The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-10-25

Keep the pigs growing.
Sheep deserve good care.
Asparagus is hardy plant.
Onions stand considerable cold.
A kerosene bath for roosts is urged.
Keep the pigs in pen by them.
selves.
Onions should be topped and kept in
q cool, dry place.
The most experienced shepherd has
yet much to learn.
Sheep like variety Of pasture az
well as other stock.
1t is poor economy to let the brood
SOW get thin in flesh.
The dairy cow should essentially be
q large and rich mixer.
There is more or less risk in feeding
ordinary silage to lambs or sheep.
It is well-known fact that alfalfa
does not do well upon an impervious
subsoil
In feeding dairy COWS give them all
they will clean up at each feed but
no more.
Range-bred lambs are far superior
TO native-bred lambs for breeding
purposes.
Goslings must be kept out of damp
ness and fed only grass, water and
coarse sand.
Don't fail to divide the buttermilk
between biddy and the pigs. She rel
ishes it as much as they.
The grape root worm has commit
ted extensive depredations among the
vineyards of Pennsylvania.
A toothbrush and little naphtha
will clean your velvet coat collars and
make them look new again.
Select one dairy breed and stick to
1t. Don't mix up the breeds or you
will spoil the sale Of your stock.
All fowls, chicks, ducks and duck
Iings that are kept in yards should
have plenty Of green feed every day.
II the frost kills the vines of the
sweet poatoes cut them off as soon as
possible or the potatoes may turn
black
The spring colt should be pretty
we'll broken by this time; if not, this
is a good month to get acquainted
with him.
Clean the stock tank, and keep it
free from moss Then fill it with
fresh cool water. The stock will ap-
preciate 1t.
The manager OF the dairy farm
must supply the brain. The success
Of the undertaking will depend large
iy upon him.
Early Six Weeks is a good potato
quality. A few rows in the garden
come in handy.
Let the cows sleep out in the
pastures until the very chilly nights
come on. Better for them than to
lie in, a stuffy barn.
II pastures are falling feed little
fodder each day to the stock. It
makes them more contented and less
inclined to try tho fences
welcome full corn cribs. 1t is risky
business at best making meat on 75-
cent corn and we will all welcome
cheaper grain.
Farm orchards seem smaller and
worse neglected than they we're ten
years ago Perhaps the reason lies
in the fact that small lots of fruit
hardly ever sell profitably.
The number of silos in Kansas has
nearly if not quite doubled in the last
year II they were not profitable do
YOU think they would be built? We
are not working for the fun Of it any
longer.
If the sheep are compelled to dig In
short pastures for their living they
will eat the roots of the grass Bet
ter divide the pasture and feed one
part while the other is catching up.
After the pigs have been put into
the fattening pen in the fall they
should be fed all that they will eat
with a relish, for, as a rule, the
shorter the fattening period the
larger the profits.
A duckling does not know how to
get out of danger. Instead it will
become panic stricken and remain
easy prey for the enemy. On the
contrary chicken is always on the
alert. scampering off to some hiding
Mace the moment 1t hears some
strange noise.
Never fasten fencing wire directly
to growing trees. If you do, in a few
wears the wire will have become i'm
bedded in the tree and do 1t permanent
injury When you wish to use a tree
for this purpose, spike strip of sound
board securely to the tree and fasten
The wire to that. In this way very
little .ujury will be done 10 the tree