Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-04-15

Work the present farm we'll before
hankering after the larger farm.
Danger OF feeding too much hay &c
the horse. Be careful on this point.
Do not clean the barn before milk
Ing. II stirs up smells and dust when
injure the milk.
Good care of the farm as well as
good care OF the stock gives the farm
er good return for his pains.
A handful OF oil meal in the horses
feed once n day will act as good con-
dition powder and put his coat In sleek
condition.
Provide snug quarters for the ewes
with lamb, and see that there is no
place where the lamb can creep away
from Its mother.
The too.large collar Is about as bad
as the too-small collar. See that the
collar fits. The horses will pull bet
ter and there will be no danger OF
sore shoulders.
Try putting handful OF shelled corn
with the grain for the horse. II viii
encourage better grinding OF the feed
and the little corn will be good for
him.
| II in the droppings Of the horse You
notice that there Is much whole grain,
look 10 the animals teeth. Have them
filed so that he can grind his feed
properly.
Plan to grow your chicken to mar
ketable size as soon as possible, for
the amount OF feed required to pro-
duce a pound Of flesh increases as the
chicks approach maturity.
You can know without any one tell
ing YOU when the owner of horse
has been in the habit of clubbing 1t
over the head. 1t will raise its head
high and try to back. Such actions
tell all the story.
The good road horse needs good
care. When he comes in tired, wet
and dirty, rub him down and blanket
and use bandages on his legs. Then
after he has cooled off give him q
vigorous brushing and put him up for
the night.
Are your cows of poor grade? Don't
get discouraged and quit, or turn a
leaf ear to the arguments In favor OF
Improvement. Start in by getting a
pure bred sire II you can't do better
buy calf and rear him yourself. ana
as you get opportunity buy In better
cows and get rid Of the roor ones.
The farmer who prides himself on
his skill in bringing his cows through
the winter on the minimum amount OF
feed is generally the farmer who CON-
plains that the cows do not give
enough milk to pay for their keep. II
such fellows would try the plan OF
generous feed rations they would be
agreeably surprised how the COWS
would more than balance the account
against them.
Observations at the New Mexico az
ricultural experiment station indicate
the following ways in which excessive
cattle-grazing Is injurious to land: The
kinds OF plants preferred by the cattle
are eaten before they have time to
seed, and so die out, leaving less valu-
able plants to occupy their place. The
soil becomes so compacted, especially
near drinking places, that rain-water
will not sink in. The paths made by
the animals give direction to the flow
of surface-water and lead to erosion
Of the soil.
II troubled with reaches you can
keep the pests down II not get rid Of
them entirely by use Of trap made
az follows: Take any deep vessel or
Jar and place It where the reaches con-
gregate. Fill 1t partly full Of sweet
ened liquid paste. Then take several
thin, narrow pieces Of wood. bend each
one into an inverted Il. and hang them
on the jar-one end almost in the
liquid, the other on the shelf or floor.
The idea is to make several gang
planks" up which the reaches can
crawl, with a sleeper gangway inside.
down which they viii. slide into the
liQuid-never to return. -
Grain which is affected with stink
ing smut can be treated successfully
according to the Oklahoma experiment
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