The L'Anse sentinel., 1908-04-04

ciean ana sne VIII give you more mil \
and OF better quality.
Put In just enough pop corn for you
own use next winter when you ar
gathered about the fireside.
Clean of the cows and don't forget
the tail. II covered with dirt a slight
swish will send lots of dirt into the
! pail.
The man who has won failure by
his shiftlessness is not so much In
need OF sympathy as he is OF course
In the school Of privation.
Don't be SO wise in your own ways
that you cannot learn from your neigh
bors. or find helpful thought or hint
In Meadowbrook Farm Notes.
Being ready is half the battle. More
than half the failures on the farm are
due to the fact that we are not ready
to do work when 1t ought to be done.
Remember with the return of spring
weather that the keeping quality Of
milk depends more on cIeanly meth.
DDS OF handling than upon weather
conditions.
Dip the sheep this spring after
shearing. even though you do not no. |
tice any ticks. Remember about the /
ounce of precaution being better than
pound of cure.
From two to three hogs can be fst.
tened IL allowed to follow a bunch Of
steers, with the use of a very little
extra corn. Most corn-belt feeders
count two pigs per steer.
Labor-saving machinery for the
farm is all right, but the owner of
the small farm must remember that
unless the expensive machine can be
kept busy 1t is hardly profitable for
his farm alone.
Farmers are coming to understand )
nat manure is never more valuable
han on the day 1t is made, and are
nore making a practice Of getting 1t
ut on the fields as soon as possible, 5
'hether they have a manure spreader
r not
The advantage from sowing the )
led OF mammoth clover is that.
nee 1t is legume, 1t 10 a nitrogen )
ltherer, and IL 1t secured a good .
and and made vigorous growth 1t
ould add considerably to the stock
fertility in the soil.
When paris green is put up in small :,
lckages the weight of the package ?,
often included with the green Thus e,
pound package may contain only -
'out 10 ounces of green. For this ;,
ason, IL one uses large quantities of -
ison, 1t Is cheaper to buy II In bulk. q.
~, d.
The army ration for horses consists is
ID to 20 pounds Of hay daily, with SC
to IL pounds Of good oats. When tb
Ing extra heavy service larger te
1ount OF grain Is allowed. At this To
te ton of hay will feed q horse tn
out 80 days, allowing for ten per wi
Mt waste. 10,
fri
Care has to be exercised with the a
ire In hot weather while a colt is lie
ckling her, because overheating her of
.en gives colt the scours. BY hav. do
the colt come In the fall the mare plt
ckles him while she Is doing no do
'rk, and she can give him a much ON
tier start than when he is born In pa
. spring, kn
pla
It has been demonstrated by the ex. an
riment stations and by practical
ITS OF innumerable farmers that crop m,
.ation not only pays in better crops DO
that where properly carried out nv,
tually increases the productivity OF ho,
soil from year to year. Have You ,h,
ZEN this matter any thought? Have the
u considered that with this coming 10,
lson you ought to begin some sort iah
crop rotation and prove to your own no,
I by practical test that the system b%a, %
vs.? na'
The wonderful advancement which
, been made in farming methods in n
last SO years encourages a poetic GO pa'
'amer to indulge in vision of what -. ~
another 100 years will bring forth. %.
he breaks out into song as fol. -. III.
's:
It's no! for the days of the dear old ~
farm, when we plowed with gasoline. v
the cows were fed in the dewy morn -.
through the butter and cheese ma VII
chine; tn
en- we III the meadows and pasture -,
lots with glaring electric light: och
used the wireless telegraph for call and
Ing the cows at night; 49,
en- the gardens grew on a grand old con
plan. and pumpkins and grapes and to
re gathered by rollicking, froiickins mis-
girls from the limbs OF the seif-sains Bet
'ee' him
: we lily-fngered farmer boys loved moi
to spend the day In sleep. sae
the murmuring motor that ran the soo
mill that sheared the compiacent wht
we loved to loaf by the alcohol still. Ell
that stood In the billowy corn, mob
called to the farm hands ten-courps .oa,
meal by the notes OF a GabrieI's