The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-11-17
Winter is coming, batten the cracks

If the feathers are to be sold. ducks
must be dry picked.
There is profit in breeding turkeys
up to the fifth year.
The value of butter increases az
the quality improves.
A good ho-seman never trots q
draft horse, even when he has no
load.
Laying hens need from Is to IS
per cent meat scraps added daily to
their mash
Don't feed hay or other forage.
which will raise a dust, before or dur
ing milking.
Tainted, musty or mouldy feeds
should never be served in the dairy
herd rations.
If we have not access to road dust.
we may take some field earth, fine
and free from Jumps.
The best market for skim milk on
the farm is afforded by good dairy
calves and quick growing pigs.
II the cream in the churn foams up
and runs over, the churn is too full
or the cream is Improperly ripened.
Simply because calf is given her
ration Of milk each day. 1t does not
signify taat she does not need water
also.
Cholera and other diseases of swine
attack herds which are in poor condi-
tion and consequently most suscep-
tible
If your horse is troubled with In
digestion have the animal clipped
and its teeth attended to by veterin-
arian.
Until recent years the poultry busi-
ness, especially on the farms. was of
80 little Importance that not much at
tention was paid to it
The egg production of the United
States is given as $400.000,00 for the
past year. The entire poultry pro-
duction is put at $600,000,000.
Prune out old canes Of raspberriee
and blackberries and burn them. Thin
the hills to three or four shoots. Gull
tivate, and add some manure to the
soil
The red mites or lice do not stay on
the fowls during the daytime. but
hide in cracks during the day. sally
ing forth after dark to seek their
prey.
Orchardists who have never used
dynamite should be. sure to get all
possible information from the manu-
factuers of the explosive before at
tempting to use 1t.
II celery Is to be brought into the
cellar for winter storage cut the top
root, lift it from the ground and then
with strong knife cut OF the branch
ing roots and most of the earth.
Lousy fowls are necessarily weaker
than fowls that are free from lice. and
strength and vitality are quite Inn
portant factors while the fowls are
producing their new suit Of clothes.
II your fowls have the range OF the
fields and orchards and can pick up
number of insects and worms daily.
you will not need to bother much
about the meat supply In the ration.
Although flying about and appar
emily of mature age, birds may be dis
tinguished as squads by the squeal-
ing noise they make, which Is always
the call of the SQUAD.
The raising of poultry on the farm
or In conjunction with fruit growing.
can be made very profitable with the
same kind of management that Is de-
voted to raising good stock or good
grain.
Everything should be kept as clean
on the little chicks feeding floors az
If It is on the floor of the kitchen.
IF this is done the little birds will
never have gapes or many Of the
chicken diseases.
If YOU are feeding clover. remem-
her to cut down the bulk. This Is a
hearty food and you cant use as much
of 1t as you can OF timothy without
doing your horse harm.
In filing a silo attention must be-
given to the outer edges. for when
the silage begins to settle there is al
ways a draw away from the wall.
leaving an air space that makes the
silage spoil.
There is no better germ slayer than
an ounce Of carbolic acid aided to a
pail of whitewash. Give the walls and
ceiling of the hen house good coat
ing. working it in rather thick in all
cracks and crevices.
There is not a farm in the country
where farming Is seriously attempted
at all where 1t is necessary to try to
raise chickens without decent provis-
ion for the safety of the flock ard for
the convenience of the attendant
Have gunny sack soaked with
crude oil hanging over the hole made
for the pigs in the narrowing pen to
run through, just high enough to rub
their backs as they run through.
This will be sufficient to keep them
disinfected from lice. etc.