Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-30

Better TO plant little In the gar.
den and plant well than to half plant
a great quantity Of stun.
A little fertilizer well placed will
bring better returns than an unlimited
quantity carelessly applied.
The community where the good
dairy COW IL In the majority 10 the
community which Is marked by con.
tentment and prosperity.
Well-grown fruit or vegetables. we'll
marketed. bring q profit which the
careless producer never realizes. II
pays to do things right
The draft horse is the one for the
farmer to raise. because II can be
done In harmony with the other In
terests OF the farm and with the great
est profit.
tuberculosis in cattle and scab In
sheep ia spread from the stock yards
Of the large cities by the feeders who
purchase animals from the pens with
out proper investigation.
Never let the dead wood remain on
the fruit trees. II not only provides
hiding places for insect pests, but II
opens the way to extending the de-
cay into the heart Of the tree.
An attachment for the corn cultiva.
tor which will replant the missing
hills Is said to be the invention OF
handy Missourian. It fastens on the
tongue OF the cultivator and Is worked
from the seat by a string.
The farmer who leaves the machines
standing in the fields where they were
last used is following an expensive
practice. II pays to have tool house
and after q machine is through with
to clean, oil and house 1t.
Good pasturage and plenty Of water
IL all that breeding stock need, but
pigs which are to be marketed at six
months must have plenty OF grain to
bring them up to the best marketable
weight, about 200 pounds.
Generally speaking, the cow which
has had her milk-producing capacity
encouraged and developed will be very
likely to transmit these traits to her
progeny. Raise the heifers OF your
best cows and you will be on the road
to improving your herd.
Don't dope yourself Unfortunately
when you feel unwell. More people
recover without the use OF medicine
than with its supposed aid. Give ma
ture q chance and she will do more
for you than all the self-prescribed
medicine you can pour down your
throat.
However fancy the breed Of fowls
may be, the front yard 10 no place for
their yarding. Reserve the front OF the
house for green sward and foliage and
flowers and relegate the chickens to
the rear. However, keep the chicken
yard and house as clean AZ though
they were on display.
A morning feeding about eight
o'clock will act as an inducement to
keep the fowls around the poultry
house until after the egg-laying duty
has been discharged for the day. Many
an egg il lost by turning the hens
out early in the morning and giving
them the range of the farm.
A neat sign bearing the name OF the
farm placed near the road SO that 1t
can be read by passersby gives char
acter to your place. People think as
they pass that the place that has an
individual name must amount to some
thing. In picking a name let some
characteristic of the place receive
recognition.
No one would think for q minute
that he had a right to invade a bit Of
woodland upon farm and carry on
firewood, and why should 1t be thought
that the wild fruit growing In such q
place is any the more public property?
Anything growing upon mans land
is his property, and should not be dis
turbed or taken without his express
permission.
How often does the henhouse need
cleaning? AS often as 1t gets dirty.
And by dirty we do not mean simply
reeking with accumulations OF drop
pings and filthy scratchings. No. we
never saw q henhouse yet which could