Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-06-17

CULTIVATION OF tue COTu btimulnSOS
growth and increases the yield.
While the corn is small keep the
cultivator going.
Always be on the lookout for the
new idea. Test II out carefully. and
use It II 1t is practicable.
In planting an orchard do not make
the mistake OF planting all one va
riety.
Not too late to plan that garden yet.
Be sure and don't disappoint the wom'
en- folks again this year.
Sow oats and peas in succession. 80
as to provide food for you until the
fodder corn is ready for cutting.
For the growing shoat try a mixture
of two-thirds shorts and one-third
corn.
The homemade liIne-sulphur wash
is still the cheapest method Of fighting
various orchard pests.
Sulphate of iron makes good dis
infectant and tonic In the drinking
water of poultry.
Try q solution of chlorate Of pot
ash in vinegar for the chickens that
are troubled with cankers In the
mouth and throat.
Poles limas while more trouble than
the dwarf kind are better because
they grow larger beans and are more
prolific bearers.
It Is safest to keep the mother hen
shut up on cold wet days. as she Is
apt to expose her chicks to the wealth
er to their hurt.
Make up your mind this year that
you will work out some kind OF sys-
tenn Of selection of the seed corn for
use next year In this way you VIII
be able to improve your crop.
Wipe of the cows udder before
milking. with a clean, damp cloth.
Much filth and dirt will thus be kept
from going into the pail and contamin-
ating the milk.
Cleanliness is essential in the hog
quarters, especially during the sum-
mer months. Filth breeds disease
and disease when 1t once begins its
work among the hogs is an expensive
visitor.
Spraying in the early part Of the
season seems like lots Of waste OF
time and money, but when 1t comes to
harvest and you note the larger pro-
portion of marketable fruit you are
then ready to admit that spraying
pays.
II the vermin get the start Of you
1t will be a desperate fight to keep
them in check this summer, and will
rob you of much profit, for hens can
not lay and feed a myriad of mites
and lice.
The pigs will early learn to eat
grain. and a separate trough should
be provided for them that the mother
cannot reach. Feed them milk, shorts
and a little soaked corn. Keep their
troughs perfectly sweet and clean and
feed only what they will eat in
short time.
Let the lack of proper ration or
undue exposure stop the growth OF
the young pigs and you can never
have quite as large or profitable a hog
as you would have had had there been
no setback. For this reason watch
them and keep them growing.
With the better judgment which IL
coming to prevail among farmers as
to the quality Of the breeding sire
there is coming also realization that
however good the animal may be he
must be kept IN vigorous condition II
he is going to beget strong posterity.
For this reason the sentiment is grow
ing to give the stallion and the bull
sufficient exercise to keep them
healthy.
The hard mixer is not necessarily
the poor mixer. However she is apt
to be poorly MIXED II the hired help
is left to do the task. and that means
she will get the name of being a poor
mixer. Stoekmen who know how to
handle cows that are hard mixers
oftentimes secure valuable animals at