The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1912-08-02

More dairy products are wanted.
A sod mulch protects the orchard.
Give the COW nothing but fresh wa
ter.
Cleanliness is one of the essentials
In poultry work.
Are your neighbor's crops looking
better than your own?
Move the farm closer to town by
means Of better roads.
While charcoal Is not a food, fowls
gain flesh faster during it's use.
Progress in dairying Is greatest
where there is the most interest.
The only honest way to water milk
is to give pure water to the cows.
No part of the farm work Is more
universally neglected than the garden.
Throw your ashes into the poultry
house and watch them enjoy them
selves.
Trouble with weeds has caused
more alfalfa failures than any other
one thing.
The COW that is a large producer OF
milk must be large consumer OF feed
and water.
For grinding purposes alfalfa hay
should be cut when the very first bios
SONS appear.
When the horse is in normal condi-
ton he should have all of the water
he will drink.
It is possible to milk in comfort II
the stables are kept in a clean, san1-
tary and light condition.
To the good dairyman 1t Is import
ant that the exact age Of every fowl
on his premises Is known.
A profitable farm garden Is a con.
tinuous source Of satisfaction from
early spring until frost comes.
Alfalfa should be raked and cooked
up the afternoon of the day Of cutting
where conditions are favorable.
Indiana produced s26,OoO,ooo worth
of poultry and eggs in 1909, year OF
the last census-figures just out.
In the rush, don't forget those ode
corners that are growing up to weeds
and seeding the farm to these pests.
Where milk is "set" in pans 1t II
a good sanitary precaution to covel
the pans with clean paper after cool
ing.
A good farm paper Is the very hes
machine on the farm, and will be thu
means of making the most money fo
you.
The three essentials for success
full dairy cow are vigor, capacity fol
food and well-developed organs fol
milk production.
Corn silage is no less valuable TO,
carrying stockers and feeders through
the winter months than for fattenins
and finishing beeves.
The most humane method Of dehorn
ing a COW is to do the work with
little caustic potash when the horn'
are Just starting on the calf.
A record COW Is not only good al
for the breeder, but it Is booet o
the breed as we'll, to say notf.rg Q
the country which produced 1t
When swine are bred for mere fame.
points and when constitution and sub
stance are lost sight of they ceas
to be profitable assimilators Of food.
Good butter Is as good as gold any
where in the summer time, and farm
that turns out a good supply of tn
Al kind every week is gold mine.
The white-feathered broilers alway
| have the more attractive appearance
in market, as the pin feathers do no
show~as they do In dark-plumage
birds.
The best roosting place for youn
turkeys is on branches of trees. The
will not suffer from exposure, and tn
open life will make them strong an
healthy.
If one begins with the chicks, doe
things with deliberation. never make
q sudden and unexpected movemen
even the most timid breeds will b.
come tame.
J. A. Ferguson, Missouri station,
urging farmers to set out forest nu,
series in a portion of their vegetabl
gardens-later to plant waste place
| with the seedlings.
Celery grown in beds for family us
should be gradually earthed. If to
much earth Is thrown to the stalk
when the weather Is hot and sultr.
the stalks will rot.
The fruiting strawberries shoul
nave al, weeds and grass cut out b.
tween plants; take sharp, marrow
bladed hoe and cut the soil fine witt
cut disturbing the roots.