Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-08-12


Do not wash eggs to clean them.
II dirty, a little dry bran win rub
them clean.
A great many farmers like timothy
sown In combination with some Of the
varieties Of clover,
Salt mixed with tobacco waste will
encourage the sheep partaking Of 1t.
The tobacco is good to give relief
from stomach worms.
The better breed Of COW the more
diticult It is to raise the calf, but see
what you have for your extra trouble
after she is raised.
A calf every year Is a heavy strain
on a COW. Two calves every three
years makes of her q better mixer
and brings stronger calves.
Regularity in feeding and only IN
such quantity as will be eaten W
clean have important influence upon
the development of young pigs.
The cheapest and best means OF 70
storing humus to the soil is by way OF
green crops-preferably peas, beans
or clover, turned under as manure,
It is quality Of flavor in butter that
counts, and you must begin to put II
in from the time the milking Is begun
until the cream is ready for churning.
Preparing to attend some one Of
the agricultural fairs to be held near
you this year? Better do so. Plan
to go and take the wife. She Will en-
joy the few days OF.
II your fields produce about fifty
bushels Of corn to the acre you can
figure on its making ten tons Of silage
when put in and about eight tons
when 1t is taken out.
The campaign against the lice in
the hen house should have been begun
two months ago, but It Is not too late
to do It now, for the longer you let
It 60 the worse the lice pest will be-
come.
Dairying is good for sections where
the soil is naturally poor or where 1t
has been run down by careless cult
walton. It helps build up the soil. But
don't make the mistake Of keeping
poor COWS to build up the soil, for II
will prove losing business.
It is a great mistake to sell whole
milk OF the farm, for where the skim
milk is not kept to feed to the stock
one of the richest elements for ma
nure making is lost. Keep the milk
home by means of separator. Sell
the cream, feed the skim milk to the
calves, hogs and hens.
Can fruit be grown cheaper than II
can be bought? is the query we are
often tempted to put to ourselves.
This depends, Of course, largely on
the man, but certain 1t is that where
little fruit is raised there little is
used and on farms where there is
plenty of fruit the season through |
there you will find a family better
contented and better nourished.
Stomach worms are spread in Q
flock by the eggs and worms from
the droppings being eaten with the
foliage by the sheep. Lambs should
never be pastured on fields on which |
sheep were kept the previous season.
II new sheep are introduced into the |
flock It would be we'll to guard against
the spread of the trouble by pastur-
Ing the new sheep apart from the
rest of the flock until you are certain
they are not afflicted with stomach
worms.
Where prairie dogs are a pest any
method Of exterminating them is more
then welcome. The most effective
method seems to be by way OF poi.
sons, and Prof. s. A. Johnson, Of the
Colorado Experiment station, recon-
mends the following:
Strychnia sulphate. one ounce; potas-
stun cyanide. three-Quarter ounce:
syrup, one pint; wheat, one bushel.
oil of anlse. one tablespoonful. Dis
solve the strychnia sulphate in plat
of boiling water. Dissolve the potas-
stun cyanide in little hot water in. q
separate vessel. Mix the syrup with
the potassium cyanide and add the
solution Of strychnine sulphate, stir
ding the mixture thoroughly. Add the
oil Of anise. 1t Is important that the