The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-04-25
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Take time to clean up around the
house and barn.
1t takes 45.4 quarts OF average milk
to weigh 100 pounds.
Waste not those eggs on the. hen
which Is not thoroughly broody.
The right kind Of COW expects the
right kind of treatment and gets II.
Have kind word always for your
horse, and he will prove your faithful
servant.
Increase the fertility OF your land
by growing clover and then blowing
It under.
Be easy on the horses while they
are hardening to the heavy work Of
the season.
Get the young pigs out . on the
ground as soon as possible to prevent
their getting too fat.
Finish up on the little odd jobs be.
fore the full rush Of the spring work
makes you forget them.
The better the seed bed the better
the drop. Remember that when get.
ting the land in shape for the seed.
The weakling lamb needs special
care and In most cases will repay
your efforts by growing into a strong
animal.
Charcoal, and grit, oyster shell and
granulated bone are essential to the
health Of the chickens. Be sure your
flock is supplied.
The drill for planting grain crops
has the advantage Of more even plant.
Ing at the proper depth, thus ensuring
even start and uniform growth.
Don't let the cattle run on the pas.
ture when the ground is soft. It will
cause more damaPe than the land will
be able to recover from for years.
The saleableness of a good grade OF
butter may be spoiled by the way IL Is
placed on the market. Appearance
has much to do with the sale of an
article.
When wife is troubled about that
sponge cake which has become dry
and which she is tempted to feed to
the chickens. tell her that IL will make
fine toast for tea.
The horse that has been idle all or
most Of the winter, needs careful han
ding to be Injured to hard work. In
crease the grain diet and exercise reg
ularly, increasing the tasks gradually.
Young chicks that have become
drenched by sudden shower and are
cramped with cold should be taken
into the kitchen and wrapped In hot
flannels. Many a chick can be saved
in this way.
The low-grade fertilizer may not en-
tail so great an initial outlay, but 1t Is
the dearest in the end, for no man ever
made dollar by buying the low-grade
fertilizer, while 1t does pay to put good
fertilizer on the land.
It Is well to look over machinery
to see II bolts and screws do not need
tightening, but especially is this true
Of new machinery. The nuts and
bolts work loose with the first use of
the machine, and 1t Is the safest plan
to examine often.
Pea-fed pork is growing in favor in
some sections. Some raisers have
produced profitable hogs without feed
ing single grain of corn, the feed
consisting almost exclusively Of the
peas. But there Is little question but
that the better ration is a combination
of peas and corn.
A comfortable nest for the setting
hen is made by putting fresh, earth
into box and covering with straw
hay Is better for 1t will not gather
moisture = and sprinkling Stacked
lime and sulphur upon the straw. In
such a nest the hen will not be trou-
bled with lice and she will not break
her eggs.
Do not let the soft corn of last sea-
son, which was abnormally backward.
lead you to make the mistake Of
planting too early corn this year.
Plant the kind OF corn which has given
the best results in former years.
There is no sort Of likelihood that we
shall have another such season as last
year, at least not for another 25 years
anyway.
How do you raise your cream? It
has been estimated that the losses Of
butter fat by the different methods
OF skimming the milk Of 20 cows In q
year amount to $3.50 BY the shallow
pan setting, $50 by the deep setting