The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-12-19


Get road drag and then drag.
The lazy hen is not apt to be the
layer.
Cleanliness Is essential to success
ful poultry raising.
Do your hauling in the mornings
when the ground il nrm
The care Of bees IL q healthy, easy
and profitable work for women.
The good brood SOW should be kept
n long as she is able to raise good
Hitter.
Oil meal is 80 per cent. protein. A
little in each feed for the cows is ex-
cellent.
Spread the manure as fast as It is
made. The manure spreader makes
the task an easy one.
It has been said that q horse Is no
better than the feet he stands on.
Look well to the hoofs.
It is wet, not cold, which hurts
sheep. Keep them dry and they can
stand lots of cold weather.
Two-year-old geese are best for
breeding purposes. Sell on the sur
plus stock. It won't pay to winter.
The low-wheeled wagon win prove
mighty handy thing on any farm.
Get set Of low-down wheels and try
them.
The man who keeps no stock be-
cause feed il high makes q mistake
from which both his land and his
pocket book will suffer.
The road drag 10 one of the tools
which should not be put away. Keep
It going over your strip OF road every
good chance you get. 1t Is especially
effective after rains.
Plan to lay In a supply Of ice this
winter Get place ready to store 1t.
A good serviceable house can be put
up cheaply, and enough ice stored to
last all next summer.
This Is the season when you ought
to be planning out the next seasons
work. Take pride In having your
road team look sleek and trim. Rub
up the harness, and II the buggy or
wagon is old and shabby, and you do
not feel able to buy a new one. paint
and M the old one up. ~
Don't expect to improve your stock
without expense. The cost Of the
scrub cannot in any sense to taken
as the measure of cost Of producing
the thoroughbred. Just as the Inn
proved animal is intrinsically worth
more money to the buyer, so it is I'M
reasonable to suppose that It should
not cost more money.
When the daily vessels to be scald-
id are cold, remember that the FIRST
application OF boiling water does not
scald them properly. the coldness Of
the tin reducing the temperature of
the water below the scalding point.
The only certain way Of scalding tin
pals and pans Is to apply the scaiding
water after the vessels have been
heated by a preliminary rinsing in hot
water.
The government is making expert
ments In the practical value Of shelter
belts of trees for homesteads. stock
buildings. and orchards. Something
for you to think about. Are your
buildings or orchard so exposed to the
bleak winds of winter and the violent
winds OF summer a. to suffer? Trees
Of the right kind, planted In the best
way and the best place will mean not
only comfort but profit.
II farmer sells hogs at ten dollars
and buys them back In the shape OF
ham, bacon and pork at $1S, why
should It not pay him to butcher and
pack meat for his own use? And II
the handsome profit Of eight dollars
per hog over the live selling price
can b realized for himself why would
Il not ~ profitable to pack twice or
three timer a. much AZ he needs for
himself and sen it, Perhaps It would
n pay him to figure on butchering 30 OF
~ hogs and curing and packing the
meat