In case Of death Of the mare or for
other reasons she is unable to nurse
her colt. proceed a. follows: Take
some of the freshly-drawn milk from
the COW which gives the poorest mill
that Is the milk which has the least
butter fat In it--add a dessertspoonfu
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