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

Kindness Is well repaid in the
dairy
Go slow with corn to the brood sows
and young pigs.
Do not sell pig until it is in best
condition, or you will lose.
Sows that are to produce fall filters
should be bred in May, if possible.
The wise sheep owner will never
allow setback in the growth Of the
lambs.
Collar boils need the attention Of
veterinarian who can easily remove
the cause.
To attain the greatest success in
dairying, it is necessary to have dairy
bred cows.
Cows are not always to blame for
being Improbable. Often the fault
is nearer home
| Hens that have been crowded for
winter eggs should have no place
with the breeders.
/ The hens find considerable animal
| food in the bugs and worms that are
| beginning to appear
Be careful how you breed your colts
and don't be guilty of flooding the
market with misfits
notional, have to be humored to get
them to do their best.
| Some cows are so persistent in
| their milking habits that 1t Is danger
Gus to force them, dry.
The successful dairyman endeavors
to raise as much of the feed needed
as possible on his own farm.
The smoother the perches the more
easily they can be kept free from YER
min. And have them movable.
Grasshoppers sometimes inflict in.
jury on the young trees by eating
the tender bark on the small limbs
AS soon as securing begins, give
the calf teaspoonful of ground
cloves. One dose is usually sufficient
The sooner a hen can be turned
loose with her small chicks the better
after they are able to run and pick a
little
Spray your trees whether they have
crop or not. Spraying in off years
is just as important as in years of
heavy crops.
Calves at the age of three or four
months will consume some silage if
care is taken to pick out the leafy por-
tons for them.
Many small chicks are counted
among those lost because they are
allowed to follow the mother through
the dew-covered grass.
Make sure of one thing-if vigor is
not in the stock that produced the
eggs, the chicks will not live and
thrive as they should.
Whether eggs are In incubators or
under hens it will be well to wet them
with water that feels warm to the
hand, on the nineteenth day.
AS rule late seeding should be
deep, in order to strike moisture, and
thus start the plant ant once on its
handicap race against the season.
The careful farmer who gives his
personal attention to the making and
feeding of silage and is not satisfied
with the result is yet to be heard from.
The neglect to keep breeders clean,
and to provide clean litter for chicks
to scratch in, is responsible for con-
siderable mortality among baby
chicks
A sack of cement and three or four
times as much sand will make an
everlasting base for the separator,
and it iengthens the life of the ma
chine, too.
In certain states dairy farming Is
easy but the surprising fact in this
connection Is that where the disad.
vantages are least the people show
the least interest.
Market the butter often. The fresh
er 1t is the more it will appeal to your
customers and the surer you are Of
getting from 40 to 80 cents pound for
all that you make.
Plan and breed now for early calves
next spring. They're the ones that
bring in the money, while their dams
are producers of dairy products at a
season when they reach the top In
quality and price.
Once the hog cholera enters herd,
the germs usually pentrate to all por.
tons Of the swine lots and quarters,
so that subsequent disinfection should
feature the thorough cleaning of all
the yards and pens.
If the chicks in the brooder become
weak and lame in the leg, the only
remedy, IL there be any, is to run
them out into the sunshine to exer-
else, and feed them charcoal, grit and
green food.
A small sprinkling OF Chill potash
or nitrate Of soda for the strawberry
| bed and other small fruits is an ex.
| cellent fertilizer to increase the size
Of the fruit and to hasten them IN
| ripening.