The Arvada enterprise., 1910-09-02

WOOL, tnere must De q uniformity OF
condition
An animal that is only fed enough
to be kept alive is of no practical
value to the owner.
When the lambs have just been
weaned they require the best possible
care and need good pasture.
Phosphoric acid tends to increase
fruitfulness, but liberal supply OF
potash is of almost equal Importance,
The grain for calves should be fed
first while the calf is quite small
with little bran to aid in learning
to eat.
A few hens carefully watched and
literally fed are more profitable than
large number forced to forage for
their living.
When you see many bees hunting
around hooks and corners. you may
be sure there is robbing going on
somewhere.
A good horse used in common
sense manner should live to an old age
and be in condition to perform good
work at all times.
10 h1t q oarinn
should receive very frequent cultiva-
ton to keep down the weeds snd
conserve the moisture.
There is no reason why man with
an acre patch of potatoes should not
spray for blight, the same as man
who has ten acres or more.
h. Cultivation should not be continued
too late in the season, or the wood
will not harden by the time winter
sets in, and the trees will be injured.
AS a rule, no cultiyating should be
done in the orchard during the next
two months. II the soil is in good
tilth and clean of weeds 1t is best not
to disturb in hot dry weather.
The cowpea will thrive under unfa-
vorable conditions of soil preparation.
1t is, however, plant that responds
most readily and profitably to thor
oughly deep breaking and pulverfza-
tion of the land.
Asters suffer from root lice, which
invariably kill them in a short time,
II undisturbed These lice also at.
tack chrysanthemums, clematis, and
like plants. Where those pests are at
work, there will be ants also. =
All wounds on trees are the better
for being painted, tarred or covered
with some substance to keep out the
water. Then the bark covers over
the wound little by little, and no rot
ting of the inner wood takes place.
Young animals make much more
rapid growth in proportion to size
than older ones, and the ratio is de-
creased as they approach maturity;
but they eat much more in proportion
to live weight and the-,fesh contains
much more water.
A good many farmers who have
COWS are now aware Of what splen-
did Investment of time and money 1t
would have been had they sown a plot
Of ground to peas and oats last spring
to supplement the pasture that is now
getting parched by the extended
drought.
A few one-year-old hens and a
flock of young early Matched pullets
well cared for and carefully culled
will yield more winter eggs than a
flock twice the size consisting Of a
mixture of old and young hens, late
and early Matched pullets, some half
moulted, etc.
AS the sire is half the flock in the
sense of his influence upon the lamb
crop the few extra dollars required to
purchase pure-bred animal of the
breed which may be favored by any
sheep owner is a small consideration
as compared to even slight improve
ment In the lamb crop.
Some one has said that the measure
of the corn crop depends not SO much
on the fertility Of the land as on the
available amount of moisture during
the growing season. This is truth
which many of us fail to realize. and
we are oftentimes found blaming the
poorness of our corn land when we
ought to be blaming out own lack nf
industry with the cultivator.
The Importance of plenty Of shade
cannot be overestimated. Stock may
be housed during the day, II neces-
sary, in darkened stables through
which. air may pass. where the ami
mails will be less annoyed by flies. An
ample supply of water is also an es-
sential, and the water supply should
be well protected even though 1t costs
considerable labor to haul water from