Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-07
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The neglected calf becomes the
stunted COW.
Prosperous farmers make a prosper
Gus community.
Feed costs money. Don't let the
animals waste II by careless methods
Of feeding.
Study your flock from now on with
view of sorting over for mating in the
early spring.
The satisfied farmer Is the farmer
who finds satisfaction and stimulus
In doing everything well.
II you want to improve your farm
land put 1t down to clover, field by
field. and pasture hogs on 1t.
Hens do not relish scratching in
damp, heavy litter. See that plenty
Of straw or leaves that are perfectly
dry Is supplied.
Now is the time to make up your
mind what kind and how many trees
you will set out in the spring. or
course you are going to set out some.
Keep the henhouses clean. Great
piles of frozen manure underneath the
perches is not a very good testimonial
for the owner and not much e0cour-
agement for the hens to do their best.
Leaks in old single roofs can be
more surely fixed by the use Of strips
of tin than by using shingles, as the
latter are apt to raise the edges OF
those about 1t and make the leak
worse.
Cows that are to calve in winter or
early spring should have about six
quarts of some vegetable every day
for two weeks before calving. II this
course Is pursued there will be no
milk fever nor any other of the many
troubles incident TO calving time.
One must understand their incu-
bator, and must keep close watch Of
1t, II good results are to be secured.
1t is so easy to be careless and lay |
failure of eggs to hatch upon the incu-
bator. The best Of machines require
intelligent handling.
Don't let your farmers meetings
drift into a mutual admiration society |
in which nothing better is talked
about than neighborhood gossip, which |
pats those present on the back and
criticises the absent neighbors. Make
such meetings profitable by taking up
real farm problems and discussing |
them.
Have you taken an inventory Of the
farm yet? No business house OF any
size in the world but that takes an
accounting of its stock at the end OF
the year preparatory to the new years
business. Does not the farmer need
70 know what he has on hand and
what amount of business he has done
during the year before he is in shape
to intelligently begin another years
work?
It's not Drawn alone which makes
for successful farming. Brains are
needed on the farm as never before.
The man who is going to reap the re-
wards which the farm can be made
TO yield must be equipped for the task.
He must not only have a pretty com.
prehensive knowledge Of the principles
governing agriculture, but he must pos
sess practical business qualities which
will enable him to market his crops
after he has raised them.
A Canadian inventor is said to have
devised a plow which cuts two slices
of soil as II passes through the earth,
one from the surface soil and one
from the subsoil The first layer Ia
turned over into a ditch cut by the
previous run, while the second layer
of subsoil is turned over on the first
layer. In this way seeds and weeds
are completely buried. while the rich
subsoil is brought to the surface The
pillow is formed with two shares. one
placed in front Of the other and the
rear one makes deep cut The for
ward share Is of such form as to force
the layer of soil It cuts to one side,
and at the same time turns It over.
Just how effective such pillow would
pruve could only be demonstrated by
actual uso II sounds good, but would |