The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-11-28


Growing pigs should not b confined
to small pens and yards.
All animals, especially the horse.
relish q change in their feed.
Cover the rhubarb and asparagus
beds with heavy coating of manure
For every tree cut out new one
should be planted. Only in this way
can you keep up the supply.
The plank drag will prove Of great
value on any farm in crushing clods
and making land at for the seed.
Alfalfa hay 10 good for the horse a.
Il contains more nutriment than tim
othy hay. but be careful n TO how you
feed II.
do you know that your hens come
over into my gardenr' II thought
they were" why ssi" because they
never came back"
Leaks In the roof and cracks in the
walls Of the hen house will lead you
to conclude before the winter 10 over
that chicken raising does not pay.
without comfort how can you eI
pect that your dairy COW 10 going to
I'LL the milk pail. SILVER and shake
and a poor food ration never yet
secured . profit from COW.
Good ventilation II needed in the
sheep barn, but don't let that ventila-
ton be through the roof which lets
the rain in. Fix up the barn now II
you have not already done SO.
Canadian thistles can be cleaned out
of field by thorough cultivation
of the ground for few years, making
sure that none Of the thistles 90 to
seed. Not an easy job, but It can BE-
done.
Fall blowing of the ground is good
both because 1t exposes many insects
to the killing frosts of winter, and
also because 1t puts the ground into
condition for early planting in the
spring.
Protect the young fruit trees before
the snow comes and drives the rab-
bits and mice to eat the tree bark. An
excellent way of doing this Is to wrap
laths, building paper or strips Of wood
veneer around the base of each tree,
reaching two or three feet up from the
ground.
Investigation has proved that the
greater part Of the impurities found In
milk get there within a short time
after 1t has been drawn from the
COW and before 1t leaves the shed.
This fact should set the farmer to
studying how he can improve the
in his barn.
The manure from . dairy COW will
amount to over ten tons year with
a value of upwards of $780, But the
way the average farmer handles this
much of the value Is lost.
Why not stop this leak by putting
in cement cutters, make free use of
and get the manure out on
the land every day?
The Texas experiment station has
by test shown that in feeding ton of
cotton seed meal having fertilizer
of $3.50 to fattening ami
mails, that portion Of its fertility
which passes into the solid excrement
has valuation of about s12.40. and
that which passes into the urine Of
about SIS. Here Is proof of the i'm
portance of saving the liquid manure.
Take care Of the threshing engine.
Clean the boiler, then fill 1t with cold
water, pour in quart of good oil
and get up steam, then blow Il out.
When 1t gets cold clean the CRATES
good and all around them, then take
some axle grease or thick oil and
grease the inside of the firebox all
around. Oil the fiues with good oil
and put two or three shovelfuls of dry
in the firebox to take up the
The dairy division of the United
States department of agriculture will
milk and cream contest open
to all dairymen In the United States,
at the third annual dairy show, Chi
cago. December to 10. The object Of
this contest 10 educational and entire
ly for the benefit Of the dairymen. The
milk and cream will be carefully an
alyzed and scored by experts from the
of agriculture. Forty
points will be allowed for flavor, 20
for composition. 20 for bacteria, s for
acidity, and 10 for appearance of pack
age and cleanliness Of milk. Any de-
fects will be pointed out in the score
and dairymen will have opportunity tc
learn whether by the methods they
are using they can produce q standard
product. There will be four classes
In this contest, as follows: Glass L
Market milk (raw) two prizes (gold
and silver medals). Class II. Market
cream (raw) two prizes (gold and
silver medals). Glass III. Certified