The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-08-04

Salt the steers in the pasture.
Cats are a source of grave danger
to chicks
Bee-keeping is a profitable adjunct
TO poultry raising.
Fight the weeds of all kinds and
keep bad ones from going to seed.
Ii you want to kill weeds, cultivate
DR. hoe them when the sun shines hot
In producing milk you get no profits
dntiI the cost of the feed Is covered
The boar should always receive
some consideration as well as the
low.
An electric power Is the most con-
Venient power for operating power
churn.
Domestication plays a very promi.
nent part upon the prolificacy of
animals.
Have regular hours for doing the
milking and milk the cows in the
same order.
The market garden furnishes a
large amount of waste products which
hay be utilized for poultry food.
II you buy homer that has large
warts on its beak you may be sure
that 1t is more than two years old.
More live stock Is an economy In
the production of the worlds food
supply rapidly being forced upon us.
Cream should be kept at uniform
temperature and that should be as low
ls possible as long as it stays on the
tarm.
black or honey locust can readily
grow his own trees OF these two
species.
Do not let the little colt follow the
dam while she is at work. If the dam
becomes heated the milk is injurious
10 the colt.
Remember that rape may be sown
any time in July. 1t grows very fast
Ii moisture is vailable and soon
makes feed
Much depends upon the selection of
the dairy cow. Do not expect the beef
type of animal to f1ll the requirements
of the dairy.
During the warmer months horses
doing the ordinary farm work derive
much benefit and comfort. If given q
pasture lot at night.
The time is here when thought must
be given to the comfort of the COWS
II their owners expect to sleep with no
twinge of conscience.
Do not change the work horse from
grain to grass too suddenly. In fact,
horses on heavy work every day
should have very little grass
Milk with clean. dry hands, never al
lowing the hands to come in contact
with the milk. Do not allow dogs and
cats to be around at milking time.
An authority says that potatoes
should not be planted In hills. It Is
much better to plant them In deep
burrows and keep the ground level
The eggs laid by the pullet in the
first vigor Of her life and the eggs
laid after rest Of the hen are the
eggs that produce the strongest chick
ems.
Keep the turkey hens with their
broods away from the old turkeys of
The flock as the latter are sometimes
spiteful to the young and may injure
them.
From early spring until August
SOW few rows Of summer lettuce
every two weeks or so, and thus try
to provide continuous supply of good
heads.
The cost Of concrete floor can
often be saved in the amount Of fer.
tilizer that Is kept from going to
waste. 1t also makes a more sani
tary stable.
Steers fed on clover hay will no,
only consume more roughage, but also
more grain than those fed on timothy
hay II grain and roughage are fed &C
cording to appetite.
There should be placed In every pis
yard and pasture a box with salt
charcoal. air-slaked lime, bone meaI
and hardwood ashes, so the pigs can
help themselves at will.
It has ben found that the seeds ot
many weeds will retain their vitality
for fifteen to twenty-five years, posi-
bly, longer, and not all Of the giver
years seed grows In any one year.
Milk paint, properly prepared ant
applied, makes about the best ant
cheapest weather coating for wood er
outbuildings and fences that there II
that is. where milk Ia on hand. o.
course.
Mos. Of the laborious work which
falls to the lot of farmers wives ant
daughters is due to the lack of prope
facilities for providing d plentiful sup
ply of fresh water and for removinl
the waste.