The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-08-11

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Mango has many causes.
For market grow the field beans.
Milk quietly, quickly. clearly and
thoroughly.
Take no chances with an old boar;
always keep behind him.
A hen has the ability to reproduce
herself over many times in a year.
OF all chick troubles bowel COM
plants are the hardest to cope with.
Cattle, horses, hogs and sheep grow
nights and Sundays, every day in the
year.
Don't feed the little chicks more
than they will eat up clean in five
minutes.
Stable manure contains much vege-
table matter and this adds humus to
the soil.
Tramsworths are good rustlers, very
prolific, and the meat is of the high
| est quality.
Brush the udder and surrounding
parts just before milking, and wipe
them with clean damp cloth.
Most varieties of pears should be
picked when mature, but not ripe,
and ripened In a cool, dark place.
A woman who makes success of
poultry raising has the laugh on the
man who makes failure of farming.
There Is no other part Of the farm
from which SO much Is expected or
which Is more neglected than the pas
ture.
Duck eggs do not hatch as well If
they need to be washed. Therefore
keep the duck pen bedded with clean
litter.
Too heavy feeding clogs the appe-
lite and too slight feeding makes the
pig Investigate the weak points In
the fence.
The poultry raiser is now finding
out that the early Matched chicks are
more vigorous and profitable than the
late matches.
We cannot market our corn stalks
and hay in different cities, but we
can supply the world with meat and
stock products.
Harsh treatment of a broody hen
1t may also kill the hen. Gentle
measures are better.
No goat should be called a mich
goat that does not give an average of
at least one quart of milk per day for
four months after kidding.
The poultry raiser who Is too lazy
to keep his poultry house absolutely
free from vermin does not deserve
success nor will he have 1t.
Farmers are beginning to find out
that chickens pay better on an aver
age than farming, as the chicks will
grow whether it rains or shines.
1t is not always possible to regu-
late the price for which milk or but
ter-fat will sell, but 1t Is possible to
control the cost to a certain extent.
Medium-sized hogs are now most
in favor 1t is best to feed hogs for
only eight or ten months. After they
are a year old the feeding is not profit
able.
When the horses rub their tails 1t
is sometimes a sign of worms. To
effect a remedy feed equal parts of
salt and wood ashes every day for a
week.
Promptly remove any animal not in
good health, and reject her L TX.
Never add an animal to your herd
that is not perfectly vigorous and
healthy.
When butter is gathered in the cream
In granular form it is never over
worked. Working out buttermilk an
working in salt Is where the over
working is done.
Kafflr corn is becoming very popu-
lar as a poultry feed. In feeding value
1t is similar to corn. Consequently it
should not be used as a single feed
except for fattening.
The danger in feeding turkeys is
that too much food will be given and
eaten. The secret Of success in rails
ing poults, as to feed, is to keep them
always somewhat hungry
Sleect the cockerels as soon as pos
sible, then select the strongest of
these, as the cockerel is half the hen,
in vigor, anyway. The melting bird
will show its weakness then.
Take a day, or two If necessary, to
walk the fences with Ratchet and
pocket full of nails When the grass
comes the animals become restless
and will quickly find the weak spots
Do not close a can containing warm
milk which has not been aerated
Aerate and cool the milk as soon as
strained. If the cover is left off of the
can a piece of cheese cloth or mos
quito netting should be spread over II
to exclude insects. Always keep the