The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-20

Let some small cereal grain crop
follow timothy.
Crowd the little porkers now to mar
ketable condition.
WelLcured sweet corn stalks make
good feed for hogs.
Shelter the sheep from the IN. 1t
10 just about az hot in September as
in August.
Get the tree-planting habit, so hat
coming generations will rise and call
you blessed.
Have the trough long enough so as
to give all the pigs an equal chance
at the swill feed.
Get rid OF the over-ripe swill barrel.
1t stinketh unto heaven and maketh
man and beast alike to suffer.
The hog which is slow to fatten or
is frequently off its feed is a poor one
to select for breeding purposes.
Ever get nipped in a COW trade? My,
how hot it does make a fellow feel to
realize that he has been swindled.
Can you pick out the COWS which
are paying their way? The only safe
test is the scales and the Babcock
tester.
Skim milk is about all the young
pigs need, it containing all the food
ingredients necessary for their
growth.
Your failures may not be pleasant
to remember. but surely you will not
fail to remember them long enough to
profit by them.
The pig must be comfortable to
make gains during the hot weather.
See that shade is provided and that
there is plenty Of good water.
Do you know that the government
forestry department stands by ready
to give you specific advice for the i'm.
prOvement Of you wood lot?
Make 1t a rule not to do chores after
dark. Plan the work so that the boys
and the hired man have their time
pretty much for themselves after sup
per.
The pigs intended for brood sows
should be picked from the large lit.
tiers. but remember that you need a
thoroughbred sire to increase the
grade Of your stoc1.
Ever figure out W lat It cost you to
raise q colt! The snimal which will
sell for $500 could net have cost more
that 500 to raise. Good margin Of
profit. don't you think?
business which requires no special
training. Every year sees ar improve
ment in the educational standards of
the agricultural colleges.
A good horse Is kept good and q
poor horse Is made better by wise.
careful treatment. It's misuse Of the
horse. as well as of the farm machin.
cry. which brings the early break.
down.
As you 90 about the chores get the
habit Of seeing things. Is this or that
thing out of place? Does this or that
animal act . little out Of normal? See
the things you do to make things
better while you are Just passing by.
What's in the hair? An animal may
be Judged to some extent by the
c~oarseness or fineness of the hair, the
coarse-grained. sluggish and inactive
animals having generally coarse.
rough hair. and they are also many
times ~ill.natured and vicious.
In a test in Wyoming. lambs fed on
field peas made as rapid gain as those
fed on corn and alfalfa, but the pea
fed lambs brought ten cents a hun
dred less than those fed on corr and
alfalfa for the reason that the latter
showed more fat than the others.
Don't buy the COW. until you have
tried her, or al least MIXED her once.
A big insight into the animal is OBJ
tanned in this way, and remember that
the mar who is not willing to let yol
prove his claims for an animal is not
the mar you want to have dealings
with.
A few pruning hints for you to
paste on the handle Of your pruning
knife: Prune SO as to prevent forma-
ton Of crotches; keep limbs free from
rubbing upon each other. Thin out
the top, to admit air and sunlight, but
keep it well balanced. Prune from
the top down toward the trunk,
than from the body up. Do not
cut oR the lower limbs ~loavinO tho