Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22

Provide screens for the house other
than the cheap cloth netting.
Time to get the mower in shape for
the haying season which is so rapidly
approaching. Sharpen up the knives.
The old cock and the young hen or
the young cock and the old hens mako
q good combination.
Dairy by-products obtained from the
creamery or cheese factory should be
sterillzed before feeding to the pigs.
II the house for the fowls Is per
mitted to become foul, you will soon
find that your profits will be minus
quantity.
A sour feed pail has wrought havoc
among the calves on many farm.
The time spent in scalding the pals
is well spent.
The well.matched work team should
not only be about equal in weight.
but should be about the same size and
have similar dispositions.
The best results from the farm can
only be obtained as the farmer studies
/ the individual characteristics OF each
field which he Is cultivating.
Too heavy feeding sometimes causes
paralysis in young pigs. When such
condition arises take away the corn
and feed only bran and skim milk.
II you have not facilities for pastur-
ing the hogs, be sure that their pen
is kept clean and that they are free
from lice.
Make every square rod on your farm
yield its quota of profit. Some use
can be found for even the poor strips
Study out how you can best use all
your land.
Night hawks in the poultry house
are found in the presence Of those lit
tie red mites and in the lice that In
fest the hens. If given free reign they
will suck all your profits away.
A piece Of canvas large enough to
stretch over a load Of hay comes in
mighty handy sometimes when sud
den shower comes up and you can't
reach the barn In time.
Experiments by the Iowa expert
ment station on the feeding Of silage
to cattle show that the silage-fed
steers made a profit of $4.10 per head
while the same grade Of steers fed
on the same food except silage. lost
$1.47 per head. More silos should be
built for summer use and 1t is not yet
too late to plan for the crop.
The most fruitful source OF contain.
nation in milk comes from the dust
In the air. For this reason too great
care cannot be taken to have the barn
as clean as possible and at milking
time to have as little disturbance OF
the atmosphere as possible. Handling
of feed and hay should be deferred
until after the milk has been removed
from the barn to the milk house.
This is Prof. Hackers remedy for
Scours in calves: After castor oil has
been given 1t should be followed by a
teaspoon Of Zenolium or in very bad
cases q tablespoonful He recon-
mends that the navel Of the young
calf as soon as dropped should be
bound up with q four per cent. disin'
fectant solution. Others suggest that
the navel of the calf be wet with
1900 solution Of bichloride Of mer.
curry corrosive sublimate).
The silo has passed the stage |
where its value can be questioned.
Such feed In combination with alfalfa
or clover with a mixture Of corn or
barley for grain. silage furnishes an
especially good ration, all grown on
the farm and cheaper than mill feeds.
The Importance Of palatability can
not be overestlmated, as It increases
the amount Of feed eaten and when
properly assimilated, the more the
animal eats the larger product 1t will
return.
Be careful that you do not use too
much arsenic in the spray used on the
fruit trees. Prof. Headden believes
that arsenic sometimes accumulates |
In the ground under trees that have
been oversprayed during series Of
years, until It reaches a quantity that |