The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-02-07
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Try a laugh when the sigh fails.
Work will go easier and better If
you think 1t out ahead.
Bed the horses well so they will not
bruise their knees on the floor.
You help yourself when O help
your neighbor to be a better farmer.
Mix your feeds dry and wet after
wards, If you want to secure a good
mixture.
Eggs from the best of the two-year-
old layers are considered best for
Matching.
With q goodly flock of chickens the
farmer is never at a loss for a little
ready money.
Where crude petroleum is obtain
able at a low enough price it makes a
practical dressing for roads.
When buying stock for breeding
purposes be willing to pay the price
which will secure the good grade ami
NAL.
If the temperature Of your fruit and
vegetable cellar ranges too high open
the door during the night and close it
during the day.
The mistakes Of the past should be-
come stepping stones to better things
this year., not stumbling blocks which
are going to bring further failure.
To sell the corn OF the farm sells
the fertility of the place but fed to
the stock it returns a double profit, in
fattened cattle and hogs and in
manure.
When the name and tail are al
lowed to become clogged with dirt it
Is apt to create itching, resulting in
the horse rubbing himself in such a
way as to injure them.
A diary for the dairy might be q
good thing this year. Begin to keep
q record of the owS See what each
one is doing. Test the milk once a
month. Weed out the poor cows.
Keep the appetites of the hens
sharp, so that they will always be on
the search for food. Underfed is bet
ter than overfed with poultry every
time. But the best rule is to study
your flock and feed just right.
Making time and marking time
sound a good deal alike, but they are
vastly different in fact. The maker
of time is the hustler, the marker of
time is the fellow who stands still
and shufles. Lots of stepping but no
Roadway.
1t is said that not two per cent. Of
the edible plants of the world are
grown by the American farmers. This
IL reason enough, then, why the gov
eminent should send its agents into
all the world to find new plants better
adapted to our lands than some We
are now growing.
Swift's words are still true: Who.
yer makes two ears of corn, or two
h1odoo ~ 0rocc 20 urou u,boro oul,y
one grew before, deserves better of
mankind, and does more essential
service to his country than the whole
race of politicians put together" Can
you stand up brother and say that's
met"
Mark 1t down as a safe rule that the
bleating calf lacks something In the
way of food, water OF care to insure
its comfort. However there are calves
that will bleat almost continuously
and for no other reason apparently
than because they are Of that uneasy,
restless spirit which marks them as
undesirable to raise for dairy pur.
poses. Get rid of such animals.
Lord John Russell held farming in
high esteem. He said: In a moral
point of view, the life Of the agricul-
turist Is the most pure and holy of
any class Of men; pure, because it is
the most healthful, and vice versa
hardly find time to contaminate it;
and holy, because It brings the Diety
p~erpetually before his view. giving
him thereby the most exalted notions
Of supreme power. and the most en-
during view Of the divine benignity."
Some fruit growers make . practice
of washing their fruit trees once q
year with soap suds. The rough bark
Il scraped OF. This destroys possible
hiding places for injurious insects.
After the scraping wash the trunk OF
the tree. as far up rs you can reach.
with . strong soap solution: One part
soft soap to 100 parts Of water. An