The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-05-05

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should be at once separated from the
others.
Regulate the amour. and kind OF
feed in accordance with the condition
of the hog.
Don't put the new bed on sod land.
The white grub is death to straw-
berry plants.
Clean sand or good country pine
sawdust is excellent to use on floor
Of poultry houses.
Do not plant beans until all danger
of frost Is passed, as the young plants
are extremely tender.
are cheaper than eggs for Matching
at two dollars per sitting.
The poultry business large and
small is made successful through at
tention to the small things.
The turkey hen that ranges far
from the barns is likely to steal her
nest a long ways from home.
If there are two toms In the flock
and they don't agree. shut up one
one day and the other the next.
Be sure TO have brood coops and
brooders ready and waiting for the
chicks when Matching time comes
In some places the mutton sheep
are the more profitable, while in other
places 1t pays better to produce wool.
Cleanliness and plenty of fresh air
are great helps in developing the
chicks and keeping them thriving and
propering.
Don't look for fertile eggs If you
crowd your hens too close Another
bad thing liz the same line is lack
Of exercise.
If you have only one breed of pure
blooded birds you will sell many eggs
for Matching and birds for breeding,
at high prices.
A field of four or five acres will be
large enough to run flock OF 100
sheep for about thirty days and fur
nish some hay besides.
According to successful dairyman,
the presence of dirt in milk indicates
careless and uncleanly methods in
production and handling
Now that the days are warmer, be
sure to keep the incubator cellar well
aired and do not run the machines
with too high a lamp flame
In transplanting cabbages set the
plants in the ground up to the first
leaf. no matter how long the stem is
and press the earth firmly about it.
The would-be poultryman should be
careful in his selection of farm, for
upon this selection may depend his
success or failure in the paunltry
business.
For those who have not much time
to devote to the garden there is no
class of Towering plants more .desira-
BILE than the hardy perennials and
| herbaceous plants.
There Is considerable easily earned
money in rearing pigeons. In large
cities $3.50 to 1915 a dozen pair Is
paid for them. The demand is always
greater than the supply,
Farmers who have heavy draft
mares are making a great mistake IN
not raising more colts of this class,
and keeping the money at home that
Is now going west for horses.
Obviously the remedy for unproduc-
tive eggs is to use only healthy breed
ing stock and to keep the breeders in
good condition by good food and good
common sense care and management
If you have piece OF land that
must be planted to corn later than
the last of May, use seed of some
good early maturing variety OF corn.
Leaning Sixty Day corn is good for
late planting.
If white worms appear in the soil
Of your ported plants dissolve a piece
of fresh lime in water and set the
pot in the water, letting it remain
there until the soil and ball OF roots
! are thoroughly saturated.
1t Is said that bees cannot profis
ably travel more than two miles fd
nectar. If they have to fly a greater
distance and carry back their load
they cannot bring to the hive enough
| during the working hours to make II
profitable. The hives must therefore
be placed with this fact in mind
Barnyard manure increases the wa,
ter holding capacity of the soil: and
instead Of dumping the manure IN
some convenient out-of-the-way place,
or leaving in the yard TO deteriorate,
| or to rot the structures against which
| it is so frequently piled. the farmer
can not only save money, but at the
same time conserve the moisture OF
his soil. by Immediately spreading
it upon his fields.
| Bulletin No 1872 Of the Massachu
co+tS oyoariD7eDt station giving the re-
| suits of a series of experiments cover
! ing a period of 13 years, states that the
average cost of eggs produced on mar
row nutritive ration has been 12.t
! cents per dozen: on q wide nutritive