The Arvada enterprise., 1911-04-13

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Keep a sharp outlook for head lice
and get rid OF them.
Give all OF your fowls plenty oi
fresh air and sunshine.
Ewes should not be used for breed
ing before a year and a half old.
Don't feed the newly matched chicks
until they are about thirty-six hours
old.
Shorts mixed with corn meal and
moistened with skimmilk makes hne
mash.
Although good ewes should be
kept, It is not necessary that they be
pure bred.
II doesn't take so much work to
care for sheep as for cows, and the
work Is pleasanter.
A building IA by Is feet is large
enough for 80 hens. Keep 1t free from
drafts, moderately warm, sunny.
No food nor nourishment about
oharcoal-not bit, but 1t is correc-
tor that helps the chicks digestion.
Give the pigs exercise and sunshine
from birth, but do not allow them to
get damp nor to be exposed to the
wind
Sunnower seed 10 a valuable winter
food for poultry. mixed with cracked
corn, wheat and oats. The seed IL
rich in oil.
The pullets should be brought to
maturity as soon as Is consistent
with the normal development and
body growth.
Ten acres OF timber, cared for. will
return a larger profit, ultimately. than
any other ten acres western farmer
can cultivate.
Watch the breeding birds and make
sure that they are keeping In good
condition. Give them an outdoor
scratching place.
As soon as crop appears above
ground 1t needs cultivation, both to
kill the weeds and to admit the air to
the roots of the plants.
A wide spreading shade tree Is a
Joy to sheep in the pasture field In
summer. and a real rest out Of the sun
at noon does them good
The cows due to calve next month,
II there Is no bran or haxseed meal
on hand. should be given one peck OF
nubbin corn. divided into two feeds.
The main crop OF onions is usually
grown from seed sown In the open
feld in rows IL to Il inches distant
and thi.ned to three inches In the
row
There is a vast deal OF time wasted
on many farms in travelling from one
part to another, the waste being due
to the fact that the buildings are not
centrally located.
Produce commission men state that
of late years there has sprung up
great demand for late fall-hatched
chicks to be marketed in early spring
before broilers are ripe"
Young man who has had the ad-
vantage OF two-year course at a
good agricultural college is better pre-
pared for his work than the man that
has never had this advantage,
Give plenty OF green food while the
ground Is frozen, Cabbages, onions
steamed clover boiled potatoes and
turn,ps. with a warm meal mash. are
excellent for pullets and hens ready TO
lay.
Roll the lawn as soon AS the repairs
have been made. TO Arm the soil about
the grass roots The heaving OF the
frost probably has loosened the top
soil, which will allow the ground TO
dry out quicker.
As the weather is stll cold, not
more than II eggs should be given a
hen. When larger number is al
lowed, tho eggs are not sufficiently
covered, and those on the outer edges
OF the clutch are likely to become
chilled.
II must be borne in mind that not
all breeds OF poultry will sit and
brood their own young. Certain
breeds such A. those In the Mediter-
rsnsan class Je&horns). are called
non sitters." and can scarcely ever
b. induced to sit.