Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-07

Cowpeas make good feed for hogs
and other stock and do the land good,
too.
Money In peaches II the right trees
are planted and planted In the right
place.
Provide lots OF litter for the hens.
Keep them busy and they will be
more apt to lay.
Founders In horses can be cured. II
is said. by administering large table
spoonful of powdered alum. Try 1t.
In the rich prairie soil apple trees
are apt to grow too much to tree. NJ
the expense Of its fruiting qualities.
Be sure your pigs are housed warm.
ly. They are sensitive to the cold
and will not do well II kept in cold
drafty pen.
Every year In which the garden Is
fertilized and the ground worked II be.
comes richer and more capable OF
growing crops.
To free cattle from lice, sprinkle
with wood ashes, rub with sulphur
ointment or whale-oil, or with petro
leum emulsion.
Some farmers who have tried II
think that the best way to get land
in condition for alfalfa is to grow
crop or two Of cowpeas.
II the wound left by the removal
OF the large limb Ia not covered with
paint or wax 1t will decay in a few
years and cause a bad place in tine
tree.
Not so much danger of overlooking
the poultry at this season Of the year
as there was during the summer
Feed literally IL you want to get the
eggs.
Heavy draft teams are not for fast
road travel. See that your hired help
does not run them on returning home
from town after the delivery of the
load.
Too much earth in sacked potatoes
Is judged as. adulteration by Kansas
officials. We've heard of sand IL
sugar but sand with potatoes is a new
Be sure Of the clover seed you buy
Some farmers In Ohio have suffered
The past season through sowing Eng
ish clover seed which was sold then
Tor red clover.
The cheap cotton gloves are boon
or the farm work folks. Buy them
,y the dozen pairs. They're cheaper,
md in this way you always have q
supply on hand.
Tile the land and drain off the sur
illus water which. If allowed to re
main, will sour the land, and when
leave the land hard and
Unfit to grow crop.
Every thing pertaining to the dairy
business will find place at the dairy
'how at Chicago in December. Some
" the finest stock ever before shown
will be on exhibition.
Doctoring stock Is seldom satisfac.
DRY or profitable. Better zee that by
proper care and feed they are kept
Healthy. An ounce of prevention is
worth pound Of cure.
Live steam Is the best thing with
which to scald milk utensils, but
where such is not to be had scalding
water will do, but be sure that 1t Is
lot to the scalding point.
An expert butter maker declares
hat cream should not be kept over
our days before churning eithernsum.
oer or winter. Cream week old
makes butter a week old.
The farmer who Is content to work
lis horses with Uniting collars, Is the
armer who Is always doctoring sore
houlders, and finding that his horses
an only pull half load.
In your feeding arrangements have
/ so that each animal has an equal
nance at the feed. Prevent crowding
" feeding the sheep In racks with
'artitions for each animal.
As soon as any animal shows signs
4 sickness separate from the rest and
nut on short rations and watch close
,ometimes a day or two on short