The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-12-29

soon run all to nose and bristles.
There is poor farmer around when
you see poor live stock on the farm.
Soil plus season, plus seed, plus
farmer equal crop, l. e., good and big
crop.
Plucking of the fowl begins imme-
diately after killing and should be
rapidly done.
Some of the most successful breed
ers of fancy poultry have very mex
pensive houses.
A good draft horse is good farm
horse either to wear out in the field
or to sell when mature.
The success of turkey raising de-
ponds upon the kind of care given for
the first five or six weeks.
The expense of putting the third
100 pounds of weight on hog puts
a premium on early marketing.
When you are ready to start feed
ing silage take every bit of the moldy
top off and remove it from the barn.
Save the wood ashes during the
coming winter and you will have the
best kind of fertilizer for the orchard.
Breed the filly late in the summer
and that will bring her to foal at a
time when you can put her out upon
grass.
Eggs that are absolutely fresh and
perfectly clean are more attractive in
appearance and naturally make a
ready sale.
Whether you should breed your two
year-old FLY depends somewhat upon
the care she has had and the cendi'
ton she is in.
Waiting to teach the colt to eat
grain until it is weaned is poor econ.
omy, as, the colt will surely receive
a bad setback.
Geese fattened wholly on pasture
or with the addition of little corn
make a tender juicy article of flesh
not to he equaled.
The successful feeding of poultry
depends largely on the ability OF the
feeder to notice the condition of the
chickens on feed.
Vigor and health are necessary II
a hen is to lay right and the only way
that these can be gained is through
proper care and feed.
If you want to raise good crop Of
mice and insects that will damage the
orchard trees, let the weeds and
grass lie thick on the ground.
In locations where testing associa-
lions have been formed, the average
production per cow has been more
than doubled in many instances.
To keep poultry from roosting over
feed managers and other places that
ought to be kept clean nail a small
wire four inches above the board.
The symptoms of tuberculosis in
chickens are not sufficiently character
istic to permit of a positive diagnois.
but they may lead to strong suspic
ion.
No COW can produce her maximum
unless she has the right kind of care
and food and if she does not produce
her maximum she will not give the
best profit.
1t is better for a horse to turn both
toes out than to turn one toe out,
while on the other hand it is worse
for a horse to turn both toes in than
to turn one toe in.
Whether the. pure-bred herd will
pay or not depends very largely upon
the keeper. One thing is absolutely
certain, if a man will give the COWS
half a chance profits will be his.
Keep plenty of grit and oyster shells
before the poultry at all times, espe-
cia1ly when they are confined in the
winter time when they cannot obtain
the necessary grinding material.
AS the cold weather approaches the
separator bowl should be filled with
| hot water before the milk IS allowed
| to run through it. When it is thor
| oughly warm skimming will be more
efficient.
Two pastures are better than one
because while the hogs are feeding
| in one field the other will be recov
ering, and later furnish much more
attractive feed than if both pastures
/ are used as one.
Some people have an idea that the
only way to make dairying profitable
is to have every possible contrivance
that one can think of. This is hardly
right or just. Many man has beer
a successful dairyman with limited
equipment.
The corn stalks that are left in the
field this fall are going to proclaim
the farmer more extravagant thai
ever before. Shredded fodder make!
good bedding and if the corn was GU
when it should have been there woul(
be lots of good feed for he stock.
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