Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28
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Feed the pigs all they will eat up
clean three times day.
insufficient feed and poor shelter
will ruin the most promising heller.
The wise feeding of corn to the hogs
will give you better profits than II the
corn were sold.
Breeding ewes should be fed Q ra-
tion which includes oats, wheat bran,
linseed meal, clover hay and roots.
In planting an orchard remember
that the soil should be as carefully
prepared as for any other important
crop.
Chest protectors on the work team
will prove a source Of comfort to the
animals and will lengthen their work
days.
The neglected colt or calf will prove
profitless. To get your money out OF
either you must provide right condi'
lions and keep them growing.
A little grain every day for the
horses during the idle season Is grain
well-fed. Remember also that change
from heavy work feed ration to the
lighter ration of the dull season should
be made gradually.
A 13-year-old Nebraska boy had an
exhibit at the Omaha corn show. Out
of corn and corn stalks he had made
a miniature house, two barns and a
windmill. Ten to one that boy has
been anchored to the farm by the right
kind of encouragement.
The feed and care of the colt Is al
most of as much importance as the
breed. A pure bred colt can be
ruined by neglect and colt Of fair
grade stock can be made a clipper
by the proper care. Care in other
words is needed in raising any kind OF
a colt with profit.
Keep the young trees growing
straight. II 1t is found that young
fruit trees lean over when the soil IL
wet, stake and tie them in an up
right position to prevent them from
leaning permanently. Often young
tree will be whipped about by the wind
and form hole in the soil at its base.
Such holes should be promptly filed
and the tree Strengthened to a right
position.
The determination on the part OF
great many farmers to feed nothing
but farm grown crops upon the farm,
is one that has made 1t extremely diff
ficult to select rations suitable for fat
tening growing hogs in a dry lot,
which are available and will meet with
approval. Skim milk will serve this
purpose as well, or possibly better,
than any other farm product, but 1t
rarely ever Is available In sufficient
quantities for extensive use in feeding
hogs.
Most farms OF good size can use
gasoline engine to profit. Some still
hold the opinion that there is no use
- 800, I,trd ~ y0wor IN tho firm huf
one operated by horses. Where q
small amount of grinding is done, this
Is probably the case, but the man who
feeds from one to three carloads OF
cattle q season and makes practice
of feeding his work teams chop, needs
a power he can use when the track is
muddy or even when 1t Is storming
outside. A gasoline power outfit re-
quires only a small roof space to cover
all.
"Roughing" horses through the win
ter is coming, kept through the
winter In this way horses should be
given shed for shelter, preferably
one opening to the south. AS feed
II was found at the Utah experiment
station that alfalfa alone was SUM-
cient for maintenance. Well-cured
clover hay with some corn fodder
(staIk and ears) may be used. but q
small amount Of grain Is advisable.
Timothy hay, and corn stover is not
a satisfactory ration for "roughing"
horses through the winter. They need
more protein, which may be supplied
in. the form Of some leguminous crop.
Horses that have been treated In this
way should be given grain and exer-
else at least six weeks before being
put to work =