The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-01-19
Give salt regularly.

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The horse Is the only animal which
every farmer must have.
When you go into town, invest in q
good thermometer for the dairy.
Keep the ensilage covered. Frozen
ensilage is no advantage to stock.
! A good horseman never trots a
draft horse even when he has no load.
Sometimes size in sheep Is secured
| at the expense of activity and vitality.
1t is a mistake to feed the piss
sour milk when they are learning 70
eat.
When at all indisposed, turkey
| the flock
lamb that is large and strong will
stand weaving better, and also win
ter better.
Hogs are great lovers of warmth
and must have it for their most eco
nomical growth.
Size, vigor and activity of both
cockerels and pullets are essential to
good breeding of fowls.
The most beautiful horse is not
worth much unless he has good,
sound limbs and feet.
| Sunshine is life to all animals and
all farm buildings should be so
| planned as to afford 1t.
| Wheat middlings can nearly always
be used to advantage In connection
with corn in fattening hogs.
Rubbing the inside of the churn
with dry salt after washing and wip-
ing 1t helps in keeping it sweet.
When from any cause horse Is let
stand idle in the stable his rations
| should be cut down to one-half.
| We should let the heifers have what
| mixed hay they will consume and
| some of the cornstalks to pick over.
The individuality of each horse
should be studied. and the feeds sup
piled to meet individual requirements.
The churn should be thoroughly
scalded and cooled with clean, cold
| water before the cream Is put into
| It,
While growing colts should be al
lowed to run out as long as the wealth
| er will permit them to be exposed to
| the storm.
Do not feed the COWS corn meal II
you are feeding corn silage for there
| Is as much corn in the silage as the
cows should have.
Be sure there are no narrow doors
| for the ewes to crowd through. One
| jam may cause the lose of a lamb,
| or both eve and lamb.
II, the mixer and cow are co-work-
ers in the milking business the mixer
will have larger pail full of good
| milk when he has finished.
An orchard that is poorly planted
~
| is often an irregular. Improbable or
chard for it's entire existence.
The COW that has liberal appetite
| and at the same time turns large
| share of her feed into dairy products
| Is the cow that brings the greatest
profit
Kindness is one of the cheapest and
best rations you can feed to your
| stock. They relish it more than the
most succulent thing you can put be-
| fore them.
The old saying that "the eye of the
| shepherd fattens the flock" is as true
now as ever The good feeder loves
! to watch the animals eat after they
| get their feed
The soil that Is drained can be
worked earlier not only because the
| farmer can get on the soil earlier.
| but because it Is warmer than that
which Is soaked.
The eve and lamb should be kept
in small pen by themselves until
they both understand their relations
without friction to themselves or the
balance of the flock.
A pure bred bull on the farm will
double the value of the scrub or low
grade herd of cattle in a very short
time. 1t Is the cheapest way we
know of to make money.
1t goes without saying that young
| pigs ought to have reasonably warm
and dry sleeping quarters otherwise
| the feed they consume throughout the
greater part of the winter will prac.
tically be wasted
When the foal is first weaned. milk
| a part of the mares milk out twice
| each day for about week to prevent
fevered condition of the udder
Bathing the udder with warm milk
/ as MIXED out Is good.
1t Is much more economical to warm
the cows drinking water in the tank
than it is in the cows system. In the
first case, cobs and refuse matter can
be used; in the second case, 1t takes
h!gh-priced feeds and hay