The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-04-08
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Teach the calf to drink at once.
Spring blowing for oats Is usually
not desirable.
Through eating insects. birds DO
their best for farmerA
The drag system Is rapidly forging
to the front In good roads work.
There are over 10 900, 900 acres un-
der wheat cultivation In the world.
Corn will give all the elements for
fat and heat to meet the young grow
ing needs.
Il is not possible by any known
method to make dirty milk into clean
butter.
There is an average of about one
COW to every five persons In the
United states.
Fresh seed you must have. to be
good. and good seed is necessary to
get a satisfactory crop.
Regularity in milking helps the
flow during the present and all subse-
quent tactical periods.
The exports from Australia of rabbit
skins to the United States have near
ly doubled within year.
Much Of the success Of farmer de-
ponds on the proper and economical
management of his live stock.
To the farmers birds are chiefly val
liable as insect destroyers, as mouse
destroyers, and as weed destroyers.
A powerful microscope is recon-
mended by the department Of agri-
culture as a kitchen utensil to detect
adulterants.
Have supply Of good milking
stools in the dairy barn. but use them
for milking purposes, and not for
beating the cows.
A restless hen will never answer to
use as hatcher early In the season,
when steady warmth Is an imperative
condition of auccess
A large proportion of the so-called
Holland lowering bulbs imported into
this country every year in reality come
from the south of France.
II a farmer has the tools with
which to work, he can repair the
wagons and the different farm imple-
ments during rainy weather.
The handled calf INTENDED for dairy
purposes can be made a much better
animal than the one allowed to feed
from the COW In the natural way.
Once or twice during the season 1t
will be necessary to go over the field
with hoes in order to stir the soil and
kill the weeds between plants in the
rows.
Now is good time to plan for next
years garden and truck patch. Select
the seeds and order them early that
you may have them on hand for early
planting.
Asparagus sells at high prices In
the grocery at all times, but especial
iy very early in the season, therefore
asparagus is profitable crop to grow
for market.
Rats steal eggs by passing them
along from one to another like the
bucket brigade. and In this manner
they can transport them safely up
and down steps.
Wheat screenings, having more pro-
tein, are superior to the plump grain
for laying hens, and when they are
good and clean are very much cheaper
than good wheat
Do not allow inferior cabbage, DO
tatoes and beets to freeze; store them
| for the hens. The time 10 near when
they will need such feeds as add sue.
culence to the ration.
Timber IL protected from dry rot
and insect attacks by boiling It and
allowing 1t to cool In and absorb a
saccharine solution by new process
that comes from Australia.
Legumes. such as clover, peas. al
falfa, ETC., are especially important be
cause OF the fact that with the aid oil
certain soil bacteria they are able
to draw their supply Of nitrogen from
the air.
It Is sad mistake to feed LAYING
hens any sort OF stimulating food
That is one OF the old fashioned the
cries that does more harm than good
DO not do It, because It acts like
whisky on q man. The reaction II
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