The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-02-15

Alfalfa is said to be . good crop
with which to run out wild oats.
Do It now Is good watchword to
keep before you during this new year.
Light soils and southern exposure
provide the ideal conditions for early
fruits.
The straw from the pig pen 10 satu-
rated with liquid manure and IL fine
for the land.
Keep the cows just on the verge OF
hunger and they will put no surplus
in the milk pail.
Good stock cannot be raised from
scrubs any more than good fruit can
be grown on poor plants.
Some one suggests rule Of three
as follows by which to run the home:
Father, mother and forbearance.
A triple extraction of goodness
which will affect the milk pail favor.
ably: Good care. good feed, good
shelter.
Don't have the manure trench be-
hind the cows too shallow. or they Will
stand in it. Eight to ten inches 10
none too deep,
A share Of the profits of the farm
belong to the wife. whose faithful
labors has made 1t possible for you to
do as well as you have done. Divy up.
More and more farmers boys are
taking the agricultural courses at the
different state colleges, which is one
Of the most encouraging signs for the
future Of agriculture.
Won't be long now before you will
be head over heels In the spring work.
Too late then to spend time reading
and studying and planning out the
seasons work. Do 1t now.
Yes, 1t is just as dishonest to buy
short measure bottles and deliver
them to customers as full measure as
1t would be to fail to fill the measure
up full and claim you had given q full
quart.
Let the hogs out on the sunshiny
days. Nothing like a warm bit of sun.
shine on their backs to invigorate
them and make the feed count for
more. It's the contented stock which
make the most rapid gains.
Where observations have been
made 1t has been proved that orchards
cultivated faithfully gave abundant
yields of apples while those sown in
grass and not cultivated havo not
yielded at all satisfactorily.
How about those accounts yoa were
going to start with the new year? Not
| too late to begin now. You ought to
keep track of the outgo and the in.
come. Otherwise how can you know
whether you are getting ahead or run.
ming behind?
| He that putteth farm before wife is
small souled and shirt.sighted. Let
not the burdens of the farm press toe
heavily upon her shoulders. 1t is
needless drudgery which takes the
Joy out of life and makes the farm the
prison from which the soul longs to be
set free.
The handy barn is the barn where
the arrangements are such as to make
work therein easy. Have you such q
barn? Have you put in that stairway
to the loft, or are you still content tc
| expend time and effort in swinging
from rafter to rafter in gaining access
to the upper story?
The reason why poultry on the
farm pay is because all grain food car
be grown on the farm, as well as po
tatoes, turnips, beets. mangels, cab
bages, clover, ETC., for which the cit.
breeders, or those les fortunately sit
uated, have to pay big price, ant
which represents big item on th'
expense side Of the annual account.
A cow standing in a barn or in
fence corner shivering with the cold
with great balls Of manure hangin,
to her thighs, with her tail loade,
down with the same, is not comfort
able, and will take nearly all the foo
she will eat, under the above cond
tions, to sustain life; and the owne
will have to think pretty hard, II h
thinks at all-which is doubtful---if h
is able to figure out where the prof
comes In.
i You will reap from your ewes Jus
such crop of lambs az you hav
worked for. II the care Of the eve
has been matter OF small though
and convenience, and the feeding In
been with little consideration OF th
demands ON the mother and her pro-
pective offspring, then you may we
expect poor showing. Many faru
| ar hlamee to what he calls hfa Inc