The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-09-02

value to the owner.
When the lambs have just been
weaned they require the best possible
care and need good pasture.
Phosphoric acid tends to increase
f%ruitfulness, but a liberal supply OF
potash is of almost equal Importance.
The grain for calves should be fed
first while the calf is quite small
with a little bran to aid in learning
to eat.
A few hens carefully watched and
literally fed are more profitable than
a large number forced to forage for
their living.
When you see many bees hunting
around hooks and corners. you may
be sure there is robbing going on
somewhere. :
A good horse used in a common
sense manner should live to an old age
and be in condition to perform good
work at all times.
During the hot weather the garden
should receive very frequent cultiVa-
ton to keep down the weeds and
conserve the moisture.
There is no reason why a man with
an acre patch of potatoes should not
spray for blight, the same as a man
who has ten acres or more.
Cultivation should not be continued
too late in the season, or the wood
will not harden by the time winter
sets in, and the trees will be injured.
AS a rule, no cultivating should be
lone N the orchard during the next
two months. If the soil il in good
filth and clean of weeds it is best not
to disturb in hot dry weather.
The cowpea will thrive under unfa-
yorabIe conditions of soil preparation. !
1t is, however, a plant that responds
most readily and proitably to thor !
oughly deep breaking and pulveriza-
ton of the land.
The difference between the dairy
farmer and the exclusive farmer is
usually the difference between a
monthly milk check and a monthly
grocery bill.
Asparagus is subject to the attacks
of a number of fungi, the most wide
spread and destructive being the rust,
a fungus long known in Europe, but
observed here within recent years.
Good ventilation and good drainage
are absolutely necessary in keeping
calves, or indeed n other animal,
healthy, but more particularly young
stock.
Asters suffer from root lice, which
invariably kill them in a short time,
if undisturbed. These lice also at
tack chrysanthemums, clematis, and
like plants. Where those pests are at
work, there will be ants also.
Young animals make a much more
rapid growth in proportion to size
than older ones, and the ratio is de-
creased as they approach maturity;
but they eat much more in proportion
to live weight and the flesh contains
much more water.
1t is a law of nature that all plants
must have a season Of rest from &C
tive growth. In the tropics this is
done in the dry season. No plant
can be forced into continual growth
without weakening it and finally kill
ing it.
A good many farmers who have
cows are now aware of what a splen-
did investment of time and money it
| would have been had they sown a plot
of ground to peas and oats last spring
to supplement the pasture that is now
getting parched by the extended
drought.
A few o~ne-yearold hens and a
flock of young early Matched pullets
we'll cared for and carefully culled
will yield more winter eggs than a
flock twice the size consisting of a
mixture of old and young hens. late
and early Matched pullets, some half
moulted, etc.
AS the sire is half the flock in the
sense of his influence upon the lamb
crop the few extra dollars required to
purchase a pure-bred animal Of the
breed which may be favored by any
sheep owner is a small consideration
as compared to ever a slight improve
ment in the lamb crop.
Some one has said that the measure
of the corn crop depends not SO much
on the fertility of the land as on the
available amount of moisture during
the growing season. This is a truth
which many of us fail to realize, and
we are oftentimes found blaming the
poorness of our corn land when we
ought to be blaming out own lack of
industry with the c%ultivator.
The Importance of plenty of shade
cannot be overestimated. Stock may
be housed during the day, If neces-
sary, in darkened stables through
which air may pass, where the ami
mails will be less annoyed by flies. An
ample supply of water IS also an os-
~sential, and the water supply should
be we'll protected even though it costs
considerable labor to haul water from
a distance. Good food is also essen
tial at this time. Green feed is pref
cradle, although dry hay may be
used without serious result.
No Protection for %SeaguIIs.
Seagulls have increased in numbers
so enormously in D%evonshire, and
have caused so much damage to fish,
that the Devon sea fisheries commit