Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-04

Grow more silage corn and then get
Il into the silo SO that It will keep.
Stable manure reinforced by hard
wood ashes makes the best orchard
fertilizer.
Il pays to spray Is the declaration
of those who have tried It. Do you
begin this year?
Give the horse his heaviest feeding
at night after the days work Is over
and when he has time to digest II.
Where alfalfa Is not grown cowpeas
make excellent substitute for fall
pasturage for sheep. Plan for such n
crop.
There are a thousand and one ways
of waste on the farm. Be. on the
watch for them. Stop the little
leaks.
The farmer who Is making the busi'
ness OF hog raising matter for scion
tinc study. is the man who Is max
ing certain OF his profits.
The dirt road becomes q good road
under the faithful application OF the
split-log drag. What kind Of a road
have you alongside Of your place!
A cows digestive system is never
improved by drinking from the mud
puddles in the pasture. Drain all
such places and provide clean, pure
water.
Ideas, like seeds, are no good when
laid up on the shelf of the mind and
not used. Sow your ideas in the soil
of farm experience and reap the har'
vest Of better things.
Crab grass which proves so trouble
some in the corn fields during the late
summer may be pastured on by the
sheen or rather the lambs. for the
latter are not likely to trouble the
corn.
The matter OF first consideration In
planting an orchard Is that OF per
sonal taste. Plant VIVA. you Ike
Other matters which must be consid
cred are soil and location. Select
trees which will thrive under the
conditions you can provide.
Partial paralysis In pigs may be
successfully treated in some cases by
dosing with epson salts, one ounce to
each animal, following this physic with
one dessertspoonful Of cod liver oil
ten grams phosphate Of lime and two
drops nux.vomica given twice a day
for several weeks.
Like the gun that isn't loaded the
bull that isn't dangerous Is the one
that generally goes of and does dam
age to some one. Don't trust too fol
the most docile appearing animal. IL
an instant some time his temper may
change and some one be killed or In
iured before he can escape, or the
bull be conquered. Take no chances
II is reported that State Senator
Russell of Oklahoma is pushing
movement for the organization o
acre clubs" in every community II
the state. The plan is that each mem
Der of the club is to plant an acre o
some product, and the scheme Is likel!
to prove q practical school for thu
education of prospective farmers
Here Is q good idea for other states.
Matching muskmelon seeds under
sitting hen Is the method OF a New
York market gardener in getting earl,
melons. for says he 1T is all in getting
the seed to sprout." He puts the seet
to soak over night in q rag and thu
next day puts them under the hen
where the heat starts the seeds II
three or four days and they are read!
to put in the ground in the cold frame
The medium-sized hog at the pres
ent time seems most In favor. Hog
weighing from 800 to GOO pounds o.
1 more were once thought to be ideal
but It became apparent to swine grow
ers that every day hog lived ovel
one year It was losing money for 1T
owner. Now hogs are so managed
and fed that in eight or ten month";
lthey are large enough to meet thu
popular demand.
A farmer who has had considerable
experience with kicking cows tells u
his method Of handling them. He take