The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-03-15
Prune correctly.
Give the hens sunshine.

your corn.
When sod land is plowed for corn.
it should be lined
The ground for soiling crops should
be located near the stables.
That fresh COW Is the most profit.
able animal on the farm just now.
There is more danger in letting the
incubator get too hot than too cold.
Horses are most economically fat
tened II they are not exercised at all
In spite of the dry season the coun-
try seems to have plenty Of rough
feed. -
Cut the Ice for use next summer BE-
fore it gets too thick-16 inches isl
enough.
Where Is that surplus of dairy pro-
ducts some folks said we were to have
this year?
II the fruit is stored in the cellar.
1t must be we'll ventilated and per-
fectly dry.
A COW that is a small eater will bear
watching She is pretty sure to be
small producer.
The ration should be balanced to
meet the needs of the COW at all
stages of lactation.
Pruning done correctly will increase
the size and improve the quality OF
most common fruits.
One thing that can be given the
fowls, and which they lack very often,
is pure drinking water
You can tell laying hen as far AZ
you car see her. Her comb is always
bright and healthy looking.
Cooking will improve turnips for
fattening hogs because 1t takes out
considerable of the water.
The coldest weather does not kill
the insects. Therefore spraying Ii the
safest method Of killing them.
For seed production cowpeas should
be planted in rows so that an oppor-
tunity Is given for cultivation.
Sell wheat, cloverseed and timothy.
but Feed all the rough forage and use
your straw for feed and bedding.
Contrary to popular belief more
chickens die from June until Septem-
Der than in all the rest OF the year
The man who can raise good live
stock and does not do 1t Is piling up
a lot of proftless work for himself.
Just the right time to clean u
around the lots. 1t Is surprising how
much litter can accumulate during the
year.
relative degrees can only be gauged
with accuracy when accurate records
are kept.
Both oil meal and cottonseed meal
may be used in the fattening horse
ration in amounts as high rs three
pounds daily.
II we allow buyers to come into our
herds and pick out the best cows
how can we ever expect to build up a
profitable dairy?
Two pounds Of mixed shorts and
bran per cow per day Is not sufficient
for cows that are expected to give lib
eral flows of milk.
Milk utensils should be made OF
metal and have all joints perfectly
and smoothly soldered, is rule laid
down in a dairy test.
The best place for the incubator is
the one where the temperature Is most
nearly uniform from day to day, un.
der natural conditions.
Unlike other poultry the turkey has
never been thoroughly domesticated.
but has remained practically a wild
bird In its requirements.
A record should be kept when sows
are bred and they should be separ-
ated from the other hogs a week or
two before due to farrow.
Swamp land, when drained and
lined and worked in corn for a year
or two, should be seeded to grass and
kept in permanent meadow.
In locations where testing associa-
uons have been formed, the average
production per COW has been moro
than doubled in many instances.
After the chrysanthemums have
quit blooming. set the pots In the cell
lar, so the plants will stand dormant
and be ready to set out next spring.
Ground oats, wheat bran and a lit
tie oil-meal, together with some al.
falfa or clover hay. will keep the
brood sows from becoming feverish.
Selected COWS, feed crops that are
grown on our farms, will yield fair
profits to any man who likes the
dairy business and will stay with 1t.
When getting up the wood for saw
ing. be sure to gather up old posts.
poles and chunks. They look better
In foot lengths, ready for the kitchen
range.
Lime Is not only plant food but
1t exerts chemical effect on the soil
which brings into use other materials