The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-01-02

tools. All your machinery housedf
Cowpeas make good feed for hogs
and other stock and do the land good.
too.
Money in peaches II the right trees
are planted and planted in the right
place.
Provide lots Of litter for the hens.
Keep them busy and they win be
more apt to lay.
Founders in horses can be cured. &
n said, by administering large table
spoonful Of powdered alum. Try It.
In the rich prairie soil apple trees
are apt to grow too much to tree. 1t
the expense Of its fruiting qualities.
Every year In which the garden II
fertilized and the ground worked It be-
comes richer and more capable Of
growing crops.
To free cattle from Hoe. sprinkle
with wood ashes, rub with sulphur
ointment or whale-oil, or with petro-
leum emulsion.
Some farmers who have tried Il
think that the best way to get land
In condition for alfalfa IL to grow .
crop or two Of cowpeas.
Now II the time to make up your
mind what kind and how many trees
you will set out in the spring. OF
course you are going to set out some.
II the wound left by the. removal
Of the large limb is not covered with
paint or wax 1t will decay In q few
years and cause bad place in the
tree.
Not 30 much danger Of overlooking
the poultry at this season Of the year
as there was during the summer.
Feed literally II you want to get the
eggs.
Heavy draft teams are not for fast
road travel. See that your hired help
does not run them on returning home
from town after the delivery Of the
load.
Too much earth in sacked potatoes
Is judged as adulteration BY Kansas
officials. We've heard Of sand in
sugar but sand with potatoes IL q new
adulteration.
Be sure of the clover seed you buy.
Some farmers in Ohio have suffered
the past season through sowing Eng.
lish clover seed which was sold them
for red clover.
The cheap cotton gloves are q boon
for the farm work folks. Buy them
by the dozen pairs. They're cheaper.
and in this way you always have .
supply on hand.
Tile the land and drain on the sur.
plus water which, II allowed to re-
main, will sour the land, and when
evaporated leave the land hard and
unfit. to grow crop.
Every thing pertaining to the dairy
business will find place at the dairy
show at Chicago In December. Some
of the finest stock ever before shown
will be on exhibition.
Doctoring stock IL seldom satisfao
tory or profitable. Better see that by
proper care and feed they are kept
healthy. An ounce of prevention II
worth pound of cure.
Live steam IL the best thing with
which to scald milk utensils. but
where such Is not to be had scaldins
water will do. but be sure that It II
hot to the scalding point.
An expert butter maker declares
that cream should not be kept over
four days before churning either sum-
mer or winter. Cream q week old
makes butter q week old.
The farmer who 10 content to work
his horses with limiting collars. In the
farmer who Is always doctoring ssre
shoulders. and finding that his horses
can only pull half load.
In your feeding arrangements have
II 20 that each animal has an equal
chance at the feed. Prevent crowding
by feeding the sheep in racks with
partitions for each animal.
AS soon as any animal shows signs
of sickness separate from the rest and
put on short rations and watch close.
Sometimes q day or two on short
| rations will straighten them up.
A dog with only . bark and BID
appetite has no proper place on any
farm, but good dog trained to be o:
service will prove himself valuable
adjunct to the farm equipment
When the chemists of the depart
ment of agriculture succeed in manu-