Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-11-25
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NIrD FARM
AMM,., III

1t is not so expensive to start pure
bred herd as It Is to continue with a
scrub lot.
Keep the soil covered with some llv-
Ing crop. Get in rye II nothing else
ean be used.
Keep the cows clean; keep the barn
clean; keep your yard clean; keep
everything clean.
There is no possession more desir'
able for a woman with children than
that Of a good home.
Milk clean at each milking. A little
care taken right at the start may save
serious trouble later.
Sterilizing means heating to 212 de-
grees Fahrenheit. It may be done by
boiling water or by steam.
Rain and snow bring some i've
pounds of nitrogen each year to an
acre Of soil. II Ia washed out Of the
air.
Gardening and horticulture are work
which may be easily done by women
and children, and there is no occuPa-
tfnn on hanaHofoI IN health
Iowa ships approximately 100000
900 of butter outside of its borders ev-
cry year, the surplus product over and
above the home consumption.
Ground oats and peas make fine
feed for any stock. It pays better,
though, to cut the oats and peas early
and make them into green feed or
hay.
Long ago, in Holy Writ, were set
forth the advantages Of dwelling under
ones own vine and fig tree-for which
last fine winter apple makes an ex-
ceIIenC substitute.
Some warm hog-beuses, buin before
cold weather comes on, will mean
saving OF feed and hog flesh-another
way Of saving, less expense and more
money in your purse.
II may be safely asserted that no
one with ordinary physical strength,
who has q house, a few acres Of good
land, and few hens, need ever suG-
fer want, far less starvation.
In a mans workshop his tools or
books are within easy reach in order
that he may accomplish the greatest
amount Of labor within the shortest
time and with the least exertion either
Of mind or body.
Crowd the fatteningg pigs along.
now. II you hold them till cold wealth
or, It will then take so much more
feed to keep them going, that it's a
question whether or not they will pay
for what they eat.
There are many advantages in hav-
ing cows come fresh in winter when
all dairy products sell at high price
In many places the price of butter is
from Is to so per cent. higher in win.
ter than In summer.
Don't let cold weather catch you
mapping. The first freeze is the one
that always plays the sneaking, dam
aging tricks on fellow. So wake up
and take notice Of what ought to be
done before winter; then see that you
do that in good season.
The man on q farm will work in
the cold and complain but very little,
while the man in town will sit around
the warm fire and make all kinds Of
complaint Of the intense heat The
reason for this is that one has time to
complain and the other has not.
It is astonishing to any who have.
not learned by actual experience, how
much easier It is to live in comfort
how much farther the same amount Of
money viii go-in the country than In
the city. where everything. even pure
water. must be paid for In cash.
The number Of people is small
who, knowing that through their fault
some mistake Of an injurious nature
has been made, would want only to
attach the blame to innocent parties.
This Is generally done thoughtlessly
and ignorantly, albeit In. good faith.
The idea Is to examine ourselves and
FatLOds before coademning another.