Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-11
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be high and dry.
Storms are not conducive to good
sheep health.
Introduce new blood into your mock
his year. Breed up. not down.
Sheep pay a good dividend On the
money invested In them II properly
handled.
The trained brain Do we'll az the
hardened muscle are needed upon the
larm.
Wheat bran and . little oil meal to-
yether with an occasional feed OF
'oots is good for the brood mare.
The horse that objects to the curry
.omb has probably been hurt by cruel
pr careless handling. Be sure that
he young horses are not spoiled In
his way.
One solution Of the farm labor prob.
EN- is to introduce every labor-saving
ievice possible and to so simplify the
work as to be able to get along with
ess outsids help.
II you have not already done 30 1t
s time for you to 60 all over the in.
:ubator. Clean It up and test 1t out
or couple Of days before putting the
Eggs In It.
The man who says there IL no mon.
~ in pure bred poultry needs to be
reminded of the New York poultry
.aiser who not long. ago sold rooster
Tor $500 and another for $1,000.
Troughs for the sheep save lots OF
grain. Easy to nail two boards to-
yether in a v with couple Of short
pieces across the ends to keep them
light side up.
It is one thing to raise stock and 1t
s another thing to market them profit
IDLY. Be wise in breeding and feed
ing, but be wise also 40 to market
conditions.
The best stove you can put In your
poultry house to keep the hens warm
q lot of litter in which grain is
Iprinkled, and for which the hens will
Icratch and sing in the crisp air.
Read your farm paper as well as
Meadowbrook Farm Notes. We give
You nuggets of farm wisdom here and
voi need also the longer articles on
agricultural science to be found in
vour farm papers.
Many a man has good intentions
lolted out Of him by rudeness on the
part of others. 1t is just so with the
arm animals. You jolt them with
/ rough word or q blow and they just
ret out of the notion OF being thrifty
You can arrange the box in which
Vou keep your Matching eggs 80 that
he entire box can be turned over
and save handling each separate egg.
But remember that the eggs should
be turned every day or two to pre-
Vent the yolk settling.
Roup and chicken cholera germs
may remain In the soil for months.
After an attack of either disease bet
ter to remove the chicken house to
new location, II possible. II this is
not possible, sprinkle house and
grounds with air-slacked mine.
Cultivate the apple orchard. In
the opinion of some of the most sue
cessful orchardists the grass mulch
system is an invention of the devil
to tempt the lazy man. The toughest
land can be titled. Don't let few
etumps anu TocAs scare you OUT
The practice OF having silage for
summer feeding when the grass fails
is growing. Some are afraid Of silage
spelling In the summer. but II the
silo Is handled rightly. there will be
no more waste In summer than In win
ter. To prevent silage from spelling
in hot weather, after the Gays feed
has been removed. take q garden rake
and brush over the exposed. surface,
30 that the first inch will be left rough
and open. This win allow the surface
sIlags to slightly dry and eRectuaily
prevent mold