The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-09-01

is rotted manure from granted
horses.
The farm is the ideal place for
growing all kinds of poultry for meat
| and eggs.
Feed your fowls a sufficient amount
of animal food, plenty of vegetables
and bulky foods.
Young trees must be carefully cul
tivated, kept clear of weeds and tbs
soil loose and mellow. -
To dispose OF a crop at satisfactory
prices is often a more difficult prob
lem than to 2oduce 1t.
A horse that is too straight in his
posture sjars himself and gets all the
conclusions Of the road.
The thermometer must be used as
regularly in the dairy during the sum
mer as during the winter.
1t weakens the horses to keep them
shut up in a close stable during the
hot nights. Turn them out.
| If soil lacks water some form OF
fertilizers are a positive detriment II
| they are present in abundance.
| II is common sense that a mature
SOW will produce larger and more
perfect pigs than very young one.
Butter made in a sanitary dairy is
always easier to keep than that
which is made under poor condi-
lions.
Don't let the buck run with the
does when his breeding season Is
over, but confine him in a pen by
| himself.
| Dairy-bred stock Is scarce, and 1t
will take many years to apply the
rapidly increasing demand for dairy.
bred cattle.
| Beans can be turned into cash the
| quickest Of any farm crop, as 1t Is
possible to sell them in ninety days
| from planting.
Hogs will not thrive on sour and de.
composed food any more than men
will See that they get fresh. clean
water to drink.
| Cabbage is one Of the easiest vege-
tables to start from seed and to trans
plant and to be made to grow In the
| garden or field.
An incubator will not run itself any
more than an automobile will. hui
man brain must stand back Of the
best machine invented.
Women as rule are more progress
i've and quicker to seize new idea
and put it into practice in the poultry
yard than the sterner sex.
| Plenty of coal ashes where the fowls
can roll and scratch in them will settle
the lice question, without the use OF
powder or liquid lice exterminaters.
| The fall fresh COW is the preferable
cow and If you have not come to re-
alize this, just try it this year and see
If you will not be readily converted.
Sunshine Is necessary in the milk
house in the winter time, but just
now all the shade that can be found
will be acceptable. Trees and vines
help.
The condition and the appearance
Of the creamery should be the very
best for this will have an influence
on getting favorable market for the
butter.
| Spring Is the natural time for young
animals to be born and they do better.
all other things being equal. when
they are ushered INTO this world at
| that time Of year.
1t pays to supply the fowls, espe-
cially growing ones, with charcoal.
ground bone, either fresh or dry; oys-
ter and clam shells. and continual
supply of best grit.
| A good way to avoid the credit sys-
tenn is to grow the living at home. 1t
Is usually possible to grow the most
expensive, yet the most necessary, ar
ticles of food on the farm.
At our present rate of deforestation
fuel and fencing materials will be
very scarce within few years. Plant
waste lands in forest trees to supply
the timber required on the farm.
Arrange to save seed of the best
varieties of potatoes, pumpkins,
squashes and other garden products
for next seasons planting. Then you
will be sure of plenty of good seed
Many fail with sheep because they
fail to keep the breeds that are best
adapted to their farms and do not
raise the kind that the market de-
mands and is ready to pay the highest
price for.
Save the droppings from the poul-
try house. Fertilizer Of equal value,
If bought on the market, will cost you
$50 or more a ton. For the easier
gathering and handling of this ferti-
lizer, a platform of boards should be
placed under the roosts. This plat
form should be scraped clean at least
twice a week.
Young calves need whole milk for
the first few days. The calf should
always have the first or colostrum
| milk of the COW and be allowed 20