The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-13

Il AOAoS
Use land plaster on the stable floors
to absorb ammonia and odors.
Hogs reared on clover p~asturage
make better and cheaper pork.
A manure pile around the barn door
increases the fly pest many fold.
Feed the ewes and the sires so that
they will be in vigorous condition for
breeding.
II you sin against your stock, be
sure your sin will find you out in re-
duced profits.
By their deeds We shall know men,
and by the weeds on his farm is a
farmer known likewise.
Feed all your clover hay to the
stock as it is worth nearly as much
for fertilizer as for feed.
Extremes are always hurtful in
agriculture. Too much water is just
about as bad as too little water.
The demand is ever on the increase
for fruits of all kinds, and for this
reason he fruit growing interests are
bound to grow.
The better the ground preparation
the faster will the plant growth be.
and this holds good of the newly-plant-
ed shade OF fruit trees.
III early maturing character of
winter barley it is said works the ad.
vantage that the crop may be harvest
ed before the wheat harvest begins.
What man planting an orchard does
not first take thought as to the mar.
ket for the fruit he would grow and
the help which he will need in har.
vesting the crop?
10 XIII quack grass run the spring
tooth harrow through the infested field
during a dry time. For late fall treat |
ment pillow so that the roots will be
ext csed to the freezing of winter.
Large seeds have been shown by OK.
~perl:nents to terminate more quickly
than small ones Of the same variety,
and to make better plants. Remember
this in saving your seeds for next
years planting.
Time was when any old place was
good enough as a shelter for the live
stock, but the farmer has come tn
realize that for the stock to do we'll
1t must be housed in light, dry and
differentiated buildings.
lie three essentials to plant growth
are air, heat and available plant food.
1t is up to the farmer to see how per-
fectly he obtain and control these
conditions, and the farmer who does
it the most successfully is the most
successful farmer.
III state fair is one of the ecuca.
tional factors in the development of
progressive agriculture which cannot
be overlooked. And the management
or such fairs must ever keep before
them the high ideals and
which the fair is designed to serve.
II you AVE not screened the stable
DO it now. Fang some bagging over
doorway so that the stock in en-.
will brush their backs upon it.
This will go a long ways towards
keeping the troublesome flies and mos.
luitoes out and will give greater com.
tort to your stock.
Cross breeding of domestic animals
IS very Objectionable, except in the
hands of the expert. In the opinion !
w. D. Hoard it is impossible to !
improve on the best types of thor.
'ughbred animals existing at present.
except by careful selection and mat.
ng of the best individuals. Crossing.
Is it is generally practiced, results
'nly in producing inferior animals.
FOR some unaccountable reason the
habit Of crossing has taken posses
lion of a good many farmers. Some
II them, / believe, have the crossing
ever so bad that they would cross 7
With a saw-buck if they could. II
The International Livestock exposf- {
has created a class to be known
S Short Fed Specials" with prizes :
S follows: Carload of Is head. one :
ear and under two, first prize. 500: T
econd prize, $50; third prize. S25.
of Is head, two years and {
nder three, first prize, 500; second {
rize, $50; third prize, $25. Champion {
arload Of these class, cup. The OBJ :
of this special class is for the \
urpose Of determining the best and
host economical method of feeding
Full information concerning
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