The L'Anse sentinel., 1909-05-15

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1t is a, mistake to raise the calf OF
uncertain pedigree. s
Grit must be provided for the little
chicks II they are kept confined.
The scrub calf will not make good
COW, no matter how you push the feed
into her.
Dip all the stock this spring. Per
haps they have lice on them and you
do not know It
In buying hogs or any other animals,
always put In quarantine before put
ting with your other animals.
The high price of butter fat makes
It expensive business raising calves
that are allowed to suck their dams.
Begin early to teach the colt to lead
II Is a simple task when he is small
but not SO easy II left until he is a
year or two old.
Be careful about the feed for the
horses this spring. Get them onto a
full grain diet gradually. Begin the
hard work gradually. too.
Give the horses water when return
ing from the field, then before feeding
them their grain ration let them chew
on hay for half an hour.
Turn the cows onto the pasture half
day at time to start with, and then
only after a good feed Of hay. This
will prevent serious trouble with
scours.
A gunny sack and piece Of paper
make good materials to rub the plow.
share or with after the days work is
done, and they will keep It as bright
rs q mirror.
An orchardist whose apple trees
were badly girdled by rabbits during
the winter tried with good results
bags filed with fresh COW manure and
tied snugly over the girdled spots.
Kindly handling of the young stock
will make them more tractable when
full grown. The animal whose early
recollections tell of blows and harsh
words will never feel that confidence
in mankind which the one win have
that has only known humane treat
ment.
Here's to the poor farmer. How can
he have merry time when he has
nothing to live In but big house,
nothing to shelter his horses but a
warm barn, nothing to eat except
everything that grows out Of the
no way to get his mail except having
II brought to him every day by a
smiling mail carrier who will, soon be
wearing Uncle Sans uniform with
shining brass buttons, no way to get
TO town but with a rubber-tired buggy
or auto, no way to make money but
by selling 50-cent corn, 35-cent butter,
IS hogs, 27-cent eggs and have his
farm double in price once in q while? :?
While you are enjoying your Sunday
dinner don't forget to drop tear for
the poor. down-trodden farmer man.
There are several varieties of trees
which make good windbreaks. The
government experiments have proved
that white pine, Norway spruce, Aus
triSl and Scotch pines and American
arboryitae have no superiors. These
kinfs, all Grow rapidly and are not
lacking inSvigor or adaptability to thin
soils, Exposed situations and other ad-
verse conditions. But do not plant ev;
ersFesns extensively about the heme.
Deeiihous trees occupy place in any
schesne for beautifying lawns which
conifSrs alone do not and cannot fill.
When surrounded and completely en-
veIoped in q dense growth Of ever
greene, q style Of planting somewhat
prevalent a few decades ago, and of
which examples are even now occa-
6lOnouy seen, reSluenco OecOmeS
dark, gloomy. damp and sometimes
dangerous to health.
Here is some good advice to remem.
ber when buying rfarm:f Three
things should be high. the house, the
orchard and the spring: three should
be low. the hay barn, the taxes and the
prles Of the farm, says American Cul-
tivaApe. Three things should be thick,
the, tdp soil. the mowings and the wood
lot: tAree thin, the insects. pests and
foul paants. Three things should be
nsars ths nsishbora the markets and
the sehools. three should be distant,
salooB. framps and borrowers; three
shoe1d Be scanty. rocks. druughts and
cary 7frosts; three should be infre-
auent mud. mosquitoes and meddlers;
thr@d phon14 lbe ebuudant wood, wa
tsr "a laBef Tnr@s things should be
deeSs the well. the cellar and the
pur34; Three things should b. wide,
he Q1ls, the tool chest and the roads
Thre t1dnsA should be light, the
srades ~ tixingrpom and the mort