The Arvada enterprise., 1910-11-11

foliage begins to brown. Corn at this
stage introduced into well-construct-
ed silo and carefully spread and well
tramped has meyer failed IN our e1-
perience to produce ideal silage.
Hogs make their most profitable
growth in summer, when they are
young. but this will not be true un-
less they have something to eat
! Plenty of pasture and milk with
some grain will help them along at
time when they are best able to
respond and when pork is made most
cheaply.
After the pigs are two weeks old
they may be turned into lot to-
gether, where they may be fed with
| out being disturbed by the sows. The
| feeding lot of the pigs should be con-
nected with the sow's pen by small
opening through which they may pass
back and forth at will.
Alfalfa is making good in the east,
and farmers are realizing that 1t is
comparatively easy to get stand. by
the use ofNlime and plenty of stable
manure. This is ideal pasture for
swine and no harm will be done the
crop II pastured lightly.
There are no secrets about good
dairying. The farm journals tell all
there Is about 1t over and over, but
/ the man uhn doae NOT raad and apD1y
modern methods remains in ignor-
ance, and possesses an empty pocket
book. ---
| The average dairy farmer takes It
as a matter Of course that cows US
ually shrink during the fall and fall
away in their flesh condition, and
therefore he makes no plans to re-
move the cause of the falling away.
A good brood SOW of whatever
breed must have big feeding capa-
city in order to produce plenty of
milk. For this reason it is never wise
to buy SOW with a short, chunky
body set on too short legs.
In buying farm one of the most
| important things to consider is the
/ matter of water for the stock. No
animal on the farm can be expected
to do its best without free access to
good water.
Idle horses need good, judicious
care. There are instances where val
liable animals have dropped dead
when being taken from the stable
/ after long period Of confinement.
Economy in saving, and the appli-
cation of barnyard manure is needed
on most farms. Manure is one of its
valuable products, yet 1t is not fully
appreciated by most managers.
Maybe those old hens will go
| through another winter all right but
you will not get much out of them. Let
them go.-It is the young hen that
does the business.
If one waits until husking time to
save the seed corn the task will al
ways be done more hurriedly and the
chances are that poorer quality will
be secured.
Benefits can be derived from even a
roughly kept register of the cows
yield and other matters concerning
her which otherwise would be forgot
ten.
In days time chickadee has
been known to eat hundreds of insect
eggs and worms that are very harm
full to our trees and vegetables
Dipping every fowl is the surest and
safest way to. get rid of the body lice
and all parasites such as feather
mites. scaly leg, scabies, etc.
II there is furnace in the cellar,
beets and carrots keep much better II
packed in sand. This prevents them
from shrivelling so badly
Oats is one OF the most important
feeds we can feed to growing chicks,
as 1t is muscle and Lone builder
and makes fine feathers.
Where you find filth you find YER
min. These two things cause host
Of diseases, and right here is where
the losses begin.
Encourage the hired man to be
kind to the horses.
A double wall concrete silo is most
nearly frost proof.
Every pleasant summer day the bees
are up and away at daybreak in search
Of nectar.
Don't forget that there are days
when your horse is out of sorts Just as
you are. '.-s--
A little oil of pennyroyal or oil of
cloves will drive fess away from the