The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-01-28
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Gather and burn the rubbish.
d Why don't farmers raise more
Educks?
N A nervous COW 10 not necessarily
an undesirable COW.
There Is no better grain feed for
young calves than whole oats.
The market poultryman was never
in such strong position as he is to-
day.
II is said that tho COW. of all ami
mails, should have good aud pure
food.
It is mistake to let another win
ter begin without installing litter
carrier.
Severe drouth has thoroughly test
ed the proftableness of spraying po-
tatoes.
The most money Is made upon the
farms where the best methods are
followed.
A small box or jar of lime should
be kept in the cellar to keep the air
pure and dry.
A balanced ration Is good thing.
but balanced judgment is needed
Just as much.
and straw will be used on the farm,
and keep stock enough to consume
It all.
Eggs may be preserved fairly we'll
FOR few months by packing dry in
q mixture of equal parts salt and
sawdust.
Hog raising. like everything else.
in the stock line. has Its many little
details that must be met as they
come up.
All shrubs that have done blooming
should be pruned at once. This In
duces blooming buds and branches for
next years crop.
Give the apple orchard plenty of
fertilizer. particularly potash and
phosphoric acid. A starved orchard is
not a money maker.
Constipation in hogs. the forerun-
ner Of other troubles and diseases,
Is generally caused by too Excess
sive use of one kind OF feed.
Anything that prevents the fat
globules from coming in contact
with each other delays the churn.
Ing and decreases the yield.
The honey bee annually produces a
crop of honey valued at around $780,
100000. and there are vast opportuni-
ties for increasing this output
Until ready to ripen. the fresh
cream from each skimming should be
Immediately cooled down to so de-
grees or less, and held in cold stor-
age.
II you expect to ship any cocks this
winter to poultry shows or to custo-
mers, take the precaution of applying
glycerine literally to the combs and
wattles.
Well dressed fowls are more at
tractive to the hungry than well
dressed people. II you don't believe
It leave It to the hired man or the
growing boy.
To overcome the habit OF cows
holding up their milk 1t is necessary
TO refrain from exciting the natural
obstinancy of the animal by any dis
turbing influence.
Nut-bearing trees, owing to their
peculiar system of roots, are much
more difficult to transplant than are
fruit-bearing trees, or even those
known as seed-bearing.
The experienced cattle feeder will
4. say that there is no ironclad rule for
feeding. He watches his animals and
( feeds them according to what they
seem to be able to stand.
The trouble with the dairy business
today, beyond a question of doubt, IL
that It Is being carried on by farm
ers, not dairymen, who know little or
nothing about the profit or loss of the
animals they are keeping.
" Nov Is the time to secure leaves or
straw, for the fowls to scratch In.
whom the weather IL 30 bad they are
confined to the house. for II 10 -
natural FOR chick to scratch as to
breathe, and In order to be kept In
GOD health and spirits they must b
kept busy.