The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-01

If the hen house is dirty the hens
will not be thrifty.
The feed lot should not Re allowed
to get foul. Clean it up.
There is no doubt. that poultry is a
paying crop on the farm.
1t is the wise poultryman who
breeds from his best winter layers.
Wheat bran and corn, in equal parts,
is an economical grain ration for the
sheep.
Don't doctor your horse for kid
ney trouble if it is only a case of
foul sheath.
Sell off the old hens. Don't carry
any stock through the winter that will
not pay a profit.
The young colts which are weaned
this fall should be guarded from the
cold to prevent setbacks.
No farmer should be content until
his boy has had the privilege of a
course at some agricultural college.
The old COW will give better results
il regularity and good care are OBJ
served in her feeding and manage
ment.
Have you put the stables and other
buildings in shape for the winter?
'Tis better to be beforehand thar be-
hindhand.
The well-bred. well-trained dog is a
good farm adjunct. He will do much
toward providing protection against
the tramp nuisance.
The hens like variety as well as
members of the human family. Try
! cutting out the mash for a while and
feed whole or cracked grain.
This worth trying if you are trou-
bled with warts. 1t is said they will
disappear if touched daily with a sat
urated solution of sal-ammoniac.
Oiled up the harness lately? Money
in your pocket to keep it in good con
dition. for if it gets dry it cracks and
then you know what comes next.
Some milk is more fit to go to the
cemetery than the creamery, and a
great deal of milk which gets to the
cities paves a baby road to the GENE
terry.
Excitement is harmful to geese, and
they do not thrive if attended by a
quick-tempered, rough or excitable
person. They need to have full con-
| fidence in the keeper.
Tie the seed corn ears together by
the husks, two by two, and hang over
wires stretched a foot or more apart
across a room which is dry and has
a good circulation of air.
Before putting up the barn, hog
house or other building on the farm,
sit down and figure out where it a
be located to be most convenient for
all purposes for which it is to be
used.
Burning corn for fuel was the prac-
tice years ago in Nebraska, and a
good many farmers today continue to
burn corr by keeping the stock to
which they feed the corn in a place
which is cold and drafty and lily ven-
tilated.
If you did not select your seed corn
in the field the task of securing the
highest quality is made harder. The
best growers invariably now pick
their seed corn in the field where they
can see the plants n the way the
ears stand on the stalk.
The Maine expermiwent station, at.
ter careful figuring, finds that the cost
of food for a hen averaged $1.455 per
year, while the hens laid 144 eggs on
the average. What happens when the
feed bill remains about the same while
the egg yield drops to rs?
If the care of the cows is in the
hands of the hired man don't trust too
implicitly to his care and judgment.
Drop into the stable during milking
time; see how he does it. See how he
handles the cows. Let him use no
profanity or harsh words in handling
the cows.
The experienced hog raiser knows
that there is more real profit in grow
ing one litter of pigs from a mature
hog than two filters from an undevel-
oped dam. Some people have had a
large number Of fine old sows and
many times failed to appreciate them
until after they were sold.