The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-05-31

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Keep a spray calendar
Cut out the dead branches
Chickens relish fresh lettuce.
Select your breed and stick to 1t.
If you plant pear trees In rich soil
you invite blight.
1t Is work worth while to scald the
Calls feed pail every day.
A peach tree win stand a heavier
heading back than an apple tree.
Do not allow the stock to run in the
orchard during the winter months.
Eggs may differ materially in color,
and yet not differ much in nutriment.
Scatter the manure as you haul 1t.
don't put into little piles all over the
land.
Keep the feed troughs clean. 1t is a
wasteful practice to mix manure with
grain.
Letting the calf suck the cow the
first day or two lessons the danger OF
milk fever.
If sows are expected to produce
fall litter, the spring litter should be
weaned when about 10 weeks old.
Five or six of the twelve or thirteen
species of beetles attacking stored
| grains are found usually in farmers
bins.
If you are still so far behind the
Age as to be dairying with no separa-
.or, get one now, If you sell a cow
to do 1t.
An occasional colt or young horse
to sell, even when one is not making
business Of raising horses, Is help
to any farmer.
The litter carrier will do much to
keep the barn clean, because 1t en-
courages the boys and men to do
their work better.
The training of colt cannot be
TOO thorough. A half-broken horse is
not broken at all, and is always a
dangerous animal.
The objection to trap nests comes
from the fact that it Is necessary to
visit them several times daily in order
to release the hens.
Calves should have plenty of water
as early as they want to drink it. but
1t is best not to let them have it right
after their milk feed.
Where from four to eight cows are
MIXED the churn should hold from
six to ten gallons. Better little
large than too small.
Currant bushes must also be watch
ed carefully, and be thoroughly spray
ed at least twice or you will find more
green worms on your bushes than
fruit.
A vessel which would hold 1000
pounds of water would hold 1,032
pounds of whole milk, 1898 pounds of
skimmilk, or 1000 pounds of good
cream.
When you see the little ghost-like
winged creatures rising like tiny
clouds from your rose bushes, be sure
it is the aphis. Get after them with
the spray.
Young climbing roses ought to be
cut back to strong eye, and the
side shoots pruned as grapevines are
pruned-that Is, couple of eyes from
the stem.
When cream foams in the churn and
butter will not come, put In handful
or two Of salt and little water, slight
ly warmed. This usually remedies
the trouble.
Get some variety in the poultry ra-
ton. If the chickens are not eating
heartily they may need a little change
in their food to put their appetites
back in tone.
Not few Of our dairy folks are go
ing to raise a crop Of cowpeas as hay
feed for COWS this year. Cowpeas hay
is next to alfalfa and clover in milk
making qualities.
Eggs to be preserved should be per-
fectly fresh and be placed in the So
luton the same day as laid to obtain |
the best results, although eggs several
days old will keep very well. Washed |
eggs should not be used
For old people who do not want to
wait for large fruit, dwarf trees will |
,rove satisfactory, as they begin to
bear the second or third year. Dwarf |
pear and apple trees in the garden |
are, ornamental as well as useful.
One advantage in dwarfs is that |
many trees can be set in small space.
The trees bear early and the fruit Is
Of good quality.
The capital necessary to start a
flock of pure bred birds need not be
large; in fact, it may be the minimum
amount needed in any branch of live
stock. A house and some blooded |
stock, perhaps an incubator and
brooder, are all that are necessary to |
get off on the right foot. The incu-
bator and brooder may be omitted |
from the list until the second or third |
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