The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-07-28
Gull your chicken flocks often.

Broom corn Is marketed wholly in
the bale.
It does not pay to be careless with
farm machinery.
There is nothing equal to mothers
milk for a young foal.
The honey bee is necessary in the
polarization of fruit trees.
Whitewash is a cheap aid to the
keeping of a sweet and sanitary stable
This is the time of year when 1t Is
necessary to keep the cultivator going
overtime.
After cooling, milk should In all
cases be held at the lowest available
temperature.
Good ventilation Is absolutely es-
sential. but drafts rust be prevented
in the Landing shed.
The best way to get rid of mos
quitos, like the balance of our troubles.
Is not to raise EN-
The Guernsey, when 1t comes to
butter fat holds distinguished place
as a record breaker
The cost of 100 pounds gain in
calves Is about $4.10, while it is nearly
$3.50 for two-year-olds
The cultivation of beans should be
along the same lines as of corn, and
If possible more intensive.
Spray the first time for the special
purpose of filling every blossom on
the trea with the poison used.
Breaking broody hens is not a hard
task. A little care in the feeding and
housing is all that is required.
The United States produces one
fifth of the wheat and three-fourths
of all the corn grown in the world
Do not wait until the broody fever
hen becomes chronic, but discourage
Ter as soon as she shows signs of It.
All animals produce stronger young
when both sire and dam have rea,
sonable amount of exercise each day.
Alfalfa Is one of the best plants to
furnish green food for chickens, but
ordinarily 1t soon kills out If over pas.
tured
Shorn sheep sell at discount be.
cause the wool cannot be pulled until
1t has a growth of three-Quarters OF
an inch.
Brush the udder and surrounding
parts just before milking, and wipe
them with clean damp cloth or
sponge.
Keep small turkey poults out of the
long, wet grass in the morning and see
that they are under cover during
heavy showers.
Butter from fresh and properly
ripened cream not over one day old
keeps better than does butter made
from sweet cream.
An important feature in the sue
cessful> management Of the SOW and
litter is to get the little pigs to feed
as early as possible.
Milk that Is properly pasteurized
and then kept at low temperature
will keep much longer, as rule, than
that which Is not treated.
1t is found that success in dairyina
depends as much on the kind of care
and management bestowed on the
herd, as upon the breed.
When you weed and thin out the
family garden don't forget the poul
try; they will relish the garden waste
and put 1t to a good use.
Plan to raise a fine flock of general
purpose standardized birds this sea
son. They will yield much more salts
faction and profit than mixed flock
If a man has Jerseys, give them Isle
of Jersey care and feed, for they can
not succeed on scrub fare and fodder
They were not intended for that pur
pose.
Cows must be kept clean and
healthy, have pure air to breathe
and then they will return a volume
of rich, nutritious milk in paying guam
titles.
The COW that wanders over BARI
pastures and looks wistfully at grow
ing crops she cannot reach, is not
happy nor contented and will not pro
duce well.
By two or three paintings Of sweet
corn two weeks or so apart, one can
have tender juicy corn on the table
three times as long as one planting
can give them.
Cooked fish makes good summer ami
NAL food. Beef scraps are less liable
to cause indigestion and diarrhoea In
hot weather If we'll scalded and mixed
with ground grains.
The butter fat from very fresh cream
is apparently in a more stable condi
ton than is the fat in the sour cream
over one day old. and not so predis
posed to decomposition.
r. shod. the shoes should be re
moved at frequent intervals, because