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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29
An TAE MASH TRouoH.

Above two mixtures the mash fed
In shallow troughs twice daily (about
10 A. NJ and 4 p. Nj and the grain In
a litter Of cut straw three times daily
(early in the morning, noon and late
IN the evening". AT hrst the mash
may be moistensd slightly with water.
but feed dry as soon as chicks learn
to eat It readily The egg and oat
meal may be given occasionally as q
relish Regulate the feeds SO that the
chicks are hungry at each feeding time,
but be certain that they are not
starved Little and often Is the rule
with young chicks until they get to
going well.
From three weeks to maturity-The
same mash given above (beef scraps
need not be sifted) fed dry, once daily,
at noon. in outdoor hoppers, and a
scratch feed composed of whole wheat
and ordinary sifted cracked corn, equal
parts. given twice daily tmorning and
night). If the birds are able to obtain
large amount Of animal feed for
themselves from insects, worms, etc,
the proportion Of beef scrap may be
cut down. Also cut down beef scrap If
birds show too rapid maturity, as indi.
Gated by comb, development. etc.
Green Feed-Glve green feed In the
form Of cut green clover, grass, lettuce.
certain weeds. ETC.. during the first
few weeks, unless they are able to pick
their own from the range.
Water-Keep clean water (changed
twice daily before them at all times
also fine grit after the first few days.
fNote-if animal meal Is used In the
place Of beef scrap, or If most Of the
bose Is sifted from the beef scrap, It
is necessary to use a small amount OF
bone meal or ground bone In the
ration.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29
LIME WORKS WONDERS
IN Nj lRYLAND SOIL


For the past six years Illinois farm
ers, under the direction Of their Agri-
cultural College have been applying
the remarkable results obtained from
lime tests made by the Maryland Ex-,
pertinent Station. the results of which
were published in 1905. Experiments
covering twelve years showed that the
difference in yield between land un-
lined and land treated with lime car
Donate OF ground shells was in an
average Of four corn crops. five bar
rels per acre. The least difference
shown between unlimed land and any.
other form Of lime used was three bar
rels. In -Four orops Of corn or an aver
age increase Of from three-fourths to
one and a quarter barrels Of corn per.
acre a year So far an Investment Of
two to three dollars an acre the return
per year was 81 10 So and for four
crops for the same Investment in lime,
SIG to Sas. These results are obtain
able on most unlimed soils of South
srn Maryland and would mean an in
crease In income to the average farm
Of 5000 TO s400 year as the case
might be. II only one-fourth Of the
cultivated lands of Maryland showed
similar response to the use OF lime
it would make possible an annual in
crease In the net returns from the
farms Of over five millions of dollars-
Such results would certainly justify
the investment Of s25,00o in soil in
restigations as proposed by the Gov
ernor in his message to the Legisla-
ture.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29
LITTLE PIGS MAY
MAKE BIG MONEY
sushel OF Corn VIII Make Ten Pounds
OF Pork and Keep Farm Fertile.
c.L. oPPERMAN.
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

MIX is more digestible for little
pigs than any other food. They should
not have any coarse feeds at frst.
When they are two weeks old they
may have a little shelled corn and
some slop In a trough by themselves.
They should have plenty Of trough
room 30 as not to crowd each ether
and make runts. Little pigs, to he
Kept In good growing condition should
have good pasture and some grain
iced They are especially fond OF
grass. clover. alfalfa and soy beans
and when fed in addition grain mix
ture OF one part OF corn and two parts
Of shorts at the rate Of four and q
aalf to 1--WE pounds a day per 100
pounds weight VIII make good. cheap
pork at an astonishing rate.
When the pig is Eve to seven
months old he is ready to fatten and
anish. For this purpose, snapped ear
corn and water are second to no other
feeds. provided you are not going to
feed longer than two months. A ce-
ment feeding floor is very desirable
since Il can be kept clean and does
away with the danger OF the pigs
taking up dirt and worms with their
feed. Pigs so treated should fetch the
top market price atNseven to ten
months old.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29

