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

ones.
The sllo enables tho farmer to carry
more head Of stock than he other
wise would be able to do.
Look ahead and remember to pro
vide wife with plenty Of help for har
vest time which Is surely coming.
The manure heap is not the farmers
bank unless he gets It out on the
land. Then 1t returns good inter
est.
Keep the cultivator going In the
corn. The yield will be increased,
and when the drought comes 1t VIII
not easily affect the crop.
With the garden well started, the
outlook is bright for the family table
this summer. Glad now Of the work
you put in on 1t, amt you?
In the presence Of high-prlced wheat
It Is comforting to remember that
rye and Injun meal" isn't at all bad
and makes good bone and muscle.
Have a place for the tools and see
that they are put in their places after
you have done using them. Many q
precious moment is wasted on the
farm by failure to observe this good
rule.
Make successive paintings OF corn
up to the last of June to keep a supply
Of green food for the cows, and so you
will not have to break into the silo
supply until the winter is fairly on US
again.
A successful raiser Of hogs keeps
part Of the sows with the cattle, and
for the rest he has a 60-acre pasture.
After the crops are out of the way
in the fall he gives the hogs the run
of the farm.
II the little chicks appear mopy,
look for head lice. II you find them
infested apply coal oil to the head
not too much--and you will find that
your chicks will brighten up and
prove more thrifty.
Tile.drained soil Is more profitable,
being more quickly gotten into condi'
ton for crops and insuring a better
condition all through the growing sea-
son. It is also true that crops IN
drained soil do not suffer as much
from drought as do crops In IN
drained soil.
Barley makes a very good nurse
crop for grasses, as 1t does not shade
them for so long O period as some
other nurse crops, nor is the shade
80 dense. Since the growth Of barley
is not SO tall as that of other cereals,
more sunlight is admitted during the
maturing period of the barley.
II you have much clover hay to
handle, provide yourself with a sup
ply Of hay caps made OF canvas and
use them In covering the hay during
the curing process. This will enable
you to put the hay into the barn IN
perfect keeping condition and will
more than save you the price Of the
hay caps.
Smear the noses Of the sheep with
tar to prevent the attack Of the ny
which lays the eggs from which the
grubs that cause all the trouble are
Matched. The sheep win tar their own
noses II you take log and bore two
inch auger holes In 1t. Place in the
holes salt and smear the edges with
tar. When the sheep go after the salt
they will get the tar on their noses.
You can get rid Of plant lice that
suck the juices out Of the plants by
Swinging or sprinkling them with to-
bacco water, made by soaking the
stems or leaves till about the color of
strong tea. Apply It just as the buds
are coming. Dust the rose leaves on
the under as well as the upper side
with ashes or air-shaked lime, to de-
stroy the green worms which skeleton
lie the leaves.
The Ontario experiment station test
ed field peas as a green manure In
preparation Of the soil for winter
wheat and found that an average Of
about SIS bushels more wheat per acre
was secured than where buckwheat
was plowed under. Thoroughly ripeRed
winter wheat produced a greater yield
of both grain and straw and a heavier