The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-06-16
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You want quick fertilizer for po-
tatoes.
The apple tree borer is trouble
some worm.
Get ready the lamb creep so they
can get good start.
Wood charcoal should always be
kept in the hog pen.
A small threshing outfit on the av-
erage farm will not pay.
Let the grass get a good start be-
fore turning the stock on 1t.
The last of May is plenty early
enough to turn the calf out on grass.
Working out buttermilk and work
ing In salt is where the overWorklng
is done.
The borer is the most common and
It Is the most troublesome enemy OF
the peach.
It is a good plan to have the horses
and cows clean up their managers aft
ar each feed.
Have grass paddock for the calves
so they can Craze at will and have the
exercise they need.
A farm raised COW is much superior
In most every respect to the one
bought at the cattle yards.
Don't forget the little ducks in case
of a shower, for if you do one will
be apt to have dead ducks.
Belgian or yellow carrots are hardy,
make large root growth and are the
best roots for horses and colts.
The most inhuman measures are
often employed for breaking up hens
that nature prompts to set when their
owners don't want them to.
Grading of cream is receiving more
attention by the dairy press and dairy
men than it possibly ever has in the
history of the dairy business.
In squads the flesh is whitish, as
seen through the skin, but in year
old bird it takes on a light purple
shade and grows darker with age.
Trim the young tree in the orchard
right from the start Low-headed
trees are best; therefore, prune from
the top down and not from the bottom
up.
1t has been shown repeatedly on
demonstration farms that disking be.
fore blowing is one of the most paying
operations in the preparation of a
seed bed.
When the calf is two weeks old
mix one teaspoonful of linseed meal
and one teaspoonful of -four mid
dlings, which should be thoroughly
scalded in each feed.
Seeds of caulifiower, cabbage, let.
tuce, celery and tomatoes, sown In the
cold frame about the middle of this
month will furnish good, stocky plants
for the principal early summer crop.
The filters Of a gilt, which is the
first litter of a sow, are usually
smaller and slower in growth than
when the dam is of more mature age.
hence much profit must not be ex
pected.
Cold frame plants are often better
than plants raised in the hotbed, as
they are stouter, thick stemmed and
have more fine fibrous roots and are
less liable to wilt when set out in
the open ground.
Where prices are too low to feed
young pigs for porkers, 1t is better to
sell them for sucking pigs, although
this plan Is seldom resorted to owing
to the better prices which are obtain
able for the former
August is none too early to decide
which plants shall be taken into the
window garden and their treatment
from the time of the decision should
be such as will fit them to make a fine
display during the winter rather than
get the finest present showing.
Pigs like and need variety, espe
cialiy Of mineral feeds. During the
summer on pasture they secure this
but in the winter the mineral matter
must be supplied in the form Of
coal, charcoal, ashes and salt The
young animals must have plenty of ex
ercise in cold weather
That one egg is as good as another
is a mistaken idea, and if you do not
think so try for while the work OF
selling strictly choice eggs to a Gus
tomer-eggs from hens that have
been well kept and eggs laid by q
poorly fed or diseased hen and see
If the customer does not complain
Difficult as is the lesson, it is never
theless true that profit in raising
broilers or first-class roasters comes
only to him who uses pure-bred males
broad, deep, full-chested birds, vel
low in skin and legs. The scraggy
little barnyard hen, with a mongre
male as the sire of her chicks is in
capable of producing a chick thai
will reach three pounds weight long
before 1t is matured, at which period
Of existence 1t ceases to be "broil
er" 1t is the use of good breeds
that gives success and profit.
Its Treatment.