Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-02

Crimson clover is the ideal orchard
cover and green manure.
Select large sheep for breeding
ewes, for siEe tells in the offspring,
Skim milk and clover pasturage
will make profitable pork out OF your
pigs.
Corn should be cut out of the IA
tons for the chickens during the hot
weather.
Turn the horse that is not given
regular work loose in the paddock for
part Of each day.
II you have never tried a field Of
alfalfa, get the ground In shape and
plan to make the start next year.
Make the trees Of the orchard send
their roots deep into the soil by hav
ing the soil welldrained, and by deep
blowing.
Select land which is well drained
for the orchard, for 1t is drier In wet
spells and moister in dry spells than
other lands.
Nitrogen promotes growth and for
this reason should be used with eau
ton in the orchard where fruit rather
than wood is desired.
How are the roads in your section?
Set a good example and put them IN
good condition alongside your place.
It will encourage others to like SER
vice.
Don't try to make the weather, just
keep busy trying to fit your work into
the weather an all wise providence
provides and all will come out right in
the end.
During the hot days Of the summer
be particular about the barn and
barnyard. Keep both scrupulously
clean. Make the breeding places for
flies as scarce as possible.
In the warm weather 1t is a good
plan to churn every day. This avoids
the necessity Of mixing the different
days cream and insures better fla
vored butter.
Look out for the farmer whose
chickens scatter and run every time
he passes through the barnyard. He's
ill.tempered and is pretty good man
to leave alone.
Sod.bound orchards cannot be ex'
pected to be productive. Break up
the ground and give covering Of ma
lure. You will be surprised at the new
vigor which your trees will display
another season.
Sod is sometimes allowable in ap
pie and standard pear orchards, but
never in other fruit plantations; but
even then it should be pastured close
" with sheep or hogs. II the stock
Is fed at the same time, the land win
fare better.
Join the boosters club and give
your neighbor a good boost every
chance you get. You will be sur
prIsed how many boosts you Will get
in return for the favors you bestow
upon others. That is a poor motive
for extending the helping hand, but
nevertheless such service always
brings its rewards.
Cement paint which is easily spread,
hardens without scaling and will not
wash on, can be made as follows, the
formula being for one barrel Of the
paint: One-half bushel white lime,
three pecks cement, ten pounds um'
Der. ten pounds ocher, one pound We
nitian red, one-fourth lampblack. Stake
the lime, cut the lampblack with vine
gar and mix well together, then add
the cement and I'LL the barrel with wa.
ter. Let 1t stand IL hours before using
and stir frequently while putting on.
Hog feeding experiments by the Mis-
souri, station produced the following
results:
Corn ana bluegrass. 81 per loo
corn and rape. 3S4 per 100
| Corn and red clover............. 2.98 per 100
corn and alfalfa.................2 59 per 100
Corn and skim milk...s......... III per Jog
Corn and mlddhngs... ass per lOa
Grade Poland China pigs of so pounds
each were used In the experiment
and the nricea quoted were the cur