The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-09-06

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS!
Gapes can be cured.
Clean out the sheep fold,
Market the useless roosters.
Plant some trees in the pasture.
Try keeping a few sheep on the
farm.
Sit on the milk stool--don't pound
the COW with it.
Hot, close weather brings lots Of
lice to the dirty pen.
Improved breeds of hogs are i'm
proving the hogs profit.
Are there any dead heads in your
dairy? If so weed them out.
First-class fruit will command 6
first-class trade at first-class prices.
Shorts are a more economical feed
for sows and growing pigs than for
COWS.
A boy and dog make poor comb.
nation to bring the COWS home from
pasture.
In spraying, drenching is not de
sired; stop spraying just before drip
ping begins.
He who attends to the repair of ma.
chinery before using it saves both
time and money.
When a dairyman learns to use the
Babcock test he is started on the way
to his economic salvation.
Frequent cultivation the remainder
of the summer will fit the strawberry
bed for its Eext years work.
The best dairyman is clean, not
because he has to be, but because it
It second nature for him to be.
When the calf gets old enough to
turn out to grass be sure and continue
feeding ration of grain or milk.
AS the marketing season advances
the patrons of cooperative elevator
companies congratulate themselves.
The dairy cow has a capacity for
a great amount of feed and unless this
feed is provided she cannot do her
best.
Milk may be tested for butterfat at
different temperatures. 1t is we'll to
have it between 60 and 80 degrees
Fahrenheit.
It is hard to see where those pigs
that are growing up in dry pen are
going to make very much profit for
their owner.
Never use crates or boxes more
than once. Neat, clean boxes sell
fho,,rh he ~
be up to the standard in every way.
II you are careless or neglectful OF
spraying and get poo- results this sea.
son don't say that spraying doesn't
pay. It does pay-and pays big inter.
est.
It Is always safest to take no
chances with bull, no matter how
good his reputation beforehand. 1t is
so often the gentle" animals that
cause accidents.
There are two crops which cannot
as rule be grown in the same par
ish, sheep and dogs. Sheep are most
profitable but dogs are the favorite
with too many farmers.
A great many farmers do not real
ize that grass supplies feed entirely
different from corn and that it Is a
bad practice to change entirely and
suddenly from one to the other.
Never introduce new bird into the
regular yard until it has been duly
Guaranteed Keep it alone for a week
and note its condition, appetite, etc
Disease Is often introduced into a
flock by carelessness in this matter
Too many forget to speak kindly tc
their horse, hence never have a kline
horse Get the affection of youl
horse, and you have taken a mos
important step toward getting his best
services.
The grower who will sort his apples
into two or more grades, packed well
will get more money for his fruit than
the one who throws all kinds together
in a barrel and places a layer of the
best ones on top.
The best time to kill weeds of an,
kind is when they are small. Neve,
let weeds go to seed. Stop the foun
tain of the trouble by planti-g only
clean seed. A good tanning mill VII
solve the problem of clean seed.
1t is better to keep dirt out of the
milk pail in the first place than tc
have to strain it out after milking
Much dirt dissolves quickly in warm
milk. This contamination causes bac
terra to develop and bad milk and
cream often result.
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