The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-12-23

Take up gladioluses, tuberoses, ia
cobean lilies, tiger lilies and all other
tender bulbs, place bulbs on boards
urder the shed to dry for few days
then pack boxes between lays of saw
dust or wheat chaff and store in mod
erately warm dry cellar. The tenn.
perature of cellar should not go below
SO degrees.
Cabbages can be kept well pre-
served by digging trench and bury
ing them under six or eight inches
Of soil. Do not cover to this depth at
heating. You will get far more salts
faction from this method than by try
ing to keep them in the cellar.
While 1t Is not uncommon to put In
a few of the largest eve lambs 1t Is
never wise to do so for the reason
that ewes thus treated are prevented
from the best development of which
they are capable, and the lambs OF
immature mothers are seldom equal
to the produce of older stock.
The colt should have a little grain
feed, such as bran and oats and lit
tie cracked corn, about the middle Of
each forenoon and afternoon while
it's mother Is at work, as well as
always at regular feeding time in
little trough all its own.
With a good, pure-bred beef sire,
herd of native cows and plenty OF
pasture land, farmer may in two
or three years time develop a good
grade beef herd, which will largely in
crease his profits and maintain the
fertility of the soil.
A flock of sheep can be classed as
the tender part of the stock of the
farm, but they are, to a great extent,
self feeders and ask but little of the
flock owner but they want that little
done at the proper time and in the
right manner.
In setting young asparagus in the
spring it should always be done be-
fore the shoots start, because the
first buds that start are always the
strongest, and if these are broken in
setting weaker buds have to do the
work.
Don't allow too many pigs to sleep
together in the same bed, for they
will pile up, sweat and contract colds,
causing them to cough all winter.
They may be so stunted that they
never will make good hogs.
There are not many horses which
can stand sudden changes in either
quantity or kind Of feed. Violation of
this rule brings sudden disaster, in
fact, undertaking is much to be pre-.
ferred to overlooking.
AS a rule it will not pay to hold the
pig crop for prices to rise unless they
are making good gains all Of the time
thye are being held. Where few
feeders win out in playing the market
game, many lose out.
The trouble with great many poul-
try keepers Is that they think they
can fly before they are really able to
walk Take time to learn the bust
ness. By and by the flying will come
easy enough.
The practice of using young gifts
for breeding purposes and allowing
during the period Of growth and ges
tation, is largely responsible for small
filters.
Where a number of calves are be-
ing grown by the hand method at the
same time, feed each calf from sep
arate pail. In this way each will re-
ceive its share and none will over
feed.
Good blood is essential to the pro-
ducing of good horses, but not any
more so than the material that forms
the food for producing the ami
NAL when once started in life.
Farmers usually do not pay suff1-
cient attention to the feet of their
| horses. Think of the work they do
and how much they must suffer if
they are not shod carefully.
I
It Is a common rule to start lambs
on one-fourth of a pound of grain
each daily increasing the amount one
fourth Of a pound each succeeding
week.
to live on short rations during the late
fall and so enter the winter in a run
down condition.
Mares bred in November will foal
the following October, after most Of
the farm work is done, and the flies
are gone.
One of the dangerous sources of
| bad flavor in butter and milk comes
from the dust in hay and corn stover.
All cultivated soils and most viz
gin soils contain plant and animals
remains, called organic matter.
Every buttermaker we'll understands
how careful he must be in order to
obtain a good milk product.
Male lambs should be castrated
when one to three weeks old to pro-
| duce The best returns.
It requires skill to make good, firm
butter in hot weather, but 1t can be
done.
The color of milk does not neces-
sarily indicate the richness Of 1t.
Asparagus is a crop that is almos