Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-09-10
A!Hss!s!z11sSsupp'ok
MI" FARM
%MM.~ M


chicken house.
Stone jars make the ideal package
for packing butter.
Cut out and burn branches on pear
tree infested with blight.
Remember an extra cultivation or
two in a dry time is most rs good as
q rain.
Look over the stock you budded
this year and be sure the ties are not
restricting circulation.
Time to drag the roads Is right ar
ter the rain. Little is accomplished to
do the work when the road Is dry.
When sheep are found on their
knees feeding II is high time to ex-
anime their feed to see what 10 the
matter.
Put something into the home life
which will make you appreciate II and
make the other members Of the family
feel that there is mo place like home"
Better crops. better stock. better
machinery. better land. better times
for the wife and family. better every
thing. should be the ambition Of every
farmer.
Pasturing the meadows after now
ing is q doubtful proceeding. as the
vaule OF the feed which the stock get
Is more than apt to be offset by the
lessening Of the hay crop next year.
The yearly keep Of brood SOW Is
estimated to cost $40. II she Is good
animal she ought to give you two lit
ters a year Of eight pigs each, which
easily would net a profit Of $50. Pigs
do pay.
Nothing will pull stock down In
flesh so quickly as the fly plague. DO
all you can to make the horses and
other stock as comfortable as possible.
1t may seem like a good deal OF trou'
BILE. but 1t will put dollars In your
pocket in the end.
To pen hogs SO that there IL no
escape from the hot sun Is the most
short.sighted Of management. Not
only will they not thrive, but disease
Is apt to breed among them. And yet
there are farmers who will shiftless-
ly subject their hogs to such treat
ment.
Ten hours a day on the farm will
count for more where the work Is
well planned, than Is hours where the
hit and miss method Is followed. It
is the farmer who never plans any
thing who is out after nightfall with
the lantern finishing up the tail end OF
the chores.
There is more than ever need to
carefully select and pack the fruit
and vegetables sent to market when
the flush OF the season Is on. for while
moor stuff will hardly sell at any price
that which is fine in appearance
that is, carefully selected and packed
will command a good price. Keep
the small imperfect stuff at home for
the stock and poultry.
In the early stages Of the disease.
heaves may be cured by turning the
afflicted animal upon pasture or keep
ing on cornstalks or other dustless lax
alive food. Hay should not be allowed
except at night, and then in small
amuunt and shaken free from dust
The bowels must never be constipat-
ed. the stable must be kept well aired,
and the use Of water for drink. into
which a few drops of oil Of pine tar
have been put, is recommended. Do
not use too much Of the tar, as II will
nauseate.
The location Of the silo should be
such as to be accessible to the feed
alleys In the barn. The man is for
tunate who has a bank barn and can
hold his silo on the up hill side, with
bottom not more than three or four
feet below the feeding floor, using
stone laid in cement for the lower
section or part that is In the ground
~ or Il feet. There is q great saw
ing of power In filling. as the length
Of the elevator win be lessened Is or
20 feet. Where stone or brick II
cheap either Of these materials makes
n most excellent silo.