The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-13


starvation from many door.
Use the milk pals and cans for no
other purpose than to hold milk.
Yearly cow tests are becoming more
and more popular; try them yourself.
Twenty acres of corn put into the
silo will supply 30 head of thrifty
cows for year. Try 1t.
You cannot grow good crop OF
grain and good crop of weeds on
the same ground in the same season.
The farmer who gets the best re-
suits from the cows Is not In the
habit of supposing everything 10 be
right.
When the rain makes the ground
soft, dig out all the brush in the patch
of useless ground and plant fruit
trees. They will soon grow into
money.
A little brain work in planning short
cuts in dairy work will save an Inn
mense amount of time and big work
and time Is money on the farm. az IL
IL elsewhere.
The farmers of Kansas plant 9,000,.
900 bushels of wheat every year, from
which they harvest about 100000
bushels, most of which Is ground up in
to fiorr in the home mills.
DRY land" alfalfa Is merely the
common alfalfa which through contin-
GUS culture without irrigation on arid
land has acquired more or less
drought-resisting qualities.
AS a rule, 1t is better to set out fruit
and ornamental trees, shrubs, vines,
perennial roots and bulbs in the fall
than in the spring. OF course, the
work often can be done as well in the
spring as in the fall, but many times
the soil and season are unfavorable,
and the proverbial spring rush comes
on so quickly that the job must be
sighted.
II the soil in which the plants are to
be set has been prepared and the
holes dug, set out the plants as soon
as they are unpacked, but If the soil
is not prepared, Immediately prepare
deep trench, set the plants in it
spreading them out well-and cover
the roots deeply with fine soil. II the
soil is dry, moisten 1t so that 1t will
not extract any moisture from the
roots.
For setting out trees, shrubs and
any plants at any season, spare no
time and labor in preparing the soil
and digging spacious holes for the
reception of the roots of the plants.
for upon the successful starting Of the
roots depends to very large degree
the future success of the plant. Pre-
vious to setting. cut OF any injured
or decayed roots and settle plant IN
the hole prepared for 1t, so that nom
of the roots will be bent or cramped.
Two or three weeks time will be 70
quired to complete the blanching OF
the early celery varieties, and the
boards must be kept in position until
the crop is removed from the ground,
after which they may be used again
two or thre times during the season.
If the celery is allowed to remain in
the boards too long, after 1t has
reached a marketable stage. 1t loses
in weight and flavor and is liable to
be injured or even destroyed by the
attacks of blight.
Silage to keep well must be cut so
that It will settle evenly. The leaves
must not be in one place and the
coarser parts of the stalks In another.
1t must be thoroughly mixed, and
nothing will do this mixing so well as
a man. The silage must also be packed
tightly next the sides of the silo, as
that is where 1t is likely to lie so light
that 1t will permit the air to enter.
The top of the silage should be COM
posed of corn that is as green as pos
sible, as this will decay and seal the
whole, thus keeping out the air. Too
dry silage can be improved by adding
water at the top.
Pasture lands receive too little at
tention from the majority Of farmers.
II the pastures thrive and produce
good growth, all right. and then. II
they run out, and grow up in weeds.
the man thinks he hasn't time to look
after and improve matters. These con-
ditions are often allowed to exist till
the land has to be broken up and
put to grain of some sort in order to
fight the weeds successfully; and
while few realize II, such lands have
lost their owners from two to three
dollars an acre every year they were
left to run as they might. Tho "stitch
in time" saves all this trouble and
loss.
In recent experiment to determine