Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-04
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crops this year.
The surplus suckers in the berry
patch must be treated as weeds. Cut
them out.
Mix brains with the manure, and pains
taking care with your cultivation ana
farming will pay.
Keep your eye on the orchard. Thin
out the fruit SO that no branch Will
become overweighted and snap on.
Corn for fattening. but not for BONE
making. Get the frame OF your hog
built first before crowding the corn
feed.
to three and one-half feet wide and
long enough SO that the animal Will
not have to stand in the gutter for
comfort.
Improved methods Of cultivation
will do wonders. sometimes almost
doubling the yields. Good cultivation
more than pays.
Have extra plow points. cultivator
teeth and duplicate bolts on hand.
They may save you vexatious delay
and serious loss.
As a general thing the farmer neg.
jects the root crops. Valuable as
food for livestock. Be sure you pro-
vide a supply for next winter.
The ration for work horse should
be about two pounds for every 1oO
pounds of weight. Ten to eighteen
pounds should be grain, oats consi-
tuting large part.
Sunshine has q money value for the
farmer, not only when II comes to
crop growing, but also as related to
stock keeping. The dark stable never
vet nut thrift and health into cattle.
The first few days warmth counts
more than feed with the little chicks.
When they are Matched in the incubator
the brooder must be watched with the
greatest care to see that the right
temperature is provided. Not too hot
to weaken, not too cold to chill.
Don't waste your manure. II is worth
money. The farmer who applies either
barnyard manure or chemical fertil-
izers without a very full knowledge
of how much Is really needed Is
wasting a product that has money
value. Applying fertilizers Is
science that is just beginning to be
studied by many Of our farmers.
Cleanliness Is absolutely essential
In the handling Of the milk utensils.
When the milk cans come back from
the factory clean them at once and
place them on a rack especially pro-
vided for that purpose. Do not make
the mistake many do In having this
rack under the shade trees or on the
north side of a building. Old Sol will
prove your best friend in aiding you to
keep the milk cans clean and sweet.
The value of thing Is coming mere
and more to be appreciated by the
farmer. Heavy. soils especially need
this seemingly expensive treatment,
but when It is considered that the
productive capacity will be doubled-it
IL not hard to figure out how thing
pays for itself In very few seasons.
To get the surplus water out Of the
soil makes 1t warmer and thus pro-
vides the conditions needful for Wig.
orous growth.
Peas that q affected by the weevil
will float on water and the sound
seed sink. Plant only the latter and
burn the former, and you will have
taken one step towards Graduating
this pest from your garden. Where
peas are used In large quantities for
seed, such as field peas. the weevlls
may be killed by fumigation with car
bon blsulifide. Place the peas In q re-
ceptacle which Is as nearly afr tight as
possible and put on top OF them some
shallow dishes. Pour into them car
bon bisulfide at the rate Of half an
ounce for each bushel Of peas. Close
the receptacle and let 1t remain for
some hours The fumes OF the gas
will kill the weevils. This gas Is
very explosive and fire OF any kind,
including pipes and cigars. must DO
kapt away, or serious results win fol-
ieU.