The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-10-04

he turkeys grit.
ton of crops is simple.
I'd green forage sparingly.
entilate all coops and buildings.
Don't overwork the mare; 1t won't
pay.
Make plenty of new nests for the
hens this winter.
Every farmer should make a deter,
mined war on weeds.
Get the binder in good shape before
you start harvesting.
You can't be too particular in pick
ing sires for your herds.
Well-bred, well-selected pigs, make
more profit on the food eaten.
More lime and more tile to nail
alfalfa to a rough, hard soil.
A hen always likes nice new nest
In some dark, secluded corner.
It pays best to have a horse well
broken when he is offered for sale.
A scar from a barbed wire cut re-
duces the value of young horse Inn
Eensely.
The close, sultry nights demand
proper ventilation Of all the coops and
buildings.
Corn silage has been shown to be
cheaper than hay or corn slower Tor
fattening steers.
Fruit for local market should get
about all its growth and it's best color
before 1t Is picked.
Flies breed in manure and other
filth. So keep 1t cleaned UP and
spread on the fields.
Among fruits the apple, pear, peach,
plum and cherry usually do best
where lime is abundant.
Milk souring before the cream rises
will mean a poor quality Of butter,
and considerable cream lost.
When dairying is made business
on farm, instead Of chore, you can
look fer that farm to prosper.
As a single ration, alfalfa comes
nearest to filling all the requirements
of hog that is trying to get fat.
The medium sized pig is the most
profitable to raise, because he can be
both thrifty and possess good quail
ity.
Give the cows a cool place screened
from the flies, where they can chew
their cuds and get ready for milking
time.
A good COW never dies in debt to
her owner, but without the Babcock
tester she may never get credit for her
performance.
With reasonably good seed and a
fairly we'll prepared seed bed about
twenty pounds of alfalfa seed are re-
uuired per acre.
A recommended cure for a found
cred cow is to let her have all the
water she wants, but feed lightly un-
til she RECEIVERS.
If cream is hung close to the water
in a we'll that produces real cold
drink it will in most cases be in just
the right shape for churning.
Consider the clovers. 1t often means
the difference between failure and
success. The clovers are almost in.
dispensable in the farm scheme.
Darkened stables or milking late
seem to be the only ways Of getting
around the fly problem. If you know
of any other good way, what Is it?
For several years we have bought
farm butter from the same farmer at
cents above retail market price ev-
ery month in the year and glad to
get it.
Milk fever is often caused by milk
ing out the cow clean too soon after
icaIving. An authority recommends
letting the calf do the milking fo-
the first "a or SO hours.
One valuable lesson the manure
snreader has taught is the use of
small quantities applied frequently. 1t
makes possible what can be, but is sell
dom done-light application.
An old meadow is the worst place
for Standardization many white
'erubs. 1t may take three years OF
thorough culture to get rid of the
erubs. A drove of active pigs will dc
Ii in one season.