Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-06-25
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after rain.
Sheep like pasturage where the
grass Is short and tender.
Keep the milking stools up of oi
the barn floor. Bad things to stumble
over.
Good blowing. followed up by good
seeding and cultivation insure the
good harvest by and by.
II Is a good plan to turn the sheep
out to pasture rs early as possible SO
that they may get after the weeds.
Il is the farmer who understands
farming who makes II pay. 1t Is folly
to think that any one can make a sue
cess Of agriculture.
A separate pasture for the yearlings
and other young stock is good thing.
They do better than when run In the
same pasture with the cows.
It Is as important In hog breeding
as with cattle to be particular OF the
sire used. Go miles to get thorough
bred boar II you have to. 1t will pay
you.
u.o,, .io,o +rocl, ~ tho Aock Count
the lambs every day. Easy for them
to stray and unless you discover 1t at
once you are certain to lose a lamb
occasionally.
Perhaps you cannot help the quail
ity of COWS you have at the present
time, but as you breed and raise new
stock you can see to II that You breed
and raise only the best.
Many fruit growers advise that the
new growth of raspberry and black
berry canes which Is to furnish the
fruit next year, should be pinched OF
ut the tips when about IS inches higa.
The chicken yard can be too shady.
Do not plant too many trees. Shade
Is good for chickens in hot weather.
but sunshine Is q necessity. Do not
have the trees so close together. or
80 arranged, that all OF the lot will be
shaded by them at any time OF the
day. Be sure, especially. to give the
early morning sun a chance to get
In. Remember, too, the trees are IL
able to make a very vigorous growth
II the soil is at all suitable.
One farmer who has been troubled
with crows getting his corn has made
his fields immune from the birds at
tack by sprinkllng a pint of kerosene
over each peck Of corn and shoveling
Il over until each kernel is tainted by
the oil. He says when the job Is
done right there Is no trouble with
the corn going through the planter.
Another method used by some farm
-ers is to smear the corn slightly with
coal tar.
Watch the horses shoulders after
they begin heavy work. A little pre-
liminary care will obviate Irritating
conditions which will reduce the work
Ing capacity of the animals to seri-
Gus extent. 1t pays to wash the shout
ders with cold water every evening
after the harness has been removed.
The bath removes the fever and har-
dens the skin so it will stand greater
strain. Be sure the collar fits tho
shoulder perfectly. A good pad will
do much towards preventing sore
shoulders IL all the dirt and hair 10
washed OF under the surface at least
once each week.
While the oyster-shell and scurvy
scales are not so injurious as San
lose scale, still they. are not desira-
BILE boarders to have on apple. pear or
pther trees. Oyster-shell scales are
brown in color, and shaped something
IKE an elongated oyster-shell. Scurfy
scales are oblong, whitish and look
like a tiny flake Of cotton. Both OF
these enemies can be easily seen with
out the aid Of q magnifying glass.
Treatment: This month watch for
the tiny lice as they hatch out and
move around ON the bark. When seen.
spray the trees with whale-oil soap 90
ution made as follows: Dissolve one
pound OF whale-oll soap In q gallon
If hot water, and dilute with six gal
IONS OF cold water. Use a pump and
aozzle that win apply the spray In q
nne mist. like steam.