Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-09-03
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It pays to raise good fruit
Lime should be freely used in and
about the hen house.
II you would be hero in your wife's
eyes. keep the wood box full.
Sun and lice will demand heavy
toll OF the careless poultryman.
Give the pigs the chance and they
will turn more waste on the farm into
profit than any other animal.
The toes OF sheep have to be
trimmed in order to keep the hoofs
from curling and then breaking on
unevenly.
II they have not sufficient shade and
plenty of good fresh water, the hens
will suffer from the heat and turn you
down on the egg yield.
In picking a team mate for the
colt select the one with the fastest
walking gait. Almost impossible to
break him OF q slow walk II once &C
quired.
II you do not use an incubator but
depend upon hens for Matching your
eggs remember and save over the
hens that have proved themselves
good mothers this year.
The farmer should be good citizen
enough to be interested In the poll
tics Of his township and county. Have
high ideals for your community and
then do your best to bring them to
pass.
On the farm is not out OF the ma.
ton. The farmer must be citizen as
well as farmer, II the nation Is to be
safe. Keep in touch with the trend
Of events, local, state and national,
and always let your influence be felt
on the side OF the right.
About the best thing you can do
with your common stock rams Is to
sell them. Then add little more to
the selling price and 60 OF and buy
a full bred animal to head your flock
for the coming year. 1t may seem like
extravaganza at the time but you Will
see the wisdom of 1t as you look over
the lamb crop Of next year.
A sign of beginning sunstroke is In
dicated in the horse by tagging steps
and unsteady gait. Don't delay. Get
him in the shade, unhitch at once and
apply cold water to the head and neck,
and rub with coarse cloths. Sponge
the mouth out with cold water, also.
Quinine. injected. 40 or more grains
10 the dose, will also help.
What are the qualifications OF a
good hired man? Is he prompt In
getting up early In the morning? Does
he attend strictly to business? Does
he take an active interest in his work?
Is he q good caretaker of stock? Does
he get out at night to look after stock
when necessary? Has he any bad
habits? II so, what? Does he take
good care of the farm machinery?
Does he show a disposition to show
little acts of courtesy about the house
or barn which are not required, but
which indicate q thoughtful and help
full spirit? Is he worth more than
the ordinary man? II so, how much
more? Is he agreeable to get along
with? Has he shown executive abil-
ity Can you recommend him as q
proper person to manage or superin-
tend a farm? And now, to ask a ques-
ton Of the farmer himself: What are
you doing to help him acquire all
these good points?
Il is announced from the Kentucky
experiment station that positive cure
has been found for a disease among
sheep known as scab. and that this
fatal malady had assumed such large
proportions among the sheep Of Ken
lucky that the state veterinary has
threatened to quarantine the state
against the shipping Of any Of the AMI
mails out OF It's borders. The disease
attacks the sheep In the nature OF a
large scab which in short period OF
time covers It's entire body. not only
rendering the wool utterly worthless,
but in most cases killing the sheep
within a short time. The disease Is
contagious and has been spreading
during the rast few months. so seri-
ously It Is sad nearly every flock Is In
forfad