Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1906-01-04
OBSERVATIONS OF A SUCCESS
FUL FARMER.

OBSERVATIONS OF A SUCCESS
FuL FARMER.
With Apologies to oswego Indspsndsn,.
In Texas Il has been shown that
cottonseed meal mixed with corn
makes q tip.top feed for hogs.
Corn may be bred TO raise or
lower the ear or the stalk, and to In
crease or decrease the height OF the
stalk.
Now don't neglect that Ice supply.
Its nice job, and you will be glad
you put Il up, long before July Ith.
Haul In all your straw and hay
now while the felds are hard frozen.
Don't wait till spring, when II will
take twice as much help.
II 10 possible to grow 1000 kernais
of corn from q single grain. How
important Il 10 that the seed grain
should posses great quality.
II you can't think of any thing
else TO do, tackle the wood pile.
There 10 little time for wood cut.
ting, after the spring work COM
mences.
BY all means attend the Short
Course at the Agricultural College
this season. The cost 10 trifling
and the instruction will be q long
practical, helpful lines.
Selections of cotton plants made
in 1908 and 1904 gave progeny, which
as q whole, gave open bolls FIVE
weeks earlier than the plants select
ed the previous year.
Feed the ewes literally, but do
not overfeed. Good clover hay,
plenty of exercise, and warm shel
ter will keep them in fine condition.
Do not feed too heavily of protein
feeds.
Be sure that your farm scales are
In perfect order. Dirt easily accum'
ulates about the levers and pre-
vents free action. Make frequent
tests of your scales TO see whether
they are weighing correctly.
In Nebraska Il has been demon
strated that medium size ears OF
corn used for seed gave a better
yield than large ears. 1t wat
also shown that different varieties
did better in different sections OF
the state.
II 10 to the credit of American
farmers that more attention 10 now
given to farm crops than at any
previous time in our history; and
with the result that farmers art
making more money than ever be.
fore.
The straw pile can be made valua'
BILE by working II into manure.
Keep all stock we'll bedded, and
haul all manure before its aub
stance is wasted, and you will not
have much trouble in keeping NJ
the fertility of your farm.
A vigorous effort 10 being made
to secure 5.days market for live
stock in Chicago. II 10 claimed
that when this 10 secured, better
prices will follow and cattle, espe'
cialiy, can be handled and sold to o
much better advantage.
When shipping stock, 1t pays to
consign to some reliable commis'
sion firm. One may ship his owr
stock, but the com mission men art
better acquainted with buyers, and
will nine times out of ten, get q bet
ter price, than the shipper himself
could get.
Have you ever noticed that the
farmers who buy corn, clover hay
oil cake, for feeding their stock, al
ways have the most fertil farms
The man who practices selling hi.
grain crops, is taking just that
much fertility from his own farm
and selling it at the price of grain
II lie a very bad practice.
The seed bed 10 very important II
we expect perfect termination OF
seed. The most vigorous seed will
not bring forth a good stand uniest
Il is placed in such condition thai
II can get both warmth and moist
ure. It 10 also essential that the
soil be worked to q fine filth 30 that
the root hairs may reach II and
draw nourishment.
A good macadamized road from
Baxter TO the mines 10 an absolute