Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-25


Turn the wastes OF the garden into
a profit by way OF tho pigs.
Head the persistent fence breaker
toward the slaughter house.
II you have not already done so put
the cultivator shovels, and teeth In
good condition.
To make dairying pay you must
keep improving your herd and Inn
proving your methods.
A cultivated orchard offers less op-
portunity for harmful insects to prop
agate than the one In sod.
Look out for garlic In the pastures.
II the cows get II II will flavor the
milk and spoil your butter.
BE sure and work your thinker as
hard as you work your muscles. Many
a pull can be saved by timely think.
One poultry raiser who claims to
have never lost chick says he feeds
nothing but cracked corn and bread.
crumbs both wet and dry.
Clean out the mows thoroughly after
they are emptied 80 as to be ready
for the new crop which before many
weeks will be waiting for the mower.
II the little chicks show lack OF
thrift. or are inclined to NOPE about
In lifeless sort of way. look for head
lice. and treat with kerosene oil and
lard.
Not only is linseed meal a valuable
feed for all stock. especially pigs. but
it1has 0 manurial value which Is said
TO be equal to so per cent. Of the cost
Of the meal.
AS rule the poultry keeper is re.
sponsible for the diseases which de-
velop In his flock. Good care. good
feed and clearly housing are essential
to healthy chickens.
May and June are the little chicks
best growing months. Put them right
ahead as fast as you can and your
profits will look big when market day
comes for the early broilers.
There il such a thing as false econ.
omy in feeding. II third more ex.
pense In feeding gives you three times
the profit, you can easily figure out
the wisdom Of generous rations. Feed
wisely, but not niggardly.
Look out for head lice on the little
chicks. A few will suck the vitality
from the little fellows and keep them
from growing. Apply little lard and
kerosene to the heads Of each one.
Be careful and not put on too much.
as it will kill the chicks as well rs the
lice.
Now do consider the matter Of
sending your boy to your state agri'
cultural college. He ought to be bet
ter farmer than you, no matter how
successful you have been. and the
way to make him SO Is to put him In
a position where he can learn the lat
est and most scientific agricultural
methods. He can get the theoretical
knowledge at school and you can keep
him evenly balanced by supplying the
practical knowledge.
Not only Is the horse entitled to
comfortable quarters and good feed.
but his harness should be made to
At, especially the collar. In buying q
collar, select one pliable enough to
conform to the shoulder; do not make
the shoulder conform to the collar.
II 1t does not choke, It is long enough
When doing heavy work in hot, muggy
weather, loosen the collar often and
let in the air.
On land that 10 billy and inclined
to wash fill up the washy places with
corn stalks and rubbish Of similar char.
acter. Later this rubbish may BE
plowed under and made to become
productive humus. When blowing
weather comes do not burn corn stalks
and weeds, but pillow them under to
become q part Of the soil. They will
not only furnish available plant foods
but will enhance the physical quality
OF the soil. making 1t open to the
dislntegrating action Of air and soil
bacteria, and thus liberating more
plant foods from previously insoluble
soil particles. =