Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-21

YET your uhHuTc Out ou tho iohW -
soon as you can.
Use the hen manure on the garden
plot. It will give you big returns
there.
Are you willing to be estimated BY
the same standards as those by which
you measure others?
Generally the fellow who Is always
suspicious OF the other man Is the one
who needs watching.
II possible provide water In every
stall. This saves crowding around the
water trough in the yard.
Too much guessing In dairying Is
sure to result in too little profits
Know what you are doing.
Watch the methods Of the man who
raises the most grain per acre. Fer
haps you can learn how does 1t.
II is unreasonable to expect that the
-overworked and rundown mare VIII
produce q colt of great strength or
quality.
A mixture OF lime, carbolic acid and
copperas is said 10 make good wash
to prevent rabbits from gnawing fruit
trees.
Have charcoal where the poultry
can get at 1t. Good plan to put some
powdered charcoal in the mash occa'
sionally.
Teach the heifers to stand and get
them used to being handled. A little
preliminary attention helps wonderful
ly when the first calf comes.
Warm the drinking water for the
COWS. The animal that fills up on Ice
cold water will slow up the milk-ma-
king machinery, and give less milk.
You will find it will be cheaper to
keep the horse in flesh during the win
ter than to try and bring him into con-
dition next spring after the pull down
caused by neglect during the winter
months.
When Pig Is Pork.-Passer-by-'Ts
that your pork down there on the
road, guv'nor?" Farmer-"Pork! What
dye mean? There's pig o'mine out
there" Passer-by-"Ah, but there's a
motor-car just been by"
Paint judiciously used on farm
buildings and farm machinery is a
money saver. One farmer who paints
his buildings every three years, and
the farm implements every fall, fig-
ures that he saved about 500.
Take an occasional walk through
the orchard and keep an eye out for
cocoons, egg clusters, etc. Pick them
of and destroy them. You Will ma
the insect pests next season will be
greatly reduced If you follow this
plan.
Some one who has tried It says pine
tar will drive away the rats His
method is to smear the holes all
around, using plenty of 1t, so the ro-
dents will get their coats well smeared
as they pass through. The first one
to pass informs the others, 1t is said,
and IL all holes are treated likewise
they will soon desert the premises.
Look out for the swill barrel. AS
commonly maintained 1t is not only a
menace to the health OF the family
but of the hogs as well. A better
method is to keep a couple OF good
sized galvanized pals which can be
easily emptied when full and then
scalded before they are used again.
In this way the danger Of providing
breeding place for all kinds OF germs
will be done away with.
The old.fashioned farmer still lin
gers, and declares that there Is no
money in raising hogs. And this Is
why he thinks so: He keeps ten
COWS, sets the milk in open pans ano
feeds the hogs butter fat worth 25 tc
30 cents per pound. He's losing the
price of a good hand separator every
year, and the discouraging feature Is
that he knows 1t. but is too set In his
old ways to shake on the moss and
make q change.
Why says 1t does not pay to spray
orchard trees? Read this report OF re-
suits obtained by the Vermont expert
ment station, and then resolve to try
q little spraying yourself next sea-