The Arvada enterprise., 1911-04-20

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Sheep will eat many kinds OF wild
grasses. They thrive in dry, mild
climates.
II protein is supplied freely there
will be abundance OF eggs from the
same flock.
Use a good lice paint on the roosts
In the morning and repeat every two
or three weeks
Mako up your mind to grow at least
a part Of the poultry food on the
home farm this season.
II the hens do not lay well It may
be solely because they are not intel.
ligently managed or fed.
A bull tied in the stall will get lazy
and useless. besides making extra
work in his care and feed.
| A few ears OF corn laid In the oven
and allowed to parch gives good oc-
casional variety to the feed.
No matter what kind OF floor there
Is in the poultry house. the main
thing is not to let 1t get damp.
In the production OF eggs. as In
that OF milk. proper feeding Is essen
tial to attaining the best results.
fimsy fence will not restrain n
bull-and will cause no end of annoy
ance especially in busy season.
Oats will do better on sod land
than barley. but neither OF them do as
well on tough sod as after corn or
potatoes.
Don't sell eggs for Matching until
you have tried out eggs from the
same pens at home and know they
hatch well.
Select out only good. trustworthy
hens that can be relied upon as be-
Ing good sitters They should be
well feathered
Misshapen eggs will sometimes
hatch good chicks, but 1t is better to
choose well-formed eggs with clean
smooth shells.
Handle eggs carefully and avoid
rough handling. A bad shaking up of
eggs during handling or shipment has
spoiled many hatch
II you must feed soft food provide
small trough in which to feed it. 1t
becomes starter of disease when
thrown on the ground.
A good way to test a chick food is
to place a small quantity on a dish
before some husky chicks and note
what they leave OF 1t.
Strongly fertile eggs from good
healthy stock will often hatch well
and produce good chicks under ap
parently unfavorable conditions.
The mixture of poultry manure with
such materials as land plaster and
kainit or acid phosphate is almost i'm
perative for satisfactory preservation
The young chicks which are tc
make our winter layers should be
hatched from the middle OF March tc
the middle of May. depending on the
breed
other things being equal the breeds
belonging TO the Mediterranean class
: OF fowls, namely the Leghorns, Minor
cas- and Hamburgs, are the greatest
, egg producers.
Hen nests should be cleaned ant
whltewashed after each hatch befor,
? starting another and the old nesting
) material should be burned. Fight lie.
r now and all the time
It is all right enough to rear tur
keys with the chicken hen II the foo
A hen wouldn't wean them SO early
4 Then lice are always more trouble
( some than with turkey hens
Undoubtedly one Of the most remur
eratiye branches OF the poultry bus
I ness for the average poultryman is tn
/. production OF eggs, combined witt
:, the sale of market broilers as a sid
u line
Land plowed last fall may be SOW
y 10 oats without again plowing,
sowu broadcast SOW two bushels t
. the acre over the plowed ground an
1 harrow them i'm both ways, then ro
to level the land
When the SOW is given warn
p rich slop. or other milk producin
feeds Just after her pigs are born,
e strong milk flow is forced The ne'
a born pigs get too much and have diai
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