Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-21
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Plan your work now for next sea-
son.
Grade your flock carefully. Keep
only the best.
A good mule sells for a higher price
than q horse. Raise mules.
Do a good turn for your neighbor
and you will find that It will do you
good, too.
The sheep need plenty Of yard room
into which they can be turned on
pleasant days.
A little oil meal for the sheep oc.
caslonally will prevent constipation
and will keep them in thrifty condi-
ion.
The farmer is not looking for pro-
lection or charity, but he does want
his rights, and he has right to ex-
pect that he will get them.
The calls first winter may make
Or mar the future COW. II she is only
half fed and insufiiciently sheltered
you cannot expect she will develop.
Many q horse has been permanently
injured by slipping on the frozen road
because smooth shod. See that his
shoes are changed to correspond with
The season.
Do something worth doing and do
It well and then feel proud Of your
achievement, but don't get chesty and
5ig-headed over the big things you
propose to do.
Stretches" in sheep are caused by
too much dry feed. When the sheep
are seen to spread their legs out and
stretch give bran mash and ali
ounce Of raw linseed oil.
Red ants, 1t is said, can be easily
trapped by means Of sponges soaked
In sweetened water. And then, when
the ants collect thereon, the sponges
can be occasionally dropped into boil.
Ing water.
Roupy conditions in the poultry
must not be dallied with. Either en-
ter upon vigorous course Of treat
ment or kill the affected birds at once
The disease Is contagious, SO that the
sick fowls should be separated from
the rest of the flock at once.
The Michigan experiment station
after tests found that when whole
corn was fed to cows % per cent. was
unmasticated, when fed to heifers ten
Der cent, when fed to calves six per
cent. Chemical analysis showed no
change in composition Of the unmas-
ticated parts. so It is safe assump-
ton that the animal derives no bene-
at from grain that passes through the
digestive tract unaltered.
Use the wagon for Tightening the
fence wire by the following method.
One of the rear wheels is raised from
the ground and the wire ID passed
once around the hub and fastened to
a spoke of the wheel. The wagon is
then braced by any suitable means.
and the wheel turned in the manner OF
the mariners wheel. In this way
DULL of 100 pounds on the tire will ex-
ert a force of 400 or 500 pounds on
the wire.
The cattle to be healthy must have
exercise. Turn them out into lot or
pasture every day which is not blus-
terry or stormy. No animal can remain
perfectly healthy and stand or lie in
one place all the time without change.
A COW constantly confined in a stall
may be able to give a good flow OF
milk for long time, but the confine-
ment is bound by natural laws, to
weaken her physically and to reduce
the vitality of the calves to which she
gives birth.
Do you know how much 1t costs you
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To raise q. calf? Prof. R. s. Shaw OF
Michigan kept track Of the first years
expenses of q Holstein calf. Here Is
the record: The amounts Of feeds used
IN that time were SS1 pounds whole
milk. 2,66s pounds skim milk. 1852
,ounds silage, 21s pounds beet pulp.
1854 pounds hay. 1,247 pounds grain,
1l7 pounds roots, IL pounds alfalfa
meal and 50 pounds green corn. At
the end Of the year the calf weighed
COO pounds at cost Of s2s.55 for feed.