Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-30

of healthy chickens.
Cut out the old raspberry and black
berry cane and burn.
Relieve yourself and watch the 9TH
er fellow for new ideas.
Soil washing is one Of the great
wastes which is robbing many Amer
lean farmers.
Alfalfa hay must be well cured be-
fore stacking or 1t will be apt to
heat and spoil.
A good dairy thermometer is quite
necessary where much cream Is
handled Test your cows.
Picnic lunch is fine, but don't for
get the horses that haul you to the
grove. Have feed for them. too
Alfalfa for seed should be cut when
the greater portion of the seeds are
hard, but not sufficiently ripe to she'll
Lots of chance for leaks on the
farm. Look out for them. Stop them
up as quickly as possible when found.
Wet ground can be successfully put
down to red top and alsike clover
The blowing and seeding can be done
during a very dry spell.
Know what your COWS are doing for
you by using the scales In Weighing
their milk and the Babcock tester IN
determining the quality Of the milk.
Better farming means better crops,
and better crops mean more money
and more comforts on the farm. Why
not study to improve your methods!
The colt, like the boy, is easily
spoiled, and it It hard to undo mis-
management. But raised right, colts
and boys prove one of the most proft-
able productions Of the farms.
Warm and cold cream should never
he mixed. Cool the former to the
temperature of the latter before put
ting together. 1t is a good plan not
to mix different days cream, whether
II Is of the same temperature or not.
Prof. H. f. Van Norman has been
made manager and secretary oil the
National Dairy Show association and
be assumes this Office full Of eDthu'
siasm. we'll prepared to discharge its
duties. and with the hearty support OF
the members of the association and
all persons who are interested IN the
deyelopment of the dairy industry, the
success of the fourth national dairy
show In assured.
An enthusiast on nut culture urges
that nut trees might well take largely
the place of what he calls the useless
trees which are at present planted for
decorative purposes In public and
private grounds" and adds: I'VE have
in America at least rs kinds of nut
bearing trees that are notable for
their beauty as well as for their
value" A good suggestion. Plant
some nut trees this fall.
Alfalfa is first cousin OF the clover
family. and a agriculture crop which
must be handled with especial care. 1t
should be cut when about one-tenth
in bloom. This gives better chance
for subsequent cuttings in the season.
It must be handled in such a way that
the leaves will not be lost, for II they
break OF, the part of the plant most
rich in protein is lost. Each season
two or three cuttings of alfalfa may
be harvested II care is used at each
time, and II the season Is at all
natural.
The egg which matches the larva OF
the peach tree bOrer Is laid In Au-
custom the bark at the base OF the
tree, says Prof H. A. Surface, and
after some days the larva, or grnb'
matches and commences to feed at the
surface of the bark, finally eating It's
way through and boring up and down
and across beneath the bark, often
cutting OF the total sap supply and
causing the tree to wither. After the
pests have passed beneath the bark,
they are concealed and can not easily
be reached with insecticides. They
should then be killed by cutting them
out, always cutting lengthEise rather
than crosswise Of the bark, or BY
piercing them with pointed wire.
Weeds often become a serious PEST
in agricultural communities because
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