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

MdHy q ldTIuef 6rOWS TlCH Oh WuoI
another farmer wastes.
Frozen silage may be safely fed II
1t is thawed out before feeding.
Spot then pot the idlers in the
flock. 1t is the busy hen that is the
layer.
Keep the drafts out but let the fresh
afr into the barn through properly
provided ducts.
The lucky farmer is the farmer who
knows that right methods and hard
work produce results.
Begin small and go slow is a good
rule for one who thinks he can make
fortune in the poultry business.
Chaff to scratch in and grit to grind
the food after 1t is found are two ele
ments of successful poultry keeping.
Where there are many chickens to
be Matched it il better to trust to the
incubator than to depend upon the
hens.
Have it arranged so that the hens
car get out when they feel like. They
will keepjn out of the cold winds and
chilly rains.
Charcoal is quite essential to the
health of the flock. Keep 1t where
they can get at it as well a. oyster
shells and grit.
From now on have an eye out for
the lice which begin their campaign
early .and are the most persistent toe
of the poultryman.
The hen that does not get busy and
pay her board bill by filling the egg
basket should be made to cash in at
the market and square ~.
Given the right conditions and the
right food and your chickens, ii they
are any good at all. will produce the
eggs, and fertile mes as well.
One Of the most satisfactory sOlH-
lions Of the farm labor problem to-day
is the installing of modern farm ma
chinery with the gasoline engine to
run 1t.
Get the colts used to being handled.
Do not be afraid of spelling them by
petting. The advice of some farms
not to handle the colts for fear OF
spelling them % against reason and
experience.
Do work on the road alongside Of
your place this spring. 1t will inn
prove the road, improve the appear
ance of your place. improve the
feelings of those who drive along the
highway and will improve your peace
of mind.
Now il the time to treat the seed
wheat and seed oats il smut is at all
prevalent in your district. One meth
cd of treatment is to make \ solution
of SO gallons of water and one pound
of formaldehyde and soak the grain
for two hours in this. 1t has become
customary on many farms, however. to
pile the oats or other grain to bo
treated on the barn floor and sprinkle
the liquid over them till they are
thoroughly soaked. shoveling the grain
over till the poison has destroyed the
germs. This 10 easier, and the men
that practice 1t say that 1t is n effec-
tive as the other method. The grain.
after being coaked, should be dried at
once to prevent any harm coming
to t.
Opinions differ as to the good or III
effects of feeding clover hay to horses
Some contend that it causes heaves
and similar throat and lung troubles.
And old farmer of long experience who
has fed many hundred tons Of clover
hay to horses and colts, as well as cat
tie and sheep, declares that such hay
is much superior, in all respects, to the
best timothy or red top hay that a
be rmade. The city horsemen and
teamsters will not buy clover hay.
regardless Of its comparatively low
price, because they are prejudiced
against its use. They are paying SO
to Sis per ton for timothy hay, which
IS usually SO ripe that 1t is only .
trtfte ,better than oat straw. And yet
thu chemist tells us that such hay con-
taam fully double the quantity OF nu-
ty1ents that can be found in the best
Timothy tor upland prairie hay. Tho
old CIV tells about the same story
when she fills tine milk pail while feed
ing on clover hay OF pasture.
The care which cows get is not a.
ways the care which the COWS ought
10 have. The government bureau of
animal husaandry is out With these
Have the herd examined
~ q skilled veterinarian.
Promptly remove any animals US
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