For number OF years the we'll
known A-shaped Lovejoy portable
house has been largely In use at the
Maryland Experiment Station. This
type Of house, has not been found al
together satisfactory since the earth
yard attached to the house became too
quickly an unhealthy mire or wallow,
especially In muddy weather, q condi,
ton far from comfortable to even a
hog. In addition the hogs were CON
tinually breaking down the wire fenc-
ing, enclosing the yard making condi-
tons more unsatisfactory.
To do away with these troubles the
Experiment Station recently built q
new hog house largely of cement con-
struction which will care for ffty
shoats or. s to 10 brood sows and 10
dry sows or shoats. The building is
9s feet long. which includes feed
room and manure pit at opposite
ends. There are eight pens in all.
six of which are 6 by s, built to ac-
commodate brood sow or II neees-
sary two. The remaining two pens
are by 10 feet and are used as fattsn-
ing pens or for dry sows.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29
COMFORTABLE Z QUARTERS.

Tie yards are the same width as the
pe-ls and extend out twenty feet from
tie front wall The height OF the
front wall is seven feet, the entire
blilding. outside wall and division
rens, up to a height OF feet 9 inches
being OF cement. The remainder Of
the building 10 built Of timber. The
division walls being built Of cement
instead Of wire has done away with
all trouble from hogs breaking through
from one pen 10 another.
This building is giving splendid re-
suits with winter ntters At the present
time. The plan followed In It's con,
struction or some modification OF It ia
well suited to any farm where hogs
are being handled as money making
proposition. Interested parties are
cordially welcomed to inspect the
building and premises at any time.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29
Plans Summer Session
For Rural Teachers.
Agricultural College VIII olive Course
In Teaching Agriculture In
Country schools.

With our rapidly Increasing popula-
ton. the demand for more food stuffs
Is increasing daily, while the new land
we can bring under cultivation Ia oom-
paratively small In area. We must
learn to use what We have TO better
advantage. The public school with lite
country teacher. trainsd IN agricuL
ture and home making, will do much
toward improving our methods.
To prepare teachers In such work,
the Agricultural College has provided
six weeks summer course, beginning
June 22nd Instruction will M given
in Elementary Agriculture. Domestic
Science and Art. Industrial HRndiwork,
methods OF Teaching. History OF Mary
land, State and National Constitutions,
Chemistry. Botany, Zoology. and
Entomology that will give them an op-
portunity for practical. first hand study
OF subjects that deal directly with
country life. This season OF the year
is the most favorable for such study
at the Agricultural College as the Col.
lege Farm with its gardens, orchards,
field crops and fertilizer crops Is at its
best
Amy teacher OF prospective teacher
who enrolls for this work will hayo
living expenses only to meet witt
every chance for outdoor life and err
ioyment as well ss study. This Put 3
a rare opportunity for preparing for
increased community usefulness With !
the reach Of every rural teacher In th =
State.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29
We Should Grow
Our Own Nitrogen
Using Lsgumes In Our Crop Rotation
VIII Save Buying Nitrogen
Fertilizers.

W. p. HANGER.
Agricultural Experiment
Station.
TIM we breathe is made up OF
about sa2er cent. nitrogen. yet every
year We af4<peAding thousands OF dol.
lars on Maryland farms for nitrogen
to feed our crops. II we could use
this nitrogen in the air, we would
never need to worry about using up
our supply. On the other hand, the
commercial nitrogen we buy costs
from Is to rs cents pound, and is
easily lost from the soil. So we need
to look for a cheaper and more lasting
form Of nitrogen supply.
Certain plants known as legumes
such as the clovers, alfalfa, COW peas.
vetch, and soy beans are able to take
up this nitrogen from the air in small
quantities and store II in their roots.
Beside the nitrogen stored In this way,
we get from to pounds per acre in
the rain fall which may be largely
saved and used by our crops II there
is plenty Of humus in the soil This
last amount Is about what we put on
the land In using 200 pounds Of com
mercial fertilizer containing 2 per
cent. Of nitrogen. Now. when II is
possible to add nitrogen In this fashion
at practically no cost. can We afford
to spend our money for commercial
nitrogen at 20 cents a pound?
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29
YOUR SEED CORN
SHOULD Be TESTED

>. e METzoER.
Maryland Agrcultural College.


