Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-12-02
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the coming winter.
Cows that are allowed to 60 dry too
long never attain their best.
Do not depend upon the frost-bitten
pastures, but begin with good ration
In the stable.
Goats require more salt than sheep
owing to the more astringent charac'
ter of their food.
Every COW must go into winter
quarters in the pink of condition or
there will be a serious loss.
AS the cold nights come. do not
leave the cows out to sleep on the
damp ground where they may be
chilled.
Nearly all vermifuges are more or
less poisonous in one way or another
and gasoline, properly used, Is not par
ticularly dangerous.
Telephones are becoming as co.e.
mon in the country as mail boxes, and
save both husband and wife many a
days journey to town.
For the long, round worms, which
inhabit the small intestines Of the
horse, nothing proves Llore efficient
than spirits of turpentine.
For a family Of young children
there is no place like the country. 1t
is their natural domain. Everything
contributes to wholesome growth.
An easy way to fight lice is to drive
down posts in the yard; wind an old
bran sack soaked in crude kerosene
about 1t and let the hogs do the rest.
Better men and women are certain
to reeult from rural childhood-and
this Is surely a big source Of salts
factiGn to the wise mother on a farm.
The usual dose of gasoline for stom.
ach worms is: Lambs, one-fourth
ounce; sheep, one-half ounce; calves,
one-half ounce; yearling steers. one
ounce.
Good country roads enable the
women folk to drive without risk or
discomfort-to pay visits in the
northumberland to take an outing
when they like.
Pigs are not we'll protected by ma
ture, and to thrive they must have
warm winter quarters free from
drafts. They must have good range
for exercise, but they must have warm
quarters in which to sleep
Cattle and sheep win often bloat
when turned onto clover pasture In
the fall II is caused by their eating
too much Of the green plant The
bloat may be reduced by giving the
animals subject to It some dry feed.
Regular sailing also helps.
A member OF the country life com
mission says the worst agricultural
conditions OF this country are in the
south, because the farmers have
robbed the soil Of its -humus by grow.
ing cotton and tobacco exclusively for
more than hundred years.
The brush.eating instinct of the An.
CORA goat is being successfully demon.
strated on Lassen national forest In
California, where they are cutting
trails for IRE guards through the
brushy areas on the slopes of the
mountains.
Good land-and there are millions
of acres of It still available in this
country at a moderate fgure-is the
best form OF insurance not only for
the family in event Of your death but
for yourself during life, while you can
enjoy it to the full. No better legacy
can be left TO your children. -.
eli IL estimated that conditions on
the farms Of Missouri have improved
so per cent during the last ten years,
The old.fashioned farmer. who used
to spend half his time shooting squir-
reis in the woods, has taken TO study
mr. the agricultural newspapers and
college bulletins, and bis wife end
children have learned that farm ilfe
can be Tntds pleasant Is vel - prof
liable.