The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-04-26

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Paint al tools exposed to the wealth
Hold on to your sheep, especially
the good ones.
Keep the trunks and leaves Of fruit
trees clean.
Keep the strawberry beds clear Of
weeds, water them freely in dry wealth II.
The growing of pop corn, the last
few years has become quite an indus
Try.
Farming is business and must
be carried on under simple business
principles.
Prepare bed about the middle of
this month and sow celery seed for the
general crop.
He only Is good farmers whose
crops increase and whose stocks I'M
proves year by year.
To lay off square acre OF land
measure 300 feet for each side OF your
square. and it will contain an acre
ithin an inch.
Managers should be low, and stables
wei ventilated and lighted. Many
horses are made blind by being kept
in the dark.
1t is absurd to talk of soils Of
inexhaustlble fertility. There are no
soils so rich but bad management
rlay exhaust them.
1t is said that four pounds of sat
pork cut fine, and put into barrel
e
will prevent 1t from ever turning
sour.
1t is said hat If YOU will give a SOW
slice Of salt pork each day for eight
or ten days before farrowing it vi |
prevent danger IRON her Ell in5 her
pigs.
Sunshine and Ii Oh are not necessary
to germin4tion. But seeds must be
removed to light us soon as they break
through soil. An easy way is to start
the seeds in boxes heated with lamps.
For collie III horses. Take one
pint of whiskey, half gill of spirits
of turpentine, and half a gill of spirits
of camphor. Dilute these ingrediems
in water sufficient to fill a quart bottle.
Use it as a drench, and it will afford
relief in few minutes.
If the scabs are on the udder of a
COW are round and the size of a dime
and have white centre with red
border, they indicate an attack of COW
pox, which is contagious disease, and
will spread through the herd unless
proper prec sutions are taken to pre-
vent it. Separate the diseased COW
form the other Il, once. Send for the
veterinary.
A farmer noticed that his herd Of
sixty cows was in bad condition. lie
gave them warm water to drink, and
in few days milk yield was increas
ed from 500 quarts to $50 quarts. A
steam boiler was used to do the heat
ing.
Lime by being exposed to the air a
month or two will generally becomes
slaked quite fine, and may then be APP
piled to land, either upon the surface
or narrowed in on plowed soil, which
is the best way. Lime slaked by water
In not injured at all.
Run sharp h 'avy harrow over
such meadows and patures as are hide
bound, previously dressing them with
the following mixture: 10 bushels of
wood ashes: 5 bushels of fine pulveriz
ed bones: l bushel of refuse salt, and l
bushel of plaster.
The early potatoes should be pnt in
the ground as soon as possible. That
is, small quantity for domestic use,
the main crop being planted as late
us may be safe. 1t is a mistak often
made to get the main crop too early,
So that it ls ready for harvesting in
the busiest season.
Ia the hands of the average farmer
that breeds PIGS only for feeding, a
SOW bred and grown on his farm with
out pedigree, if of good individual
merit, will often be of more value for
breeding purpose than highbred
animals purchased off his farm, but
she should be mated to pure bred
male.
Always have ewes in good condition
at the mating If they are poor, they
will not likely breed until they put
on a good deal of flesh. This may
prolong the Landing season many
weeks, which would not be desirable.
The ewes are likely 20 be lean when
the lambs are weaned. If they have IA
wide range of pasture, they will prob
sbly flesh up before the season Of mat
ing, without requiring and other
food. On the other hand, If the pas
lures are parched and dry, and if the
range is limited, they should be fed
some grain daiIy,