The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-09-15

. your best attention The Noting sea
son. the winter layers. the breedini
I season and the summer layers, aii re
auire special treatment and spscia
, feeding To obtain the best results.
The hen house must be kept warm
. and well ventilated. The buildings
must be kept clean, free from drafts
especially from the rear and ends
When chickens are kept clean. warm
and properly fed. they are healthy
and respond very quickly with their
product. They rebel against neglect.
When chickens go on strike and re-
fuse to lay there IL nothing TO do but
let them have their way-giye them
what they need as stated above. for
they Will stay idle till you do.
+ Lice and mites are the most per
sistent enemies OF the chicken bust
ness A goo ddust box or place 10
waIlow and the hen Will take care OF
the lice. But the mites are more
troublesome and harder to deal with.
They stay In the cracks OF the roosts
In the daytime and come out at night
and suck the blood from the hens,
then return to their hiding place in
the morning. The only way to deal
with the mites is with spray using
an insecticide Roosts should be
sprayed often and should be sprayed
on the underside. No crack, no hole
or creyice left for them to breed in.
Lice and mites will destroy your flock. |
SO do not neglect the spraying.
Good Seed for Garden Important
A garden of well-selected vegetables |
is half the living. For all vegetables /
the question of seed comes in for first |
costs just as much to make as one /
made Of the best of goods, so it costs
lust as much to pillow. plant, cultivate,
spray and care for crop grown from
Door seed. Do not try to save on the
,ost of seed. just because you think
lee dis seed and that any of it will
10. That is not the case. Seed that
las been selected from year to year
or many years and none but the best
TAINTED will produce double the crop
hat poor seed will. 1t is best to get
catalogues from the big seed growers
nd select seed grown by them. II
ought seed from a local merchant
nd sowed a bed three times before
OF anything to grow. That was a
aste of time and money.
To grow good crops either in the
ED or in the garden it is necessary
fertilize and irrigate during the
y season. The high. dry land must
irrigated and it must all have barn.
'rd fertilizer to make il productive
It's iuil capacity. The high land is
y, hard. gravely and sterile, packs
ickiy and vegetation is usually
lall, pinched out. so to speak. by the
IL becoming solid Barnyard fertil.
ar or straw manure will best bring
into full production. During July
igust it gets dry and irrigation will
most double the crop if applied at
right time. Some farmers grow
crop of clover, soy beans. yetch or
" peas then pillow the crop under.
On crops are very valuable to the
ound
Inc low lands. often called alder
tom lands, are generally very wet
nave been wet for ages. II is
nelmes sour and needs lime tn
eeten it. Such land is rich and
en- brought under cultivation nv
use of lime il is very productive
Rely TO need draining. Alder hot. -
land responds to the use of fer.
ger and may be made the most pro-
tive land in the state.
he farm is in reality faetorv u
; TO be converted into a produc- =.
plant by establishing some spe- F"
lzed Industry. A city lot is only -
aaoie on account of the business =
can be transacted on it. Farm
is IN western Washington are val.
re on account of their close nrox. H,
y to the markets of the Sound c,t. n.
where there is a never ENDING err
and for the produce of the logged. Sc
lands.