Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-02-25


Open up an account with the hens.
See whether they are giving you
square deal.
As a general rule, sticking TO one
breed OF chickens is better than trying
a half.dozen different varieties.
Calves dropped during the cold days
of winter should be blanketed to pro-
tect from sudden changes OF temper
ature.
The dust bath for the hens. Place
the box in the sunny exposure In the
hen house. My. how they will enjoy II
on bright days.
A Dig that is in constant fear Of the
boss of the herd will not be thrifty.
See to II that there is not too much
bullying among the herd.
A dry bran sack makes a poor thing
to brush the cows udder on with. IL
raises the dust and doesn't clean the
udder. Use a damp cloth.
The fellow who Is always doping
chickens to prevent their getting SICK
is pretty apt to have sick chickens
that sure do need medicine.
No methods are so perfect as 10
need no readjustments or changes
Are you sure you are managing your
flock to the best advantage?
Corn gets monotonous as a steady
diet, and hogs will become unthriity
where the ration Is not varied. Try
some of the silage for the hogs, II you
have It.
II is q good thing to separate the
pigs into lots of six or seven accord
ing to size and strength. They VIII
be easier to feed and will thrive bet
ter Tor 80 dolnS.
A circular piece Of tin strung
through its center on each end OF the
line from which the seed corn, bag
of ruts or dried fruit Is hung IN the
attic will keep rats or mice from
reaching them.
Where too many pigs are kept IN
one pen they are apt to pile one upon
the other, causing the under ones to
become overheated. This leads them
to get to the outside to cool of, which
causes colds.
Last thing at night after the hens
have gone to roost throw some wheat
into the litter so that madam hen
will get busy first thing in the morn
ing before you have time to get
around to feed them, and will warm
up over the search for the tempting
morsels.
II the plants have been in the house
window-box long enough to fill 1t with
roots, fertilizer must be applied either
in the form of bone-meal or rotted
manure, or preferably, by the addition
of weak liquid manure. This should
only be applied when the plants indi'
cate their need by check in growth.
Such a plan should afford satisfaction.
Scours in calves fed on skim milk
Is caused by indigestion brought on,
as a rule, by overlooking, but also by
feeding skim-milk in poor condition and
from dirty pals. Every feeder OF
skim-milk to calves must sooner or
later learn this lesson. He must learn
that II the calf has the scours the
feeder is not doing his work right. In
the case of scours, reform your system
of feeding instead of purchasing the
many remedies advertised, and In
dairy farming one Of the important
qualifications is the learning not only
of making but saving money.
Wrap the young trees with building
paper or with wood veneer If you
would provide the most effective pro-
lection against mice and rabbits. vari.
GUS paints and washes have been rec.
commended to prevent such attacks
but the majority Of them are without
merit, and some Of them are even
liable to kill young trees. Some OF
the washes require renewal after every
hard rain. In experiments with G
wash Of whale-oil soap, crude carbolic
acid and water, for apple trees. II
was found that in about 4S hours the
carbolic acid had so far evaporatec
that mice renewed their work upon
the bark. Blood and grease, said tc
give immunity from rabbit attacks.
would invite the attacks Of field mice
Livestock on the farm not only re