Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-28


have the horses you are using sharp
shod SO that they will not slip on the
icy roads.
It is not easy money which the
farmer makes, for farming is hard
work, but II is good money with not
the least suspicion Of faint upon IT.
The farmer who Ii content TO
guess" what his cows are returning
him is generally the farmer who COM
plains that dairying doesn't pay
well.
Strange, isn't II, but did you ever
notice that a bumper crop Is always
reported until II moves out OF the
growers hands and that then seri-
Gus shortage is found?
The spraying OF the orchard next
season should come in for considera-
ton at this season of the year. Plan
to do the work. 1t will pay many fold.
The initial expense may seem large.
but It is not when results are consid'
cred.
II wife don't happen to read Meadow.
brook Farm Notes, just hand her this.
1t will help to brighten the home: To
clean lamp burners put them in a ket-
tie and cover with boiling water. Add
a tablespoonful or so Of sal soda and
lump of I've soap. Take off and dry
the burners, then brighten them up
by the use of powdered charcoal or
brick dust.
Some chicken raisers ventilate their
coops through the chinks. Poor plan.
Stop up the cracks with good battens
or felt covering and provide ventila-
ton through windows or suitable open
ings. Chickens should have an abun'
dance of fresh air at night, but cold
draughts should not strike them. A
cloth drop curtain is good for zero
weather.
The old idea that an apple tree after
It has once been planted, should be
able to care for itself and bring forth
an abundance of fruit, can no longer
be maintained, since such q method ID
neither economical nor business-like.
Fruit trees of whatever kind or nature
need as much, or more, care and at
tention throughout the season, as any
crop grown on the farm.
A two-year.old colt should do no
more than haul an empty wagon and
then should not be wearied and ex-
erted for the colt is undeveloped in
muscle and bone and can be easily in
jured If not completely ruined. Heavy
pulling and straining Of any kind
should be avoided under five years OF
age. Three-year-olds can do lots OF
blowing, etc., but should
not do heavy pulling. Ring bones,
spavins, curbs, ETC., are often the re-
suits of hard usage at an early age.
Here is the point Of difficulty in
keeping a good dirt road In condition
in the winter time raised by a western
farmer who believes in the road drag.
He says: Speaking about making
smooth dirt roads, there is one condi-
ton that Is hard to dodge. 1t is
brought on by rain, followed by trav'
ell in the mud and wound up with q
freeze. The time between rain and
the freeze is usually about "a hours
at this season Of the year. This gives
room for a days travel in the mud.
During this day the mud Is too sticky
and slushy to be helped by dragging.
Ruts are cut by every passing vehicle.
The condition after the freeze can be
easily imagined"
Some western farmers think that
Secretary Wilson of the agricultural
is altogether too much Of
an optimist. After paying q tribute
to the splendid service which he has
performed for the farmers of the |
United States in hfs long service as
head of the government agricultural
department, one western farmer goes
on to say: Secretary Wilson's failing
runs in a queer vein for one Of his age.
He is given to optimism. His latest Ia |
to the effect that western farmers |
have more money than they know what |
to do with, in fact those were his very
words. He also says that the farm |
houses of the western farmer are
strictly modern in every respect and
are as good as need be made. In fact.
al through Secretary Wilson's inter. /