The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-04-24

more than hal1 Droho'
A SIN hath for the early spring
calves il about the proper thing
Hogs are by nature grazing Uni
For this reason provide pas'u'as0 ~
them.
rru;t trees mean added value to the
farm. Set out q few this spr'ns' wy
too late yet.
Treat the COW kindly and Keep ner
clean and she will give you more ihiiA
and Of 4 better quality.
Put in lust enough pop corn TOT you:
own use next winter when you are
gathered about the fireside.
Clean of the COWS and don't forget
the tail. If covered with dirt, a shsh
swish will send lots OF dirt into the
pail.
The man who has o. failure oy
his shiftlessness is not so much IN
need Of sympathy as he IS OF 2 course
In the school of privation.
Don't be so wise In your W ways
that you cannot learn from your neigh
bors, or find a helpful thought or hint
in Meadowbrook Farm Notes.
Being ready is half the battle. 0
than half he failures on the farm are
due to the fact that we are no ready
to do work wheA it ought to be Ion
Remember with the return OF spring
weather that the keeping quality OF
milk depends more on Clearly meth
| DDS of handling than upon weather
conditions.
Dip the sheep this spring after
shearing, even though you do not no
tice any ticks. Remember about the
ounce of precaution being better than
a pound of cure.
From two to three hogs can be fat
tened if allowed to follow q bunch OF
steers, with the use Of a very little
extra corn. Most corn-belt feeders
count two pigs per steer.
Labor-saving machinery for the
farm is all right. but the owner OF
the small farm must remember that
unless the expensive machine can be
kept busy it is hardly profitable for 4
his farm alone.
Farmers are coming to understand
that manure is never more valuable
thai on the day it is made, and are
more making a practice Of getting, it
out on the fields as soon as possible,
whether they have a n spFeader
or not.
The advantage from sowing the
seed Of mammoth clover is that,
| since it is a legume, 1t is a nitrogen
gatherer, and If it secured a good
stand and made a vigorous growth it
would add considerably to the stock
If fertility in the soil.
When paris green is put up in small
packages the weight of the package
is often included with the green. Thus
a pound package may contain only
about Is ounces of green. For this
reason, If one uses large quantities Of
poison, 1t is cheaper to buy 1t in bulk.
Tie army ration for horses consists
of Is to 20 pounds of hay daily. with
10 to IL pounds of good oats. When
doing extra heavy service q larger
amount of grain Is allowed. At this
rate a ton of hay will feed a horse
about 80 days, allowing for ten per
cent. waste.
Care has to be exercised with the
mare in hot weather while a colt is
sucking her. because o~verheating her
often gives a colt the scours. BY hav-
ing the colt come in the fall the mare
suckles him while she is doing no
work, and she can give him a much
better start than when he is born in
the spring. I,
1t has been demonstrated by the ex.
pertinent stations and by practical
tests OF innumerable farmers that crop
rotation not only pays In better crops
; but that where properly carried out
actually increases the productivity OF
1.-The soil from year to rear. Have you
tgiven this matter any thought? Have
; you considered that with this coming
season you ought to begin some sort
Of crop rotation and prove to your own
self by practical test that the system
pays? ~r,
The wonderful advancement which
has been made in farming methods in
the last so years encourages a poetic
dreamer to indulge in a vision of what
yet another 100 years will bring forth.
and he breaks out into sons as fol.