Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-17
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The essential thing in keeping sweet
potatoes is dryness.
Cold nights and frosty grass never
put pound Of flesh on any animal.
Well groom the horse and he Will
work we'll for you; neglect him and
he will prove an Indifferent servant.
Go slow with the new variety OF
fruit tree. the new breed OF stock, the
seed of the new variety OF grain. TEST
them out first.
Growing crops on the land IN the
summer should be followed in the win
ter by the growing Of crops OF beer
and pork and mutton in the barns.
OIL meal Is good for the horses. II
keeps them in good condition and
makes their coat soft and sleek. Give
a handful to each horse once day.
While sheep do not need as warm
housing as other stock, they must
be kept dry, both under foot and over
head. Keep the sheep stables well
cleaned:
An excellent plan in handling sheep
is to provide well-protected yards into
which they may be turned on fne
days, and have a shed for the stormy,
blustery weather.
Put the unthrifty-appearing ewes by
themselves and give q little extra
feed. Perhaps they are suffering from
the greed of the bosses In the flock
and are not getting full ration.
Sweet potatoes arc packed In ven
tilated barrels for shipment just as
are apples. They must be packed
snugly and the cover pressed on SO
as to make sure that there will be no
shifting in the barrel.
The need of the establishment OF
county agricultural high schools Is be-
ing urged, and the success OF the
Dunn county (Wis.) school is an Illus
tration of what such q school may do
for farming communities.
A cheap field shelter for sheep and
cattle can be made by erecting a
framework of poles supported by posts
set in the ground, over and around
which q straw stack can be placed
leaving the south side open.
II is not enough to know how much
each COW is producing. but how much
the production has cost. To do this
you must not only weigh and test the
milk, but keep account Of the feed
and estimate its cost to you.
There is more clean money In win
ter dairying than in summer dairying
With a silo to provide succulent feed
and cows freshening in the fall and
winter, the highest returns can be
counted on from the herd. No flies to
bother in the winter time.
In fattening turkeys for Thanks
giving and the holidays there Is moth
ing better after all than old corn and
corn meal boiled with potatoes. Feet
three times q day. II skim milk Is te
be had mix with the mash.
Don't let pals Of milk stand in the
barn while all the cows are being
MIXED. Remove It at once and gel
the separator at work upon 1t while
II Is warm. Cool the cream as soor
"a possible. Never mix warm cream
with that which has been cooled.
The use Of molasses as ration To-
cattle is not 90 new as some woult
suppose, having been so fed as earl!
as 1911, Germany being perhaps thu
first country to so use It. Farmers II
this country are coming to understand
its value, finding that 1t increases thu
milk flow and keeps cows in good con
dition.
A farmer who has seen wash waite
and dish water impregnated with soal
and dirt fed to hogs raises the Ques
ton az to whether such diet 10 health
full. Such water is the best kind o
fertilizer, but we doubt whether !
does the hogs any good. Stops whicl
contain food scraps and the liuuit
Ieavings from the kitchen are o
course different and provide the hog
with food elements which are good
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