The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-21
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The neglected flock never returns a
profit.
Rectify your mistakes If possible, do
not repeat them.
Dry comfortable quarters must be
provided for the brood sow.
Care counts more with sheep than
with almost any other farm animal.
The pedigreed scrub is worse as a
sire than the high quality grade sire.
The scrub sire will produce q
progeny that is scrubbier than him
self.
The hen likes the dark nest. And
the dark nest is not apt to encourage
the egg-eater.
Livestock may b. profitably raised
on high-priced land if intensive meth
DDS of farming are followed.
Over feeding is indicated by the
mussed over feed which the cattle
leave. Cut down the rations.
Assimilation is the only true meas
ure Of value In feeding. What is not
assimilated is practically wasted.
Don't keep the pig always stuffed to
the limit, or he will not take the neces-
sary exercise to health and proper de-
velopment.
Your best cows are the one which
are making the biggest profit for you.
Do not be tempted to sell them, even
at q high price.
1t costs less to make a pound Of
young flesh than. it does a pound Of
mature flesh and the former is worth
more in the market.
Every farmer should have q Bah
cock tester so that he a know what
his cows are doing in the way Of prof
liable milk production.
A good currying feels just as good
to the cows as it does to the horses.
and is quite as essential to their
health as it is to that of horses.
Take time to spread the manure
when you cart 1t to the field. If left
in piles it will ferment and much of
the nitrate will pass OF in the form of
gas
In Ease of impaction of the bowels
Of the horses through feeding OF
straw give a pint of linseed-oil, fol
lowed after "a hours by a somewhat
lighter dose.
Slower 10 notably deficient in avail.
able proteins, and when fed alone to
the COWS does not give the best re
suits. When combined with clover
hay II gives the best results.
During the slack days of winter gel
the supply of wood ready for spring
summer and fall, when you will be
too busy sowing, cultivating and har
vesting the crops to tend to the mat
ter.
Look out for dodder seed in the
clover seed you buy. This is one OF
the commonest authorizations of clover
seed. and is a troublesome pest to
get into a field. Remember that the
government will test your seed fol
you If you will send samples.
The average yield of corn per acre
for the country is only about 35 bush
els. Proper seed selection and cult
walton ought to double this yield, and
even treble it. for some corn experts
assert that no man should be satisfied
with less than 100 bushels per acre
There is a considerable difference
in the feeding of corn fodder and red
CLOVER nay. ITOl. IL. ~. SllllOQ Oh III
Storrs Comm experiment station has
found hat nj thousand pounds Of
common red clover contains 20 pounds
OF nitrogen. 4 pounds OF %phosphorit
acid. 20 pounds Of potash. This IL
clover as ordinarily cured for hay
One thousand pounds Of cornstalk.
will contain 5 pounds Of nitrogen, 1
pounds Of phosphorus acid. 16 pounds
of potash.
Again we hear the charge that shoe
inn IL probably responsible for mor<
laueness in horses than any othel
uonse The shoes may directly lead 4
6Gmeness through defective c6nstruc
klon or attachment: or they may, b,
their shape leaks. etn.). cause strail
and consequent lameness In some par
az the leg. The mere ~concussion fem
phasized BY shoes) q trotting along I
Hnncadamizea rsaA must Be very try
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