Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-08-20

Il Is q poor plan to try and keep
eggs too long In hot weather.
There Is still room at the top for
the intelligent. progressive farmer.
Managed right the hog will do more
for the farmer than most any other
animal.
The first two years OF cows life a.
most inevitably determine her future
usefulness.
Even flow OF milk can be secured
from most cows by proper manage
ment and feed.
Commercial apple growing Is pay
ing increasing dividends to those en-
gagged in the business.
Plenty OF shade for the hens these
days. And they must have q cool
house to roost in at night.
The game OF checkers In the corner
siore may sharpen your wits, Dut IL
will not drive out the weeds from the
corn field.
Poor plan to house the young chicks
and the old fowls together. The old
birds are more than apt to pick on
the little fellows.
II the cats are fed extra well during
the period when the young chicks are
running free you will find they Will
not be so prone to an occasional
chicken dinner.
When you put the incubator away
were you careful to see that the water
tank was empty? The ground makes
a good place to set the late Droody
hen. Protect from sun and rain.
The horse that is hard to catch In
the pasture can be coaxed to your SIDE
II when you go to get him you take him
a little sugar. A few times trying and
he will learn to come trotting up 10
you for the expected treat.
II does seem sometimes that the ire.
quent housing Of the different ma
chimes used during the season Is
waste Of time, but you will not think
so when you find that the well-cared-
for machine will outlast two Of your
careless neighbor.
Don't let your brain 60 to sleep
while you are doing the farm work.
Keep eyes and ears open for new
sights and sounds that will place you
in closer touch with your crops and
stock and enable you to more intelli-
gently provide the conditions which
will mean success for you.
Is the milking machine safe to use?
A New Jersey dairyman who used one
OF the patent milking devices states,
that under his own personal operation,
the machines actually increased the
milk flow, but that when the duty was
laid on an overworked superintendent.
some of the cows we're injured. 1t
would seem, therefore. that the opera
ton of a milking machine calls for
carefulness and intelligence.
The little girl who said that the
best way to keep milk from souring
was to leave 1t in the COW paid a de-
served compliment to the cow without
knowing 1t and unconsciously con-
demned her elders for uncleanly
methods. The milk stays sweet in the
bag because kept away from contain.
mating germs. The cleaner the meth
DDS in the dairy while the milk is be-
ing drawn and while It Is being
handled the longer will 1t keep sweet
and wholesome.
One farmer who has been troubled
with rats and. successfully got rid OF
them did II in the following way: He
put out corn meal for several nights.
and when the suspicious Of the shrewd
old rats are allayed, put out the same
kind Of bait in the same place with
any good rat poison well mixed. After
one dose, those remaining will not
touch poisoned bait Of any kind for
some time, and probably never the
same kind. In q week or so put out
some other kind Of bait, like cheese
or meat, and repeat the operation.
Traps will catch q few, but the best
plan is to make buildings and gran
aries as nearly vermin-proof az posi-
BILE.