The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-05-17
Alfalfa is a perennial.

Alfalfa is a perennial
A pure bred bull is best
Mongrel fowls are expensive.
Light in the barn is essential.
Horses with tender feet need much
attention.
The wheel hoe saves lot Of back
breaking hoeing.
they make values.
Good pasture is invaluable in grow
ing pigs successfully.
Cut straw is the best for bedding.
II you save the manure.
If zinc is burned with the coal It will
clear the chimney of SCOT.
Are the plow-lays sharp. and all the
tools in first-class shape?
Two filters Of pigs a year is about
what the best sows will do.
He that abuseth his colts ma, OK.
pect to be kicked by his horses.
Sifted coal ashes are better than
plaster for the striped squash bug.
Jerking the bit and yelling confuse
a horse and advertise blockhead.
Out-buildings, implanted fences and
| rubbish heaps may be hidden behind
vines.
Equal parts of corn and oats are
hard to excel as a grain feed for
sheep.
Provide plenty of pure water, sun
shine, range and green forage crops
for sheep.
| A flock that gets bone meal and oy-
ster shell will have few cases of leg
weakness.
| Look out for the yearling colts.
Don't let them get setback as spring
approaches.
Sore mouth will sometimes attack
sheep in pens and run through the
entire flock.
During an extra cold spell Of
weather add little corn to the sow's
grain ration.
Small seeds and finely cracked grain
are a better feed for the small chick
than wet mashes.
| Never breed nervous, high-strung
SOW that is ready to jump and run
at the drop of hat.
| The fewer sows kept together dur
ing the breeding season and until far
rowing time, the better.
OF all fowls ducks are the easiest
to raise The eggs are more fertile
than those of any other fowl
Cold weather is not much of detri-
ment to chickens, providing it is dry
\ cold and the atmosphere pure.
The geese should be laying at their
best now, and this is, also, the month
in which turkeys begin to lay.
For the majority Of vegetables, soil
OF a sandy nature Is best, provided
there is a good sub-soil for drainage.
Oatmeal, rolled oats, hard-boiled
eggs or stale bread soaked In milk and
squeezed dry are excellent chick
| rations.
If all the implements were cleaned
and painted last fall, great deal of
time will be saved when you must
"get busy"
A good way to disinfect brooder
is to open it wide, take out the hover
and let the sun get at the inside
through the day.
Making the drinking water slightly
red with permanganate Of potash has
often been found to prevent the
spreading of roup.
A good way to test chick food 1s
to place a small quantity on dish
before some husky chicks and note
what they leave Of 1t.
A 100-egg brooder may be large
enough for 100 chicks when first
Matched, but it will not be many days
before that number will crowd it.
| Encourage the pigs to exercise by
| putting the feed some little distance
| from the sleeping quarters, If 1t can
not be done in any other manner.
Poultry manure should be partially
dried before storing in order to pre-
vent fermentation setting In, thus
avoiding the escape of the ammonia
Look out for collar that rubs lap
of flesh at every stride of the horse.
1t is liable to wear gall on his neck.
and much sooner sometimes than sus-
pected.
One of the greatest mistakes made
by mare owners Is the frantic at
tempt to produce draft stock from
light mares at first cross with big
stations.