The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-03-13
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Give the breeding mare exercise
every day.
Prune the vineyard at once If you
have not already done 30.
Muslin fronts for the chicken houses
are winners. Try one.
Alfalfa or clover hay is good for the
brood SOW. Give her all she will eat
up clean.
Sheep will feed together better and
fatten more evenly IL they are uni
form in character.
During the winter months be sure
that your poultry have all the grits
they need.
uuess-work methods are the great
est curse to the farm, and explain
mcie failures than any one thing.
Better prices do not make better
butter. but better butter will always
tend to boost prices. Try it,
Spring is upon us. Get all the odd
jobs out Of the way before the regular
spring rush begins.
Hens do not like to scratch in wet
t. a
al bone and snug as you can
make It
Put wheat bran and middlings In q
box where the calf can get at 1t. She
will soon learn to eat 1t and 1t will
be better for her to get 1t in this way
than to give 1t to her in the milk.
The increase in the average yield Of
corn per acre last year amounted to
only three-tenths of a bushel per acre,
but in the aggregate it meant an in
crease of hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars to the farmers.
Handle the cream and do your but
ter making away from the odors Of the
kitchen Nothing absorbs the odors
SO quickly as cream and butter, and
the poorly favored butter does not
sell well or bring good price.
Make chicken roost out Of the dis
carded wagon wheel, after removing
the iron tire which would prove too
cold thing for the hens feet. Such
roost is economical of space. 1t
can be suspended from the roof
The squealing pig Is entering pro-
test about something. Find out what
It is. II cold, provide better shelter.
II hungry, increase the feed. The
squealing pig brings small profit to
its grower.
Caustic potash rubbed well upon the
little knobs where the horns of the
calf will grow will prevent develop
ment and will save dehorning later
The treatment must be given during
the first two weeks, however.
For some reason thick sour skim
milk seems to have greater value for
hens than sweet milk. This may be
due to the milk sugar not being digest
ed and assimilated by fowls, or, pos
sib.y,s the tactic acid which is present
In sour milk may have an especially
beneficial effect. More experimental
work is needed to clear up this
matter.
Alfalfa is a crop worth striving for.
Plan for start this year. Alfalfa
wants a dry, sweet. rich soil and I'M
derdraining seems to help any land
Tor this crop. as does also the applica-
zion Of lime. Four tons to the acre
has been found none too much, and IL
will not grow on land destitute OF
time. The land must be clean. so mid
summer sowing on land that has been
narrowed over and over to kill weeds
brings best results. Some have made
Che mistake of cutting 1t too soon ana
TOO often. The crop has been killed
by cutting too soon, and cutting
should not be done until after the
young suckers are well started from
tha crown.
II is a wellknown fact that fruit
tree will set more fruit than 1t Is ca
liable of, supporting and si;ngtng to per
fiction. Prof. Sandsten OF the WIS
c.fnsin experiment station suggests
that TO aid nature in its work grow
srs should take away the extra fruit
The vitality OF the tree is used up
~. the number Of seeds It Is permit
led ID ripen, not By the size Of the
fruit. It is readily seen that by re-
luoving some OF the fruit we con.
rsrve the. fertility, of theSIand, es Well
- afdA the nee "a properly mature the
rsmaipiks nan. /, IA krdBl bAtihas thus
been thinned win bring forth more
fruit IN bushels than other trees; and
besl1ee>1hlD y me fsuit slvJn1 thinhed
t,easte1uperics ~ e0Qe. 'sia4 -
t $780, tz'hsffl!k }han eg
&6l5e. However. until I'M 81 |1bDI 0{