Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-06-24
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NIT FARM
AMaM,x III

Spray or whitewash the henhoust
this spring.
Good pasturage is essential to sue
sessful hog raising.
It takes 81 days to hatch goose
eggs. ten days longer than with those
Of the hen.
Heavy roads make hard pulling foI
the horses. Remember that, and &C
easy on them.
Don't touch the land when It Is wet
Il will practically ruin 1t II 1t Is q
slayey loan II you do.
Spoiled grain and dirty water are
poor encouragement to the COW to
give either quantity or quality milk.
Corn ground cob and all, together
with a portion Of oats, makes a good
feed, not only for cows, but the
horses as we'll
Calling the unreasonable weather
names and going around with thun'
der cloud on your brow and anger in
your heart never changed the wea her
Or made crops grow.
Don't think you know more than the
maker of the separator you use. Fol-
low the directions which came with 1t,
and follow them explicitly II you want
10 get good results.
The farmer who Is considerate Of
his teams during the early work Of the
spring is the farmer who is going to
get better and better work out Of them
As the season progresses.
All the tools and machinery in good
repair? Use the bad days to look
after .hese things, II you have not
alread! done so. Such work should
have bI en- done months ago.
Il is a good plan to rub the horses
of at night; to wash of the shoulders
under the collars with cold water, and
to let stand for half an hour or 30 be-
fore giving the grain feed.
Turkeys like secluded nests. A
nook in the brush heap or thickets
Is much to their liking. But they will
also take kindly to an overturned Lar
re. or to an inverted V-shaped coop.
II must be of ample size, Of course,
to give the turkey easy entrance.
Preparation of the soil il the first
step towards the raising of a good
crop, but 1t is Of no avail unless you
plant good plump, healthy seeds that
possess a strong vitality and are free
from all hereditary diseases. All
small grain seed, such as oats, bar
ley, rye and wheat, should be run
through a tanning mill and all weak
and light seeds and all dirt and weed
seed separated.
Manure is one of the by-products OF
The dairy which should be figured In,
In estimating the profits. AS farming
land becomes more scarce and high
priced, farmers In general are coming
to realize the importance OF making
their land as fertile and productive as
possible. The large, final profit Of the
dairy to the man who owns his own
land is the manure by which he is not
only able to grow larger crops, but to
Increase the fertility and actual mon
sy value of his farm.
Look after the collars. A majority
Of the shoulder troubles arise from
using collars too large. These move
and shift with every motion Of the
horse. Even collars that At reasona-
bly, well at first sometimes stretch and
enlarge with use, while the necks, as
they harden, grow smaller, even II the
horses keep in good condition, hence
chafing soon wears the neck, or Gre
ates shoulder boils, and the suffering
that follows increases the stress and
wear upon the animals vitality, often
To such an extent that great loss Of
Hesh follows. Frequently. even II
there is no break In the skin, Il is
practically impossible for an animal to
do its best in a collar that bears chief
~ on the outside front Of the shoul
ders, or against the points Of the
lower shoulder. rather than close up
al around the neck,