The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-12-18

acted, after the manner of an insecticide,
in protecting the corn plants from the
cut worm.
THE QUESTION BOX.
Director Amoss here announced that
three quarters of an hour would be devot-
ell to the reading and an>wern
O. the questions found in the ques-
ton box. The first question was:
"Nhat Is the best and cheapest method of
to Prof. Patterson who replied that it ,e
pended upon what kinds of materials it
was proposed to use. He thought that
Il compost of the rough materials on a farm
would be improved Icy using 10th s. C.
rock and kainit.
The second question was: us there any
advantage in Fall Plowing:" Prof. Sill
vester answered this by saying that heavy
lands might he plowed with advantage i'll
Autumn from the fact that a tightening up
Of the soil makes a natural reservoir Il r
the holding of moisture for the use of the
future crop. He would recommend the
blowing of light lands be postponed until
near planting time.
The chairman next called upon Mr.. Jas.
! Armstrong a farmer from Ireland now
visiting this country, to explain the
methods, used in his country. of growing
beef cattle in competition with American
l.
| to Mr.. Silver's system of keeping an animal
twelve months in order to get ,ndition
suitable for market. This would not do in
his country where rent is from $l2 to $50
| per acre. From two to three months is the
period usually allowed to ripen bullock.
He laid SPECIAL stress u2nn the care which
should he bestowed upon the calf in order
| that it might he constantly kept in a thirty
| maturity, and, as COW, takes it's place in
the dairy. or, as beef. is sent to the
| butcher To accomplish this the calf is
weaned when Il few days old and fed upon
| meal. When put upon grass cotton seed
| meal is substituted for the flax seed,
and thus the youngster is kept growing
all the time. In winter our cattle are
housed and fell upon hay, straw and roots
| cut and m0istened and then mixed with
corn and oat meal. the whole being put
in a tight box under pressure and lett
| for a hours, in which time it becomes
C ,oked by fermentation and in this con-
| dition is fed to the animal. He said stock
should never have corn feed nor cold
water, and the temperature of the stable
| should never he lower than 80 degrees.
Good ventilation is important, but
| draught should be avoided. A bullock
grown in this way should come to maturi-
ty in two and half years and will be
tender and juicy. None but the best
cattle should be exported, and the higha st
prices are usually procured in England
during the months of January and May.
He would also advise that they be de-
| horned, and said that an application of
prepared sulphur put upon a piece Of
moistened paper would prevent bleed
ing.
THE DAIRY.
The paper of Mr.. H. J. Patterson,
chemist at the Agricultural College, was
| a most interesting dissertation on the
dairy. The present conditions and cir
cumstances which surround the greater
portion of Prince Georges county farm
ers," he said. "are such as to make it i'm
possible for them to enter very extensive
" into dairy farming; but the day is here,
| and the time is ripe for many sections,
and this immediate section in particular,
| to commence to look forward to dairying
as an important part of our farming, but
at the present it would be necessary to
start in a small way and be content with
hone or private dairying, rather tn n
expect to at once start upon daiying on a
creamery scale. In every section of this
C ,untry there is good market for linn
tied quantity of milk, cream and good
butter. and SO there is an opportunity for
disposing of considerably more product
than is produced by the number of cows
cannot start in large way at first, from
the fact that their systems of culture
| and work are such that they cannot adapt
| themselves to such a great change as
| dairving would involve, as, for insta nee,
| the farmers have not the pastures and
provision for the cows, and again theic
| labor is not adapted for a business
| requiring so much skill and careful atten-
| tion
There are three general classes of
| diirying that might he engaged in this
| locality.
First Selling milk.
second. Selling cream.
Third. Selling butter.
(Which of these to adopt in special in
stances must be determined by the indivi-
| dual conditions.
"Milch cows require more special and
regular habits and care than the farmers
| of this community are accustomed to
give to stock Cows should be fed and
MIXED regularly at the same time and by
the same person. and they should be hOu :
ed we'll in winter in a well-ighted and
well-ventilated stable. In the summer the
COWS should have as careful protection
from the scorching sun as from the
| winter blasts.
The average COW of Maryland p,o-
duces 100 pounds of butter per year, or an
amount of milk equivalent to that No
COW that produces less that 300 pounds
| per year can be kept in a dairy at profit
with present prices. SO, if a man is con-
templating starting a daily, and has say
$3.50 to invest in cows, aud has the choice
of buying the average COW at $25 per
head, or cows of proved qualities as a
| milk and butter producer at $50 per head.
| In one instance he gets ten cows which
| will give 100 pounds each which if sold at
On cents M r Oound WOuld rive animal Nv