The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-03-29

FARM no TIES.

A small mixer is often good butter
maker.
Feed two or three times, but feed
enough.
Keep all boards and sticks ont of
the feed lots.
Cooking the food makes it easier to
maStlcate.
One must utilize and save all that
gets to the barn.
Much Of The losses on the farm comes
from small leaks.
it is poor economy to allow the
teams to run down now.
With most stock. breeds affect profit
more than quality.
With all animals cleanliness isapre-
ventive of disease.
Barley makes a good food for either
hogs or horses.
Many 60 d breeders prefer training
mares after breeding.
Pack horse radish roots in sand to
keep to use IN winter.
10 make Il success OF farming one
must be schooIed to it
The man who has much to Sc |
usually has less to buy.
Even in winter it is an item to
keep the water trough clean.
Corn lacks IN muscle forming and
strength giving material.
In nearly al cases it will be best to
deepen the soil gradually.
If the hay is the least musty, always
moisten before feeding.
Overworked butter nearly always
presents greasy appearance.
The poor unthrilty hog is often the
prey of vermn or parasites.
The more time required to fatten
an animal the greater the cost.
in too many eases growing stock
are fed too much iattening food.
nv OLD FARMERS LETTER.
An old farmer, in letter to the
Times Recorder, or Americas. Ga, thus
sums up the causes Of hard time in
in this country:
eve let our timber 70. and buy our
pillow stock, singletrees, axe handle,
hoe handles and fencing.
I'VE throw away our ashes and buy
soap and axle grease.
1--WE give our beef hides away and
buy hame strings and shoe strings.
ave let our manure 60 to waste
and buy guano.
1--WE buy garden seeds in the Spring
and cabbage in the Winter.
"We let the wax on our pine and
gum trees 60 to waste and buy chew
ing gum for our children.
ave build schoolhouses and hire
teachers and send our children off to
be educated
"We land a scent fish with Il 81
fishing rod.
''We send Il Recent boy out with Il
$50 gun and a 81 dog to kill birds.
eve raise dogs and buy wool.
And about the only thing in this
country that there is an over-produc-
ton of is politics and dog-,ics''
A well-known English bishop was
examining batch of deacons for
priests orders. After the theoretical
part he said: ''Gentlemen, you have
passed a most excellent examination
IN theory; | should now like to see
you do something practical shall
60 into the next room and perSonate
IA sick man You will come in, one by
one, address me rs Il sick parishoner
and say something comforting" When
his lordship had refined, the cAndi-
dates were IN some Commissions and
nobody cared to begin: but at last an
freshman volunteered to be first.
He entered the study and approach
ing the bishop, who was lying with
a woebegone air OH a sofa, thus adj
dressed him: 'Oh, Anthony. The
dhrink again. Shure it will be the
death of We. Turn from your evil
ways before it is too late, and be a
man. This is said to have been the
last time that bishop held Il practical
examination.
What is the longest and vet the
shortest thing in the word: the swift
est and the most slow: the most d.
visible and the most extended: the most |
valued and the regretted: without
which nothing can be done: which |
levours every thing, however small, |
and yet gives life and spirit to all |
things no wever great: Answer !
Time.
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