The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-03-22

Don't allow the sweet corn foddel
to waste.
Peas are strongly recommended fol
fattening sheep.
Sunlight for little pigs is almost a,
essential as food.
Rape is one of the best crops 70,
temporary hog pasture.
Horses should be carefully handled
in cold, stormy weather.
Late Matched turkeys should neveI
be used for breeding purposes.
Clean hay cannot be obtained from
soil that is foul with weed seeds.
In broiler raising careful attention
should be paid to the breeding stock
Sheep ought to be kept because Of
the influence which they exert upor
fertility.
Keep the brooder houses in a clear
sanitary condition and never over
crowd.
More pigs are raised in Pennsyl
vania than In perhaps any other state
in the union.
In keeping cows never be without
clover It Is one OF the foods essen
ual to good dairyipg.
See that your brood sows get plenty
Of exercise so that they may produce
large, healthy litters.
A man cannot work on boiled tur.
nips alone, neither can a horse work
on a diet of straw and fodder.
The matter of spraying and pruning
Is important and vital in connection
with the apple growing industry.
Gentleness and patience are always
In the dairy barn, but
doubly so when handling the young
heifer.
The busy hen Is the productive one;
hence she should be so fed as to in
duce the greatest activity. If in con.
hnement.
Weighing and testing cows milh
will never make her give more, but II
will make her owner appreciate her
real worth more.
Winter dairying provides more care
and better feeding, but it also comes
at a time when it is possible to give
this care and feeding.
Keep the hogs we'll bedded on cold
nights and provide sufficient shelter
for them so they will not be inclined
to crowd each other too much.
If market hogs are your specially
your aim is of course to produce from
your brood sows as large a number
of strong, healthy pigs as possible.
Lambs of low vitality and ewes de-
fcient in milk flow at lambing time
are usually the result Of improper
management during the pregnant pc
Rod
When out in the barnyard or corral
the COWS like to keep busy picking at
some corn fodder or other roughage
even If they get enough feed in the
stables.
Clean pens, stalls, bedding, ETC., and
and without these things the hogs are
in such weak condition they are like
ly to take anything
Goose eggs require thirty days for
incubation and it is customary to
hatch at least some of them with
hens, since the geese are heavy and
often not inclined to set.
When dirt from the COW or from
the mixer is introduced into the milk
there is not only introduced the bad
flavor of the manure, but also some
ferments common to the digestive
tract.
The hens must be kept quiet to in
sure good digestion. II they are wor
ried. chased or frightened it has g
very bad effect on their health. A
sudden fright will often cause a her
to drop dead of apoplexy.
Save the heifer calf from that
cow that gave 1000 or more pounds
of milk last year. She will be
worth a lot Of money to somebody
when she is giving milk. Begin to
make a dairy COW out of her now
by seeing that she gets plenty OF
feed and exercise Good mich cows
can be ruined when they are not treat
ed properly.
Figure on breeding at least two
of the farm mares to the best draft
stallion in the neighborhood this
spring. The mares can do double
service-do the regular work on the
farm and raise the owner a $500 or
$400 horse. Look over the list of stall
lions within reach of your farm and
see what kind of colts they have been
leaving OF course breed to pure-bred
stations only, but some get better
colts than others, and the best is none
too good.
AS soon as fall plowed ground Is
dry enough In the spring the disk
should be put on it and kept going
every week or ten days so that mois
ture will be stored up which may
come in handy during next July and
August.
Provide succulent food OF some
Kind in the sheep ration. Silage is
best, but IL you have no silo, give
roots Of some kind mangels, tur