The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-04-05

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Keep daily dairy record.
Poultry food should be palatable.
tuberculosis of chickens cannot be
cured
Chan for food Is worth twice as
much as straw.
The goslings are very hardy and
require no coddling
Poultry will never do well If infest-
ed with lice or mites.
You are safe to buy an old sire, but
don't get him very fat.
Winter is the time to plan for I'M
provements about the farm.
The horses should be given at least
one feed Of mixed hay once day.
To fatten and fit up farm horse
stock for sale is not a difficult task.
Scatter the manure as you haul it,
don't put into little piles all over the
land.
The flower garden is a thing Of
beauty and has place on every farm
stead.
Profitable beef production in the fu-
ture means that better gains must
be made.
at time Of freshening. Therefore feed
grain IL necessary.
The first requirements for success
with fall calves are clean. we'll ventl-
lated and sunny pens.
The levelness with which a horse
walks is one Of the best evidences
that his legs work in harmony.
On a small scale. vegetable seeds
may be started In small boxes or flats.
placed under the kitchen stove.
Never breed from a fowl, however
fine, If 1t shows tendency to be kind
to disease germs or has any weak
nesses
Butter from fresh and properly
ripened cream not over one day old
keeps better than does butter made
from sweet cream.
Every poultryman has his favorite
breed and 1t would be foolish for
him to desert 1t for some fowl that
he did not care for.
The heifer that Is cared for and
handled gently throughout her entire
life will need little breaking In when
it comes time to milk her.
Air slaked lime sprinkled on the
floor under the roosts and on the drop
ping boards will help to keep the
place healthy and the air pure.
At this day and time there are
to the needs of the farmer for both
egg production and for market pur-
poses.
II you did not save enough good
seed for the farm crops, lose no time
in getting enough to plant your crops.
Get the best that can be had, regard
less of the price.
No branch OF husbandry now pur-
sued offers better opportunities for
profits for the amount of money in
vested and the time expended than the
production Of hogs.
1t is not breeding alone that is go
ing to determine the future useful
ness Of the COW, but 1t must be sup
ported by liberal feeding, daily care
and cerofy11 nhaeryaffnn
When you buy dairy cows remem-
Der that If you are buying from a
dairyman who intends to continue in
business the chances are that you are
not getting the best that he has.
Fresh air, sunshine, and exercise
are the best poultry tonics. But fresh
air does not mean drafts in the
houses, nor does sunshine cali for
exposure to hot suns during the sum-
mer.
Sheep, while generally hardy and
robust, are extremely susceptible to
attacks of disease which, although not
always fatal, wear on the constitution
and ultimately impair the usefulness
Of animals afflicted.
Is your farm machinery in the dry
under a shed or Is 1t setting in the
fields where you unhitched when the
crop was harvested? The latter kind
Of farmers are the ones who helm the,