Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-29
Get rood and give good is a good


rule.
When through using . tool. or ma
chine. put II up.
A small farm well.kept Is better
than the big farm indinerently run.
More sheep well-handled Will mean
n more fertile farm and more money
for you next year.
Know your cows and do not board
through the winter the cows that DO
not pay their way.
The butter flavor can be improved
by adding tablespoonful OF granu
lated sugar to ten pounds OF butter.
II is a good plan to put finely cut
hay with the grain to compel the
horses to masticate their feed prop
erly.
Make up for the scantiness OF the
pasturage at this time OF year Is MADE
nm with corn stalks or other succulent
feed.
Make your farm a veritable gold
mine by careful managing SO that
everything that is raised is turned
into gold.
Spray the stables occasionally TO
drive out the flies. A good fly spray
is a good disinfectant, and Will purify
the air Of the stable.
Melting is hard on the poultry.
Feed well at this time so that they
may come through the period strong
and ready for the winter laying sea-
son.
Sort the chickens at this time and
dispose of all the superfiuous ones
Don't winter over the old hens, except
such of the trusty ones as you want
TO keep for setting next spring.
A poultry keeper of New Jersey has
found a new use for the box Kites.
He flies them over his henneries ana
saws they scare the hawks away.
Worth trying.
II is the gentle, steady rainfall as
well as the even-tempered man winch
does the most good. Violent thunder
storms and violent tempers do lots OF
damage.
Mango is a germ disease. Hogs
thus afflicted should be washed clean
and then dipped. Any dip sold by re-
liable firms for the purpose VIII DO.
More than one application may Do
necessary.
Keep a level head when the work Is
crowding. Think quick and do the
most important thing first. then the
next. Don't get ratified, but DO one
thing at time.
LIQUID manure is the most valuable
mart. often containing as much as 6o
to rs per cent. of fertility. Plenty
of bedding will help to save 1t, II you
have not a cistern into which the
| I,o,,;d y,nanure Is drained.
No two horses any more than two
people require the same amount OF
feed to keep them in condition. You
must study your animals and ieeo
with Judgment to secure the best re-
suits.
Do Won know how to ground your
fence wires to prevent lightning do
ing damage to stock? Simply thrust
a length of heavy wire several iee'
into the ground down the side OF oc
casional posts, and staple to the renee
wires where they cross.
| BOYS SnOulu learn ho" w
their own knives, hang up their caps
hunt ND things that are lost, be faith
ful 20 a trust, brave in the face Of
danger. plucky when pain or hur'
would make them cry, helpful to every
body human, and kind to beast anc
bird.
II does not pay to let the COWS gel
down in their milk because pasturage
is short. II you want them 10 g
through the winter with good mill
fiow. keep them well fed, for 1t Is al
most impossible to bring the cow W
to full flow when once shrinkage hal
taken place.
Tent caterpillars are becoming more
, numerous every year. There ougn
| A.. IN Iauu auacfed in every state To-