Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-14
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Keep the feed yards clean.
Pure water for the animals must
be the rule.
A dull sythe is poor encouragement
to rapid work.
Breeding from the best is the surest
way Of having the best.
When pastures are short give the
sheep a small grain ration. 1t will
pay you.
The time to harvest the onion crop
Is when the tops wither and turn vel
low and fall over.
Sponge the back Of the horse after
removing the saddle and you will
have no swellings or sore spots.
One pound Of tobacco stepped IN
two gallons of vinegar is said to be
o most excellent remedy for lice on
cattle.
Scatter the fertilizer well away
from the trunk of the trees, for 1t is
there that the feed roots will be
found.
A balky horse may offer good op-
portunity for the cultivation OF pa
thence, but that is about all. 1t won't
pay to keep him.
The early frosts are the foretaste OF
the weather which will soon be upon
us. Take q look ahead and be sure
that you are ready for winter.
Next the fair, then the fall plow-
ing and sowing and finishing up upon
the harvesting and then the winter
time Of reading, studying and plan
ming for the next years work.
What you put into your farm rather
than what you take out determines
how good q farmer you are. Ex-GoV.
Hoard of Wisconsin put 1t about right
in q recent speech when he said:
"The way. we look at farming is all
wrong. Our philosophy is false. We
do not see that we must build up
rather than destroy If we hopeNto add
to our fortune in the end. must do
two things on my farm and do them
constantly: /. Build up my soil; spend
money, time and labor on 1t. 2. Build
up the efficiency and productiveness
of my herd by wise breeding, feeding
and care"
Average milk Of good quality should
contain about 81 per cent. Of water
and 13 per cent. solids. Milk con-
tains bacteria of many kinds and in
varying numbers. They cause the
souring Of milk as well as the ripen-
ing of cream and cheese and produce
many other changes in the appear
ance and flavor. The number pres
ent in freshly drawn milk varies enor-
mously with the conditions Of milk
ing, and, as they are greatly In
creased with dirty and careless hand
ling, cleanliness in all matters per
tanning to the milking and marketing
of milk and keeping it in the home
cannot be too strongly insisted on
Disease germs, notably those Of ty
Dhoid, dIphtheria, scarlet fever and
tuberculosis, may also be carried II
milk. SO that the purity Of the sup
pIy is of vital Importance to every
family and community.
Early and late blight on potatoes
are common in most sections. Effec
tive treatment is preventive rathel
than curative and must be begun
early. II your fields have suffered
this wear either from early or lat
blight study the conditions CAREFUL,
and then plan another season q
anrav thoroughly. The vines shoult
be sprayed every two or three weeks
or oftener II rains have come AMI
washed the coating Of Bordeaux on
tate potato blight is often respon
aIble for wet rot Of tubers in the bin
Its progress on stored potatoes I
checked by busting them with air
sIalEed lime. The cost Of spraying
notatoes is about 81 per acre and tn
1aID from i've 70 six spraying
amounts to an average Of about 81
Oor acre. When potatoes are thoI
oughly sprayed they not only pro
Suce much more Of superior tuben
but the tubers are less liable to 70
and future infection Of the potato col
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