The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-11-01
Turkeys relish green feed.
Dig holes for trees In the fall.

Dig holes for trees In the fall.
Vetches make good sheep fodder.
The scrub purebred is the greatest
failure.
Cattle scarcity is still with us and
will remain for the next two years
A piece of alum in the drinking wa
ter will prevent throat and lung dis
eases.
Your horse may intend to please
you, but does not understand your
wishes.
Get on friendly terms with those
little pigs. Study them. kindness
counts.
Own sheep for the good of your
bank account and for the destruction
Of weeds.
Corn and alfalfa make a combina.
ton that cannot be equaled on the
dairy farm.
Whenever hogs are confined to one
feeding place a feeding floor should
be provided
A lump of sugar or bite Of apple
will do more in the training of colt
than a whip.
Farming on business basis elm
mates small mules just as 1t displaces
small horses
A lamb that is large and strong
will stand weaving better, and also
winter better
Many practical hog raisers are now
using artificial wallows, built of either
cement or lumber.
A good plan, followed by many poul-
trymen, is to mark the early moulters
for breeding stock.
For aphis on sweet peas, use insect
powder or tobacco dust, applying
with a small bellows
Five or six pounds of corn are usu-
ally required to produce pound OF
pork in dry-lot feeding.
If pigs are well fed they will usual
ly wean themselves at the proper
time, without any trouble.
The key to the bee business is bee
forage and the best bee forage known
at present Is sweet clover.
If a man cannot feed hogs as well
as they should be fed, he ought to
sell them to a man that will.
Sheep are persistent agency OF
improvement to the soil of the
farms on which they are kept.
The levelness with which a horse
walks Is one of the best evidences
that his legs work in harmony.
To thoroughly clean milk utensils
they first should be rinsed with cold
water to remove all particles of milk.
Gather up the dead branches and
burn them, as they are apt to harbor
bark beetles. one Of the worst orchard
pests.
Move the colony houses and brood
coops on fresh ground every day
or two. and the chicks will grow
faster.
feed handed it, but the turkey is al
most self-supporting until cold
weather (
Turkeys always find ready sale
and are almost clear profit. There Is
always a demand The market 10
never glutted.
The little chicks do best on corn
bread made of sour milk, soda and
cracked corn They should be fed on
something clean.
The eggs from the matured hen will
latch better and produce stronger
chicks than the eggs Of pullets. They
ire usually larger, too.
Unlike other poultry. the turkey
lever has been thoroughly domesti-
lated. but has remained practically q
Wild bird in it's requirements.
The meat Of yarded poultry is ali
yays more tender than that of
fowls having free range, due to the
extreme muscular development OF
he latter.
Never let young chickens perch I'M
il their breast bone can endure the
strain. as a crooked breast bone de-
.reases a fowls market value, as well
Is breeding value.
A yield of IL tons of silage may
EASILY be OBTAINED iroA oAe acre VI
.orn. Allowing 80 pounds of silage az
| daily ration, one acre of corn will
urnish four COWS with silage for zoo
lays
New England dairymen find 1t prof
table to feed grain to dairy cows even
when they are on June pasture. Can.
lot we afford soma corn fodder for
,ur western COWS now that pastures
re drying up.
Chickens should have good, sweet
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