The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-03-10


the shortcomings OF your hens.
Baked potatoes occasionally fed to
the chicks are relished by them.
Butter fat seems to absorb more
moisture when comparative warn.
Many growers think there Is morS
money in raspberries than strawber-
ries.
Sunshine Is a great purifier; allow
1t free access in the barn whenever
possible.
Milk is very susceptible to filth and
disease, and care must be exercised
in handling 1t.
The cow that does not yield profit
at the pail eats just about as much as
the COW that does.
Don't plant any flowers In straight
rows except hollyhocks or sunhowers.
or plants for borders.
The one cry against the general
practice of dairy farming IL that 1t
requires too much labor.
The we'll ventilated barn will be
more comfortable on the coldest day
than one poorly ventilated.
Twenty acres of corn put into the
silo Is worth more in feeding a dairy
herd than 30 acres in the crib.
Don't forget about the lice these
days, when the hens are shut up a
good part of the day and night.
There Is best temperature for each
individual lot Of cream, but this can
be determined only by experience.
If the man who has no silo would
watch his neighbor feed and watch
the results he would soon have one.
Do not neglect to use these days
when the ground is frozen hard to
dress the land literally with manure.
A hill of potatoes stripped by bugs,
or on which the leaves are injured by
blight, cannot give a satisfactory
yield.
Whitewashing or painting the in
terror of the COW stable Is advisable
dairyman.
Place no reliance in the theory that
breeds contaminate by simply seeing
different variety on the other side of
the fence.
Unless the dairy farmer really
knows a good dairy cow when he sees
one, he should not attempt to build
up dairy herd.
There Is a tradition that COWS will
do better In warm weather than in
cold weather, but experience has dis
proved this fact.
The best way to feed straw 10
horses and mules at work IL to re-
duce it to chaff and mix it with mid
dlings and corn chop.
No animal suffers more readily from
intense cold In the winter or more
severely from intense heat in the
summer than the hog.
Get ahead of the season In all gar
den work. BY and by the rush Of
other things will come and q part Of
this work may be neglected.
Plant strawberries as soon as the
season will allow. Next years crop
depends upon the start made this sea-
son, SO strawberry growers say.
To seed down a vegetable garden
after the earth has been worked,
fined and raked thoroughly, the first
needful thing Is to level the ground.
The time will soon be here when we
shall need seed corn for planting. 1t
Is always we'll to make a selection
and have all things ready before plant
ing time.
The COW freshening in the spring
will produce maximum flow Of milk
during the first couple Of spring
months because of the ideal condi-
tions of the pastures.
II perches, houses and coops are
thoroughly treated now with good
mite destroyer there will be no dan
ger of their making any further trou.
BILE until next summer.
Stables should be cleaned carefully
daily, and disinfected thoroughly at
least twice during the winter season,
and always after a case OF disease
among the animals in the stable.
Before commencing to fatten chick
ems should be thoroughly busted with
insect powder, and this should be re-
peated at least twice during the feed
ing period to keep them free from
vermin.
Set out a few flowers and fruit
plants each year, and soon you will
have an abundance. Many people
never have any yard and garden
worth speaking of because they al
ways neglect to order and set out
plants in season, always fully believ-
ing that they will not forget 1t the
next year A good motto in garden
ing is. "Do 1t now"
Alfalfa makes the hens cackle and
the turkeys gobble. It induces the
pigs to squeal and grunt with salts
/ faction. 1t causes the contented COW
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