Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-12-17
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Eggs that vary much In size or color
should not be packed together In the
same case. Such ill-assorted cases
never bring good prices.
One farmer who has had q good
many waste apples and tomatoes TINS
fall has cooked them and fed them TO
his big flock OF chickens and they
have thrived on them.
Don't keep the mongrel dog about
the farm. Get one OF good breed
preferably q collie, and then train
him to do something useful In con-
nection with the farm work.
The rusty pail or pan should De
banished from the dairy. because 1t NOT
only taints the milk but increases the
danger OF germ contamination. rust
places being more than apt to harbor
large numbers Of bacteria.
Clean out the bitches and burrows
through the strawberry beds ana
cover the beds lightly at first. AS
the winter advances and the ground
freezes harder, put on more covering
to keep the plants from winter Kill
ing.
The cold, drafty stable does not
mean comfort for the stock, nor does
It mean profit for the farmer. Ne
member that every bit OF discomfort
which you permit your stock to suner
by so much reduces the amount OF
your profit
Do not market half.fnished poultry.
There is no economy in stinting poul.
try you are fitting for market. Push
the food into them and get them TAT
as quick as possible. No trouble SELL
ing such poultry, and they bring the
best Of prices, too.
Crop rotation pays, as many farm
er is proving by actual test. 1t mas
been found that two years In clover
and three in corn will give as much
corn as five years In corn grown con-
tinuously. Two clover crops as clear
gain are worth having.
While perhaps the Hereford breed
OF cattle proves the best for growing
what is called baby beef. still all beer
breeds are adaptable to the plan OF
pushing to early maturity, and as q
rule there is more profit in this
method than any other.
Some form of crate Is used by many
farmers in ringing hogs. but where
such continuance Is not at hand the
business can be done by slipping the
moose of a strong rope over the upper
law of the hog. The hog can thus be
held while q second person puts In the
ring.
Prof. Hansen of South Da-
kota has brought back from
Siberia a yellow lowered al
falfa plant which he thinks will be
specially adapted to growth IN our
northern ATTITUDES. His efforts to de-
velop such a plant will be followed
with much interest.
Early stages of cold in chickens
can often be cured by two applications
of a mixture of one part spirits OF
turpentine and three parts sweet OIL
Anoint the face and eyes with the
preparation and pour five or six drops
down the fowls throat II there 10
wheeling or rafting there.
A good.sized turnip cut in half and
nailed to board will furnish enter
tainment and food for a flock Of hens
for half a day. Another good way to
keep the hens busy In cold weather
is to fasten a beet or carrot or other
root from the ceiling of the hen house
by a strirg, having It just high
enough so that the hens will have TO
jump for 1t.
Remember that temperature has
| everything to do with the churnins
quality of butter. In summer you must
bring It down to so degrees and In
winter you must bring 1t up to that
temperature II you would have the
butter come readily, and remember
this that though your cream may be
Of the right temperature you may
have difhculty II the churn ID toe
cold.
With the idle days tighten up on the
horses diet. During the months Of
hard work the horse has had feed rich
in nitrogen (the base Of protein) and