Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-08

given good caro- will return good
profit.
Whitewash will do wonders towards
Frightening and purifying the old barn
or cowshed.
Stagnant pools and mud-holes around
the pasture make poor watering places
for the cattle. Remember that.
Try dairy farming on the run
down place. The cows will return a
profit, while the soil Is being improved
by the manure.
II you cannot grow clover success
fully, try COW peas or some other
leguminous plant. 1t will help the soil
into good condition.
Don't expect you can test the value
Of COW In q month. Observation rec
ords should cover at least a year In
which there has been calving.
Whatever speciality in farming you
have set your heart upon following be-
gin in a small way and work up to
large things. This is the sure way OF
developing q profitable business.
Il Is q little extra work to take the
harness OF the work horse at noon, but
It rests him and he Is better able to
60 back to work than he would have
been had the hot collar not been re-
moved from the shoulders.
The farmer who thinks fly nets for
the horses are too much trouble and
expense 10 bother with is the same
fellow who leaves his machinery out
of doors because II takes time and
money to provide tool shed.
The difference between profit and
loss on the farm Is often measured
by the waste that comes from the
careless handling of machinery and
the shiftless methods OF planting, cul-
tivating and harvesting the crops.
Do not wait to cool the milk until
all the milking Is done. AS fast as
you milk one cow pour into can and
set can into tub of cold water. The
high temperature in the summer time
causes the germs in the milk to null
tiply rapidly.
In fattening animals in the winter
time, remember that experiments have
shown that good quarters and plenty
Of bedding are essential to profitable
feeding, the animals thus cared for
a gain Of over 30 per cent.
more than those under less comforta-
BILE conditions.
One Of the destructive pests OF the
garden, against which the farmer Is
almost powerless, is the root maggots
which attack cabbage. It may inter-
est some of the readers Of Meadow
brook Farm Notes to know that the
New York experiment station has
tried screening the beds of cabbage
with cheesecloth with good success.
The frames used being made of L.
nch boards.
Face the cows away from each 9TH |
or, for, while 1t is true that the feed
ng is made easier where two rows OF
COWS face the same alley, 1t makes
he work of cleaning and caring for
hem much harder. Where the gut
ers of two rows of cows are on the
same alley it is possible II the barn
s properly constructed to drive the
manure spreader through the alley,
hus making but one handling Of the
manure necessary. Then the milking
S done easier.
Provide comfortable quarters for
,our hired help and manage the work
n such q way as to enlist his inter-
st in the work assigned him, and you
will find that the farm help problem Is
lot such q difficult one to solve as
most farmers think. Don't be afraid
o talk over matters with the hired
lelp. This Is possible without sur
mastery, and will add to
and interest. Don't over
york the help. There are times when
/ is impossible to make exact hours,
owever, If work is well planned there
) no need of excessive long hours. ex-
ept in emergencies, and II the hired
nan is interested he will appreciate
he necessity of working over time In
ertain seasons when work Ia rushed.
The Garden CITY, is new move