The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-07-12
J. Leghorns are natural foragers.

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success.
Exercise sweating in a horse indi-
Gates weakness.
The first essential in making good
butter is good cream.
Camphorated oil Is good for caksd
udder or other Inflammation,
Frequent stirring while cream is
ripening will make better butter.
A hog can be starved to eat al
most anything, but it is poor economy.
Make very liberal estimates as to
the number Of chickens you are to
save.
This is the time to begin knocking
out another possible feed shortage next
winter
For the young calf Just learning to
eat there is nothing better than
ground oats.
Milking with wet hands Is one Of
the most undesirable habits that a
man can form.
Turkeys often get puny and die
when several weeks old, from no 9TH
er cause than lice.
The longer calf Is allowed to suck
the COW the harder it will be to make
it drink from a bucket.
It never pays to keep more cattle
than one can be sure to furnish with
ample feed the year round.
BY using little patience calf can
be taught to drink quickly by letting
1t suck the finger held Ill the milk.
There are many reliable breeders OF
Holstein cattle whose entire herds av-
erage 10000 pounds of milk per year.
If thin SOW has more pigs than
part of them away and raise them on
bottle.
Anybody can raise an ordinary horse
and sell 1t for an ordinary price. 1t
takes blood and feed and care to beat
the average.
The main points to make sure about
in buying separator are durability
clean skimming, easy washing, and
easy running.
Almost any feed that Is high in pro-
tein, such as milk or middlings, and
the like, Is good for sows, pigs and
growing hogs.
Don't let the young turks out until
dew Is off the grass In the morning
If you want turkeys to sell next
Thanksgiving.
Why not a concrete vat in the milk
house this spring? They are reason
ably cheap, eternally durable. and
highly sanitary
Geese, after they get their feathers,
are rarely, If ever, attacked by in
sects, but this will not hold good In
regard to goslings.
Put bell on some Of the cows IL |
they run In the woods or a brush |
pasture. It will save time and steps
in looking for them.
A heifer that has a long milking
period with her first calf is very apt /!
to establish the habit Of long periods
If she is well handled.
See that the harness, and especially |
the inside of the collars where they !
come in contact with living flesh and
blood, are smooth and clean.
In the push of farm work the truck |
patches should not be neglected, for
in these little things lie the farmers
living and his success as farmer.
On every dairy farm there should be
two pasture fields, by feeding of first |
one and then the other, the cows have |
a succession of rich tender grass and |
clover.
Mix half bushel of dry ashes with |
pint of carbolic acid, pint Of coal |
oil, and pint of sulphur. Put some
in the nests and the hens will not be
bothered with lice.
Have a surplus of plants Of all ten.
der varieties, like tomatoes, egg plant, |
peppers, etc., so that you can risk set.
ting out few extra early. If you have
plenty you will not miss them should |
they be nipped by frost, while If the
weather is favorable you will gain
some in earliness.
If it Is necessary to confine pigs
in a dry lot during the summer they
should have all the weeds that are
pulled from the garden or cut about |
the premises anywhere. They will |
eat large quantities and thrive on
them. and it is one way to get rid of
weeds to profit.
Sprays are very poisonous and |
should be placed where children can.
not get them. Do not make them
stronger than directions state or 1t |
will result in damage to blossoms and
leaves. Get a good spray pump to
start with and remember the smaller |
pumps are seldom satisfactory for
large trees.
A corn ration will put on fat Just
as fast in summer as in winter. For |
this reason, the flock of laying hens
should be fed sparingly Of corn and |
should be made to dig and scratch
for the small grain they get Anoth-
or axnnIlont mnu to oiuo thonn oxor