Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-08
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For the farmers use the drafter is
the best animal to own.
Have the poultry house light and
airy and. above all. clean.
Spraying Is absolutely useless I'M
less done OF the right time.
The best milk pail Is the one with
the fewest number Of seams.
Hens compelled to sit upon the
ground are apt to develop rheumatism.
Don't let the harness get stiff and
hard. Money out OF your pocket II
you do.
The orchard 10 no place for live.
stock. save perhaps pigs and the
chickens.
Well-kept machinery will make the
work Of the farm easier, both for the
farmer and his team.
Never mix fertilizer or manure with
lime. Work the lime into the surface
before applying the fertilizer.
The sore neck and shoulder upon
the horse Is more easily prevented
than cured. Keep close lookout.
Do a little forestry work on the
farm this fall. Plant a patch Of trees.
The nursery catalogue of the forest
service OF the agricultural department
may help you. Send for 1t to Wash
ington, d. c.
Who would think to look at the
scrubby teams some farmers are con.
tent to drive that there was one bit
OF personal pride or ambition IN them?
II pays to have good team and 1t pays
to keep them right.
On fields where the clover crop was
almost failure. the Ohio. experiment
station tried lining with good results |
The lime was burnt and then ground |
and spread over the ground at the |
rate of one ton per acre.
The man to be successful breeder |
Of livestock must have true love and |
interest in his work, and he must also |
have q thorough knowledge Of the |
pedigree of his animals, that Is, he
should be certain that there is real
basis for the qualities which he thinks
his stock possess.
Do you know that II 10 poor econo-
my to save the cost OF building at the
expense of heavy loss of feed stuffs?
Do you know that the hay stack win
tered out doors loses In value many
times what the interest would be on
the money invested in building suit
able to house It? Figure 1t out for
yourself.
You study to provide just the right
conditions for growing the biggest
crops. Are you doing as much for
your boy? Remember he needs the
right kind of soil to grow in and the
right kind of cultivation TO develop
the best in him, and who but mother
and father should give the matter
most thought and attention?
The wagon or buggy that Is left out
of doors in the hot sun Is more than
certain to develop case Of rattles
about the wheels, and when far from
home some time you may roll a tire
on and the wheel collapse. II the
tires become loose run the wheel
through boiling linseed oil and, after
letting stand for several days, paint.
This will give them new lease OF
life.
Come now, be honest. Do you know
Just what your cows are doing for you?
Ten chances to one that there are
some robber cows in your herd and
you don't know It, because you have
never kept any record Of their milk {
Yield, neither have you tested their
milk as to butter fat content. II Is [
lust guess work with you. What
would you think Of the merchant In {
town that was content to handle goods
year in and year out without knowing {
whether It was at profit or lossf And {
yet that is exactly what the dairy 9
farmer IL doing who does not know
each individual COW and what she IL +,
doing for him. Make up your mind q
you begin at once to find out what
each COW IL doing and weed out the {
{ profitable ones. u