n Is hoped that the reed corn Of
Maryland Il in frst-clash condition this
season. but no one can be absolutely
sure without testing Il out W. take
t fer granted that your seed was
selected in the field last fan. By going
through the aeid and selecting mature
ears which Erew on Just the kind Of
stalk you desirs Also that the ears
were the proper height from the
ground. that the shanks were Of Just
the right length. and that after husk-
Ing. only such ears as we're OF good
typo were kept for seed. These ears,
OF course. were cured In well ven
iiated place where they we're pro-
teeted from moisture and frost
Having taken this care OF your reed.
ysu wish now to make sure not only
that this seed win grew but that 1t
win make strong growth The most
dangerous ear Of corn TO plant Is the
weak ear Every boy who intends TO
enter corn contest or who has TO
thin corn for his father, should want
to test the seed he or his father uses.
ms best place 10 do this testing Is at
the school house where the boy can
compare his corn With that from other
farms II samples were gotten from
each farm IN a school district and a
test made. II will eive a line on prac-
ticslly all the seed In the community
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29
POTATO SEED FROM
NORTH NOT NEEDED
Seed Grown In Garrett County Gives
Higher Yields Than Northern
Grown.
II. H. WHITE.
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Stafinn

Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.
In the spring Of 1911, Jas. d. Harvey,
OF Deer Park, Garrett County, for
warded to the Maryland Experiment
Station sample of the Empire State
potato. He said 1t grew especially
well under his conditions, and he had
been growing it without change of
seed for thirty years. 1t was planted
alongside Of sample OF the same
variety from dealer in Northern New
York. The growth and appearance
we're almost the same. They with.
stood the drouth better than many Of
the other varieties and were the best
yielders of that season. The Garrett
County seed yielded at the rate Of
twenty bushels per acre more than
the New York seed.
Experiments begun as early as the
spring Of 1908 along this line Indicate
that the cool climate Northern seed is
grown IA accounts for its superiority
over home grown seed. SO the good
results from Garrett County seed are
probably due to the cooler climate it
is grown In. There is no good reason
Why farmers living in the mountain
Gus districts Of Maryland should not
supply the Eastern and tidewater
counties with better seed than can be
grown In Maine. This could, OF course.
best be done by concerns or associa-
tons that could handle the potato seed
In carload lots and keep Maryland
money in the State.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29

and what kind Of crop may be ar
pected from using It. IN addition IT
will make the children much mors in
terested in farm operations and put
real life into their school work
The method Of testing seed corn Is
so simple that any boy or girl ten Year,
cid can make the test The Rag Doll
foster Is tho easiest to make and the
Lest to use In the school room. It Is
made from a strip Of muslin BY SO
inches wide, marked of into twenty
squares. each square holding six grains
from each ear tested. After moisten-
ing it. the muslin is carefully rolled
up and pot in pail containing warm,
naoist sawdust whore the grains are
sprozted. This will provide for test
ing enough seed 10 plant one acre. Full
directions fof either home or sehooi
use will be gladly furnished free By
the writer to anyone addressing hin
at College Park.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29

Maryland grows something like ESQ.,
600 acres Of corn annually. An In
crease of but single bushel per acre.
which Is less than has been obtained
in Delaware. would add TO the value
of the crop ia the state to the extent
of s403.000 per year. Maryland grows
$4,000 acres Of whoa Ter year. An
increase Of but single hushel per
year, and this amount is easy to Oh
tain, would increase the resources OF
the state $4,000 per year. In other
words. an increase OF one bushel per
acre In the yields Of two Of her largest
crops, in single year, would praosic-
ally build and equip an Agricultural
College that would compare favorAbly
with that of almost any other stats.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29
HUMUS PUTS
LIFE IN THE SOIL
Helps Store Plant Food and Watsr.
The Key To Better crops.

