The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-05-05
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Farm manure Is valuable.
Plant some fall forage crops.
The nest egg theory is out of date.
A hen will lay If she is properly fed
lnd housed.
" is best not to wash eggs that are
to be used for Matching.
Many poultry keepers do not give
their birds exercise enough.
Rape makes very good pasture for
either young chickens or laying hens
Experience teaches that the best
Matching eggs are those of medium
shape.
The sitting hen must have her daily
care and attention, just like the IN
cubator.
Poultry farming, in connection with
sheep. is largely followed in parts
of New England.
Trees should be pruned when they
are first transplanted This Is Is the
most ideal time to start the pruning.
There are two methods for getting
good cows: by buying them, or by
buying good sires and building up the
grade herd.
Onions and peas are among the first
seeds to SOW in the spring. The
plants will endure some frosty
weather.
In choosing breed of sheep, 1t
matters little which Is chosen SO long
as it is a good wool and mutton pro-
ducing quality.
After the hens become broody on
their laying nests they may be gently
and quietly changed at night to the
sitting quarters.
In that new poultry house have the
perches on a level and about foot
above the dropping board. Don't for
get the dropping board.
Prune to prevent the lower limbs
from hindering cultivation; the upper
ones from growing out of easy reach
for spraying and picking.
Be sure that the turkeys have
enough, but not too much food during
the breeding season-just enough to
keep them in good flesh.
Wash incubator trays in good hot
water with plenty Of the old-fashioned
hard yellow soap. Dry in the sun
Do this after each hatch is off.
The hen that grew from the incu'
,bator chicken will want to sit as bad
Nv as the one that grew from the
chicken Matched in the old-fashioned
way.
1t is useless to plant beans until the
ground becomes warm. If they come
I'D and then are chilled, they turn
yellow and never amount to any,
thing.
The brood SOW, like all other ami
mails, requires sufficient food to main
tain her own body in thrifty condi-
ton, while yet supplying the needs OF
the unborn litter.
There used to be a mainland 1t
still has a hold In some secttons-for
farmers to increase their farm posses
sions In spite of their inability to
properly use the same.
Farming Is not a calling In which
"main strength and awkwardness' are
factors. 1t is not an industry that af-
fords a large aggregate crop by hall
cultivating a large acreage.
The fertility of eggs depends chiefly
on the condition of the breeding
stock the number Of females allotted
IN one male, the conditions under
which they are kept and the food.
Don't sell that old eve merely be
cause she Is thin. Look at her teeth
If they are good she is probably a
leany sucker and money maker
Give her little grain and watch her
little.
Poultry manure ferments very
quickly and as frequently handled
loses much Of It's nitrogen in the form
of compounds OF ammonia which are
RAPIDLY formed and which escape into
the air unless means to prevent are
taken.
The American breeds, the Ply,
mouth Rocks. Wyandottes and Rhode
Island Reds, can be made good broil
er chickens at 2 to pounds a pair
roasting chickens at four to six
pounds each-and good large plump
fowls at one year old.
The best way to fatten young stock
to secure a maximum profit is to feed
them we'll from the start. Whether
1t be young cattle or lambs, they
should be literally fed from the be
ginning of the feeding period.
Birds do considerable for us in the
way of destroying weed seeds. Bird:
that are especially useful in this way
are: Sparrows, chiefly our native spe
cies, juncoes or snow birds" gold
finches, bobwhites, prairie hens, an(
meadow larks. The mouse-destroyerE
among our birds are the hawks. owls
shrikes and crows.