Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-11-18

cows for year. Try 1t.
You cannot grow a good crop OF
grain and a good crop of weeds on
the same ground in the same season
The farmer who gets the best re-
suits from the cows is not In the
habit of supposing everything to be
right.
When the rain makes the ground
soft, dig out all the brush in the patch
of useless ground and plant fruit
trees. They will soon grow into
money.
A little brain work in planning short
cuts in dairy work will save an I'M
mense amount of time and big work
and time is money on the farm, as It
is elsewhere.
The farmers of Kansas plant 9,OOO,-
900 bushels of wheat every year, from
which they harvest about 74,OOO'OOO
bushels, most of which is ground IN In
to -four in the home mills.
"Dry-land" alfalfa is merely the
common alfalfa which through contin'
GUS culture without irrigation on arid
land has acquired more or less
droughtresisting qualities.
As a rule, it is better to set out fruit
and ornamental trees, shrubs, vines,
perennial roots and bulbs in the fall
than in the spring. or course. the
work often can be done as well In the
spring as in the fall, but many times
the soil and season are unfavorable,
and the proverbial spring rush comes
on so quickly that the job must be
sighted.
II the soil in which the plants are to
be set has been prepared and the
holes dug, set out the plants as soon
as they are unpacked, but If the soil
is not prepared, Immediately prepare
q deep trench, set the plants IN tt
spreading them out well-and cover
the roots deeply with fine soil. II the
soil is dry, moisten 1t SO that 1t Will
not extract any moisture from the
roots.
For setting out trees, shrubs and
any plants at any season, spare no
time and labor in preparing the soil
and digging spacious holes for the
reception Of the roots Of the plants.
for upon the successful starting of the
roots depends to a very large degree
the future success Of the plant. Pre-
vious to setting, cut on any Injured
or decayed roots and settle plant In
the hole prepared for 1t, SO that none
of the roots will be bent or cramped.
Two or three weeks time will be re-
uuired to complete the blanching OF
the early celery varieties, and the
boards must be kept in position until
the crop is removed from the ground,
after which they may be used again
two or tire times during the season.
II the celery Ii allowed to remain In
the boards too long, after 1t has
reached a marketable stage, 1t loses
in weight and flavor and is liable to
be injured or even destroyed by the
attacks of blight.
Pasture lands receive too little at
tention from the majority Of farmers.
II the pastures thrive and produce
good growth, all right, and then, II
they run out, and grow up in weeds,
the man thinks he hasn't time to look
after and improve matters. These con-
ditions are often allowed to exist till
the land has to be broken up and
put to grain Of some sort in order to
fight the weeds successfully; and
while few realize 1t, such lands have
lost their owners from two to three
dollars an acre every year they were
left to run as they might The stitch
in time" saves all this trouble and
loss.
In a recent experiment to determine
the relative value Of oats as feed for
horses, six mature grade Percheron
0eldinRs were fed on basal ration of
clover and timothy hay. three recelv-
ing oats and the other three corn az
a supplemental ration. Estimating the
corn to be worth 40 cents per busheI,
oats 30 cents per bushel. and hay IS
per ton, 1t was found that the average
cost Of food per hour Of work was 3.S
cents for the corn-fed horses and 4.54
cents for those fed oats. The use Of
corn to the exclusion Of other grain
for a period Of IS weeks was found
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