W. E HANGER.
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.
We should be planning Tor the i'm
provement Of our poorer soils and the
keeping Of our better fields In high
productive condition. Nothing VIII
help more In this improvement than
filling the soil with humus or organic
matter by the use Of manure, turning
under green crops. or growing heavy
sod.
Let US see what this humus or
organic matter will do for the soil
Humus Improves the physical condi.
don of the soil. It makes II lighter
or puts what We call life" into Il.
This makes 1t easier to work. Humus
acts like sponge in holding soil
water, storing a great deal Of II and
letting the balance run OF very slowly.
Humus also makes a warmer soil since
soils containing 1t are darker In color
and warmer Just as a dark suit Of
clothes Is warmer to wear than a
lighter colored one.
This humus or organic matter also
furnishes food for the soil bacteria.
4AtCQ b1ttcAA0 dkt " uAl UIoaA uU
plant food so It can be used by the
crop They thrive best In soils having
plenty Of this organic matter. The
hard bare spots on which nothing will
grow that We sometimes find in fields
lack humus and bacterial life. The
deeaying bacteria In the humus also
build up the nitrogen supply in the
soil.
Besides storing up plant foods, the
numus by making this bacterial fife
possible, causes soil acids to form.
These in turn free the plant food
locked up in the soil so that the crops
use IT, Since humus Is SO much need
ed In the soil. we are safe In saying
that before we can expect much Of q
crop Of any kind from unproductive
land, we must provide organic matter
either IN the form of stable manure or
green manure crops
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29
A L0mfOl table
House for Your Hogs
Increased Profit VIII Prove Wisdom,
OF Proper Housing.

c. I. OPPEkMAN.
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station
Maryland farmers probably make
more clear money out OF hogs than
from any other Kind Of hive stock on
their farms. Naturally we should ex-
pect them In consequence to be the
best housed and cared for stock on the
place. The opposite Is too often the
case, Too many farmers have the
notion that anything Is good enough
for a hog. 4, owever, they would
invest a little time and money in re.
placing tee NAE shift shacks they
use, their profit an their hogs might
readily b doub.sl
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29

Few States have greater agricultural
possibilities with our long seasons. fine
climate. abundant rainfall, varied soils
adaptable to such variety of prod
nets. as well as proximity to the best
markets in the world
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29
A GOOD RATION FOR
GROWING CHICKS
Feeding Young Chicks At the Mary
land Experiment Station
Spring OF 1914.
ROY II. WAITE
PoultrymAn

First "a to 4s hours-Nothing
First few feeds-Rolled oats or oat
meal and hard-boiled eggs (infertile
ones from the incubator) shell and all
ground up in food chopper.
Up to about three weeks Of age:
Mash Mixture-Bran, parts; corn
meal Tor hominy chop), . parts; mid
dlings. 2 parts beef scrap (sifted), /
part; salt, one-hAlf pound to each 100
lbs. Grain Mixture (scratch Fesd)7-
Finley cracked corn. part cracked
wheat, part; hulled oets. ] part
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29

No agriculture can rise higher than
the measure OF the men who till the
land Hence. the vital necessity Of
specially trained men. In this progress
sive age. who shall be able to master
these problems.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29

Her average yield of corn could be
Increased two barrels per acre. and
this would give to the farmers nearly
four milllol dollars more per year,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29

Her two millions of acres Of un-
cultivated and swamp land could be
increased In value tenfold
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29

And All
Kinds Of
Live Stock,
HORSES,
CATTLE,
SHEEP,
HOGS,
Remember

Do,,,o,,Lor YOUR FRIEND, King of Charles
NeHlSpel County. back here again and still
business. Will buy Of all kinds,
&c Give chance what you have TO sell and viii be
EVENING in front
of La FRESH MEATS REASONABLE PRICES
0 ookme up if you o SELL Buy or Trade
1o-2l3-H l. BENNETT, PLATA, MD
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29
GROW SOUND APPLES;
NOT WORMY ONES.
Destroy shs codlIns Moth and Insure
Sound Fruit

""i ie@iu Aeiiruituldi Oohete.
The Cooling Moth is the insect
which makes your apples worny and
unfit for storage. This pest can be so
efficiently controlled that 1t Is utter
folly for the fruit grower TO fail to
take the precautions necessary to IN
sure 80 per cent sound fruit
The eggs OF the Cooling Moth are
laid on the twigs early in the spring.
As soon as those hatch. the young
larvae crawl to the blossorp clusters,
and enter the celyx end Of the little
apple. Poison introduced into the
blossoms At this time will destroy most
Of these larvae before they have .
chance to injure the fruit This can
be done by spraying the trees with
the following mixture when the petals
have nearly all fallen:
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29

Mixture No. /.
Concentrated Lime Sulphur. 1 gallon.
Wstor. 40 gallons.
Arsenste Of Lead. to pounds.
Mixture No. tBordeeux).
Copper Sulphate, 4 pounds.
Lime tBurnedl poundA
Water. so gallons.
Arsenate Of Lead. to pounds.
Either mixture will DO the work re-
quired. Mixture No. showing better
results with later sprayinga. These
materials should be thoroughly mixed
and applied fret as the petals fall and
again, ten days later, before the cslyx
closes up. II is sometimes necessary
to spray again about the Arst Of July
to catch tho second brood which may
have escaped the early spray.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1914-05-29
MARYLANp,s PossIeILlrlEs.

