Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-10-07

for the hens.
Gunpowder and lard is good for
scratches on the horse.
Cut out the old canes from the ber-
ry bushes and burn them.
Keep the pullets pushing ahead. Elk
ira feed now means early egg laying,
Half-starved sheep will clean up
brush lot but will not make any profit
for their owners.
Clean up the rubbish in garden and
orchard and burn. In this way many
harmful insect is destroyed.
A tired horse Is in no condition for
food or water. Give little time to
rest and cool OF before watering and
feeding.
Keep some of the oat sheaves for
the poultry this winter. They will
enjoy thrashing out the food Tor
themselves.
A small grain ration every day will
be more than returned in the milk
pail IL the COW Is in the profit earning
class at all.
The bad habits we notice on other
members Of the family are often but
a reflection of the things we do and
have taught them.
Milk should be cooled as soon as
possible after drawing from COW. 1t
will keep longer and have q finer
flavor when thus handled
Sudden changes in diet are harmful
to all farm animals, especially the
horse. With the lull in the hard work,
be careful how you turn the horses on
grass.
Bees, 1t is said, never puncture
grapes. They do sip the juice, how
ever, after birds and wasps have pune
tured the skins. Place the blame
where 1t belongs.
Unsound feet in a horse are gener-
ally indicative of a constitutional
weakness which is sure to appear in
the offspring. Therefore be sure the
mare and sire are both sound.
Without some system of accounts
how could the merchant do business
safely. And yet such business &C
counting is as important for the farm
er as for the merchant.
BE sure the bit is not so narrow as
to irrltate and pain the mouth Of the
horse. Such condition leads to un-
easiness which often may result in
the horse taking the bit in his teeth
and boiling in sheer desperation.
Here is a dust powder which Is
non-poisonous and is sure death to
cabbage worms, etc.: Air-slacked lime
with a good sprinkling Of fine table
salt. 1t can be placed in can hav.
ing a perforated top and sprinkled
upon the plants troubled with the
worms. This is a good idea to save
for next season.
A garden without fruit trees and
berry bushes is only half garden.
There should be enough for family
use in season, for canning and pre-.
serving and such like for winter use,
and some to sell. Starting with straw
berries, which come in very early
and the first fruit of the season.
there should be added raspberfies,
blackberries, gooseberries, currants
and grapes. The great advantages Of
small fruits are that they occupy
small space, are easy to grow, they
begin bearing early and the fruit is
the most delightful and the most
wholesome Of all foods. They are
an ornament to any farm or home
grounds.
Prof. o. F. Hunziker, head Of the
dairy department of the Indiana ex-
pertinent station at Purdue, and Prof.
q. w. Splitter, dairy chemist Of the
same institution, have just completed
experiments to determine the cause
of the low per cent. Of butter-fat in a
large portion Of the evaporated milk
on the market az reported by chem
lists and pure-food departments
throughout the country. Although
milk containing the required per cent
OF butter fat, when made into evapo-
rated milk, and an analysis by the
usual methods made shows n short
age Of from O.5 to two per cent. Of
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