The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-05-08
FARM NOTES

m IRE or tQem SuOuiu 10 oooSo'
ten or twelve cents per dozen they ar
the cheapest kind OF animal fooo a.
we'll as the most healthy. Less high
nrioed beef should be eaten and more
eggs. Three or four eggs; costing le
than five cents, would make hear
meal for laboring man whereas }
would take ten to fifteen cents to &c
him enough reefsteak No better CO..
densed, nourishinp and convenien
food than eggs can be bought for s.
| low price. Eat mo e eff them aht
less meat and it will add to you
health as well as to your pocSe
books.
Now is a good time to spray you
poultry houses and nest boxes VIII :
some kind of liquid lice killer. warn
weather has not yet come, but soo'
Will be here and it invariably bring
lice and mites TO the poultry nous
unless preventives are used. -
m nch easier to keep the lice ava
from the houses than it is to get then
away after they have once taken pu
session of the premises. Whitewas'
the house thoroughly with lime Will
| wash in which there is some crun
carbolic acid and spray the roosts an
uest boxes with lice killer. This wi
pfeyept the lice from bothering you
| IF YOU neglect these precautioneT
measures you are liable to be troubled
with the pests all summer. .t
The growing flock OF chicks shouN
now have the poultry raiser's chic
attention. They should be fed reg
arly and pushed to maturity as sooI
as possible. Care should be taken t
see that they have no setback, so as /
stunt them, for stuuted chick is q
40 valve Sudden storms should b
guarded against and the chicks gotteI
under cover before the rain comes, 10
one thorough wetting will often ge
,way with half the flock and tb'
other half will probably go In th'
next storm. Do not let your little
chicks out while the dew is on tn
.rass. Keep them penned up till
Ia thoroughly dry. But while penneo
up see that they have plenty
room for exercise and that they
have plenty to eat. Keep them grow
Ing right along. 1t is folly to stint
a chick In feed. Give dry feed and az
a rule they will not eat too much OF
it, though it is we'll to see that they
do not soil what 10 left over at
meal. II placed 10 small hoppers they
can not very we'll soil Or waste any Of
the feed.
The Kansan needn't worry al
much about his seed cora as the Ne
braskan or Iowan.BThe further nort'
east we get tie poorer we find the
yerminoting quality Of seed CORE
This is because OF the early fall, an
probable wet weather which keeps the
sap in the ear. 10 northeastern
Iowa the favoriLe storage room 70
seed corn Is In the garrett OF the hous'
or In dry chamber close to Gimme
Down here in Kansas and Oklahomi
the weather usually does the drylnt
before the gathering time.
Alfalfa is one OF the greatest crop
we have-Ao doubt at all about THU
Almost all of US have gotten alont
without IL for longer period OF I'll nj
t1an we should. There Is now farm
after farm where several acres OF II
should be growing where there Il
none, This is especially true OF The
rentel farms. In several ways thu
renter works to great disadvantage
With 10 acres OF good alfalfa on al
So.acre farm and 10 good milk COWS.
there is no need to worry about hare
times. The income Is sure and 10 II
large enough to make one feel that he
Is not working for the pleasure Of II
alone. Instead of spreading out along
the lines OF ranch farming, the farmer
of today Is drawing IN to the more In
tensive plan.
Wheat 10 tho most promising crop
the central section Of the state eau
snow up at the present time. 1t IL
waving In the wind aud only one OF
Two rightly tuned rains will make q
good crop. II this is q dry year, as
toe weather wise now claim, the
wheat crop will be more than drop
In the bucket.
The writer OF this recently spsat q
few Gays 10 the cal itsl city Of Kansas.
While there comparison between the
workers In the Santa Fe shops and
the average farmer could be noticed.
The Santa Fs mau goes to work by
the whistle; the farmer when he gets