The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-09-17
Use common sense with CALI
we.n til. col. at tire. month.

There is nothing like milk for get
ting the calf up In condition
Midsummer pruning heals quickly.
and IL coming more into favor.
The record of the individual COW
ID the only road that leads to success.
Everything that decreases the cost
Of production Is so much self-help for
the wool-grower.
The profit of wool growing depends
as much on the cost Of production an
the selling price.
Poorly drained soils always suffer
more under adverse climatic condi.
lions than those that are we'll drained.
Some gardeners pack caulifiower
by drawing few of the outer leaves
over them and tying the ends at the
tops.
Teach the calf to drink and feed
whole milk for at least three weeks.
changing to a skim milk diet grad
ually.
Italian bees will quite often, espe-
cially when crowded for room, swarm
before they have any sealed queen
cells.
The bacon hogs. like other hogs.
need to be well fed, but the feed and
habits differ considerably from the
lard type of hogs.
II watering In the garden becomes
necessary 1t Is better to thoroughly
soak the soil once week than to
sprinkle every day for a month.
Commence in good season to make
the heifer's first milking period q
long one and 80 cultivate in her the
habit of keeping UP her flow.
Be honest with your cows and your
customers, and you will have no trou-
BILE producing good cream and butter
and always finding ready market for
both.
The roughage for calves should first
be fed at two or three weeks OF age.
when the calf begins to eat grain. Good
clean hay, either timothy. blue grass.
clover or alfalfa may be used.
Shep should, be provided with shade
during the hot days. II there are no
shade trees on the place build shed
open on all sides on an elevation
where the wind will have full access
to II.
Dead vines at digging time are not
reliable index to the vitality of q
hill of potatoes, so the only safe. sure
way of obtaining the choicest seed IL
to mark the vigorous plants while they
are in their prime.
II the conditions are favorable 1t II
not too late yet to SOW crop OF COW
peas In the orchard They will serve
as a mulch during hot, dry weather.
and can be plowed under to good
advantage as a green manure.
II you get lot Of old hens on your
hands you are sure to be discouraged
before you know 1t, and say: There
is no money In poultry. It is all q
hoax" You cannot do wonders with
poor hens, and old hens are always
poor hens.
The fowl that has free range gets Q
large part of its living in the shape of
bugs and insects and Is healthy and Q
good layer. Hens that are confined
should be fed the equivalent Of bugs
in the form of chopped meat and
bone meal.
Cabbage plants are gross feeders
and can make use of all kinds of
manures. Those rich in potash and
nitrogen are especially desirable.
MOlbLuTo III picuty ~ hASO uocucu iOE
anything with such Q large surface
foliage. Weeds and grass prevent
large heads from forming.
Do not plant flower plants too close
together. verbenas should be at least
IS inches apart; petunias the same;
phlox foot; balsams a foot; pansies.
10 inches; zinnias 10 inches; marigold
two feet; popies 10 inches. II flowers
are too close in the bed they will not
make as thrifty growth nor will the
flowers be as large and plentiful.
The best way to destroy faults In
an animal IL to begin with his grand
parents. so the best way to destroy
weeds in next years crops IL to de
stroy their ancestors this year. In
doing this remember two things. II
your own fields are clean you do not
spread weeds to your neighbor's
fields. and the best time to kill weeds
is just before they appear above
ground.
Every berry grower should have
small nursery in his patch. and II
should be at the best drained and