The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-08-11

Drown the rats and mice.
silage 10 convenient for feeding
The sflo helps dispose of the hired
man problem.
Keep the stables clean, well venh
latd, lighted and drained.
A warm, dry nest is the best place
you can provide for the brood SOW.
Milk fever is invariably confined to
the improved and high producing
COWS.
The silage that is left in the silo
will come handy before the summer
/ Is over.
Do not permit your chicks to go
into the cold, wet grass in the early
| mornings.
By judicious planting a fine supply
CT onions may be secured throughout
the season.
Included in the long list of feeds
available for the farm stock, grass
has no equal.
Rub off the water spouts of tree
as soon as they appear. You can do
it with your fingers.
A $40 rooster is generally cheaper
than 81 one. The good blood will
tell the second year.
Pigs that are apt to have differ
ences of opinion" should be separated.
| Fighting takes off flesh.
Oyster shell is absolutely the best
shell-making food for the hens. Keep
it before them constantly.
Don't plant any flowers in straight
rows except hollyhocks or sun
| flowers, or plants for borders.
For family eating plant the white
| pole cherry beans among the sweet
corr, at first or second hoeing.
If you think of setting out an or
chard and have had no experience
| better hire a man to show you how.
Roosts or perches should not be
| fwa foot oh0uo tho ground
and one should not be higher than an
other.
| Newly broken colts should not be
worked too hard. They are apt to
overstrain themselves and be injured
| for life.
A balky horse is made SO by
| cranky or cruel driver, and can rarely
be cured. So be very careful in break
| ing the colts.
! Many farmers who keep COWS lose
| large share Of the profit because the
milk is not produced and handled in
| the best way.
| Live stock husbandry gives us year.
around employment, converting idle
time during the winter season into
profitable labor.
Watch for cabbage bugs and cab
| bage worms. These insects usually
cause trouble when the weather gets
1rxy ic
Whether the season is wet or dry,
or the land rich or poor, thorough cul-
| tivation Is the chief secret" in hav.
| ing a successful garden.
The brood SOW that Is kept upon
pasture with a little supplementary
| protein food stands the best chance
of making the biggest profit.
The onion is akin to the turnip and
cabbage; you must see that the roots
are we'll In the ground, but need not
| be so particular about the bulb.
The good dairy cow has a capacity
| for a tremendous amount of feed and
| this feed must be furnished her II
she is going to yield the best returns.
The really successful farmer is the
man who solves the problem of Ia
| Dor. 1t is well nigh impossible to get
help at once competent and intelli-
gent
Chicks that are sheltered from the
weather and given plenty of good
water will find much of their feed,
and prove the most profitable crop on
| the farm.
In selecting a ram always pick out
one that stands square on his legs,
shows courage and masculinity. A
slow, poky animal will prove a dis.
appointment.
Remove the milk at once from the
stable to clean, dry place, where the
air is pure and sweet. Do not allow
cans to remain in stables while they
are being filled.
A New Zealand dairy report says
that an acre of pasture on the island
of New Zealand returns all the way
from SIS to $45 per acre when sold in
the form of butter fat
Everything should be kept as clean
on the little chicks feeding floors as
If it is on the floor of the kitchen If
this is done the little birds will new.
er have gapes or many of the chick.
en- diseases.