The Arvada enterprise., 1911-02-17
Plants are made of food.

a. bCltCi tudu LII ones
You cannot rush hog, and as soon
as you try 1t you will get in mess
Choose for wheat, wherever posi-.
BILE, ground not in that crop last
year.
A little extra attention to the wa.
tering of fowls will increase the egg
supply.
The blackberry will succeed on any
soil and with an exposure. provided
the soil is rich.
Egg production is not measured 30
much by the quantity as by the quail.
ity of the food
What the next harvest will be de-
pends largely upon study, thought
and planning this winter.
Strain the milk through clean
flannel cloth, or through two or three
thicknesses Of cheese cloth.
The relish with which an animal
eats Its feed has much to do with the
effect of that feed on. the body.
The season Is at hand when an
evergreen windbreak is an everlast
ing good thing to have around.
Shoats are usually high In price as
soon as grass comes in the spring and
then is the time to turn them loose.
In order to get the best results in
system of drainage, the work should
be laid out with leveling instru-
ment.
Apple trees should be trimmed from
two to three feet from the ground
and diseases are not as liable to af-
feet them.
Bred-to-lay pullets produce more
eggs, because they are smaller, grow
faster, mature quicker, and therefore
lay earlier.
Sprouted oats are an excellent sub
stitute for green food. All fowls are
fond of them.
The quantity of milk and butter-fat
produced by COWS depends in no small
degree upon the manner in which the
cows are milked
When hen lays 18o eggs year.
an egg for every other working day.
she is going some, and is pretty near
the head Of the column.
The stlo not only furnishes an eco
nomical storage but 1t enables the
farmer to handle his crops cheaper
than by any other method.
A weak, badly developed and under \
sized pullet will not make a profita-
BILE layer; 1t Is worse than foolish
ness to imagine she ever will.
Trees of some kind can be found
that will grow in almost any kind of
soil II there is sufficient moisture, but
the moisture is very essential.
Our agricultural schools and ex-
pertinent stations have demonstrated
beyond question that grasses thrive
best on reasonably compact soil.
A.
with wethers because they carry pro
portionately a greater percentage Of
offal and a smaller amount of lean
meat.
The disobedient, unmanageable COW
is often made so by an attendant
who has no love for or pride in his
work nor affection for the animals in
his charge.
A straw stack makes good shelter |
for bunch of hogs, because thew are
generally architects enough to hu,,d |
house 'ofstheir own II given plenty of
straw for material
w hlle pun Sdh oOlHttlIneS be made |
at profit when corn is supnle |
mented with nothing but a copcen. |
trated food, still 1t Is not wise tn use |
concentrated supplements alone
When the cows are standing nm
straight in the stall in the stanchicns,
their lind feet ought to stand ipat
on the edge of the gutter. This ia
necessary in order to -Heep-the COWS
clean.
Clean the hen house regularv all
through the winter, II not quite "a oft. |
en- as you have done during the aum. /
, mer, at least often enough to keep
, the floor and perches clean and the
air sweet.
A mixture OF corn and cob m.sl
equal parts by weight would nnnle-
ment the clover hay and silaYs y.rv
nicely. Feed one pound of this mir.
ture for each three pounds of ,v.-,.e
. testing milk produced; this should
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