Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-22
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ripe than too green.
The dairy without the Babcock test
or is like the engine without the gov
ernor.
Cream that is ripe for churning pre-
sents q smooth, satiny appearance
when stirred.
The well.worn hoe 10 a good testi'
monial for the farmer. The rusty hoe
tells another tale.
Little things done In season VIII
tighten the big tasks and make farm
Ing more pleasant and profitable.
One farmer recommends quarter
pound doses Of baking soda for collie
In animals.
The fruit tree that shows q tenden.
cy to split at the crotch can be saved
by boring a hole at the point OF the
split and putting bolt through with
q washer at either end.
A two-inch hole bored q foot deep
Into the stump and filed with salt
peter to which water Is added and left
10 stand q couple Of months Will
hasten the burning OF the stump
The intestinal n0dules In nodular
disease of sheep have been regarded
as tuberculous in character. but are
now known to be due to the irrita'
ton caused by the immature form OF
an intestinal worm.
After harvesting the root crops turn
the sheep in on the fields. They Will
pick up many of the small roots left
behind. Surprising how much good
feed Is lost II the animals do not help
to pick 1t up.
Carrots are good feed for dairy cows
as we'll as other stock. When not fed
in too large quantities they provide
the best winter food for the milk cows.
The carrot is always greedily eaten.
by stock, as 1t has in 1t consider
able quantity Of sugar and no element
of bitterness. Carrots are also sup
posed to help color the milk In the
direction desired, but 1t would take
n good many carrots to accomplish
much in this regard. The effect OF
feeding carrots is very good on the
digestive system.
Hogs need clear water and plenty OF
Il. The amount Of water they natur-
ally use Is very great. 1t has been
found that q pig fed corn meal as
principal diet used about 900 pounds
of water to 100 pounds Of gain. A
mig fed barley meal used $500 pounds
of water in making 100 pounds OF gain
on that diet. Many pigs get little
moisture outside Of what they get In
the slop. They should have separate
drinking tank or trough filled with
water where they can drink whenever
they 80 desire. Even II they get an
abundance Of slop they Will drink
much water.
The appointment Of a commission
nv the president to study farm con-
ditions with a view to suggesting re-
forms that will make farm life more
nleasant and wholesome has afford
ed the humorists Of the country a
new subject for their witticisms.
Here is how It strikes the rhymster
ON the Washington Post:
We've been Investigated down to Pohick
on the Crick,
An / reckon that reform will strike IN
farmers purity quick:
we want the chickens taught to lay an
egg Just as they should.
Thout settin' up q cackle that'l wake
the neighborhood;
we want the pigs to break away from
customs Of the past
An learn to use a niger poWl ana NOT
TO eat 30 fast;
Ana COWS should be persuaded not to
overturn the pals
when milkin' time comes round. an not
be switchin' Of their tails.
we ought to make arrangements with
the weather bureau, too,
For hayin' rain turned on or on. accord
In az It's due;
IT'S a mighty glorious feelin' to be look
in toward the day
when well give up all the bothers Of our
plain old-fashioned way.
when we'll nit up on a fence rail In
some cool an shady nook
An help tho corn an 'taters grow by
readin' from book.
we've rolled our shirt sleeves down; no
body wants TO do lick
Until this farm reform has Ut ct Pohick
on the Crick,