The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-01-21
Sunlight doesn't cost anything. SO
have plenty of it in the COW stables.

Farmers must take heed and fol-
methods which will help to main
tain the fertility of the soil.
Add two quarts of molasses to your
barrel of cider and expose to warmth
and air if you want it to turn to
vinegar.
The best dairying is high class
work and can only be carried on by
study and thorough methods. No slip
shod methods can succeed.
Ventilation Is a good thing, but
don't trust to the broken window and
the cracks in the wall and around the
doors and windows to supply the fresh
cir.
Keep read up on poultry matters.
Get new ideas and use them %judicious-
ly. 1t is the man who has the genius
of adapting an idea in a practical way
to his own needs who succeeds.
A change in feed, is more than apt
30 affect the milk giving OF the COW.
However wise the change it is apt to
reduce the flow until the COW gets thor
oughly accustomed to the new ration.
How does your neighbor do the
thing which bothers and perplexes
you? Ever take time to study other
peoples methods and find that you
could improve on your own? If not,
you have something to learn.
Does the hen beat you in family
discipline? Ever see a brood of chick
ems sassing the old hen back and re-
| fusing to obey? Even the creatures
| of the barnyard can put us to shame.
| Do not be above learning lessons
| from the humble creations about you.
Fruit growers more than any other
classes of farmers find organization
helpful both in the cultivation and
handling of their fruits and also in
shipment of the anne. Where a num-
| UCk VI LIZ y oS~'A
it is easier to get cars. n large ship
ments can secure a better market.
The cream raised from milk given
by COWS that have not been fresh
from a long time does not make
butter easily, but this difficulty can
sometimes be remedied by adding
half a pail of warm water to the
cream, and her when the cream
raises to the top draw off the water
and go ahead.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale tells OF IN
old Scottish woman who wished tc
sell a hen to a neighbor. "'Bu tel
me- the neighbor said, is she a
thegither a guild bird? Has she go'
nae faults, nae faults at all? "'Aweel
Margot,' the other old woman admit
ted, she has, got one faut. She will
lay on the Lords day"
The following points should be KEEP
in mind when sorting apples for stor
age: "a Only the better grades
should be stored. (2) They should b.
: stored as soon as possible after pick
ing. (3) Only hard ripe" fruit will
; keep we'll in cold storage. (4) A uni
: form temperature of 81 to 80 degree
F. is best. 60 They should be pu
on the market as soon as they reac
their highest maturity or before. !
u midwinter variety is best markete
: in midwinter. co. Apples with colo
{ do not, as a rule, scald as readily a
5 other kinds. The Mammoth Blac
; Twig is an important exception. q
J The quality of the fruit is maintaine
. better in storage when the fruit
: wrapped.
Sir Horace Plunkett, member of til
British house of parliament, who hs
= been in this country recently, said
= an address to agricultural SUDDEN
le that there was mot a single count
a not 4 parish, in Ireland where tt
y farmers are not completely revolutio
&c izing the entire business of farmir
~ by introducing cooperative methods
And II might DC duucu that tHCic
~ scarcely a farming district in tt
United States where more bench
~ cannot be realized by a closer coope
u alton of the farmers. The farmers a
understanding each other better ea'
year and are coming closer togeth
re in all matters which pertain to the
ae mutual interests, but there are st
ne greater possibilities ahead. Desert
e1- ing the 900 cooperative organizatio
as of peasants in Ireland which he W
* instrumental in establishing for t
er purpose of competition with comm'
'er cial Industries, forcing out midd
men, compelling railroads to provi
better facilities, and debating me
OF. favorable legislation to parliamel
ais done: The first thing was to int
duce a system of agricultural edu'
er. ton which extended into eve
l branch of the industry, teaching I
he farmer, for instance, to purcha
to ,,ortbipC ho ronuiroS imn1omoI