The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-09-12

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Think right If you would walk
right.
Charcoal IL good for the hens, es-
pecially in hot weather.
Lime wash all the stables. 1t will
make them sweet and clean.
The cleaner the poultry house the
less trouble there will be with pests
and diseases.
There are always two sides to the
farm help questionable helps side as
we'll as that of the farmer.
Screened stables and generous use
Of the spray will help you through the
summer without much loss in the milk
fow.
Don't get in the habit of dosing your
animals. Provide good care and good
feed and there will be little need to
dope them.
Provide good screens for the house
II you have not already done so. The
day OF the old cloth mosquito netting
should be past for most farmers.
Pigs in the orchard will pick up all
the windfalls and perform double
service. They will destroy the In
furious insect life and they will also
grow fat on the fruit.
The floor to the hay NOW should be
tight so that the dust and seeds
from the hay cannot sift through
cracks down upon the backs and into
the eyes Of the horses and other stock.
Let 1t be a rule Of the farm that
| nothing shall go to waste. Provide
a way by which everything is used to
the best advantage, and there will be
no trouble about keeping the bank ac-
count growing.
Look over the peach orchard. Saw
dust or gum on the trunks near the
ground Is pretty good evidence that
borers are at work. If you want to
save your trees get right after them.
Dig them out and then plug the hole
with soap or wax.
With the telephone and the mail de-
livery service and the auto, what more
does the farmer need to smooth life's
pathway? In the country with her
wealth Of good things, with all the
comforts of the city, that Is what life
on the farm Is fast becoming.
A cream thermometer costs but lit
tie but its convenience in accurately
telling you the temperature of the
cream is almost inestimable, for the
quality of the butter made and the
ease with which 1t is churned largely
; depend upon having the cream at
the right temperature when begin
ming operations.
IL yout upoh luCIdi,
melt tallow or beeswax upon the tool
to be marked, write your name in the
tallow or wax, being sure to scratch
clear through to the metal surface
Then pour into the letters thus made
few drops of nitric acid Leave for
a few minutes. Then wipe of acid
and beeswax or tallow and you will
find your tool has your name that
won't come or
From all reports an agricultural set.
Element experiment seems to be work.
ing out successfully In Austria-Hun-
gary. In order to turn the tide of en-
igration the Hungarian minister OF
agriculture secured an appropriation
for the purchase of several thousand
acres of good land. This was par
celed out into rural districts, with
land prices and taxes reduced to a
minimum. Model farms and villages
are now IN operation and apparently
succeeding in the purpose for which
they were intended.
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Of Prof. Singerland's experiments
at Cornell have shown that salt Is eff.
fective IL used in sufficient quantities,
but he found that It would be neces-
sary to use some six to eight tons of
salt per acre to destroy the wire
worms, while even dressing of 1000
pounds per acre interfered with the
termination of wheat, and neither
drove the wire worms deeper into the
soil nor caused them to migrate to any
appreciable distance. He did find,
however, that considerable numbers
of the adult beetles we're attracted
and destroyed by fresh lunches OF
clover dipped In strong paris green
water. Fall blowing, however, Is ef
fective in destroying many Of the click
beetles the parents of the wire
worms, which hibernate In their pupal
cells. On the whole. a short rotation
OF crops is the only method OF contro
that can be unqalifiedly recommended
, bringing In. wherever possible. {
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