Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-02-18
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Like the bean q man needs snap
to be worth anything.
The long, steady stroke is best In
milking the COW.
II is nearly time to think about
getting the hot bed started.
In all your management OF the
flock let II be with the aim to improve
your stock.
A little millet scattered in the straw
will set a flock of hens to work rs
perhaps nothing else.
Weak harnesses are q peril on the
most tractable horse. They invite dis
aster. Don't trust yourself with one.
Never was a saying more true that
an ounce Of prevention is better than
a pound OF cure than in the poultry
business.
It's a little trouble to put the tools
back in place after using, but 1t saves
lots of time when next they are
wanted.
None too early to begin the cam
paign against the lice and mites. Be-
gin now and avoid the rush-that is,
the thrush Of the pest during the sum-
mer time.
Well-filled is not always well-fed.
The hen will crowd its crop full OF
corn, and will put on fat, but will lay
few eggs. To be well-fed means more
than just plenty of 1t. 1t means those
kinds of food which will 60 to make
eggs.
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The farmer may get along without
keeping q diary, but he ought not to
try to run the farm without keeping
some kind of accounts, as to outgo
and income. Too many farmers are do.
ing business by guesswork and not
by facts.
The hen cackles because she has
something to advertise, and when she
has properly announced the arrival Of
the new invoice of goods, she gets
busy to do another days business for
the farmer. What would the farm be
without the business hen?
The horse is no better than the feet
he stands on. For this reason look at
the hoofs of the stallion you propose
to use. II they are fiat and other
wise defective have a care. for the
chances are ten to one that the colt
you get from him will have the same
undesirable qualities.
Do you know which crops netted
you a profit last year and how much?
Do you know what animals you fed
and made money on? OF course you
don't II you kept no accounts or rec
ords. Quit such reckless methods. Do
your farming as the business man
conducts his business.
The young man who goes counting
and spends the long evening by the
warm fireside in the delightful COM
pany Of his inamorata while his horse
is hitched to the cold side Of wire
fence with little or no blanketing Is
more than apt to show q similar
thoughtless disregard for his wife aft
or the glamour of the honeymoon is
over.
It would be first-rate plan during
the leisure of the winter days to make
an inventory Of all you have on the
farm-buildings equipment, machin-
cry and stock. Know what you have.
Plan how best to work the farm, and
use the machinery, and you will find
that there will be q larger margin
between expenditures and receipts
than ever before.
Try growing Gala lilies this way.
Place thick layer of charcoal in the
bottom Of box Is inches square and
I'LL with leaf mold and a little sand.
Plant q Gala in each corner, and in
the center sink a six-inch hower-pot
with the drainage hole stuffed with
moss, and with q layer of charcoal
above the moss. Water carefully till
growth is well started, then I'LL the
six1nch pot once day with water.
II the lilies drink 50 quickly that the
pot is empty before night. refill. Wash
and shower the leaves weekly.