The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-03-27

As a rule too little light is admitted
to the COW stable. Put in some more
windows.
Do not let the roots of the young
nursery stock dry out. Heel in until
ready to set out.
The low prices Of some animals
prevailing now offer a favorable Op-
portunity of stocking up.
High-priced oorn and low-priced
hogs is a combination which has
caused the farmers some
Dragging the roads when they are
the muddiest makes them the smooth
est and hardest when they are dry.
The food troughs and drinking foun-
tains should be kept clean and sweet.
Foulness here may result in sick
birds.
1t is a good idea to keep track of
the horses teeth. Sometimes a Nstle
bit Of attention will save lots Of fu-
ture trouble.
The farmer who watches the little
things is the farmer who does the
big things in the way of crops and
stock raising.
II you are not breeding up, be sure
that Indifference and neglect is re-
sulting In a lowering of the grade Of
your live stock.
To be sure q food Of q man can make.
a fool Of a colt by injudicious han
ding, but ordinary petting never hxrt
= colt and never will.
Chickens will eat most anything, but
whatever the food 1t should be good
and wholesome. Moldy or rotten stuff
should never be fed them.
More men fail in the poultry bust
e through over-enthusiasm and at
tempting too much at the beginning
than from any other one cause.
When q horses teeth are defective
and nc longer have that grinding pow
or which Is necessary to the proper
mastication Of it's food it is well to
feed ground oats.
Some colts, OF course, are more easi-
ly spoiled than others, but II he early
gives indication of not having ordin.
airy horse" sense let the other fellow
have him at his first offer.
A place for everything and every
thing in its place Is a good motto for
the farmer. How many minutes and
eve hours 1t would. save sometimes
when you are in need Of some par
ticular tool.
Some agricultural expert has dis
covered that a top dressing of ma
ure will prevent evaporation of
moisture from the soil to the extent
Of about q ton Of water to the acre.
Think Of the value of such water to
the crop during the growing season.
Here IL one mans method Of crow
which he claims is Z grand
In his 40-acre field he dug
a pit and then covered 1t over so that
its presence could not be detected.
After entering this pit, he initiates
the call Of the crow until 1t attracts
the birds. When within shooting dis
lance he - his gun. When he kills
q number he fastens them about the
blind in . natural position and their
presence adds to the attractive pow
ers of the deception. He has already
killed more than q thousand Of the
birds, bringing him In q revenue In
bounties of over 800, and expects to
kill as many mor during the remain.
der of the winter.
What man when building 4 house
stitch not down and counteth the cost
thereof" And what farmer is there
who having q sowing and growing
and harvesting aso ahead Of him sit
teth not down and planneth out the
work thereof? Oh, there are lots Of
them. The season IL upon them be-
fore they have taken any thought as to
what they r going to plant, where
they are going to plant it, and how
they are going to prepare and cult
vate the ground, and the result is
that 1t Is q sort Of blind farming which
nowhere and ends dangerously
near bankruptcy corner or next door
to the poor house. What folly! me
wise farmer stitch himself down and
co~nsidereth carefully the work Of the
season, he recalleth the mis-
takes OF the past, and resolyeth that
he will do better next time. This 10
the reason he finds that farming pays.
Try the plan.
Surely the bee Is entitled to his title