The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-06-07

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Know your brood sows.
Clean the poultry houses.
Chickens like sunfiower seeds.
Kerosene emulsion is easily made
A horse that is trained without
blinds is usually the safer horse.
Young pigs are peculiarly subjected
to various kinds of intestinal worms
1t is better to give the orchard clean
| cultivation than to try to raise crops
in it.
1t is better to have a dirty floor than
a dirty, dusty atmosphere during milk
ing time.
The bull which is closely housed is
apt to become ugly. Give him plenty
of exercise.
Leave q horse united when hooked
to a vehicle and he will be likely tc
be gone when you return for him.
Fine gravel is not the proper grit
for poultry. They want sharp ma
terial with which to grind their food
Expert orchardists recommend seed
ing the orchard to crimson clover-oI
rye to be plowed down the following
spring.
In localities where aster, goldenrod
and other fall blooms abound it Is
we'll to look for surplus even in Sep
TENDER.
An hours work with sharp wire
at the foot of your peach trees killing
borers may mean an extra bushel OF
fine peaches.
A tree can be bridge grated In less
than half an hour, and it is better to
take this time to do 1t than to let a
valuable tree die.
Go over the young apple trees and
cut off every water sprout with a
sharp knife close to the trunk. Do 1t
early, and they will heal this season.
To do well the cows should be turn
ed dry something like six weeks be-
fore freshening This is good for the
calf, rests the cow, and develops the
udder.
When 1t comes to growing pigs,
calves, poultry OR cream, any farmer
with few acres of alfalfa on his farm
has a great advantage over his neigh
Dor without it.
The first milk of the COW is OF a Pc
culiar character-called colostrum-
acting as a purgative, and this puts
the bowels of the young calf in per-
feet working condition.
If you did not have enough good
seed for the farm crops, lose no time
In getting enough to plant your
crops Get the best that can be had,
regardless of the price.
A ration for dairy cow should full
fill the following requirements: 1t
should be balanced, palatable, home
grown as near as possible, and finally
1t should be economical.
During the winter the dairy farm
or has more time to figure out his
plans for improving his system of
farming The great question should
be to get better and more profitable
lot of COWS.
Sixty per cent. of all horses that go
unsound, go wrong in the hook joints,
according to the notes taken by one
breeder. Too much attention cannot
be given the hooks in choosing stall
lions to which the mares are to be
mated
Call veterinarian If a mare is hav-
ing trouble In dropping colt and you
are in. doubt Of being able to assist
her properly. A fee of S. or $40 to
the veterinarian may save $500 mare
and bring a colt into the world that
will develop into a horse worth as
much more.
A little knowledge of the proper
type of animal to select is worth lot
of money to the buyer sometimes At
tend the short course schools when
ever you get chance and study the
types and breeds as we'll as the mar
kets. There is surprising difference
in animals when you know what to
look for-as much as there is in peo-
pie.
IT is good plan to put the SOW in
the narrowing pen week or ten days
before the pigs are expected to arrive
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