Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-11-25

II the cows do not give their milk
freely take 1t from them, firmly but
gently.
The farmers wife's social life IL
lmmeasurably more attractive than It
used to be.
Intensive farming Of small areas
makes closer neighbors, concentrates
wealth and social convenience.
Neatness, In all departments Of the
farm life ought to be the farmers
motto. but especially in the dairy.
In any part Of the country the more
we use our crops to produce some
thing of greater value. the more we
will have.
Get the best appliances you can for
the dairy, but remember that the best
machinery ever made requires gump'
ton behind It.
The new agriculture Is one Of the
important occupations open to youth
and early experience on farm Is
good foundation for later professional
training In It.
Feed is too expensive to use spar
ingly. You get no real returns from q
mere subsistence ration. 1t Is what
you feed above that that really makes
money for you.
The business Of the strawberry
grower is to supply favorable condi'
tons and to direct the energies OF the
plant in such directions as will best
serve his purpose.
A large number Of farmers from
Finland, in the northern part OF the
Russian empire, are going into New
England and taking up the abandoned
farms in that section.
The Wisconsin dairyman who has
been experimenting with molasses as
food for his dairy COWS declares that
It increases the milk flow and i'm
proves the quality Of butter.
So in q woman's kitchen or sewing
room the utensils or materials should
be near at hand and always kept In
the same place, that no time or steps
will be lost in looking for them.
A tremendous experiment In sewage
farming will soon be undertaken on
the sandy wastes Of Long Island. The
sewage from Greater New York will
be applied by the irrigation process.
A newly stirred soil admits the air
to the roots, conserves moisture and
prevents the growth Of weeds. Every
shower tends to seal up the surface
and exclude the air. So we aim to stir
the soil after every rain.
The Rhode Island State Grange de-
mands a law which will recompense
farmers for losses sustained by the
enforcement of the state laws regard
ing tuberculosis and other animal dis
eases.
The largest alligator farm in the
country is near Hot Springs. Ark. 1t
contains about 500 gators. the largest
of which is Is feet long, and whose
age is estimated at 200 years. The
crop is sold to northern tourists.
Those who work out Of doors, next
to the ground" in pure air, suffer
none of the ills experienced by those
who toll in factories and sweatshops,
and the country boy who follows the
plow finds health and strength in the
furrow.
When animals get sick on the farm,
the first question usually Is, what
medicine is wanted? Now, medicine
has its own part, but no medicine will
effect a cure without proper attend
ance and nursing. while good nursing
will often bring a patient around with
out any medicine.
A shelf back Of the kitchen table
on which to place cups, spoons and
small vessels that are used frequently, |
the wash basin within reach OF the
roller towel, a drinking cup near the
water pail, all save needless exertion
and time that may be utilized for
something else or rest.
Farmers have a better way Of doing |
their work than in former years. They
live up in style since they are making |
lots of money. There Is another view,
however. Better living, better cloth.
ing and better lodging, and children