The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-01-13

mes may be trimmed ready to lay down.
/ Develop your heifers. Make them
I strong and thrifty and mature before
breeding
Good shelter goes a long ways toward
keeping stock of any kind in good con-
dition.
All meat that is to go into the curing
vessel must be thoroughly cooled before
it is packed.
knowledge is power, and so is a gaso-
line engine. Both must be used to get
the most good out Of them.
The Mexican cotton boil weevil is now
spreading rapidly into Alabama beyond
the line reached by it in 1910.
Pork may be dry sailed or cured in
brine, the latter being the most desir-
able for average farm conditions be-
cause it requires less attention and takes
up less room.
Hens cannot lay and grow feathers at
the same time.
In breeding too much will cause pig
cons to go light"
There is positively no known treatment
of any value for tuberculosis of chick
ems.
The best time to sell chickens is from
the first of January to the first of No
vember.
Probably no subject in poultry lore has
been treated in the press SO much as
that of cleanliness.
Turkeys breathe much faster than the
average farm animal, and, thereforel
need more fresh air.
To a fattening hog that is receiving
plenty of buttermilk, it is impossible I'd
feed too much corn.
The poultry must be brought in from
the fields and trees and made acquainted
with roosts and houses.
When the turkeys first begin to run at
the nostrils treatment with coal oil
will often stop the disease.
Scrub poultry may serve good pur-
pose in the pot, but they should not be
permitted to propagate their kind.
The bright eye, red comb, smooth,
bright, well kept plumage, activity, and
keen APPETITE, indicate the healthy
fowl.
Cows that are expected to return a
profit must have liberal rations of the
kinds of foods adapted to their needs
An important item in feeding dairy
COWS is to have good, tight hangers
where the feed will not be soiled OIL
wasted.
1t is claimed that early sown fall whea
is benefited when pastured with sheep Il
keep down the rank growth.
Pedigreed scrubs are the bane of tn,
stock breeding business, and need tn,
attention of honest breeders of all class
es of stock.
See that they are not over crowded a
night for they some times get hot ant
sweaty and when let out in the morn
ing catch cold, which develops into roup
If you are beginner with Sheep g
slow until you have mastered the indus
try. AS in poultrying or any other Xix,
business experience is the safe, sur
teacher.
If taken at a very early age chickens
can be taught to come and go at certain
times fed in way and do other thing
that will save time and annoyance.
The chicken does not refuse to la,
eggs or get fat through perverseness o
character. 1t is simply because tn
owner does not know how to bring abou
desired results.
A well filed crib of well matured corn
which generally means a good yield pc
acre, is much more satisfactory and t
be desired than many first prizes at tn
fair.
Let the wind or gasoline pump tn
water.
With no cellar available, roots may b
stored in pits.
City people not re-enforced from tn
slums, will soon run out.
When alfalfa is used properly in tn
rotation it is beneficial to the soil.
According to those who have used ther
the machine husker is success.
Alfalfa from northern grown seed i
hardy, yet it needs winter protection.
See that the winter grain is not pas
tured too close. Winter killing is tn
result.
Alfalfa will produce more digestibl
nutrients per acre than any other agri
cultural crop.
1t is cheaper to keep three or fou
cats around the premises than 300 G
400 rats and mice.
The best method of storing roots fc
winter use is in "A cellar to which dali
access may be had.
Plum trees at ten years should Pre-
duce one bushel.
Cherry trees at eight years should pro
duce one bushel.
Pear trees at twelve years should pre-
duce three bushels.
Ringing or girding the vine may SON
times be used to advantage.
Promptly gather up and burn all brus
and rubbish in the orchard.
Don't permit the strawberries to go il
to winter quarters filled with weeds
grass.
An orchard will live longer, bear be
ter and be more profitable by being we
cultivated and enriched
Straw is commended by almost eve
farm publication as a winter coveril
for strawberry plants.