The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-06-22
FARM ITEMS.

Never over-.eed young heifers.
Chopped barley is good food f.r l,mbs to
make bone and body.
1t has been remarked That the cream of ex-
perIence is skinned from split milk.
Salt is necessary Tor all vegetarian animals
and aids in the digest on Of the food
Skill and BRAN work get better pay in dairy
ing than any ct Ter branch of farming.
II will not hurt any animal that is kept for
dairy purposes TO have caf at t 70 years l..
All dairy room windows and doors should
be provided with screens that will keer out
flies and other insects.
Beets or manaels, which are a species of
beet, may be sewn any time up to June. Thu
plants need very clean land.
Many persons regularly raise two crops of
potatoes from the same SOIL which can be done
on most farms when managed properly.
Spray the young potatoes in June with the
Bordeaux mixture, mixed with paris green, for
the double purpose of preventing re and H.
ing the beetles.
Balsam seed shoald be sewn in boxes or
pans early spring for summer blooming, in
early July for fall flowers and in September
for wint II blooms.
1t is Lot wei TO be too hasiy in giving grain
t, a young colt. The teeth must be advanced
sufficiently to grind the food efore anything
more than m TX is given.
Don'l be in hurry to see calf grow, and
try to make tins growth By giving ii all the
milk it will eat, for you can easily, by over
feeling. spoil months growth.
a common kitchen pantry is no place for
open milk setting during summer. There are
too many variable odors, and there is too
much of opening of doors and the ting in of
heated air.
Bordeaux mix ure when properly applied
practically protects the foliage of apples, quin-
ces, drwberries, raspbeiIies, backberries and
sooseberries tlom fungus attacks.
1t is very certain that the butt II must come
from the food and thai t he bet er the food the
more butter COW will give. Elk perlenca has
shown that corn meal is the best food for rich
milk.
Hot water if applied ga ~ will relieve caked
| udder. If that fails try vasaiine or sweet oil 4.
Rub frequently with the hand, using first each
time the hot water, hot as the hand can Lear
| it.
Sulphur should always be KEEP, in handy
reach of the sheephouse. 1t is preventive of
many ills. A few pieces of roll birthstone
| shoul always be found in the horse and COW
| trouyhs. Insect and yerlnin do not like sui
phur.
II the sow is fairly good condition at flrrow-
ing her pigs will be plump and fa,-that
plnmpness and fairness should be kept mp with
ont moments ia ng away Till they 90 to
shambles.
| Turkeys, as rule, do best to have their own
way in nesting, sitting and caring for theil
young, but the oil Ter ones are likely to become,
50 gentle and o1edient as 10 conform cheer
fully to the feeders plan.
| When the sheep go to pasture, pace should
be provided for the lambs in which they conl |
enter and get a little grain food. This helps
them very much and will add fully f,urth to
their growth during The summer
The meal of whole ears Of RI is quite as
digestible as that of the ground gram if it is
s.x quarts day Of this neal is sufficient fol
an ordinary cow, but that may be increased
as the COW may be found to eat and digest
| it useful