The Arvada enterprise., 1911-04-20
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Concrete is an excellent material for
silo building.
Examine the eggs with the eggtest
er before setting them.
Whatever breed Is chosen. pure
bred ram should be used
In raising onions for commercial
purposes large bulb is desirable.
In caring for pigeons one should go
about quietly and never frighten
them.
One of the easies. ways OF making
money on the farm is by rearing
sheep.
In planting young orchard see
that the trees are properly pruned
before set.
Hot mashes on cold days are on the
feeding program OF many successful
poultry raisers.
This is a good time to figure up ac-
counts for the year and see what the
chicken business has done for us.
Sheep farming is profitable branch
to follow where land can be had for
about fifteen to twenty-five dollars per
acre
Do not dispose OF too many early
pullets for fattening purposes-they
are your principal assets for another
season.
A hen is good thing, but too much
OF a good thing Is a bad thing. Two
hundred hens are enough for the
average farm.
The SOW should be given warm
millfeed slop, made fresh for each
meal, whole oats and n little sound
corn twice day.
Cows approaching calving should be
placed In roomy box stalls, given n
good dry bed of leaves or straw and
not interfered with
II the breeders are in poor condi
ton you viii get many eggs that do
not hatch well or that produce puny
or weakling chicks,
The right time to castrate pigs Is n
week or so before they are weaned, II
healthy: II delicate, walt week or SC
until they are stronger,
Raw potatoes are greatly relished
by chicks and may be fed freely. Cut
them In good-slzed chunks and let tn,
chicks have them to pick at.
II is very well to SOW "A piece OF rye
early In the fall for the ewes that
have lambs to pasture OFF in the
spring before grass is ready for them
The SQUAD OF the best breed Il
ready for market when about fouI
weeks old At this age 1t is in prime
condition. 1t does not gain mucl
Rfterward.
Forage or salad crops for pouItr!
greens should preferably be growl
with stable manure This applies Il
clover. cabbage. lettuce, salad turnips
manEels, etc.
lnfcrtle eggs from the incubator
tested out on the NTH to seventh day
can often be sold TO bakers II sold 10
lust what they are, They are goo
for cooking purposes.
This is the time to give the boy
few acres to farm with team, an
seeds, and see what ne viii make O
IT II will make him feel like a ma
and bind him to the farm.
II will not he long now TIN the frs
having. Get all OF the haying mt
chiuery and tools ready for the worl
so that there will be no delay whe
the hay is ready to harvest
Many farmers say there is no none
in raising ducks and geese, but +, :
Iacoby, assistant in poultry husband
nv M the Kansas state Agriculture
College. says this is mistake
MIR. c. O Garrett, Of Iowa, says
"Tlme-sulphur is the best stocked
have ever used II Is very muc
superior to many dips now on tn
market. being more effective an
more durable. and 1t is absolutely nc
injurious"
Breeding birds which begin tn
work OF egg production near the tim
the eggs are required for incubatio
viii ordinarily give stronger germ
and better chicks than can be OF
tanned from hens which have bee
laying for months.