Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-09-17

mi poultry keeping
Sunlight Is 4 great germ killer. Let
lots OF II into the stables.
When in doubt what to do II 10
generally better to do nothing.
Scatter the feed for tie fowls 10
that all will have an equal chance ~
getting a meal.
A sunbonnet or damp sponge on the
horses head will prevent sunstroke.
a thing they are very liable to.
The caution to keep the pens and
sleeping places OF the hogs Is spe'
cially important at this season OF the
year.
Know the markets In which you ex.
pect to market your goods. This Ii
especially important to the farmer that
sells butter.
In estimating the profit returned by
sheep you want to remember that the
manure dropped by the sheep Is about
three times as valuable as that from
COWS.
Tie your wool with wool twine and
be on the safe side. for buyers are
holding pretty strictly to the rule that
they will not touch wool that has been
tied with binder Irvine.
Scrape of the old bark from the old
apple trees. A dull hoe is the thing and
II you wait until a wet day the bark
will come of easily. Be careful not
to injure the underlayer OF live bark.
Stomach worms are q dangerous
trouble with lambs at this season OF
the year. Several government bulle'
tins dealing with the pest have been
issued. Write for them. They are free
for the asking.
Horses are foundered by letting
them drink when heated and then per-
hitting them to stand. Let them
have a few swallows at Q time and
keep them moving until they have
coled OF.
With the telephone and the mail de-
livery service and the auto, what more
does the farmer need to smooth lifes
pathway? In the country with her
wealth Of good things, with all the
comforts OF the city, that Is what life
on the farm Is fast becoming.
Look over the peach orchard. Saw.
dust or gum on the trunks near the
ground Is pretty good evidence that
borers are at work. II you want to
save your trees get right after them.
Dig them out and then plug the hole
with soap or wax.
Whenever possible during heavy
electrical storms remove the stock
from the proximity of tall trees or
wire fences. A little trouble may save
YOU hundreds of dollars. Every wire
fence should be grounded at inter
walls Of every hundred or two hundred
feet.
Like the leaves on the trees the
fake schemes are seemingly number.
less. Keep your eyes peeled for them.
Don't get taken in. One OF the ways
of defrauding has been by means OF
the fraudulent contract" or agree
ment" or purchase order" which,
when cut in two, becomes a good,
bankable note or promise to pay.
They are cleverly worded and look
harmless. There's only one sure safe
guard against them--do not sign your
name on any paper presented by q
/, stranger.
Here are the views Of western cat
tleman on. dehorning. His rule is to
: always dehorn in the fall and to
never dehorn calves. He goes on to
say: Never breed polled cattle sim
ply to avoid dehorning. II you think
! the polled breed better than one with
horns, then all right, but everyone
knows that natural polled cattle are
more vicious than horned cattle II
) the latter are dehorned properly al
' the right time. Now to the point
5 Leave the cattle with horns until they
{ learn that they are weapons Of de
r tense and offense. then dishorn and
4 have them realize that they have beer
b deprived of the weapons with which
D they can infiict injury. This vii
Q make them tame. Polled cattle are
3 never deprived Of any weapons and
I for this reason are not as void o.
offense as the ones that have learned
Tn rae horns. and are then deprived