Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-04-08

or IL Will prove mucn easier.
From the first OF April to the last
OF May is the best time to do your
Matching.
Alfalfa is as good for the hogs as
for the cows. Try for stand OF al.
falfa this year.
Early matches DO better than those
brought OF after the heat Of the sum.
mer has begun.
Garget or congested udder can be
generally relieved by hot applications
and vigorous rubbing and kneading OF
the affected part.
Good grooming. good bedding and
good feed will make the good COW
more profitable. DON: fool your time
away on the poor COW.
Concrete construction on the farm
Is receiving more and more attention.
Strength and permanence In anything
built on the farm is q move for econ.
omy.
AS compared with the old pan meth.
o, of raising cream, the separator Is
as far ahead of the old method as the
thresher is ahead OF the old fail
method Of threshing grain.
Look carefully after the cows that
are to calve this spring. Don't let the
bright warm days that we get occa-
sionally delude you into thinking that
there Is no longer need of shelter and
care.
Yes, II is some trouble and expense
raising dairy cows, but see what you
have after you have raised them, II
you have saved those from your best
cows mated 10 pure-bred bull. That
is the way to build up dairy herd.
II trouble with lumpy or stringy
milk try this treatment: First give
a thorough purge. say a pound of
Glauber's salts. When 1t has ceased
to act, give half an ounce Of inter and
30 drops Of aconite twice day for two
days, or longer II not cured.
The German proverb that the ma.
nure pile Is the farmers bank de.
Ponds for its truth good deal upon
the way the banking is done. Such
banks don't pay interest II every rain
is allowed to wash away the best part
OF the manure. The surest way to get
full value for all the manure made
on the farm is to get 1t out on the land
as soon as possible.
The Peggy mentioned in the follow
ing item from Judge, up and died be.
fore we had chance to use 1t, but
the point which is made is none the
less true: At the leading poultry
shows throughout the country, hen
called Peggy" is being exhibited.
This hen is supposed to be worth So.
900. We have no good reason to doubt
this statement. At the present price
of eggs, even an old barnyard fowl
that Is doing anything at all for her
country is pretty valuable piece of
property. II is no longer goose, but
hen that Is laying golden eggs.
Prof. c. B. Lane declares his belief
that the milking-machine is one Of
the advance steps in dairying. have
watched its workings very closely and
the results obtained indicate that 1t
Is entirely practical. That 1t Is a la
bor-saving device there is no question.
For example: Two men with the ma
chine will milk herd of 60 cows in
less time than 1t requires four men by
hand. This makes 1t possible for the
other two men to 60 into the fields
with the teams early in the morning
and work until evening, as 1t is not
necessary for the drivers to take part
in the milking. This is no small item,
as on many farms 1t would amount to
$40 a week in cash and for 30 weeks q
net saving Of 5000.
Unclean methods are as inexcusable
In the barn as in the house. The han
ding of the milk and the milking in
the barn has more to do with its quail
ity than its after handling after it 10
brought to the dairy room. It is really
astonishing to see how careless and
unclean a man, who in other things
is most particular, will be when 1t
comes to milking. II the good woman
has been in q hurry when washing
the dishes and left spot on plate or
a fieck OF dried egg on the back Of
fork, the man Of the house is likely to
wipe It on ostentatiously on q napkin
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