The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-03-22
Never buy a sick hog.
Plow the garden deeply.
Teach the calf to eat grain.

PloW the garden deeply.
Teach the calf to eat grain.
Watch out for rotting apples and
potatoes.
Hogs can stand cold, dry weather
without injury.
Do not tie your cattle up by the
neck to feed them
No eve should be bred until she
has reached maturity.
A poorly nourished, stunted 2-year- |
old FLY should not be bred.
There are many reasons why farm.
ers should keep more sheep.
Each season a grass-lot should be |
held in reserve for the dairy cows.
In some sections farmers are recon- |
mending sowing alsike with timothy. |
On every farm poultry should not |
place.
Replowing fall plowed land again in
the spring seems useless expense and |
bother.
1t is a common but erroneous opin-
ion that beets are especially hard on
the land
| Let the colt have shelter from
storm. but let him have access to pas
ture also.
It is as an egg producer that the
Indian Runner duck has gained the
most fame.
When rape is pastured down. it will |
often spring up again after being
given a rest.
An economical use of roughage
about the farm is greatly in favor OF
winter dairying.
Feeding all of the cows in the same
way is treating them unfairly and
cheating yourself.
The best time to dehorn an animal
Is when 1t Is only few days old, by
using caustic potash.
1t Is we'll worth while to exert ev-
cry energy possible to keep your pres
ent supply of live stock.
In breaking the colt, remember that
1t is an easy matter to overload and
ruin him by causing him to balk.
One Of the secrets in raising any
kind of live stock is to keep the
young animal growing from the start.
The time to change the calf from
whole milk to skimmilk will depend
largely upon the development of the
calf
You may feed all the food your hens
can possibly use, but If you are short
of grit, the results will not be salts
factory.
Bacteria do not thrive in the cold
but In heat only. If you keep your
milk below 40 degrees the bacteria
will have small chance.
In case some cockerels need to be
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pays to put them In crate and fat
ten them for two weeks.
Be sure to have some disinfectant
to use on the young colts naval when
he arrives. half minute at this
time may save the colt later.
August Matched pullets kept over
for breeding until the second spring
make splendid breeding birds II they
have been we'll fed and not stunted.
II other cures for caked udder or
similar inf1ammatory troubles have
failed, try letting the calf run with
the cow for while next freshening
time.
For fattening chickens buttermilk has
a feeding value Of above 80 cents
hundred pounds This Is consider
ably in advance of its value for feel
ing hogs.
Cows should never be fed NOR.
roughage. especially when it is of good
quality, than they will consume with
relish and come to the next fodder
ing with keen appetites.
The boar pigs should be separated
from the SOW pigs as soon as they are
weaned and it is usually an easy mat
ter to arrange your lots of hogs so
that the young boars will not be near
the sows.
Glover or alfalfa as roughage for
swine will furnish bulk to the ration
as well as will corn-silage and, further
more, will furnish considerable pro-
TEN, consequently are better than the
corn-silage.
Skimmilk calves will not look quite
as thrifty for the first few months as
calves fed on whole milk or allowed to
run with their mothers. but at the end
of the year there will not be much
difference in size-if any difference
the skimmilk calves will be the bet
ter. provided they have been properly
fed.
Keep the sheep barns ventilated
Otherwise they will quickly become
foul and be harbors Of disease-breed-
ing germs A sheep stable is the hard
est building on the farm to keep sweet
and clean, but it can be done by ven
tilating properly and keeping dry
and light with frequent changes Of