The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-04-08

The best location for IN incubator b
q cool. dry cellar.
The milk yield Of the average COW
10 400 gallons per year.
Onion sets should be set out Just an
early as ground can be worked.
True scientific farming consists
largely Of good common sense.
A hot bed and cold frame enable
you to get your plants started early.
The trimming of foals hoofs 10
an easy matter II It Is done once q
month.
Profits come from the grown chick
ems, not alone from the number
Matched.
Analysts say that butter is the most
nutritious article of diet, and that ba-
con comes next.
Successful efforts to reclaim waste
marsh lands by raising celery are be-
ing made In Bermuda.
Egypt's land is for the most part di.
vided into small holdings of from half
an acre to five acres.
Every one who has room on which
to raise more poultry should, by all
means, plan to raise more.
Once settled indoors, the house
plants must be sure of regular atten-
ton II they are to be success.
Sow oats on fairly fertile land. but
not too fertile; because the crop may
lodge when grown on very fertile land
A pure bred bun on the farm will
double the value of a scrub or low
grade herd of cattle in very short
time.
A sheep that is in good order at the
of winter will come out in
the spring with its head up and on all
fours.
Commercial fertilizers can be used
to advantage as a rule In the grow
ing of oats, by direct application to
the crop.
Well-bred heifer calves may often
be purchased cheapiy of people who
live in town and KEEP but one cow for
family use.
AS a rule the most money Is made
from the production Of eggs and the
income is continuous throughout most
Of the year.
A queen bee lives from two to FIVE
years, workers from forty-five days to
six months and drones seldom moro
than five weeks.
No man can select good cows with
unerring certainty, for there are many
internal defects of which there is no
outward evidence.
Every good farmer knows that a
hard and lumpy soil will not grow
good crops no matter how much plant
food 1t may contain.
II pigs destroy more than they are
worth, business rules command that
they be dispensed with as too ex-
travagant for the farmer.
While It Is not absolutely necessary
to have (the heaviest horses for the
farm, 1t is essential that they weigh
from 1.40o to 1900 pounds.
The shredded slower is much nicer
to handle than cut fodder, and II
shredded fine there Is but little that
Is not eaten by horses or cattle.
BY generous application of barn
yard manure and good cultivation.
sugar beets may be grown with good
results for many years on given
field.
One of the most important consider
atoms Of the present time, with much
Of our land worth 500 and more per
acre, is the maintenance Of soil fer
tility.
Careful and intelligent handling al
all times is as important to the soc.
cess Of the small sheep grower as the
selection and breeding of his POUNDS.
ton stock.
One of the most general methods
adopted for cooling milk is to place
the cans In vat containing water
which reaches a point slightly above
surface Of milk.
The secret Of success in winterine
the fall pigs, lies in the ability Of the
man who has the pips in charge tr