The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-04-15
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The hens ought to lay.

Inc u0uS ought 10 lay.
1t Is the little things that count.
Delightful April days-and nttl
chicks.
Keep sharp outlook for head Tic
and get rid of them.
Give all of your fowls plenty
fresh air and sunshine.
Ewes should not be used for breee
ing before year and a half old.
Don't feed the newly-hatched chick
until they are about thirty-six hour
old
Shorts mixed with corn meal ant
moistened with skimmilk makes INT
mash.
Although good ewes should b.
kept, 1t is not necessary that they bt
pure bred.
1t doesn't take so much work tt
care for sheep as for cows, and the
work is pleasanter.
A building IA by Is feet Is large
enough for so hens. Keep 1t free from
drafts, moderately warm, sunny.
No food nor nourishment about
charcoal-not bit, but it Is a correc
tor that helps the chicks digestion.
Give the pigs exercise and sunshine
from birth, but do not allow them to
get damp nor to be exposed to the
wind.
Sunf1ower seed Is valuable winter
food for poultry, mixed with cracked
corn, wheat and oats. The seed Is
rich in oil.
The pullets should be brought to
maturity as soon as is consistent
with the normal development and
body growth.
Ten acres Of timber, cared for, will
return larger profit, ultimately, than
any other ten acres a western farmer
can cultivate.
Watch the breeding birds and make
sure that they are keeping in good
condition. Give them an outdoor
scratching place.
As soon as a crop appears above
ground It needs cultivation, both to
kill the weeds and to admit the air to
the roots of the plants.
A wide-spreading shade tree Is a.
Joy to sheep in the pasture field In
summer, and real rest out Of the sun
at noon does them good.
The COWS due to calve next month,
II there is no bran or f1axseed meal
on hand, should be given one peck of
nubbin corn, divided into two feeds.
The main crop of onions Is usually |
grown from seed sown in the open
field in rows IL to IA inches distant
and thinned to three inches in the
-ow.
There is a vast deal of time wasted
N many farms in travelling from one
,art to another, the waste being due
o the fact that the buildings are not
located.
Produce commission men state that
t late years there has sprung up
reat demand for late fall-hatched
hicks to be marketed in early spring
efore broilers are ripe"
A young man who has had the ad-
antage of a two-year course at
God agricultural college is better pre-
AIRED for his work than the man that
as never had this advantage.
Give plenty of green food while the
round is frozen Cabbages. onions.
leaned clover. boiled potatoes and
lrnips, with a warm meal mash, are
xcellent for pullets and hens ready to
y. i {
Roll the lawn as soon as the repairs
ave been made. to firm the soil about
le grass roots The heaving OF the
ost probably has loosened the top
Ill, which will allow the ground to |
y out quicker.
AS the weather is still cold. not 1
ore than II eggs should be given a t
N. When a larger number is al I
wed. the eggs are not sufficiently h
'vered, and those on the outer edges t
the clutch are likely to become
filed.
1t must be borne in mind that not q
| breeds Of poultry will sit and Il
God their own young. Certain 8
eeds such as those In the Mediter- n
mean class ueghorns), are called
on sitters," and can scarcely ever
induced to sit. a
II you haven't one already, get n
ady to plant strawberry bed. For 2
farmer not to have Strawberries on d
) table is as bad as for a prosper v
s poultry man to serve tough chick. r.
to company.
One dairy farm in New York state Ia n
tipped with 12-horse power porta- W
} engine which operates at different a
aes or in tandem four-roll mounted n
skier, grinder, shelter, a separa- a.