The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-11-08

The feet of sheep should be trin ,aed
in the spring and fall.
One can Judge a mans temper by
visiting his COW stable.
Ground limestone is good for soils
which puddle easily after q rain.
Provide a cistern into which x the
| liquid manure may be drained.
Pigs will not be profitable II isrced
to sleep out of doors these cold fall
nights.
Never buy a cow until o have
tested her by milking her twice in
succession.
Regular time for feeding with the
sheep is as important as with the 9th
er live stock.
1t is a wise farmer who knows how
to hire others TO do work he is not
able to do himself.
Poverty is punishable by hard labor
for life. No need of the farmer be-
ing ov~erburdened by either.
Getting hay in OF the e~ight-hOur
system is good, that is, eight hours
before dinner and eight hours after.
1t is more profitable to discuss farm
problems than to get tangled up in a
political argument with your neighbor.
Borrowing your neighbOrs' tools
and borrowing trouble are sometimes
identical, for the one leads to the
other.
Pass on the good ideas to your
neighbors. 1t is the good things we
| share with others which We keep most
surely for ourselves.
If the cows were permitted to
| choose owners would they want to
stay with you or go with our more
thoughtful, careful neighbor?
Ringbone on the hind foot of a horse
may be benefited by treatment, but
when ON the forefoot unnerving Is
about the only cure for the lameness.
Who are the "Old fogies?" Surely
not the rugged old farmers who have
too much sense to adop. off-hand
every new-fangled notion as It comes
along.
The diseased hog should be removed |
from the herd as soon as possible and
placed in quarantine. A little pre-
caution will save spread of serious
epidemics. sometimes.
The farmer that hauls bad cream or :
milk to the creamery lowers the quail
lty of butter produced by the cream !
cry and Injuries the interests of all the
farmers patrOnizing the place.
Are your cows afraid of you? II so
they will not do the best by you. |
would not keep a hired man on my
place five minutes who did not have
enough sense to treat the cattle right.
Don't do all the thinking for your
boy. Cultivate the habit in him of
thinking for himself. Make him self
reliant. Let him get up against diff
culties and then let him work his own
way out.
At a show in New York city recently
a new-fangled mixer operated by cleo.
tricity was in practical use. Is the
day approaching when the work Of
dairying will be SO simplified as to be
classed with the easy occupations?
Make the poultry house snug for
the winter. Be sure there is good ven-
t~ilation, however. Try the muslin cur
tain over part of the window from
which the glass has beer removed.
This will give fresh air without
draught.
1T is the lofty ideal that redeems
the lie ITOm the curse OF common
ness, and imparts a touch of nobility
to every calling" and none more SO
than that of farming. 1t is the farm
er with the lofty ideals who finds in
the old farm a wealth of joy and glad
ness and an appreciation of the bounti-
full goodness of God.
Apple culture offers one of the most
promising features of fruit farming
of the future. There is cheap land in
abundance in sections where the soil
and other conditions are well adapt
ed to it's production. But men are
wanted who have an intelligent appre.
citation OF what the trade demands,
and a knowledge Of soil care and cul-
tivation.
The farmer is living more comfort
able today than he did twenty years