The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-08-04
Sheep relish rape greatly:

The fields that raise the best crops
are the fields that are well drained.
During the torrid days the comfort
of the fowls must be closely attended
to.
1t takes a protracted drought to de-
velop any poisonous material in sor-
ghum.
Through live stock we market our
products at home In the finished
product.
1t would be better to give some OF
your cows away than to feed them
at a loss.
Keep the eggs as short time as
pose sible and at a cool temperature,
40 to SIS degrees.
All the profit of sheep husbandry
is bound up In one thing; the keeping
of the flock in health.
A good aphis is one of the worst
enemies the orchardist has to combat
in the young orchard.
Selling less hay and straw. feeding
more cows on the farm, will help re-
duce the fertilizer problem.
Great care should be exercised in
all cases in transplanting evergreens
to avoid drying of the roots.
Tomato seeds are easily preserved.
and if you have extra good ones pick
out the best and save the seeds.
1t should be remembered that sows
that are to feed large litters of pigs
should be we'll fed and cared for
The pig that is intended for brood
SOW should be fed well enough. to keep
it in good condition, but not extra fat.
The skunk is much less active than
the weasel but it is very dangerous
intruder when it enters the hen house.
AS good insect powder Is so cheap
there is no use or excuse for allowing
old fowls to remain covered with yer
| min.
If you want late celery for winter,
it should be planted any time from
| the first of July to the middle of
August
String beans should be drilled in
double rows six inches apart with just
enough space between to allow for
| cultivation.
! Buttermilk Is one of the best known
feeds for pigs. used in moderation
and properly mixed with grain or 9TH
| er feedstuffs.
The foremost method Of cultivating
alfalfa is with the disk harrow, one OF
the most excellent farm implements
ever invented.
II the skin Of the horse Is kept
clean he will sweat more freely,
which is necessary to keep him in
good condition
Too much water is as bad as too
little, because the surplus fills up the
fnterstices in the soil, excludes the
| air and smothers the plant.
Eor he fopoat worm which
was more numerous than usual last
year, the best method is to pick them
off by hand and destroy them.
Never, feed meat scraps that were
made of rotten meat. Good, pure
| feed is the only thing that ever ought
to be fed to a fowl of any kind
1t costs money to have things go
wrong on the farm or anywhere else,
| but 1t Is almost inevitable that some
thing will go wrong once In while.
Before and after the SOW farrows,
she should be fed very light or the
pigs will not be able to take all the
milk, or If they do. they will become
| sick.
Don't forget to thoroughly overhaul
| the binder before harvest; this Is
| cheaper than to be overhauled by
hailstorm because you let the harvest
ing drag.
o.,
ing does not mix we'll with general
farming; but an apple orchard is
profitable appendage to any diversi.
| fed farm.
A gilt that is expected to be kept
| for brood SOW should never be bred
before she Is eight months old, and it
ia better to wait until she Is ten or
eleven months old.
1t is just as cheap to make a pound
of good butter as 1t Is to make
pound of poor butter and when 1t
comes to selling it, the prices are very
decidedly different.
A few trees in the pasture add
greatly to the comfort of the sheep
these days If you can't have them,
set up a few posts and cover a bit
of ground over for a shed.
A family of barn owls will number
from three to seven birds, and the
mother owl will capturs as many rats
and mice in a single night as half
dozen cats. Owls are always hungry
All we can do towards the moult is
to feed well. Keep the Birds in the
best condition to stand the strain. Do
not try starving or over-feedlng, or
extreme changes in feeding-all fatal
processes.
The amount Of butter-fat and in
| many instances the amount Of milk