Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-07-23
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Neglect and lice always mean fall
ure In the poultry business.
Good time to weed out the I'M
profitable hens from the flock.
II hessian fly is present In the
wheat cut the grain high and burn the
stubbls.
The land that Is drained Is always
ready earlier In the spring for putting
In the crops.
The scales and the Babcock tester
are the only infallible proof OF the
good COW. Are you testing out your
cows?
RUIZ down farms reflect the lack OF
intelligence Of those who have by their
methods brought them into that con-
dition.
The well-fertilized field will stand
drought better than one not SO treat.
ed because the plants strike their
roots deeper.
Calves raised on skim milk should
have some feed to provide the fat con.
tent taken out of the milk. Linseed
meal has been found to give the best
results.
The plow wheel will often become
loose and wabble good deal. To
overcome this put In leather bush.
ing. II will last well and will not
squeak.
The day of the educated farmer Is
upon US. Another generation and the
fellow who believes that all the knowl-
edge Of farming needed can be gained
upon the farm itself will be hard to
nnd.
Don't forget the green stun for the
poultry. II they cannot get 1t for
themselves see that It Is provided for
them. You cannot have q healthy
nock where such green food Is denied
them.
The small horse has little place on
the average farm. It Is the heavy
drafter that Is able to do the hard
stunts that the farmer needs. Why
will he worry along with horse that
10 unequal to the tasks required OF
him?
Temperature is one Of the main
points in churning. Cream should
have developed about 30 C. C. acidity.
and have been standing at about
so degrees for four or five hours to be
in prime condition for bringing the
butter.
II used to be thought that the dairy.
man was the only one who could
probably use the silo but 1t has come
TO be recognized after thorough test
ing that silage is valuable in the feed
ing of all kinds of stock. and obtains
better results from the grain feed
than Is otherwise possible.
Bob White Is surely the friend OF
the farmer. Investigation has shown
that he has been known to destroy
60 different kinds Of weed seeds. and 1t
IN safe to say that FIVE per cent. Of his
food Is made up Of seeds harmful to
the farmer. This in addition to the
Injurious bugs which he eats places
MIN high in the ranks Of the farmers
friend.
That the high check rein Is species
Of cruelty which the humane horse
man will not permit Is generally
conceded. Prof. Minkler character
Uses the horseman who drives his
horse with his head mounted upward
and held in place by q severe check
rein a. heartless, and declares that he
should be compelled during warm
weather to wear q cuff around his
neck in the place of q low collar.
The silo is the dairyman's savings
pank into which he can pour the saw
inRs of the summer time and make
heavy drafts upon It In the winter
and collect handsome interest on his
investment. Almost the entire value
Of the corn cal be saved by canning
IN the silo. ana It provides q succulent
food for the winter which win keep
M the milk fiow almost to the point
where It Is when the cows are on pas
ture.