The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-08-02
Study each cows rationS.
Give chickens good range.

Keep live stock of some kind.
Humus in the soil Is necessary.
Guinea fowls are always In do
mand.
Market your product to suit your
market.
Flavor in butter is more important
than color.
Keep a sharp lookout for the cab
bage worm.
Coal and charcoal are great aids to
digestion in pigs.
Badly kept poultry quarters are usu-
ally the cause Of lice.
The farm dog should not be allowed
| to run the dairy COW.
Bundle foot is said to be nothing
less than stone bruise.
| A treeless home is a lonesome look
ing place to one who is lover OF
trees.
! The two row cultivator helps the
farmer to keep well ahead Of the
weeds.
A home repair outfit WIN save you
many dollars before it outlives its use
fulness.
Trouble with weeds has caused
more alfalfa failures than any other
one thing.
Best poultry tonic on earth Is
Gods tonic-the common dandelion
fed freely.
Rainfall saved by timely cultivation
Is worth whole deluge Of water
week too late.
The quality of next years aspara-
gus will depend upon the growth
made this year.
The use of celery is obviously on
the increase, but the demand Is for a
first-class article.
Corn silage is valuable and efficient
for carrying beef breeding stock
through the winter.
You must watch goslings that are
hatched with hens, as lice weaken
and kill them easily.
II the fetlocks are clipped and the
horses legs are kept clean. scratch
ing will never bother.
Half bran, hold cornmeal, mixed
with skim milk, makes good ra.
ton for young goslings.
A dirty floor is not desirable in
milking stable, but 1t is preferable to
filthy, dusty atmosphere.
When the pea crop Is over, clear
away the vines and plant potatoes,
cabbage, sweet corn, beets, etc.
Late truck crops are grown chiefly
upon land from which hay has been
| mown or following strawberries.
Do not pay out your good money for
a mass of mixed feeds made out Of
materials you know nothing about.
When you have carefully selected
the sows select sire Of the same.
; breed from a good reputable breeders
r herd.
A cloth will do a better Job Of
straining milk than any wire strainer.
Boil the cloth frequently to keep 1t
= sanitary.
Lime is a splendid disinfectant and
can be used to advantage In the sta
: bles, hog houses and poultry houses
r or upon the farm.
Ducks in the garden will devour
many bugs, slugs and worms and can
r not scratch. Guinea hens also are
l useful in the garden.
Cucumbers and cantalcupes will not
cross, as they are two different spe-
: cies. No danger Of mixing II they are
4 planted alongside each other.
The chief crops which are grown for
a late market are cabbage, celery, Gu
d cumbers for pickles, sweet corn, toma-
r toes, SQUASH and rutabaga turnips.
Alfalfa Is practically as good when
fed to horses as when fed to milch
Y cows or to growing stock, but in this
J. case we must be careful to balance"
e the ration.
Wher meat is given to chickens 1t
2 is a good plan to mince very fine and
n mix with meal, otherwise the chicks
g dislike other food for several hours
afterwards.
8 When hens fly and cackle and you
e can not see anything to disturb
It them, set trap in some protected
u
catch a rat.
g It Is bad practice to allow horses
y to eat hay from an overhead rack as
e dirt is likely to fall into their eyes
d and cause distress and sometimes
permanent injury.
IS Do not dig around the roots OF
g gooseberry plants oftener than once in
t, three years. They are shallow-rooted
e. and should not be disturbed. A mulch
will keep down the weeds.
IS Much injury is done raspberries by
r plowing or cultivating deeply between
e the rows, thus severfng the numerous
IS small feeding roots which are so nee