The Arvada enterprise., 1911-08-10
Sheep are easily handled.

Labor saving equipment on the
farm earns more than 1t costs.
With the silo, an acre OF roughage
will iced a greater number OF animals
II Is well to keep grit and lime
within reach OF the chickens all the
time
1t Is well to remember that chick
ems cannot thrive II infested with
vermin
Don't leave your valuable farm
machinery standing unprotected In
the field
Peat soil which produces poor corn
generally does SO on account OF lack
Of potassium.
It is false economy TO shut your
poultry up to keep them from damag.
ing your gardens.
Watch most carefully during the
heated term that the chicks have well
ventilated brood coops.
Plant early and late SO that the
supply of crisp vegetables can be
maintained for months.
The bedding of SOW at farrowing
time should be sufficient only for
cleanliness and dryness.
The work Is evenly distributed
throughout the entire year on the
best organized dairy farms.
Almost any one can succeed with
sheep in winter time, or In early
spring or in the fall months.
II is much better to use medium
season. heavy straw variety Of oats
when they are grown with peas.
II the man who has no silo would
watch his neighbor feed and watch
the results he would soon have one.
Success does not depend so much
upon the number of cows a man keeps
as upon the number of good cows he
keeps
Strawberries should be cultivated.
the weeds eradicated and the most
ture conserved for late summer
drought
The egg is manufactured by the
hen from the food that is consumed,
hence her feeding should be carefully
considered.
Painting an old buggy or wagon or
farm implement is not a very difficult
task. but 1t adds n great deal to the
appearance.
II is mistake to pasture young
clover for the cattle are apt to kill
the plants as much by tramping on
them as by feeding.
Keep up the warfare on weeds In
the cornfields these hot days, wheh
soil moisture needs to be conserved
to its utmost limit
Pigs at birth have two sharp point
ed teeth, one each side OF their jaws.
II not removed they are apt to make
the teats Of the mother sore.
Pillow and harrow the ground before
sowing fall turnips Turn under the
weeds and make the seed bed as line,
clean and smooth as possible
As the new corn gets dry and hard
1t Is safe to feed more than when 1t
was soft and green 1t is more easily
dgested and gives better results,
The cows should have some protec
tlon from severe storms; that is. there
should be some place where they can
go II they want to during cold rain.
The best way to obtain good cows
is to raise the heiier calves from your
best dairy cows. thus in short time
YOU are the possessor of good young
cows
Lettuce may be had for table use
| till late in winter by starting the
! plants now and protecting them with
cold frame when cold weather
| comes
! Hay troughs should be so hxed that
! particles will not fall through and be
| come entangled in the fleece. Foreign
matter OF any sort In the fleece re
| duces It's value
| Pie plant is good commercial vege
/ table The demand for II on the city
markets is good 1t is little trouble
and can be shipped well, standing al
most any distance.
bookkeeping is well adapted to gar
denlng and fruit growing. The bees
! will apnreciata ynur skill na yarden.