The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-03-20
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The. COW must be well fed II she is
going to give generous flow Of milk.
A good road 10 good investment
for any section.
Kind treatment is one of the ingre-
dents OF the ration of every COW. No
danger Of overlooking along that line.
The good brood sow ought to prove
profitable up to seven or eight years
of age.
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Look over the flock and II any of
the ewes seem weak, separate them
from the flock, and give them extra
care and feed until they grow strong.
Know when your stock is ready for
market and know when and where
you can find the best market for your
stock.
Grow some hickory trees for az
and hammer handles. II you raise
more than you need you can easily
sell, for hickory brings good price.
Plenty of light always for the
stock. II your barn lacks windows,
put them in at once, window with
every stall.
If 1t is possible to avoid it don't
take your seed potatoes from base
ment where there is a furnace. Their
vitality is apt to have been i'm
paired.
A little molasses added to the ra-
ton of the cows is good. 1t gives zest
to the appetite, but too much is bad
for the COW, and II should not be fed
In the breeding season.
Give the horses q run in the pasture
II 1t is possible. 1t must be pretty
monotonous standing in a stall for
long stretches at time, as some
horses are forced to do in the winter
My, how the hens do like the chance
to scratch over sheaf Of oats or
wheat which has not been threshed
out. They will get all the grain II
you give them q chance.
Talking about the value of good
tools reminds us that good tools need
proper care. Many farmer wastes
lots Of money each year by the care
less way in which he uses and cares
for his tools and machines.
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Provide clean troughs and feed
floors for the hogs and you will re-
wise your opinion of the animals that
they prefer Nth to cleanliness. A
cement feeding floor and movable
troughs that can be scalded out once
or twice a week will enable the feed
er to give them sanitary conditions.
A good horse sling for supporting
the animal on his feet is made by
folding a stack cover SO as to pass
under the belly, then roll It on pieces
of scantling from each end so as to
from hammock Of the proper length.
BY the use OF chains and singletree
the sling can be supported from above.
Straps or ropes must be used at both
ends to prevent the horse from fall
ing forward or backward.
II farmers would keep pure bred
chickens Of one breed their eggs would
put on better appearance In the
market because Of uniformity OF size
and color. Poorly assorted fowls may
return a profit. but they do not re-
turn anywhere near the profit that the
same number Of well-bred, uniform
hens would. Scrub stock of any kind
IL poor property. It costs as much to
feed. house and care for them as It
does for good stock, while the returns
are materially less. The mongrel hen
eats the most and returns the least
tor the food consumed.
Here II q joke on the novelist-farm-
or from the Farm and Home which Is
good enough to pass along: During
his FIRST year novelist-farmer dis
covered that al, his little chickens.
which were confined III coops, were
languishing at the point Of death. The
novelist went over his hen literature
to locata the cause Of the trouble, but
to mo- avail. Y Finally be called upon
"a old chap named Ravlins. to whom
hs put the question: What do you
suppose IL the jaatter with those
chicksfr "WeIl. I Dunno said RAW
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