The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-12-30


they begin to look around for some
thing to eat, and they should be given
an opportunity to go out in search OF
food by making creeps which they
can go out and in as they please and
have access to such foods as oats
and bran with some of the finest and
most tender hay that the farm af-
fords; nothing is too good for the lit
tie fellows.
The grape needs nitrogen for
growth of vine and potash and phos-
pilates for the perfection of its fruit.
Bone dust worked into the soil about
roots after growth is established sup
plies phosphates and one-half bushel
of un1eached wood ashes to vine ap-
piled in the spring gives the neces-
sary potash.
Water or moisture is always on the
move. When it rains it soaks the
ground, and as soon as it stops rain
ing it starts its upward movement by
capillary attraction. 1t travels from
one soil particle to the next, and so
on until the soil becomes what we
call dry.
Now Is a very good time to save
out the best pullets to take the place
of the discarded hens this fall. 1t
pays to keep the best stock in order
to get good results, and this can be
done in no other way any better than
by constantly culling and picking.
Don't fail to give the fall pigs plen-
ty of slop consisting of skinned milk
mixed with some kind of a ground
grain. They will soon be getting most
of their living from the trough and
will not be checked in their growth
at weaving time.
Where large plantations of aspara-
gus are made it is important that the
roots be planted so deeply that all
tillage may be accomplished with the
p1ow and other heavy farm imple-
ments, and thus avoid the expense
of hand labor.
Sheep raising is a new thing to
almost every prairie state farmer, and
as long as cattle and hogs prove mon
eymakers and furnish all the choring
the average man cares to do, there is
no likelihood of any radical change.
To produce milk economically we
should use the roughage on our farms
wherever it is possible, for by SO do
ing we not only save the labor of haul
ing bulky material, but will also build
up the fertility Of our land.
The farmer should calculate what
increase in crop it is necessary for
him to obtain in order to make the
use of fertilizers profitable, and if
only this is obtained he should not
condemn their use.
When the ground freezes apply a
cover of well composted manure on
the asparagus rows which will keep
the ground from freezing deeply and
provide plenty of fertility for next
summers growth.
During the fattening period, the
previously built frame in the making
of which protein is so essential, is
loaded with fat, a process in which
corn makes the most economical
gains.
When ready to empty the ash pan
mix good lice powder with the ashes
and empty in the hen house. The
hens will dust themselves in it and
rid themselves of lice and mites
Corn and water are the best fat
tening foods although a feed of roots
once or twice week will give them
a keener appetite and keep their
bowels in excellent condition
Never change mixers when you can
possibly avoid it, but have the same
one milk the same COW every time,
and milk in the same order.
Be careful about overfeeding with
sugar beet tops as too heavy feeding
will prove injurious on account Of the
oxalic acid they contain
Dairy cows should be placed in the
stable in the fall before rigid cold
weather commences, and winter ra-
tons should be fed
At this time Of year, just before cat,
tie go into winter quarters, a dairy
man can replenish his dairy by buy
ing heifer calves, often at great bar
gains
Most people recognize the value of
fall blowing for grain crops but very
few, however, follow the practice with
their corn crops.
Some of the cracks in the stable
can be stopped up more cheaply than
you can feed oats to keep the horses
warm
Stable the cows on the approach
of the first Indictment weather, as
well as during the cold frosty nights
Dairy farming keeps the soil in the
best condition of any kind of farming
when properly conducted.
Now is the time to keep in mind
that the dairy cow drinks 60 to so
pounds of water daily.
The fall season offers splendid op-
portunities for general improvement
OF the average farm.
A row of asparagus will remain for
many years when given place in
rich soil.
No matter how much money a hog
Is worth his nature remains the same.
The American people eat potatoes