Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-22
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cultural college.
No need of coloring matter for the
butter now that the COWS are on pas
ture.
Farmers are more and more finding
that the automobile Is q valuable adj
tunct to the tarm, especially where 1t
is large and there is much running
about to bO done.
Alfalfa makes good food and nest
ing for field mice. This Is no reason
why you should not raise alfalfa, but
Is a hint for you to be on guard
against the mice.
Don't be 30 anxious to increase your
acreage as you are to increase the
yield It's quota of profit. Some use
ready own. Intensive not extensive
farming is giving the best returns
nowadays.
Flies will bother cattle In spite OF
anything you can do, but the pest can
be mitigated by spraying the cattle
each morning with the following mix
ture before they go to pasture: To
one gallon of kerosene oil add three
ounces of creolin and five ounces OF
oil Of tar. Stir these ingredients
thoroughly before using.
Rape is especially valuable for pigs,
chickens, geese and lambs. and every
farmer should learn its habits and fit
It into his farm rotation. 1t may be
made to utilize otherwise waste ma
nure, and in working seeded the
soil gets the sunlight and air. creating
healthy surroundings for the next sea-
son.
Three methods may be followed in
growing strawberries: In hills, IN mar
row matted rows, or in wide matted
rows. We prefer the second method.
Arrange the first strong runners by
hand, spacing them properly and Sc
curing each one in place with little
soil or a small stone. Then, when
each row Is full, cut of all additional
runners that may grow. Keep the
ground hoed and cultivated until late
fall. The finished row should not be
wider than Is or IS inches.
This is the convincing way in
which an agricultural editor pleads
the cause of the calf: when you get
to the calf remember patience. He
doesn't understand your deal-wheth-
er you want to veal him. torpedo him
or nurture him. Have a prayer
learned at the maternal knee-on
your lips as you proceed. Tickle his
Shiny, avaricious nose with the tips
of your fingers. AS you become more
deeply absorbed and things are dom,
don't forget the prayer. Hypnotical-
". your calm state Of mind will lead
bossy to the light, and humping his
timber spine, he will go for his mess
like a Jap after a Russian cruiser, ris'
ing at intervals to blow the token OF
his happy dip on the rim OF your bib
overalls. But remember, he's q calf
the same as you used to be-"
In starting in the poultry business
remember that no one can succeed
with 500 birds who cannot make 100
profitable and one who cannot make
ten fowls pay a good percentage Of
profit can rarely make 100 birds do as
we'll. Il Is the old story Of intensive
and extensive farming. The methods
applicable to the ten-acre market gar
den do not at the farm Of hundreds
Of acres; nor is the proportionate profit
of the latter as large though tho III
innate income Is greater. The poul-
tryman who cannot with few hens
and a cock secure about so per cent.
profit on the investment the first year
and 200 per cent the second year can.
not expect to make the average In.
come on a large flock which is COM
puted to be about S1.00 q year profit
on each bird. There are many poul-
try plants throughout the country that
average that, good years and bad, but
there are also many expensive plants
that are run on so small margin Of
profit that one year Of losses puts
them out Of business. Practically all
the big poultry plants in the country
started in a small way. Several
things are necessary to insure sue
cess. The first is the proper location
as to soil and climate, market and
shipping facilities. The right kind Of
birds must be kept and In this also
location must decide.