Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-27

Chicks In April mean eggs In Do
cember-that is II their chicks are
kept growing.
FIJI I'D the hog wallows and provide
n cement basin for the hogs to battle
In. II will pay.
In setting out strawberries spread
the roots out fan shaped and be care
full not to bury the crown.
After the sleeps wool overcoat is
removed be sure that they are not
exposed to sharp. chill winds.
II takes the right kind OF feed 10
grow good crop OF fleece. but when
grown II is money In the owners
pocket.
The bull calf can be spoiled by I'm
proper care. At six months OF age reg
ular exercise should be provided TOT
him, such as q tread mill.
Plant a shelter belt to the north
of your farming buildings. You Will
be surprised to see what protection
II will prove when we'll grown.
II skim milk is obtained from the
creamery II should be sterilized to
make certain that you are not bring
ing tubercular germs onto the farm.
II you are feeding the calf skim
milk, put something else In to take the
place OF the fat removed. Oil meal Is
good. A little corn meal is also good.
i The habit OF calves sucking each
others ears would not be so easily
formed IL they were given something
to chew on, such as dry bran, for In
stance.
Always room for Improvement,
whether in farm methods, farm crops
or farm animals. Rest not content
with the present standards. Always
aim higher.
II won't hurt to put the little chicks
out of doors II you provide dry shell
ter for them where the mother hen
and little chicks can take refuge In
time of storm.
Keep the sheep near the barn at
night and In an Enclosure to which
dogs cannot easily gain access. The
dogs are not apt to bother the sheep
II kept near the barn.
Any sudden change in diet OF the
farm animals Is q shock to the system
which will take the animal some time
to recover from. Begin the changes
from winter feed to grass. gradually.
You can injure the best-bred dairy
calf by injudicious feeding. II you
give 1t the whole milk and feed corn
timothy and other fattening foods, you
will tend to develop beef-making hab
its which check the development Of
the milk organs.
| Gardening and poultry keeping &C
well together. No, don't keep the chick
ems in the garden, but keep the chick
ems on the cuttings from the garden
There is always some green food fol
them. which, IL the chickens were moi
there to eat, would be wasted.
II On the farm, where It Is the wise
policy to give the chickens the range
OF the land, 1t Is wise to fence In thu
garden plot with wire fencing. 1t vii
save the garden from many foraginl
expedition on the part Of the chickeni
and will keep you from doing lot o
worrying.
, Now is the time Of year when thu
struggle comes with the young tur
keys. They are hard bird TO raise
sometimes, but give handsome prof
where one is successful. Leave tn
newly-hatched birds in the nests
couple of days, and then remove to
pen built Of 12-inch boards out In tn
grass. Keep them there until they ar
able to fly over. Feed as you woul'
young chicks. When they get t
. roaming of be sure they are brough
, up every night until they are a mont
old, when they will not be any furthe
trouble. It is well to keep feeding
! them q little every night in order t
keep them in the habit Of returning t
the house.
A whitewash which for many pul
, poses Is equal to paint can be mad