Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-04

Oats make q good part OF O grain
ration. Good plan TO let them have
II right In the sheaf and to scratch It
out for themselves.
II Is the poultryman who knows how
to keep his chickens well, rather than
the one who is wise as to how to treat
sick chickens. who makes good.
Don't temporize with the sick chick
en-. Remove at once from the flock,
and II the ailment does not yield at
once to simple remedies chop on the
head and bury.
Don't let spring come before you
have been through the orchard and
picked Off from the trees all the insect
nests and cocoons on limbs or bark.
Easy to find them now that the trees
are bare.
Post up, take stock and lay plans
for the coming year. The successful
farmer not only knows what he has
On the farm, but how the last year
turned out and what he Is going to do
the next year.
You can pretty nearly guess when
1t is time for the dinner horn to blow.
The livestock and the poultry are
Just as good guessers as to when feed
ing time has arrived. Don't disappoint
them. Be regular.
You should look over the harness
from time to time and mend up and
strengthen all the weak an0 broken
places. 1t will not only prove money
saver In making your harness last
nearly twice as long as 1t otherwise
would, but 1t will make 1t safe.
Don't burn the cornstalks which are
left after the stock have been through
and stripped them. Rather run
sharp disk over them when the
ground is frozen and pillow them under.
In this way you will supply much hui
mus to the soil besides putting In
a very considerable amount of potash.
Next to poultry manure, the drop
pings OF sheep is the richest fertilizer
produced on the farm. It ferments
easily, and Is classed az a quick-actin2
manure, and when allowed to accumu'
late in the pens where 1t Is tramped
hard by the animals. II loses little fer
tilizing value. When placed in piles
or composts, as in the case OF horse,
manure, 1t is benefited by mixing with
cow manure. 1t is especially valuable
for use on vegetables, when quick.
acting fertilizer is desired. A sheep
produces about four pounds of manure
per day. \
Make your own harness backing.
Here is the formula for the famous
English brand: Three ounces of tur.
pentine and two ounces Of white wax
are dissolved together over slow fire.
Then add one ounce Of ivory black
and one dram of indigo well pulver.
ICED and mix together. When the
wax and turpentine are dissolved. add
the ivory black and indigo and stir
until cold. Apply thin. Wash after
ward. and you will have beautiful
polish. This backing keeps the leath-
er soft and is excellent for harness
and buggy tops.
The horse that is kept working dur
ing the winter should be well fed.
But the idle horse should have his ra'
ton changed both because over-feed-
ing wastes the feed and endangers the
health Of the horse. Many q horse
has died from having been highly
fed when being worked, and the same
feed given when he was idle a few
days. This is especially true of feed,
such as clover hay, bluegrass hay and
oats. A hard working horse that has
been well fed should, on being given
a rest for several days, have his ra-
ton changed. In such cases corn Is
better than oats as grain feed. and II
clover hay has been fed timothy hay
should be substituted.
Here is the prediction Of one agri.
culturalist who is close observer Of
the trend of things in farming COM
munities. What do you think about |
Il? I'VE believe the time will come
when farmers will not retire in. any
great numbeFs-to town. but will build |
cottages on their own farms, At them |
with all the comforts possible. keep