The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-06-04
DO mot plant corn too deeply.
Few farmers harrow quite enough.
Harsh treatment never pays with .

The most important citizen of Amer
lea today is the farmer.
Provide sprinklers. sprayers and
stakes for your garden.
The big shoveled cultivator Is .
thing of the past, or should be.
Both the grass and the exercise
gained in getting 1t are helpful to the
hog.
A knowledge Of marketing products
to the best advantage is an important
factor in profits.
The best prize winners arc usually
| raised in incubators. ~
Remember the main object Of farm
ing this year is to provide and main
tain comfortable home.
Every narrowing pen should have q
| good fender to prevent the SOW from
lying on and smothering the pigs.
Ewes and lambs run well over
young grass land, but they must be
kept moving, SO that all is grazed
evenly.
Until about seventy years ago poul-
! try keeping was almost wholly home
industry, producing for home con-
sumption.
It is not too late to prune the or.
chard. II you could not do it sooner.
do 1t now. Gather up the dead
I branches and burn them.
Keep the walks in your garden neat
and attractive. Fence corners with
weeds and poorly kept walks are sure
evidences Of a careless gardener.
| In all regions where snow lies long
on the ground, winter poultry keeping
is necessarily intensive. but that is no
reason for continuing intensive meth
DDS through the summer.
The corn plant, as well as other
plants, must draw its nourishment
from the soil. In order for the plant
to be well nourished the soil must
have a large amount of plant food.
Build a place for martins to brood
on your farm. Their "chirps" are
cheerful and their services valuable
They drive of birds of prey and
greatly reduce insect depredations.
It Is always perplexing to know
what varieties Of strawberries to
plant. The old varieties which are
known in the community should be re.
tanned until the newer sorts are test
ed on small scale.
Eastern growers mostly grow fruit
as side issue and take what they
get both when they gather and when
they sell 1t, while the western grower
makes business of growing his fruit
and gets what he asks for It.
All needed improvement around the
place should be made before the sea
son for cultivation arrives. Sheds
for manure, shelter for stock and
room for hay should now have atten
ton. Let the silo have consideration
while you are building.
Alfalfa has proven great success
all over the country west Of the Mis-
souri, river. It is extending in popu'
larity north into the Dakotas and
south into Texas, with every evidence
that II will become the adopted tarue
hay crop for those sections.
The young pigs must have dry nests
and the bedding should be changed
frequently and lime, or some Other
disinfectant sprinkled In the nest
when 1t is cleaned. Many young pigs
become infected with disease through
their navels coming in contact with
damp and foul nests.
Give the girls chance to have q
. |
the garden will greatly benefit health
and furnish helpful exercise in the
open air. Information about plants II
essential to good education and should
not be neglected. Let the girls be
come interested in the garden.
The most important time in tn,
calls life comes when we take 1t upor
, ourselves to feed and care for It, ant
, at this time we should exercise a 10
Of kindness and gentleness. To-
, roughness creates distrust and fear
, and the chances are that calves vii
| never forget their first lessons and Inn
pressions.
! In the United States and Cauads
, the subject Of soil incubation has as
sumed a peculiar significance In con
i nection with the successful growing
of alfalfa. First established on oul