Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-15
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clean.
II you are in the chickea business
be alive and progressive.
To realize the best profit from dairy
cows all the feed should be grown
upon the farm.
Dairy show at Chicago. December
2 to 10. Remember the date ard plan
to attend.
Be sure the rungs on the ladder are
safe before trusting yourself on. them
at any great height.
Cold fall rains will prove q sure
robber of the sheep profits, II the AMI
mails are given no shelter.
II the wearing parts OF the harness
are kept clean 1t will last longer, as
the dirt is gritty and hastens the
wear upon the harness, besides max.
ing It dry and liable to crack.
A look over the pigstye fence Of q
neighboring farmer showed me that
his bunch Of half.grown pigs were al.
most too busy scratching for lice to
feed properly. That kind Of hog rails
ing don't pay.
Do you know the size OF your vari.
GUS fields, or do you merely guess at
It? You ought to know exactly. not
only that you may accurately estimate
fertilizer needed for the land. but that
you may know the crop yields.
Not q single apple should 60 to
waste. What cannot be marketed, or
used by the family should be gath
cred and fed to the stock. Rotting
fruit left on the ground not only is
a dead loss, but It insures a good in.
sect pest crop for next season.
Rhubarb can be transplanted in the
fall, although the best time to do this
work is in the spring. Pillow the
ground thoroughly, then plow deep
burrows four feet apart, and put ma
nure in the burrows; placing the cut
tings from the old roots upon the ma.
nure about 30 inches apart. A one.
horse plow can be used in filling the
trench and ridging over. Rhubarb
thus planted will be ready for cutting
q year from the following spring.
The matter Of short or long period
OF milking Of cows is a matter of
habit. For this reason II during her
first period of lactation she is MIXED
regularly to within q few weeks of
dropping her second calf, she accepts
this as her destiny. On the contrary,
II the milking period with first calf
Is limited to four months, 1t will be a
difficult matter to overcome the incli-
nation here as elsewhere, to follow
in the old path. The only remedy Is
persistent milking even when but very
little milk can be obtained.
The automobile is finding its way
upon the farm more and more, and
one Of the important features OF every
state fair Is the automobile section.
Here Is what q western farmer says
concerning the horseless carriage. He
has one: We have owned and used
an automobile since last November,
and find It very useful and satisfactory
in our business. 1t Is a great saver In
time, as well as the cheapest way to
get about. The principal use TO which
we put the machine Is as q runabout.
But It could be used advantageously
for several other purposes in farm
work, and we conscientiously recon.
mend one to any farmer who farms on
q large scale.
DR.. B. T. Galloway Of the depart. |
ment of agriculture pronounces the
variety Of wheat known as Alaska"
not q new variety, but one which has |
been known for many years In this |
country and Europe, and one which |
has been tried at several state expert |
ment stations in the western United |
States during the past Is years. But |
nowhere, he declares, have the yields
been high enough to merit attention.
The wheat has been grown to a very |
limited extent on certain heavy I'M
drained soils in France for many
years. In such locations It Is said to
Yield rather better than ordinary
wheat, but a. It b one CT the poorest
wheats known for making -four, 1t is
never grown where the ordinary vari.
eties Of wheat VIII thrive. 3