The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-06-21

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Use only dairy COWS.
Dock the lambs early.
Don't be slow about spraying.
Chickens devour many insects.
Use caution with cottonseed meal
Move the brood coops every two or
three days.
It is always best to have system
and stick to it.
Blood tells with sheep as we'll as
with everything else.
Dock the lambs early. There is less
shock and no danger.
Persistency is one Of the great
traits of the best dairy cow.
One of the worst evils in the or
chard Is the so-called pear blight"
A milk house aids very much in the
proper care of milk and milk utensils.
Be sure the hogs, old and young,
have plenty Of pure, fresh water to
drink
The best kind of a garden club is
a wire net fence to keep out the
chickens.
For orchard spraying three
Fights or half-inch hose is best, and
in lengths of fifty feet
The grape is one of the surest OF
crops, as after the third year a gen.
erous crop may be expected.
Ten acre fruit growers and egg
producers who adhere to modern
q
It will not be necessary for any
corn-belt farmer to go many miles to
see what silo is like next winter.
Don't get the idea that you cannot
obtain satisfactory results from spray
ing Just because your neighbor Jailed.
The hen house that Is whitewashed
inside and has clean widows Will be
more healthful and attractive for the
fowls.
The heifer calves from parents OF
long dairy Inheritance are almost sure
to equal or surpass their dams in pro-
ductiveness.
The sudden change from the warm
stable to the highland damp ground,
might prove serious with some of the
heavy mixers.
Successful dairying means that 1t is
vital to steer clear OF dry cows and
Indifferent producers. High priced
feeds brings this home.
Many a case of chick disease might
be traced to the chilling they SO often
get in transferring the hatch from
the incubator to brooder.
The chief value Of the manure
spreader lies in its ability to put thin
coating over large area, and thus
produce maximum results.
The building Of silo is not specu-
iation by means of which you can get
something out of nothing, but it is a
good, sound business proposition.
When done spraying each day, run
some clean water through the pump,
to wash ont the spray mixture and
avoid corros1on of the working parts.
Ducks do not like whole grain, but
prefer soft food. When winter ap-
proaches they may be fed twice day,
at night adding animal meal or cooked
meat.
To get a good, select private egg
trade, make 1t rule to put eggs in
the package that are not only strictly
fresh but which were made from pure,
sweet food.
The person who raises good stock
need have no fear about prices. First
class fowls always bring good prices,
no matter how great the surplus of
ordinary stock Is.
rect contact with the people who eat
their butter there would be less need
of discussing the subject of making a
better grade of butter.
Young trees planted in an old or.
chard very seldom give satisfaction.
This is largely for the reason that
young trees need different care from
old ones, and also because the young
trees will hardly receive as much sun
light as they should because of the
shade they will get from the older
trees.
When mating to produce table poul-
try, the cock should never be even
moderately longlegged. unless the
hen Is unusually short-legged. for the
cockerels from such sire will be
gawky and stilty in form when sent
to market at an immature age. His
breast should be broad. full and
round, and his back broad.
Feeding horses at least an hour and
a half before Harvesting hem, and
giving them a full hour at noon, Is
not only humane, but It ts profitable
to the owner. Horses shown these
attentions last longer. do better
service and are more free from all
ments.
Test the spray hose several days
hefore needed for SPRAYING Try II