The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-07-31

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Select large sheep for breeding
ewes. for size, tells in the offspring.
Skim milk and clover pasturage
will make profitable pork out Of your
pigs.
Corn should be cut out OF the ra-
lions for the chickens during the hot
weather.
| Turn the horse that H., not given
regular work loose IN the paddock for
part Of each day.
| II you have never tried field Of
alfalfa. get the ground in shape and
plan to make the start next year.
Make the trees of the orchard send
their roots deep into the soil by hav
ing the soil well-drained, and by deep
blowing.
I Select land which IL well drained
for the orchard, for 1t is drier In wet
spells and moister in dry spells than
other lands.
Nitrogen promotes growth and for
this reason should be used with eau
| ton in the orchard where fruit rather
than wood Is desired.
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Set good example and put them in
good condition alongside your place.
It will encourage others to q like ser.
vice.
| Don't try to make the weather, just
keep busy trying to At your work into
the weather an all wise providence
provides and all will come out right in
the end. n
| In the warm weather II Is a good
plan to churn every day. This avoids
the necessity of mixing the different
| days cream and insures better fla
vored butter. AN
Look out for the farmer whose
| chickens scatter and run every time
he passes through the barnyard. He's
| illtempered and Is pretty good man
to leave alone.
During the hot days of the summer
be particular about the barn and
barnyard. Keep both scrupulously
clean. Make the breeding places for
flies as scarce as possible.
| Sod-bound orchards cannot be ex.
| pected to be productive. Break up
the ground and give covering Of ma
lure. You will be surprised at the new
vigor which Your trees Will :. display,
| another season.
Sod is sometimes allowable in APP
pie and standard pear orchards, but
never in other fruit plantations; but
| even then 1t should be pastured close
| ly with sheep or hogs. : If the stock
is fed at the same time, the land Will
| fare better.
Clean quarters for the chickens pay
Never allow .droppings to accumulate;
change the bedding on the floor and
in the nests often; go among the birds
carefully, not soaring them by quick
movements. Look at things from their
standpoint; 1t pays to sympathizs
even with hen If you want to make
her pay.
| Join the boosters club and give
your neighbor a good boost every
chance you get. you will be sur.
prised how many boosts you will get
in return for the favors you bestow
upon others. That IL q poor motive
| for extending the helping hand, but
nevertheless such service always
brings its rewards. ~
Late cultivation i'm the orchard ID
apt to be injurious for the reason that
It induces late: growth. At all events
it can be Of small utility when the
tree begins to mature and rains be-
come frequent. This season of res
pite gives the grower the opportunity
of raising a green manure, and Of add
Ing fertility to his land at trifiing ex-
pense and with. no aharm. 70 Kia trees.
Eau blowing may be advisable for
farm crops, but It should generally
be discouraged in orchardst TIE land
In orchards should be left compact in
the fall, and 1t IL advisable to oovsr
It with some close hdbaG.., ~
The San Jose scale IL distinguish
able from other scale by the smah size
OF the scales, which measure COM
monty about one-sixteenth of an inch
In diameter, though rarely specimens
are found nearly an eighth Of an inch
across. The scales are circular and
somewhat elevated in the middle,
which bears small black or yellow.
ish pointed process. In badly infested
orchards they completely cover the
trees, giving the branches an un
/ heelthy, grayish, security appearance
!, Ia winter the scales are to be found
only in half or nedrly full grown con.
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