The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-01-07


driven. nor be compelled " smell
blood or offal. and should not back
or hold back heavy loade Her stall
should not have much incline Nour-
ishing food. pure water and fresh air
are essentials. II one suspect ergot
or smut in hay or feed It should be
discarded. .
II is estimated that barn-yard ma
nures have value of about two-thirds
that of commercial fertilizers. there
fore the careful saving OF farm ma
nures and their judicial application to
the soil are vital factors In farming
operations, and as essential to con-
tinued success as blowing the land OF
planting the crop.
The price of dairy products in the
| winter Is SO much higher than In sum-
mer that only small extra effort as
| to care and judicious feeding may re-
suit in considerable increase in the
| profits from the entire herd at this
| season.
| The intelligent fiock-masters are
fast coming to recognize the fact that
the man who makes the most of his
opportunities In handling farm flock
must become a breeder and feeder a
high-class mutton. more especially
sheep.
The farmer who Is breeding a flock
of improved mutton sheep and feeding
them In an intelligent and painstakins
manner, may plan his feeding opera
tons so that he may have good near
by city market every week In the year.
Farm-yard manures benefit the soil
by acting as a mulch and make hui
mus, but their benefit to the growing
crops depends entirely upon the
amount of nitrogen, phosphoric acid
and potash they contain.
1t is true that the generality of
farm mares are low In quality, but
persist in breeding horses that no
body wants, not even themselves.
Sheep raising numbers among its
requirements quietness and content
ment in degree perhaps not so es
sential to success In the handling Of
other breeds of live stock
In the production of strawberries
the best specimens are obtained only
by careful culture. The plants should
be of large fruited and firm fruited
variety Of the best flavor.
Begin to take the chill off the water
you give the horses when the weather
gets cold. You can heat 1t cheaper
on the stove than you can in the
stomach of the horse.
A thick coat of paint daubed over
the severed limbs when pruning In the
orchard or wood lot prevents cracking
of the wood and gives the trees bet
ter appearance
The ordinary diversified farm with
, | lto dpuh0dht uoC Vi hoA oOPOWOA
nishes, ideal conditions for growing.
developing and training draft horses.
II will pay anyone that keeps from
25 to 100 hens to build a shed close
to the henhouse in which to deposit
the droppings during the winter.
| 10 hast IN m IA v,v,lIAto
the rest of the flock. let them have
free range and feed largely of whole
or cracked corn, wheat or oats
1t Is impossible to create capacity
, You may breed for It but you can't
J create 1t and it's very important
function in the dairy COW.
. There is the most money in the
long run in dairying by selling the
cream or butter only and keeping the
other products on the farm.
!. The Duroc Jersey sows are very
docile; they are easily handled during
J the breeding and narrowing season and
are very prolific breeders.
, Under TO circumstances should any
! thing be added to milk to prevent III
, souring. Such doings violate the Law
Of both God and man.
/ The problem of keeping the boy
! and girls on the farmstead Is solving
I itself, for farm life is becoming more
and more attractive.
While It Is some trouble to straiI
i the cream before churning. but wher
! that Is done there will be no white
specks in butter.
I The feeder Is the only pan that cal
: tell how much food the colts reQuir'
0 for their best growth and develop
ment. -
; Fresh air Is all right for the hens
D but not when It Is sifted through knot
!. holes and cracks between the boards