Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-03
Feed variety 20 the hoge,

The farm is no place f.. 40 ~
man.
Growing rssh should not ba conhn'i
TO small pens and yards.
All animals. especially the horse,
relish q change In their feed.
Cover the rhubarb and asparagu
beds with heavy coating Of manure
For every tree cut out new Cat
should be planted. Only In this wa5
can you keep up the supply.
The plank drag will prove OF great
value on any farm In crushing clods
and making land 1T for the seed.
Alfalfa hay Is good for the horse as
II contains more nutriment than TIM
othy hay, but be careful as to how yen
feed It,
do you know that your hers come
over into my garden?" Il thought
they were." why so?" Because they
never came back"
Leaks In the roof and cracks In the
walls of the hen house will lead you
to conclude before the winter Is over
that chicken raising does not pay.
Without comfort how can you ex-
pect that your dairy COW is going to
fill the mir. pail. SILVER and shake
and poor food ration never yet
secured profit from cow.
Good ventilation is needed In the
sheep barn, but don't let that ventila.
ton be through the roof which let's
the rain In. Fix up the barn now II
you have not already done so.
Canadian thistles can be cleaned out
of a field by thorough cultivation
OF the ground for a few years. making
sure that none of the thistles go to
seed. Not an easy job. but 1t can be
done.
One farmer who has had success
raising calves takes them from the
mother after the third day and feeds
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oats to quart of milk. The oats
before using are boiled up with a
little salt in the water.
Every farm in the land should have
It's flock of sheep. Twenty are none
too many. They will keep the pas.
lures free from weeds, and while
living on forage which the other ami
mails would not touch will enrich the
ground with their droppings.
Protect the young fruit trees before |
the snow comes and drives the rab- |
bits and mice to eat the tree bark. An
excellent way of doing this is to wrap |
laths, building paper or strips of wood
veneer around the base of each tree,
reaching two or three feet up from the
ground.
Investigation has proved that the
greater part of the impurities found In
milk get there within q short time
after it has been drawn from the
COW and before 1t leaves the shed
This fact should set the farmer to
studying how he can improve the
conditions in his barn.
Grain which Is not perfectly dry |
when ground will heat unless careful
ly watched. To prevent heating put
in barrels and with q broom handle
press as many holes straight down
through the grain rs will keep their
form. These will act as ventilating
flues and the grain will keep all right.
Take care of the threshing engine.
Clean the boiler, then fill 1t with cold
water, pour in quart of good oil
and get up steam, then blow 1t out.
When 1t gets cold clean the CRATES
good and all around them, then take
some axle grease or thick oil and
grease the inside of the firebox all
around. Oil the flues with good oil
and put two or three shovelfuls Of dry
shavings in the firebox to take up the
dampness.
The government commission on
country life is anxious to obtain all
the suggestions possible from farm.
ers, and pursuant to that end have
sent out circulars containing various
questions covering nearly every phase
of farm life with the request that
they be answered and returned. II
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