The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1913-01-10

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Ventilate the dairy.
Clean up the orchard.
Feed the fowls a variety.
Sorghum hay makes good roughage
Many poultry ills could be traced to
lack of grit.
A neglected cold makes it easy fol
roup to get start.
The average farm flock has toe
many ROSTERS in it at this season.
good for fattening hogs as pound OF
corn.
Experiment has shown that oats are
not a satisfactory feed for fattening
hogs.
Make lime water by adding two OF
three pounds of lime to a barrel Of
water.
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Careful dressing of fowls for the
market has a good deal to do in get
ting ton notch pricoS
One of the qualities of the soy bear
that commends it to the stock feeder
is it's protein richness.
Much of the feeding value of the
clover depends upon how the crop is
managed after it is cut.
Five feet apart is about the right
distance for the currant and goose
berry bushes. Do not crowd.
Breeding stock can be purchased tc
better advantage in fall and early
winter than to wait until spring.
II the hens are stacking up in lay
ing try giving them a little green cut
bone every day and watch results.
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Where hens are forced to use part
of their food as fuel to keep warm
there is bound to be falling off in
eggs.
Fruit growing and poultry raising
go we'll together. Anyone following
either will do well to consider the
other.
The greatest ten-year yield of corn
since it became of national impor
lance in the United States, occurred
between 1S70-1SS0.
Corn is no doubt the best feed there
is for hogs, but it's full value can only
be realized when it is used in con.
junction with other feeds.
Quiet, gentle handling of the ewes
during the winter makes it much
easier work to care for the flock
during the Landing period.
Don't let any fruit remain on the
trees during the winter. Rotten ap.
pies are good places for insects to
hibernate in during the winter.
The sum of money that is lost every
year on the farms of this country by
the dairy COWS that are not bred es
pecially for dairy work is stupendous
Teop.- are realizing the great con-
fort and advantages of few good
fruit trees and ornamental shrubs
more than ever Start them growing.
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All dairy utensils should be periodi
cally placed in the sun, but wooden
vessels should be removed before the
heat is sufficient to crack or warp
them.
Fruit is the best medicine that we
know anything about. Money invest
ed in apples and strawberries is much
better invested than it is in sulphur
and molasses." -:
The next time the COW gives bloody
milk give her a dose of epson salts
battle her udder with warm water and
rub with camphorated lard. This will
often cure the trouble.
The time to dehorn is in the sprine
or fall. Fall is considered best, be
cause the cattle usually are shut uI
and any i'll effects OF the operation
can easily be prevented.
Glover is as much an egg producer
as it is a producer of milk 1t is ricf
in nitrogen and mineral matter. Hav
ing a high nutritive ratio, it is equa
to barley, and almost as high as wheat
Don't turn young horses out where
the fences are low or easily pushed
over. They will be sure to get out
Either they will jump over or they
will run the fence over and step cut
Good fences make good, orderly
horses.
The value of farm land can only b
arrived at by its earning: pacity. I
it is worth any price it will pay goot
interest on the investment in the reg
ular farming process. We can add t.
it's value by adding to it's capacity t.
grow things and grow them a LITTLE
better than any other farm in tn,
ueighborhood.
The possibilities in the poultry busi
ness are almost unlimited; The cit,
man or woman may start a little bacl
yard poultry plant and gradually dc
velop into extensive poultry raiser
Some of our biggest poultry raisers O
today have started that way and the
are, as rule, the most successful me-
and women in the business. The