The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-09-01

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Weeds can be kept under by fire.
ouent cultivation.
Clip off the tops Of early celery
plants in the seed bed.
The best chemical to use for killing
Canada thistles is coarse salt
Irregular feeding is sure to iniure
the calf and check its development.
The idle curry comb and the FAT
horse seldom live in the same barn
Orchards in full bearing may be
seeded to grass and pastured with
sheep.
The dairy cow is worth more than
the beef steer whatever way you look
at her.
Cows do not enjoy being MIXED by
one whose finger nails are long and
sharp.
Whenever you discover q sheer
limping along, catch him and examine
his feet for rot.
The old spring houses that are found
on many farms tell of the early ex
periences in dairying.
Cantaloupes, watermelons and citron
can only be profitably grown In q
deep mellow loan soil.
BY sowing pinch OF lettuce seed
every ten days there will always be
tender salad on the table.
The winter dairyman is the coming
man, but he cannot afford to milk IN a
cold, dirty stable or barn.
Train the colt before he is six
months old and you can control his
disposition when he Is older.
Breeding ewes should not be too
fat: see that they are in strong
healthy and vigorous condition.
Pick out the breed you like best
and stick to it; study up everything
you can about that particular breed
One of the difficult problems for the
poultryman to solve Is how to easily
provide pure, fresh water for his
fowls.
Few dairymen realize the tremen'
dous significance of the cream trade
that has been developed during the
past few years,
If YOU want to raise a good crop OF
mice and insects that will damage the
orchard trees, let the weeds and grass
lie thick on the ground.
Watch weak places in the fences
Makes one feel mean and it is provok
ing besides to have COWS break into
the field of a neighbor.
The cows should De MIXED In the
barn during the summer, but the
barn should be kept just as clean
as 1t Is in the winter time.
Keep the cultivator busy. Don't let
the weeds get ahead of you. Remem
Der that they use the plant food that
should go into your crops.
Be sure that you furnish proper
quarters for the narrowing SOW. You
can't afford to lose single one of the
little "squealers" this season.
Never give drugs to horse any
more than you would to a baby un'
less he is downright sick. Shutting
off his feed will cure all minor ills.
No COW can do her best or even
keep up a normal flow Of milk when
compelled to stand out in the hot mid
day sun of August and fight the
flies.
One of the most important things
in running a dairy successfully is
brains. Brains must be applied by
every branch of work If the best profit
is to follow.
The weak and wabbly fence is an in
vitation to the cattle to try the other
side and it always works hard
ship, especially so during the busy sea
son of the year.
No farm should be without some
sheep; they clean up the weeds, make
fine fertilizers and wool, and produce
lambs, all of which may be turned in
to a good profit.
Diversified farming is adapted t
the man who does intensified think
ing. The intensive thinker Is always
a success as farmer or any other &C
cupation where talents lead him.
The pig that has been supplied
with an abundance Of pasture and 6
small grain ration during the sum
mer should weigh from $50 to II;
pounds by the latter part of Septem
Der.
Alton farm, at Yardly, Pa, mar
kets about 10000 green ducks annu
ally. The ducks are dressed, dry
picked and shipped to market in bar
rels at ten weeks old. The CHECKER
plant Is larger than the duck farm.
Early maturing pullets should bt
extra we'll fed; they are making