Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-11-18
NJ FARM
AMM,~ III

Don't let the garden 60 ragged.
II is not a question Of whether we
can afford silo, but rather can we
AFFORD to do without one. Better plan
now for one.
This husking, bundling and storing
should be done as early as possible
as the fodder will not have lost any
Of its feeding value.
The general appearance OF ship
ping package aids greatly In making q
sale in the market Use only new
cases and place only uniform sized
fruit in these packages.
The colt may be weaned at from
five to seven months Of age, according
to its habits Of eating and its physical
condition. The sooner It learns to eat
grain and other nutritious feeds, the
sooner 1t may be weaned.
A number of tests to determine
which is more Notwithstanding oats
with disk drill, or broadcasting, has
recently been made. The results were
all in favor Of drilling. A study OF
the root systems Of young oats gives
US the reason why drilled grow much
more uniformly and therefore yield
more bushels per acre than broadcast
oats.
AS a soiling crop cowpeas are very
satisfactory. AS they should not be
planted till the soil and weather are
warm the crop is not available for
feed until the latter part Of summer,
when they ill q place In a we'll
planned system Of soiling and furnish
an abundance of succulent green feed,
although. perhaps. less palatable than
alfalfa.
1t is a fact that sheep can do On
less water than most other domestic
animals, but they cannot do entirely
without It. 1t is a lack Of good man.
Rgement to allow them a shortage Of
water during the dry season. Those
who allow their sheep to exist on
brush and weeds without water dur
ing the dry months will find that their
animals will be in thin flesh and in low
physical condition for entering the
winter.
The cowpea IL sometimes sown In
combination with other crops. such as
corn, Kafir corn and sorghum for hay.
When planted in these combinations
there is danger Of the cowpeas becom-
ing stunted In growth If the crop with
which It is combined Is planted too
thick. Sown broadcast, cowpeas often
make little growth with these crops,
but when planted In rows with corn
and cultivated the growth Is quite sat
isfactory.
Now that the seasons rush Is over,
take q vacation and 60 camping or
fishing for two or three days. Take
plenty Of feed along for the horses and
let them rest while you are resting.
The value of an outing is in the change
Of surroundings and forgetting to
think about your business. With
pole and fishing line, thinking is easy,
and the mind becomes rested and re.
freshed. Camp life soothes the nerves
and makes the whole being stronger.
Wheat Is selling at the highest
prices for many years, and farmers
are glad Of that. But the grain 70
not the only value in the wheat crop.
The straw is worth much II properly
handled. Il makes fair rough winter
feed for a variety Of live stock, and
Il is the best of bedding for all kinds
OF farm animals. Straw should be
stacked so that It will not spoil and
SO that It will be good for bedding
during the winter and spring, when
most bedding is needed.
Cowpeas make excellent hay. which,
II properly handled, is equal to alfalfa
In nutritive value. although, as a rule.
COWS do not eat cowpea hay a. readily
as they do alfalfa. When sown for
hay It Is usually preferable to plant
It in close drills, requiring about one
bushel to the acre. and when 30 plant
ed the plants have tendency TO grow
more upright, which makes the crop
more easy to cut with the mower. II
grown IN rows. although the produc-
ton Of forage may be rs great, Il Il
more dimcult to harvest. and as the
ranker growth Of the individual plants
cften makes the hay more Weedy.