Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-09-03

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Clean cool water at this time Of
year is needed by all kinds OF farm
stock. II they would keep in prime
condition.
In picking out the hens that are to
be sent to market be sure that you get
the ones that will no longer prove
profitable to you.
The irritable man makes o poor
driver of horses, for his Ill temper
makes the horses nervous and he Is
never able to get the best work out OF
them.
The Indiana couple whose friends
made them presents OF live poultry
on their wedding day ought to feel
that they have a calling to the poul-
try-raising profession.
One farmer who has had trouble
with mud wallows around his hog
troughs and who had tried clay and
sand without effect used sawdust az
q last resort and found It worked ex-
cellently.
Get a Babcock tester and ascertain
the quality Of your cream. The gov
eminent will send you q pamphlet ex-
planning all about the machine II you
will write to the department OF agri-
culture at Washington.
Sometimes sheep get deep wounds
in which after a time maggots Matched
from the eggs of flies find Judgment
In such case inject kerosene to drive
out the maggots. Treat every day
until the wound 10 healed.
High time that the flock was sorted
over, the wethers being penned to-
gether and fed literally for market,
and the breeding stock put by itself
and fed with a view Of obtaining q
strong. healthy progeny next season.
The poultry interests Of the farm
are growing. Time was q few years
ago when the farmer was content to
market FIVE dollars worth OF eggs q
month. now he thinks nothing OF ship.
ping 60 cases week. and he counts
1t q sort Of pick up.
There should be closer association
between the dairymen in the ship
ping Of their supplies 20 the city. But
to succeed such an organization must
be as jealous for the interest OF the
consumers of these products as Tor the
interests of the people that produce
the milk.
Turn the farm waste and neglected
spots into wood lots where you can
grow your own posts, poles. fences and
saw logs. II is decidedly worth while
to keep all Of the farm at work. The
owner pays taxes on all his land, and
Is out of pocket for whatever Is not
him something. Further. by
growing a tree crop on land that Is
too poor to pillow the quality Of the
land itself is improved. Forests add
humus to the soil, lettering Its char
acter.
Here is q recipe for sailing meat
which has proved satisfactory: For
100 pounds Of meat take ten quarts OF
saltpeter; one pound OF pepper and
two pounds Of yellow sugar. MIX
well, put in a tub or some suitable
vessel, and then apply the mixture
we'll to the meat. Care should be
taken to apply It thoroughly In the
cracks and around the edges. After
the meat has taken all the salt pos
sible. hang It up. and powder 1t with
powdered borax. Then smoke the
meat. This is said to be the most
successful method Of sailing meat
there is, both from o standpoint OF
purity and flavor.
The tobacco cure for parasites In
lambs has been demonstrated by ex-
pariments to be the most effective
treatment. In fact It has been demon
strated that tobacco Is q good pre-
for worms in the first Mace
and is hostile to their development
after they are started. The physical
construction of the lamb IL so complex
that It is not an easy matter to apply
a remedy for all his troubles SO It Is
generally easier to prevent than to
cure. The old advice Of changing pas
trre often IL the safest plan to follow.
This is the time Of the year when the
worms begin to do considerable harm
and when you see the lamb begin to
run down and lose his frisky habits