Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-11-04
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q Market your eggs at least once q
week; oftener II possible.
Mares bred in November will drop
their colts the following October.
What q great debt the world owes
the farmer for the many good things
he produces.
Never keep more hens than you can
accommodate comfortably, because
they never do well when crowded.
The sale Of saddle horses in New
York city has been 20 per cent. more
during the present year than 1t was
last.
Give fruit trees plenty Of light and
root feeding room. There Is always
more danger Of setting trees too close
together than too far apart.
It may be necessary to have several
pens and follow a system OF line
breeding 80 that there may not be
too much inbreeding or loose breed
ing.
Coaxing little loneliness into what
have been waste places is modern
mission, which is expected to have an
influence in extending the reaction
toward country life.
Hay farming Is sometimes called
mining the land because 1t IL sup
posed to gradually remove and ex-
haust the fertility of the farm In the
same way that mining removes the
ore supplies.
One of the most common methods
OF blanching Is by means OF boards
placed on edge along each side Of the
row of celery. This method Is also
in general use for blanching large
fields Of early celery.
A horse that has been worked II
to IL hours during the day is entitled
to q good feed. Twelve quarts OF
oats, divided into three meals, and
from eight to ten pounds Of hay, given
at night, make good ration.
The apple maggot is one Of the
greatest menaces to the apple culture
and is one Of the most dificult pests
TO eradicate. It inhablts the interior
of the fruit and to destroy 1t means
the destruction Of the apple itself.
II hens are made comfortable In
every way and have only thee grow
ing of a normal crop Of feathers, and
are fed literally with nutritious pro-
tein feeds, they will come through the
moultIng period in good condition and
will be ready in short time to lay
eggs for the high market.
An experiment with milking ma
chimes by the Nebraska experiment
station shows that the majority OF
cows yield their milk as freely and
fully when MIXED with a machine as
when MIXED by hand, but with some
individual animals the use Of the ma.
chine is not entirely successful.
FAN is a good time to give the
farm q general overhauling. Espe'
cial attention should be given to haul
ing and repairing. The roads are
good and the fields solid where the
hauling must be done. It is better
time than spring to iix up the fences
aa the ground is not wet. Building
OF sheds and general repairing is best
done when the material and ground
are dry.
IN the eastern half Of the United
States black rot has proven serious
drawback to grape culture. Humidity
A. favorable 70 this disease. More
than 20 years ago spraying was intro
duced as a means Of combating thil
and other fungus diseases Of vines and
fruit trees, ana bordeaux mixture hai
been the standard fungIcIde from thu
first
IT'S not an easy matter to cure COW
uea hay, the vines. being 20 large and
40 fun Of sap. cure slowly, and viii
unfayorable weather the hay 3 apt 4
DAMAGE badly. Il not spoiled before {
e cured enough 70 stack or put IN III
NOW. The dlmculty Of harvesting anl
curing cowpea bay, re tendency @ y
come woody and the lover yield pc
acre, make this crop for bay pfodns
ton loss valuable than Alfalfa When
alfalfa can be successfully grown