Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-07-15

30 as to air the cream" and keep out
1ies and insects.
You cannot afford to stint the ra'
ton as long as there is good market
for the products.
Give your neighbor lift when you
find a good chance, and you will find
he will be glad to help you out some
time.
The farmer who is always finding
fault with the weather has most
uncomfortable time Of it, and 1t doesn't
help. him In the least in overcoming
the conditions.
Provide shade for the chickens. And
be sure that they have fresh water at
all times. Do not let their drinking
dish be so placed as to catch the hot
sun all day, and do not let 1t become
foul.
Better lighted farm houses, music
and inviting reading matter on the
sitting room table have done much
to solve the problem of keeping the
boys on the farm. Make home attrac.
tive, and don't crowd the work too
hard.
It is safe to say that in every
dairy where record is not kept and the
farmer does not know what the indi-
vidual COW is doing that there are
cows which are robDing their own
ers right along. It will pay the farm
er to know what each animal Is do
ing for him. Why milk and feed an
Improbable COW?
A one-Quarter-inch rope IL large
enough in throwing a COW II 1t Is used
properly. The animal to be thrown 10
confined by the head, one end Of the
rope tied to the horns or about the
neck, a half-hitch taken about the AMI
mails body just back Of the fore legs,
and another just in front Of the hind
legs. Then by simply pulling on the
rope and Tightening the half bitches,
the animal will go down. Try 1t once
and see how easy the cow falls.
The practice Of dipping animals TO
rid them of vermin is coming to be
more general on the farm. Sheep
dipped as often and as thoroughly as
they should be, are very little troubled
by scab, mango and like diseases. The
external parasites are much more
easily combatted than are the internal
ones. In general, keeping the sheep
under the most sanitary conditions,
and in the best state Of health posi-
BILE, and applying externally and in
ternally, medicines detrimental to the
growth of parasites, will even in. this
day and age when parasites are nu-
merous, result in keeping a flock free
enough from them 30 that good profits
can be made. ghe man who is will
ing to exert himself a little along
these lines need not fear to enter upon
the sheep business nor continue In It.
Indeed in spite Of its drawbacks,
there is no other business that can
be conducted upon a similar capital
that will return as large profits II only
Il Is properly handled. II willing to
wage your share Of the conflict, let
not the fear OF invading hosts Of para
sites deter you from sheep growing.
The method Of a New Zealand dairy
man, Mr.. John Saxon, expert In rails
ing calves, will prove Of interest to
American dairymen. He says: When
calves are put on half new and half
factory milk they should then have
a small allowance of boiled linseed
When boiled for half an hour the seed
should be strained away before mix
ing the liquor with the milk, as the
seeds tend to irritate- young calls
intestines. Boiled linseed was much
used in England so years ago, and the
calves reared on whey and boiled lin
seed grew into first-class cattle. But
they must be carefully attended to
when young, and be sure they have q
paddock of clean grass to run In.
This consider one OF the chief things
IN rearing calves. Ny reason for I'D
vocating careful attendance Is this: II
see any tendency to bad scOur ]
scald one teaspoonful Of dried blood
for each calf and mix the same With
the milk. Usually a marked difference
e seen after the first dose. and they
seldom require more than the second
dose. But should the scour come on
again, repeat the dose. / am q be.
IIever in dried blood. and always keep
A On hand