The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-06-24
Clean up the poultry yard

cessful dairying.
Canker of tails is disease that 10
sometimes seen In the pig.
Seed potatoes should be carefully
examined for traces Of dry rot.
Despite constant work with the cul-
tivator weeds will grow in the potato
field.
Keep a supply of wheat bran before
all your chickens Of all ages at all
times.
The quality OF the plantripened to-
mato is much better than of house
ripened fruits. n
Soil that blows badly may be I'm
proved by scattering straw or manure
over the surface.
Corn properly planted can be given
It's first working before the rows can
be distinctly seen.
The production Of milk reasonably
free from bacteria IL simply ques-
ton Of cleanliness.
| There is no better general feed than
good green grass for growing and pro
ducing farm animals.
| Hens for incubation should be Of .
quiet disposition and on friendly
terms with their keeper.
| II has been proven by many tests
that silage increases the production Of
milk and lowers the cost.
Teach the young colts to eat mix
ture Of crushed oats, wheat bran and
oil meal as soon as possible.
The larger amount of feed an animal
will consume all things considered, the
more profitable will the animal be.
Sow cow-peas before you pillow your
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be up before the weeds get start.
Unless of exceptional value, after
the third year, coop the hen, fatten
| and eat her. She will be fine for that
purpose.
The dry method Of feeding chickens
consists In supplying nothing but
grain from the commencement Of
their lives.
In hunting a sire get one of tho
same strain as the mare unless she Is
a scrub. There is little to be gained
In crossing.
| The foremost method OF cultivatins
alfalfa is with the disk harrow, one Of
the most excellent farm implements
| ever invented.
Chaffy seed corn, II II has not been
frosted, and has been properly stored.
generally terminates practically az
well as mature seed corn.
Five dollars invested in package ma
terial will pay many times the invest
ment in the better prices the fruit will
bring when properly packed.
Parsley seed terminates slowly.
have ground very fine. Cover seed
with fine rich soil mixed with manure
scrapings. Keep soil moist.
Do not try to force nature. In 1T
ting young fries for the market give
the chicks proper food, freedom from
lice and nature will do the rest.
The future of the mutton crop de-
ponds upon the attention given the
young lambs, and the degree to which
they are kept growing from the start
The frst week young ducks should
be fed corn bread made of equal parts
Of wheat. bran and cornmeal, little
sour milk and soda to raise, and lit
tie salt.
Horses always bring higher price
In the spring than In the fall. as many
men sell their horses In the fall, pre-
ferring not to keep them through the
winter months.
Sow a patch of COW peas near the
poultry yard. Do not harvest the
peas when ripe but turn the hens into
them when the green grass disappears
and they will thrive upon them.
Agricultural experiments show that
| II It IL necessary to fertilize the soil
to secure crop Of twenty bushels Of
wheat per acre. It IL even more neces-
sary to fertilise for a good crop Of
fruit.
The majority Of turkey raisers have
to raise their birds under unnatural