Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-09-14

don't forget it,
Use land plaster on the stable floors
to absorb ammonia and doors.
h Hogs reared on clover pasturage
make better and cheaper pork.
manure pile around the barn door
increases the fly pest many fold.
Feed the ewes and the sires SO that
they will be in vigorous condition for
breeding.
If you sin against your stock. be
sure your sin will find you out in re-
duced profits.
{. By their deeds we shall know men,
and by the weeds on his farm is =
farmer known likewise.
Feed all your clover hay to the
stock as it is worth nearly as much
Tor fertilizer as for feed.
Extremes are always hurtful in
agriculture. Too much water is just
about as bad as too little water
The demand is ever on the increase
for fruits Of all kinds, and for this
reason the fruit growing interests are
bound to grow.
The better the ground preparation
the faster will the plant growth be,
and this holds good of the newly-plant-
ed shade or fruit trees.
The early maturing character OF
winter barley it is said works the adj
vantage that the crop may be harvest
ed before the wheat harvest begins.
What man planting an orchard does
not first take thought as to the mar
ket for the fruit he would grow and
! the help which he will need in har-
Vesting the crop?
To kill quack grass run the spring
tooth harrow through the infested field
during dry time. For late fall treat
ment pillow so that the roots will be
exposed to the freezing of winter.
Large seeds have been shown by ex.
! periments to terminate more quickly
than small ones of the same variety.
and to make better plants. Remember
this In saving your seeds for next
| years planting.
Time was when any old place was
good enough as a shelter for the live
stock, but the farmer has come to
realize that for the stock to do well
1t must be housed in light, dry and
differentiated buildings.
The three essentials to plant growth
are air, heat and available plant food.
1t is UP to the farmer to see how per.
fectly he can obtain and control these
conditions, and the farmer who does
it the most successfully is the most
successful farmer
The state fair is one of the educa.
tionai factors in the DEVELOPMENT Of
! progressive agriculture which cannot
be overlooked. And the management
of such fairs must ever keep before
them the high ideals and purposes
which the fair is designed to serve.
If you have not screened the stable
do It nov, Hang some bagging over
the doorway so that the stock in en-
tering viii brush their hacks upon it.
This will so long ways towards
keeping the troublesome flies and mos
quitoes out and will give greater COM
fort to your stock.
Cross breeding of domestic animals
is very Objectionable, except in the
hands of the expert. In the opinion
of ". d. Hoard it is impossible to
improve on the best types of thor
oughbred animals existing at present.
except by careful selection and mat
ing of the best individuals. Crossing,
as it is generally practiced, results
only in producing inferior animals.
For some unaccountable reason the |
habit of crossing has taken posses
sion of a good many farmers Some
of them, l believe, have the crossing
fever so bad that they would cross
with saw-buck if they could.
The International Livestock exposi.
ton has created class to be known
as Short Fed Specials with prizes
as follows: Carload of Is head. one |
year and under two, first prize, 500:
second prize. $50; third prize, s25.
Carload of 10 head, two years and
under three, first prize 500; second
prize, $50; third prize. $25. Champion |
carload of these class, cup. The OBJ |
ject of this special class is for the
purpose of determining the hoSf ona !
most economical method of feeding
cattle. Full information concerning
the contest can of course be obtained