The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-20
NJ FARM
IF MMs, III

Feed your land and it will feed you.
Chickens will thrive ON "a mixture
of barley, corn and peas.
Tn building the hog fence see that
the corner posts are strongly braced.
Everything, almost, depends upon the
manner in which the blowing is done.
You cannot -starve your soil with
out 1t in turn retaliates and starves
you.
Corn and pats mixed with clover hAy
and roots once a day make a fine feed
for the sheep.
Upon the male bird depends the
greatest share of the quality Of chick
n you are raising.
Brick for q silo makes q very strong
and durable structure and preserves
the silage as we'll as I'm a frame build.
ing.
'Peaty ground can be made to pro
duce good crops by thorough drain
Ing and the application of potassium
and lime.
Our farmers would do better plow-
ing II there was the stimulus and in.
struction of blowing matches. Better
blowing means better crops.
Why not buy a. set Of low wheels
for your wagon and try them? Twenty
eight inches for the front wheels and
80 inches for the rear wheels is about
right.
If the poultry have a wide range
they will probably be able to pick up
AL the grit they need, but it is a good
rule to provide some for them and be
on the safe side.
III the yellow peril Of the farming
districts-mustard plant-should put
in an appearance, try sulphate of iron
I'm the form of a spray. 1t will kill
the mustard without injury to grain
crops.
The incubator lamp should be start
fed q day or two before the eggs are
introduced to the machine to be GER
tain that It Is in perfect working or
der and that youywill be able to main
ittain the proper temperature.
Soil pins season plus seed plus farm
or equal corn. Will you work out this
equation at from so to 100 bushels to
the acre This coming season? You
mSn n you will and you will II you
ARE ttle right kind,of a farmer.
Cine docs inot need to raise very
many horses ito know that they vary
- much i'm disposition and natural
abilities as do children. The ex-
uyerfenca1 horse raiser can pick the fu.
t1rre horse of good qualities as a
1aneral I1le.
Wase1 the pigs shows signs Of weak
uess IN the hind quarters you may
Judge almost TO "a certainty that you
have been feeding toe much corn. Sob
sti1mte fcr the corn arration of ground
oats. aasO give them some vegetables:
nix = little lime With their feed and
give them enough Glauber salts TO
open their bowels. Also apply eQNal
parts turpentfne, aaqRa ammonia astt
sweet OH to back once "a day. II thsy
are fieshy II II best 10 butcher them. !
An approved ration Tor cows In milk
IL 100 pounds bran, roo pounds Of mid
dlings and 100 pounds of gluten feed
mixed and fed at fhe rate Of about
eight quarts . day. Where bran and
gluten feed are nsed without mid
dlings a mixture OF 156 pounds bran
and 200 pounds gluten feed fed at the
rate Of nine quarts daily is found
satisfactory. Good roughaes should be
used In connection with these mix
tnres. which should include what hay
= COW win eat up clean, which will be
Is to IS pounds, or n bushsl Of corn
Sihge and ten to Is pounds h1y.
wisconsin has the champion COW.
The university agricultural experiment
station has just completed 4 years
test n the Holstein COW. Coiantha
FOurtA's Johannah. She produced
dursn9 the IL months 27.432.5 ponds
Of milk and 99S.256 pounds of butter
tat. This amount of butter fat Is over
16 per cent. higher than any p~revious
production Of mutton fat. The produc.
don OF nearly 1000 pounds OF butter
fat during the year ID equivalent t.
about 1,I65 pounds Of commercial but |
ter, q considerably over three pounds
OF butter for every day In the year.
butter fat production Of this Holstein
COW = O. much - the total production
~ slK common cows on the farms OF
ma I'D other states in the union.
Tie peevfous worlds record for annual
ifndonton Of fat has been held for
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