The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1914-06-04

yet tne BOWs anu little plRS Out on
the ground as soon as possible.
Leave the chicks in the incubator
until at least forty-eight hours old.
II we have fowls we want TO fatten.
we need a ration very heavy in starch.
Ewes that have lambed and preg-
nant ewes should never be kept In the
same pen.
More stock can be kept on a given
area Of land when silage Is the basis
OF the ration.
The hen lays larger egg than the
pullet To keep up the size OF your
stock breed from hens.
Crops can be put in the silo during
weather that could not be utilized In
making hay or curing fodder.
Grind about one-third OF the hel's
feed for her and she will be more help
full In filling the egg basket
An acre OF corn can be placed N
the silo at less cost than the same
area can be husked and shredded.
Flax will do well on any good land
provided 1t has not grown fax until
the land is infested with fax wilt.
There ia less waste in feeding AZ
lage than in feeding fodder. Good 81
lage properly fed is all consumed.
II 10 mistake to try to force a
COW to make milk out OF food that
does not carry milk making qualities.
Next to grass the most important
thing for live stock on the range is
water and plenty of 1t well distrib-
uted.
Avoid sloppy feeds for young
chicks; dry, cracked grains are much
safer for couple OF weeks after
Keep the floors heavily Uttered so
that the hens will be busy the whole
day. A busy hen is always In the best
OF health.
Brood mares are preferable to
horses because the colt often pays the
years keep and furnishes US the years
work without cost
Turnips may flavor the eggs, so II |
is best not TO feed them II some other |
vegetable food is available. Hens like |
mangels better, too.
When fattening chickens have a
tendency toward looseness OF the
bowels feed middlings. shorts or low.
grade -four in the ration.
Calves should be fed In stanchion |
so constructed as to prevent them |
from sucking each others ears after |
they have drunk their milk.
There are many advantages In har-
ing fruit trees so labeled that one can
tell the name OF the variety and tho
date OF planting at any time.
The man who raises live stock
should look into the benefit TO be de.
rived from keeping a small flock OF
sheep in addition to his other stock.
Hens are better than pullets for
breeders. Hens lay larger eggs than |
pullets and | have noticed that the |
chicks hatched are stronger and more |
vigorous.
Laying hens must have bread or
milk; eggs cannot be produced without
material in some shape.
Keep a supply OF bone meal or oyster
she'll convenient.
When pigs get too fat from lack OF
exercise and begin 10 pant and lie
around, get them out on the ground
where they must exercise or they will
lie OF the thumps.
The dairy utensils must be care
ully washed and thoroughly scalded.
/ is the only way to keep them clean
md II they are not clean they cannot
produce good quality Of milk.
For horse to endure long contin.
led and violent exertion. II is abso-
utely necessary that he should have
.rrived at that age when all his pow
rs are fully matured and developed.
Reject horse which is straight in
he shoulder and long from the point