The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-06-16
Hire what men you need early.

Hire what men you need early.
It is very difficult to tell the age OF
ducks.
That weed right in the hill Is your
worst enemy.
The farmer is not much different
from anybody else.
Home grown plants are much su'
perior to bought plants
Cattle will never do well In the
same pasture with sheep.
Land intended for spring crops
should be plowed in the fall.
Have the holes for the trees to be
removed dug wide and deep.
SQUAD raising seems to be IA
vorite occupation with suburban peo-
pie.
Large trees should be taken up
when the earth is frozen around the
roots.
A farmer can tell the value OF corn
slower without making any serious
mistake.
Land intended for roots should be
plowed as soon as the ground Is dry
enough to work.
Mix poultry droppings with an equal
quantity of fine earth, and put one
handful to the hill.
AS soon as the calf learns to eat
hay. place one handful of whole oats
in the feed box once a day.
A beautiful hedge is made by usina
zinnias in the back row, then call'op.
sis with white phlox ss border.
Mansles and sugar beets are the
best roots to grow for cattle, sheer
and pigs, and Belgian carrots fol
horses.
Asters can be planted in rows q
white and lavender, with very pleasing
results, provided the same kind Is
used in each row.
Young turkeys usually have biac.;
feet, which after two years turn gray
and dull, and become paler and more
| sickly as age advances.
Surplus suckers in blackberry or
red raspberry patches should be treat
ed Just like weeds; don't let the rows
get too wide nor too thick.
Hens in good health having access
| to the dust bath will usually keep
| free from lice. The house should be
swept clean every morning.
In most all branches of business
| competition is generally recognized az
a great stimulant, but in the creamery
business it has been overdone.
The storekeeper who keeps eggs In
| his cellar from week to a month
needs to be looked after. Eggs should
| be shipped along as fast as possible
Let the calk suck the COW few
days; this milk is not fit for human
| feed and is what the calf needs to
cleanse the bowels and tone up the
system.
1t Is said that naval oranges
sprung from a single tree that was
found growing on the northern shore
| of the Mediterranean sea, nearly 350
years ago.
In dipping pigs great care must be
| exercised to cover every part OF MS
body from tail to snout. If patch as
big as a thumb nail is left untouched
1t may contain the nuclus of a new
crop.
Look we'll after the water. Keep II
always before the fowls, pure and
clean, and renew 1t frequently. Dc
not allow them to eat snow. Do not
let them drink water grown tepid IN
the sun.
More insects will be killed in 8
greenhouse if fumigating apparatus
be placed near the roof so that the
fumes will descend, rising vapors
leaving the lower part of a house par
TALLY fumigated.
In careful tests made at the several
stations it Is found that there is little
or no difference in the feeding value
of the dry matter of roots and enst.
lage and the general opinion is In
favor of the silage.
Honey is the purest and the least
harmful of sweets. The honey crol
is mostly gain, for no flowers need
necessarily be raised to pasture the
bees. They aid in the fertilization oil
fruit trees and the smaller clovers.
been the cause of losses of over g..
900 900 to farmers of Illinois, but in
the future this loss will be greatly low
cred it is firmly believed, now that
serum is being manufactured and used
extensively, says the Swine Breeder.
A cellar is an excellent place for
an incubator, because it is usually
of an even temperature, especially II
the cellar is one that will preserve
roots and fruits; but the atmosphere
should be pure, which will not always
be the case in winter. Any place
will answer for the incubator that
is of an even and regular tempera
ture
If the incubator is in a room where
the temperature changes no harm
| will result DrOyided the ODprateS