The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-09-26


Raising crops Is only half Of the
farm problem. There must be profit
able utilization Of the crops, either a.
food for livestock or as grain for the
market.
The demand of nut products seems
to be constantly on the increase, and
the imports are growing larger each
year. In this there 10 strong hint to
the farmer.
Have you q COW testing association
in your section? Such an organization
will help you to find out what your
cows are doing for you at small OF.
pense comparatively.
See that the farm machinery il
treated right when In use and again
do not neglect It when 1t Is lying idle.
See that It is properly housed. Clean
and oil 1t before putting 1t up.
Don't let the garden 90 to weeds
after the first crops are taken on.
Keep 1t covered with something worth
growing in the late summer, II moth
ing more than pea vines, which will
have to be plowed under later. They
will prove an excellent fertilizer.
Give the calves you are raising on
skim milk little grain feed regular
ly and watch them grow. A few hand
fuls Of oats do not cost much and the
calves pay for It well. 1t keeps the
bowels in condition and puts on sound
meat and bone.
Select the seed corn in the fall
rather than in the spring, as not only
can better corn be selected then and
with reference to the stalk on which
1t was grown, but also 1t will be pos
sible to give It better care and so pre-
serve its terminating qualities.
A good temporary roosting coop for
the chickens can be made six feet
long and three feet wide, with a
double pitched roof extending well
over the sides and ends. The sides
may be SLATED. Burlap may be
stretched around them to keep out
storms in bad weather and II rats are
troublesome the stats may be covered
with fine mesh wire netting.
Too much cropping and too little
manure Is the curse Of many a farm.
1t is a short-sighted method which
finally leaves the farmer stranded
upon an impoverished soil that he can
not make a living upon and which he
cannot sell. The only salvation for
such a farmer is to start keeping live
stock and keeping as many as the land
will support. The regular application
Of manure and crop rotation will re-
deem In time the most rundown farm.
The farm II factory where goods
are produced for the market. Business
principles which govern the factory
in the city must control In the factory
In the country. There must be knowl-
edge of what the market wants and
when 1t wants It; selling produce
where there is the most demand and
the least supply; the art Of decreas-
ing the cost of production; Of finding
out Just what the cost Of production
is and the study of market conditions
to decide what we can and cannot
profitably raise.
Here Is the way one farmer In.
creased the productivity Of his orchard
from Is to over 200 bushels. He re-
duced the tops Of the trees one-fonrth,
then in the fall he plowed between
the trees. After manuring well he
planted corn, beans and pumpkins.
and harvested nice crop Of each.
The next spring he repeated the same
form of cultivation, and that year In
addition to the good crops Of corn,
beans and pumpkins harvested 70
bushels Of good apples. The next
spring he MANFRED for, the third time
and planted potatoes which did not do
we'll, but he harvested $50 bushels OF
fine apples from the orchard.
At the last meeting Of the New Eng
land Holstein Breeders association
one of the speakers asked the question
as to how many dairymen present
knew the cost reproduction OF hun
dred pounds Of milk. But four hands
were raised. And yet farmers igno-
rant as to what II costs them to pro
duce their milk output will complain
that the milk dealers tx the prices Of
the product. The dairy farmer 10 In
the business Of manufacturing milk.
| The manufacturer to be successful
must know not only what the complet-
ed article costs but the cost Of every
part. With this knowledge he can
cut out the Improbable and keep that
which Il profitable. So with the dairy.
man. He must know what It costs to
produce the milk and then he must be
ready to unite with other dairymen In
holding for price which will give .
fair profit. But until milk producers
have . definite knowledge what their
product costs Them. they are in NO
condition to organize or to hold TO.
| Rether II they DO attempt organt