Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-25


get on at. and want TO show Q
proht.
Brutality towards the cows cuts
down the milk yield and robs q farm
er OF his profit. he sure your help 10
not abusing the faithful animals.
A good ventilating system In the
cow stable would prevent dampness
and keep The hay from spelling In the
loft.
The scientific farmer has found that
the hog gives better returns when
housed and fed In Clearly manner.
Filth never did man or beast any
good.
Caustic potash rubbed well upon the
little knobs where the horns Of the
calf will grow will prevent develop.
ment and will save dehorning later.
The treatment must be given during
the first two weeks, however.
Dead Sheep orLive Ones.-Teacher-
How many legs has a sheep. John
N.Y." Johnny-"Dead or alive?" Teach
er-'Is II not the same thing?' John
ny-"oh, no; there is big difference.
A live sheep has four legs, dead
sheep but two. The others are shout
ders."
The reason sows eat their pigs IL
In most cases due TO the fact that
they have been kept too much on one
ration before the litter came. Give
q variety of food, especially during the
last two months Of the period, and
you will not be likely to have any
trouble with the mothers eating their
offspring.
For some reason thick sour skim
milk seems to have a greater value for
hens than sweet milk. This may be
due to the milk sugar not being digest.
ed and assimilated by fowls, or, pos.
sibly, the Tactic acid which is present
in sour milk may have an especially
effect. More experimental
work liz needed to clear up this
matter.
Let quiet prevail In the stable at
time. Don't get the cow to
stand over by giving her kick or
jab with your fist. Place your hand
on her TANKS and tell her to get over
In q kindly voice. Unless she is spoiled
by brutality she will do 1t and do 1t
for she wants to get rid OF
the milk In her udder as badly az you
want to get 1t.
Millet is good for the laying hens.
Beans are equally beneficial. Sor.
ghum and broom corn seeds will do
to add variety to the bill of fare. Bar
ley is about of the same merit. Pop
corn contains more nitrogen and phos. |
pilates than does the regular Indian
corn. Buckwheat is an egg-produc.
Ing food, but must be fed sparingly, as
It Is overwhelming.
A Pennsylvania dairyman who has |
kept a record says 1t takes $50 quarts
Of milk to produce calf that will
weigh 160 pounds at four weeks. His |
record of feeding 80 calves showed |
10000 quarts of milk, and for
which he received $4S1, or four cents
per quart, and the calves did the milk.
ing. He says the calves must be good |
ones-not little, runty Jerseys.
The apple tree needs care like other |
Fruit trees, II 1t is going to do well.
The old idea that once planted 1t
should be able to care for itself and
bring forth an abundance of fruit can
no longer be maintained, since such q
method Is neither economical nor |
Dusiness-like. Fruit trees Of whatever
kind or nature need as much, or more,
care and attention throughout the sea-
son as any crop grown.
Encourage the cats to stay around
The barn by giving them little milk
night and morning. The farmer who
them a little milk at milk
Ing time is stingier than the fellow
who stopped the clock at night to
save the wear and tear on the ma.
The cats system needs milk
when 1t is catching and eating rats |
and mice. If cats are given milk
at the barn, there they will
stay, and where they stay you won't
find many rats or mice. No farmer
can afford to raise grain at present