The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-01-30

Good management of the swine herd
will put money into the farmers
pocket quicker than in almost any
other way.
Feed well during the moulting sea
son if you would have your poultry
come through strong and ready for
fall and winter laying.
Keep the digestive apparatus of the
pigs in good condition as it is through
this channel that you build up the
pork you hope to sell
Looseness of the bowels is some
times caused in horses by sharpness
of the teeth which prevents proper
mastication of the food.
Know what your crops cost you,
keep account of your receipts and
draw balance to see if you are get
ting ahead or are losing money
will turn an old harrow tooth into a
good staple puller. Sharpen and bend
the point into a curve and it is ready
for use
Horses like water just as do you
when they are thirsty What plan
do you have of watering them? Any
old time that is most convenient?
Don't do it that way.
The bed of the pig is seldom looked
after as it should be Give fresh
straw as often as necessary to pro
vide dry, clean bed and have the
building located in a dry place
The surest way to drive the boys
the farm be carried on in such slip
shod method as to never be done
Early and late method is poor one.
Proper handling of the farm means
increase in value of the farm each
year, but any system of farming that
takes away more fertility than is re
turned to the soil means bankruptcy
in the end
Are you planning to attend the agri-
cultural fair? Do so by all means. A
study of the exhibits will prove many
an eye opener to you and give you
suggestions for the betterment of your
own methods.
Perhaps your wood lot can be i'm
proved by draining and by the plant
ing of seeds of species of trees that
will give the greatest amount of fuel
material in the fewest number of
years.
How do you pick your breeding
SOW? Some farmers look over their
herds at marketing time and those
which are not fat enough TO kill are
kept for breeding purposes. Such a
system is folly as it is certain to re-
suit In deterioration of the herd
Appearances go a hong ways to-
wards selling the goods. An inferior
article will often sell more readily
than one of better quality because the
former is offered for sale in a clean
neat, attractive form, while the latter
is not Remember this when prepar-
ing your products for the market.
Exterminate wild garlic by system
of cultivation which will disturb the
plant in its critical stages. This may
be accomplished by summer and early
fall cultivation, followed by similar
treatment in the early spring and
through the second season. together
with the growing Of a field crop for
two or three years.
Here is a COW story from England
which shows that the shreWd COW
man is in evidence over there as well
as in Yankee land A Dumfries cat
tle-dealer sold a COW to the man from
Hawick. The latter summoned the
dealer for compensation, on the
ground that he had given false infor-
nation about the COW. The case came
before the sheriff II asked him."
said the plaintiff, III the cow was a
good milker?" And what did he
say?" He said She'll astonish
YOU but since I've had her she has
not given one drop of milk" Then"
said the sheriff, 81 should say she has
astonished YOU" ~Verdict for the de-
PENDANT
Oats and peas make a good soiling
crop for stock. C. G. Williams, agro-
nomist of the Ohio experiment sta
ton, says that they use there one and
oue-half bushels of each per acre.
The pease need to be covered much
deeper than the oats, hence it is nee
essary to seed them separately.
Seed the peas first, weighing the drill
hoes in order to put them in four or
five inches deep. The oats are sown
broadcast and narrowed or else drilled
shallow Then make the first seeding
as early as It is possible to work the
ground, following with two later seed
ings at intervals of two weeks each.