Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-06-15
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
The breed of hens that lays a great
many eggs does not produce the best
table fowls.
Rake together dry leaves for hog
beds. They can be used later to haul
to the fields.
Ducks will come as near to taking
care of themselves as any of our do
nestle fowls.
1t is better to try to see how much
you can do on d small piece Of land
than to attempt as little as possible on
large scale.
Remember always that big crops
taken from the soil year after year re.
quire a return to the land. in some
form or other, of the fertility re.
moved.
Iarge-combed fowls are the better
layers. Attempts at decreasing the
size of the comb have hitherto resulted
in deterioration in the laying powers
Of the birds.
Red clover makes excellent hog pass
ttire, but to put any kind of hogs on
such pasture without other food is
wasteful, Just as it is to feed too much
of any other single food.
1t seems to be question with some
people whether it would be better to
clean up the barnyard occasionally or
to remove the barn and other out.
buildings to another spot.
The advice to make the hen work
for her food cannot be too often given.
Scatter it among straw where she must
scratch for 1t or make her work in any
other way that may suggest itself.
1fcolt handlers realized their respon.
sibilities more fully there would be
more we'll broken, really useful horses.
By kindness, frmness and persever-
ance the horse can be taught to do al
most anything.
Sheep should be led and not driven.
A shepherd in the old country never
drives sheep. They recognize his
voice and follow him; hence the i'm
portance of changing shepherds as lit
tie as possible.
Sugar beets are worth more to feed
COWS for milk and butter, than the
prices which the sugar-beet factories
offer for them for making sugar. The
same is true of most of the grain pro-
duets of the farm.
The secret of pruning is never to
permit useless limb to grow. The
orchardist who follows this method
will find the present busy season.
When the trees are examined for Dor.
ers pinch out all the excessive growth.
In family orchards near the resi-.
dence cultivated crops, such as straw.
berries, currants, gooseberries, grapes,
vegetables, pumpkins, and squash,
sweet or field corn, can be probably
grown without injury to the growing
trees.
A small patch of peanuts will be
found ornamental to the garden, and
they are easily grown on light, sandy
soil. Use lime or wood ashes on the
plot for peanuts. Keep the earth very
loose, or bank the vines up to the
blossoms with loose earth.
Reasonably mild weather is best for
fattening hogs. Hence hogs that are
to be fattened in the winter should be
put upon generous food early, while
the weather is moderate, and hogs that
are to be slaughtered in the summer
should be well started in the early
spring.
No vegetable is more easily grown
than satisfy, yet it is rarely fonnd in
the garden. Satisfy is known as ''yeg-
etable oyster" and when cooked has
the favor of oysters. 1t is a very
hardy plant, and can remain in tho
ground exposed all winter. A single
row, 100 feet long, will be ample for
a moderate family.