The Arvada enterprise., 1911-02-24
All animals need pure water.
DaIryins is the best kind Of farm
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SOW Is most important.
Great things are to be done with
chemical fertilizers in the future.
A combination of high roosts and
heavy fowls seldom proves satisfac-
tory.
When chickens are kept In yard
Throughout the year, green food il
necessary.
The Tamworths are good rustlers.
very prolific, and the meat is of the
highest quality.
Hogs are the cleanest animals on
the farm to bed and the easiest II
given half chance.
Culling the pullets may seem a
small matter to many, but 1t adds dol
lars to the years profits.
| What is the use of struggling along
with sugar beets when good old al
falfa is the better crop?
Sheep are not subject to diseases
such as vhogcholera or the epidemics
so destructive among cattle.
A good tank heater. or some other
device should be used this winter to
warm the water for the cows.
The Poland-China Is considered the
ideal of the lard type Of hog. They
are good feeders and early maturers.
Scatter dry grain among the litter
on the floor Of the poultry houses SO
that the hens will be forced to ex-
ercise. ~
When laying freely flock OF so
hens will drink from four to eight
quarts of water daily. depending upon
the conditions
Winter feeding is far more expen-
sive than summer feeding, but winter
eggs sell for nearly twice as much
as summer eggs
Successful dairy expansion involves
the intelligent, SYSTEMATIC grading or
building up 1of herd, both by selec-
ton and breedhE
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| Never build feeding floor adjoin-
ing the hos -sp.se or sleeping diihr-
ters or there will be everlasting trou-
BILE in keephg it clean.
No crop will respond more quickly
or proftabJ to fertilizers added in the
correct proportions and in the proper
condition than the tomato
In cullng flock of either chick
ems or turkeys, try to choose and
market birds of nearly the same size
and weight at the same time.
A big hen will eat more than a
small one but she will have enough
} extra weight at the end of the year
to make up for the extra feed.
Lettuce may be sown any time
during January or February They
should be picked out of the seed bed
somewhat sooner than cabbage.
No farm animal, particularly the
pig, can stand out in zero winds,
shivering with the cold while eating
his meals and make profitable gains.
The PREPARATION Of soil previous to
the planting OF an orchard will de-
pend entirely upon its nature, its
texture and its condition of fertility.
There are several comparatively
new varieties OF early cabbage which
are very promising. Woods Early
and Race Horse are among these early
types
Certain breeds of COWS produce yell
low butter twelve months in the year.
and the color of butter from all cows
is Influenced by the character of feed
they receive.
When acorns are fed to pigs. their
flesh is apt to become very soft and
oily but this difficulty may be over
come by feeding corn for three weeks
hefora elau9htering
The plan Of feeding hens in winter
is the best that will provide the con-
tent Of the egg in the most econom-
ical form. and at the same time com
pei the hens to erercise to get 1t.
When mare does not foal after
protracted efforts. veterinary afd
sbopId be summoned at once, for de-
Law often results in the loss Of either
the foal or mare. and many times
both.
eood sheep breeder contrives to
hare some kind OF green crop to wean
nj, lambs to, such as rape, yetches or
wb,tayer he may best be able to grow.
and keep them on plowed land al
roosihla tn eacane the worms.