The Arvada enterprise., 1910-08-19
Retentive soils should be drained.

Retentive soils should be drained
Send to market all old hens right
now.
A poor milker, man or maid. is an
abomination in dairy.
The,shorter the fattening period the
greater the profit from the pen.
II there are any bare places on the
lawn now they should be reseeded or
resodded.
The disk is better implement than
the plow for breaking UP sod in the
orchard.
There is distinct difference be-
tween weeds and corn There should
also be an extinct difference.
An orchard will live longer, bear
better and be more profitable for be-
ing well cultivated and enriched.
Perhaps the first important factor
to consider in dairying Is the stable
wherein the cattle are to be housed.
Strawberries should be cultivated,
the weeds eradicated and the mois-
ture conserved for, late summer
drouth.
When the incubator Is to be started
for late matches set things in order
and run It two days before intrusting
the eggs tt it.
The scientific, thoughtful farmer
works with his head. He knows every
COW, her yield. her condition and her
profit producing capacity
Allow. the calf to run with the
mother for day or so Immediately
after birth. The new milk is neces-
sary to promote a proper digestion.
NJ Aside from. the commercial value of
the products from the poultry yard
the value Of fresh eggs and fine poul-
try for the table should not be under
estimated.
No sane and active poultry keeper
will tolerate lice in the nest Place
water, feed and dust bath where the
hen can easily get at them when she
daily leaves the nest.
Unless you secure the guinea eggs
and have the young ones Matched un-
der the hens, along with the chicks,
they are almost certain to become
wild and unmanageable.
Beware of red rust" in blackberry
or blackcap bushes. When seen,
promptly dig up and burn infected
plant being careful not to scatter the
fungous dust over healthy bushes.
Those who have large apple or
chards are fortunate If they have
evaporators for drying windfall ap-
pies. This is good way to utilize
unstable fruit and thus add to the
profits of the orchard
Keep your eyes open for better heps.
You will often see some advertised
for sale. But steer clear of old worn-
out stock. None over one or at the
outside two years old should be
bought or kept on the farm.
For grape-rot and mildew, begin
early and spray the vines with Bor-
deaux mixture at intervals of about
two weeks. Newly-set grape vines
should be allowed to grow only one
main shoot which should be tied up.
When we understand that 1t re-
quires twenty tons Of moisture to pro.
to make its evaporation as slow as
possible, as crops suffer more from
. lack of moisture than from any other
single thing.
1t is quite temptation sometimes
to have dealer offer you big price
for the best sheep and lambs. II you
need them in your own herd, however,
you cannot AFFORD to take any price
offered. Keep the best and make that
best better another year.
Cottonseed meal fed to excess will
injure the flavor of butter Just as
linseed meal in excess will injure
the grain and flavor. While both of
these can be fed to an advantage to
dairy COWS the best results are pos
sible only when they are used In con-
nection with other materials.
Do not neglect to examine the cur
rant and gooseberry-bushes and look
for the white eggs of the currant-
worms, and the larva Of the currant-
sawfy. II you find any. dust the
leaves, top and under sides, with fine
ly powdered hellebore. when the
foliage is wet. or put heaping table
spoonful in a gallon of water. and
aDply