The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-06-19

q usninS Tip 10 the creek.
You would find portable forge on
the farm will save you many trip
into town for small repairs.
| Charcoal is good for the pigs and
the chickens. Be sure that there Is a
supply always accessible for them.
II is poor economy to pasture the
grass too close. Don't try to keep
more stock than you can successfully
pasture.
A Jersey man has discovered that
box kites flying over his chicken runs
protect them from the attacks of
hawks. Worth trying.
Look after the horses teeth care
fully. II defects have developed II, is
easier to fix at once than to let them
develop into serious conditions.
Cheer up says the robin. There Is
always bright side to even a cold,
backward season, and many back
ward season has good ending, re-
member that.
What would the merchant be who
did not plan ahead and have the stock
he is going to need ordered ahead. So
20 hA to n a
successful he must plan far In ad-
vance.
The condition of the horses neck at
this stage of the farm work Is pretty
good evidence as to whether the collar
was made to fit when the hard work
was begun in the spring, and whether
It has been kept adjusted as the
shoulders have settled to the hard
work.
Handle the colt Just as you would
the growing boy In your home. Who
would think Of leaving the boy until
he was 81 before teaching him what
it meant to obey and perform certain
duties? So with the colt He should
not be allowed to get his growth be-
fore being what is called broken. 1t
is much easier to begin from the first
to accustom the colt to being handled
and to lead and drive. Try 1t.
Many a farm can be made to yield
a larger profit by laying out the fields
differently and planning a rotation OF
various crops. The government will
be glad to send pamphlets to farmers
suggesting how this may be done,
and will furnish special information
for Individual cases where desired.
Farmers ought to avail themselves
more fully of the splendid services of
the government agricultural experts
than they do.
To throw a horse easily try this
method. Take a three-quarter-inch
rope about 40 feet long, double 1t at
the center and at this point tie loop
about two feet long. This forms a
sort Of collar which is slipped over the
horses head. The free ends of the
rope are then brought down and be-
tween the front legs and each passed
under the fetlock joint of hind leg
preferably from within out), passed
once around itself and the end then
run forward through the collar. As
sistants now pull backward on the
ropes while the horse is backed. This
draws his legs well forward and up on
his sides. AS soon as the horse Is
down the feet can be tied In this posi-
ton with the rope.
The large cities are becoming more
and more strict as to the conditions
of the diaries from which their milk
supplies are obtained, and this fact is
an indication of the raising of stand
ards of production which daiiymen
must recognize IL they are going to
continue in the business. Pittsburg
is one of the latest cities to adopt
stringent rules and she has her in
spectors out looking after the dairies
which ship milk into the city. The
conditions which the city imposes
upon diaries. are as follows: Tight
stable floors must be provided, prefer
ably Of cement construction, provid.
ed with a gutter Immediately behind
the cows; proper ventilation OF
stables, provision Of at least 400
cubic feet OF air space for each COW.
not less than one square foot Of win.
dow area per COW. Windows may be
very cheaply constructed of muslin
instead Of glass; that walls. ceilings
and floors be kept clean and that the
stable be whitewashed throughout al
least twice year; that stables be
cleaned twice daily and that the
manure be removed at least 80 feet
from the stable; that the cows be
kept clean. no accommodations o.
manure upon their tanks, sides, nd
ders or tails; that the milking be dons
with clean, dry hands: that the mill
| pals be clean and sterilized BY boz
ing water or other sterilization pre-