The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-03

III FARM
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Exposed fowls are apt to be poor
layers.
The farmer may not know himself,
but he ought to know his soil.
Whole oats and wheat and cracked
corn make q first-class hen feed.
Three requisites to early potatoes
Early soil. early planting, early vari-
ETY..
It is the early Matched chick which,
II properly reared, becomes the profit
earner In the fall.
Cross-breeding Of sheep requires
both judgment and skill. Don't at
tempt 1t II you are a novice.
Remember at this season Of the
year Sl16I ~ IN lulpOl tdul W AOCP tAO
hogs out Of the wet and to keep pens
and beds dry.
A Gov turned out to pasture In good
vigorous condition will respond to the
fresh feed 50 per cent. better than the
animal which is run down.
With 30 many men out of work
throughout the country, it seems a
shame that farmers are so hard put to
It to get the help they need.
Stingy feeding is followed by scant
giving. What have you gained II you
have saved a pound of one-and-a-half
cent feed and lost a pint Of fve-cent
milk?
Don't let the first few warm. bright
days Of spring make you forget that
there will be cold, raw, wet days a.
plenty. Look out for the stock in
such weather.
H x0AO u ulnk lIOx4 t1C RO1AkANl0Ao uAN
begin to repair your fences, II you
have not already done SO. Look care
fully. The stock will ind the weak
places II you do not.
The farmer who has raised sheep
and nnds them profitable says that the
right kind Of q flock In the hands Of
the right kind of a farmer Is one Of
the best kind OF Investments.
The boy who il brought up to feel q
personal responsibility in the farm or
some feature Of the farm and who
roaps the direct reward Of such devo
tion, ID seldom anxious to pull away
from the farm to the city.
Give the boy . chance for a little
independent management or the farm.
Give him q ram lamb and two young
ewes, He can handle, them easily
feed them on a small lot and train
himself to be . ine shepherd In doing
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You Will and the following to be q
good ration for young pigs: Three
ounces of cornmeal to n quart skim
milk. For pigs over so pounds give
six ounces cornmeal to M quart
milk. When they reach 100 pounds
weight add eight ounces cornmeal.
Keep records and accounts both o.
the livestock and the crops Of thu
farm. The value Of knowing what 1
costs to produce the products on YOU
farm lies wholly In the possibility ct
torded by its use in comparing YOU
system Of farm management with tina
= others.
with body rested by the winter le
10 and the mind stimulated by the lee
lures OF the farmers institutes ant
the studies Of the short course ut tn
agriculturai school. and the readinl
Of the good farm Journal. which o
course you take. you are ready for tn
work q the coming reason.
Good dairying includes good cows
GOOD pasture In summer and 600
feed IN winter. good shade in sum
mer and good shelter in winter
GOOD water and good care a
the year round, and good ms
chinery to run the separator, tn
churn, etc. II the farmer has goo
Ayestght. he cah easily e the goo
points Of the above declaration.
The heavy horse Of the draft typ
- Tie hcrse for the farmer to raist
Prof =. c. Minkler Of the New Jerse
experiment station has this to say !
reference % the disposition Of ION
farmers to raise road horses: II 20
ne going 70 b ! jockey and y
racs horse stable, It r al right to 8
intp The ROAD horse business. but 70
u sake cf your own success. Il 70
neo1a grain or Ilvs stock farmer. don
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