The net return fron-her $4,000 farms
should be doubled.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-28
Daily Grain Letter
Masonic
Hanson Bros. & Co., 203 Mason
Temple Phone 1887

Temple Phone 1891
Chicago. Jan. 2S.-Wheat-A higher
corn market and predictions of much
colder weather We're responsible for
Steadiness in the wheat market and a
net gain of IS cents Export bids were
said to be close to a working basis and
-four trade, both domestic and foreign,
was said to be improved. The domestic
situation was also strengthened by
report that country elevator stocks in
the northwest have been reduced to
comparatively low figure.
Corn.-Continued light receipts and
the Unexpectedly liberal livestock esti-
mate yesterday caused uneasiness to
shorts in corn, who covered freely.
Offerings We're comparatively light.
prices advancing sharply, and closing
near the top, with gains of from Is to
TX cent for the day Receipts We're
light and sample prices y to 1 cent
higher, with demand fair. Shippers re-
ported only moderate business, but in
innate that sales for forward shipment
have been liberal, which indicates that
our surplus probably will move rapidly
when once the eastern demand appears.
Oats.-Both cash oats and futures
were higher largely on account Of the
strength in other grain markets.
Yesterdays livestock report is prob
ably more bullish on oats. and 1t Is
likely that farm reserves will prove dis
appointing and prices rule higher
through the remainder OF the season.
Professionalism yesterdays govern
ment report provisions opened Sharply
lower, but reacted promptly on COM
mission house and packing interests
buying. A turn to colder weather is
likely to encourage Ireer consumption
Of product.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-28

an icy sidewalk last Friday. from the
shock q which NE Murray nsssr ~
Mr. Murray was born Ia Scotland
July IS. 1885. He came to America
when ls years Of age. locating In Wis.
consin. He was married on Oct. 10.
1851. to Miss Enice Allen, who, with
four children, survive. The children
are Ralph Murray. Mrs. w. p. Rath-
bone and w. J. Murray, all Of this city.
and Andrew Murray. who resides In
California.
Mr.. Murray had resided in Eldora
since 1873, and had been prominent in
public and business affairs. He was q
splendid type Of citizen.
Funeral services probably will be de-
ferred until Sunday. awaiting word
from w. ]. Murray, president Of the
First National Bank. who is at pres
ent visiting in California. and from
Andrew Murray.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-28
EUROPEAN TRADERS SHOW
SIGNS OF FEAR REGARDING
SUPPLIES.
DiMlNlS HiNG RECEIPTS
NORTHWEST A FACTOR
Chances Of Better Feeding Demand
and Continued Export Call Give
Strength to Corn - Oats Arc Firm
With Other Grain-Lower Prices For
Hogs Provo Disastrous to Provision

Chicago, Jan. 2S.-Signs that Euro
poems We're becoming nervous regard
ing supplies carried the wheat mar
ket today up grade. Bulls were ia :
vored also by diminishing receipts in
northwest and by predictions of cold
wave. Experts said a hard freeze
would play havoc with the winter crop.
The opening was unchanged to Il @ Ii
higher and made a material advance
all around.
Absence of export inquiry prevented
a more radical advance. The close was
nervous at gain of Is cent net.
Corn.
Corn showed strength as the result
of chances for a better feeding de-
mand and a continued export call. Ad-
vices were at hand that !ocusts were
doing damage in the Argentina. The
opening was Is to a higher, followed
by a sharp bulge.
Slowness of demand from the east
tended to check the rise. The close
was steady, Is and 1 cent to / Il cent
above last night.
Oats.
Oats were firm with other grains.
Offerings were light.
Provisions.
Lower prices for hogs weakened pro-
visions. First sales were unchanged to
10 cents decline but covering by shorts
led to rally.