The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-04-20
Mail and Breeze Items

Mail and Breeze Items
Good feed counts for more right
now than it has any time s1nce catIie
came in off grass last fall. Hair way
between grass and dry feed Is the
time when it takes something extra To
tempt the appetite of COW.
Dairying and thoroughbred hog
raising fit well together. The nest
plgs in the world can he raised on The
farm where there is plenty of SKINNED
milk to feed and plenty of green past
urc for the hogs to run on during tne
summer months. Kansans have 'em
both,
A good many of our folks have asked
about sowing cane thick, and using
IT, for nasture for their milk cows this
summer. Their idea is to turn their
COWS on as soon as the cane Will do FOR
pasture aud letting them keep IL
eaten down all summer. We cannot
recommend such a practice, 1t Is TOO
risky. 1t might be done Without any
loss whatever, then, again, two or
three COWS might die in two weeks
from the time they were turned III
ALWAYS the best ones. Second growth
cane, with dew on it, is dangerous
stuff to turn cattle onto.
Under average conditions the most
useful farm horse is the medium size,
well muscled, active and GOOD DISPOSE
toned A horse on the farm is wanted
for variety of uses, and very heavy
horse is only suited for very heavy
work, and u light one for light usage,
and neither one is suitable for all the
requirements Of the farm.
Not every fruit garden has row OF
Red raspberries and 1T is one OF the
most delicious Of all the berry kind.
# yours happens TO be enc or these
gardous, the deficiency need not exist
next year. Now is the time to plant
If the apple Trees are TO be sprayed
CHS year the time is at hand Inc
first application should be just before
the buds open; the second after the
petals have fallen; and third when
the fruit is about as large as good
sized pea. The mixture used in spray
ing is known as the Bordeaux mix
ture. Directions for making accom-
pany most spraying apparatus on sale
The eradication Of weeds IS one OF
the farmers greatest tasks. The best
way to deal with these pests is to
prevent them from getting a start ! q
IA Tue ,pung, If they once get start
the work OF giving clean cultivation
IS u.LtI.aIjy Increased, The safest
plan is to start the cultivation as sOou
as possible after planting.
Mr.. Editor-I have been trying
keeping the weight of milk some
months, and am very much pleased
with the result. If there was moth
ing to it but the satisfaction of know
ing what you are doing 1t would be
worth several times the cost. had
two cows. standing side by side. They
were about the same size, looked alike,
and gave pr; ctically the san g amour
of milk; and, before testing them, had
no idea which was the better of tile
two. The test showed difference Uf
1926 to $50 per year. Does it pay to
know these things? G. M. Men.
Carthage, Ill.
A good index to the healhth Of ami
mails is the condition Of the hair. The
hair of stock out of condition becomes
rough and lusterles and indicates that |
something should be done for the ami
MAILS health. No farmer can afford to
overlook this indication of i'll health !
in his STOCK.
No difference how rich the ground !
may be, vegetation will not germn-
ate, grow and fructifY with any degree
OF excellence and productiveness un-
less the soil is first plowed and har-
rowed, or in some way pulverlzed 80
as to allow the plants roots to work
into its depths and draw from it
nourishment.
Foleys Kidney Cure if taken in
time affords security from all kidney
and bladder diseases.-The Brown
Pharmacy.