Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-04-15
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ms are lost on wet mashes than those
Sept on dry feed.
Never mix warm cream with cold.
Cool the fresh cream TO the tempera'
:ure of the rest and then stir well to-
yether.
Corn ground cob and all together
with oats makes splendid feed for
COWS as well as horses.
Intestinal worms do not trouble
logs when they have access to box
containing hardwood ashes. charcoal
md salt.
II chickens are forced in the early
stages they will not make as rapid
growth as they approach maturity as
hose fed a more moderate ration.
One farmer who started with ce-
nent trough for his pigs has extended
he use of cement TO the building OF
silo, barn, and the next thing VIII
De cement house.
The use of a separator gives you
Warm, sweet milk for the calves. pigs
and chickens. and It Is worth a good
Zeal more as feed at that time than
when cold and sour.
II Is said that hogs weighing 275
pounds require double the amount OF
;eed to produce 100 pounds Of gain as
10 those weighing 35 to rs pounds. You
IAN easily figure where the most profit
les.
For the first few days after farrow-
ng feed the SOW lightly, thin, warm
,lop of middlings and oatmeal, given
I little at time. will prove all that
s needed. Then begin feeding oats,
peas, middlings and barley, and don't
forget the roots.
Soon the cows will get out onto the
grass again. But don't be in too much
Of a hurry. The grass ought to be
given a good start and the ground al
lowed to become firm. otherwise the
stock will cut 1t up and do more dam
age ten times over than the value OF
The feed they will pick up.
Eggs for Matching should be kept
1t an even temperature. Take special
care that they do not become chilled.
A room in the house that is moderate
~ warm is the safest place for them.
Remember every day to turn the eggs
that you are going to set. The easiest
way to turn the eggs Is to put them In
4 patent egg-box where each egg fits
snugly into a compartment, and then
all that has to be done to turn dozen
eggs Is to turn owes the box.
/ Soft punches on the knees of the
cows sometimes appear as a result Of
abrasions on the hard stable floor
when the bedding is scant. They can
be treated in the following manner:
Mix one ounce of lard and two drains
of biniodide of mercury and apply 1t
as a strong blister to the swelling re-
peatedly until 1t disappears. Some
times simple pressure with bandages,
applied an increasing length OF time
daily for some weeks, will do 1t.
There are honest and dishonest COM
mission men. This is the story Of a
dishonest one, and is reprinted from
Rural New Yorker that readers Of
Meadowbrook Farm Notes may be on
their guard: A farmer sent some goods
to a New York commission man and
failed to get returns. Finally check
! came, which was refused at the bank.
Then the farmer came up here and
hunted up the man. He found the
dealer, who pleaded that he was hard
up" yet" says the farmer. he was
smoking a fine cigar!"
Dressed poultry" means birds with
the feathers OF, but with head and
feet on, although some marketmen In
smaller cities want these of also. but
do not want the entrails removed I'M
I'll the bird has been purchased by the
consumer. Experienced buyers refuse
10 puI chase q bird in a market II II h
exposed for sale with the head and
feet removed, as II is very easy to de-
tect whether the bird was affected by
roup. chickenpox. or any kindred dis
ease at the time Of death. II the head
is left on. The legs are often removed
to keep the purchaser from noticing
the age or sex Of the bird.