Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-05-20

access TO charcoal and salt.
Treat the cows kindly. You will
get more milk In this way than by
brutal methods.
Kindness is q good investment to
make in stock. Costs no money. but
It gives money return.
Don't crowd the chicks In the brood
er. From start to finish chickens
never do we'll when crowded.
A commodious tool shed Is an equip
ment which every farm should have
but which In toe many cases Is abb
sent.
Slick up around the place this year
and see II the neighbors don't catch
the fever. A good example goes
long ways.
Sheep keep the land looking trim.
Have you never noticed how slick the
lawn pastures and roadsides look on
the farm where sheep are kept?
Remember that there Is scarcely O
spot on the farm but that can be
made to return a profit. Study Its
characteristics. II not good for one
thing II may be good for another.
In the hog yard put few short
posts. around which fasten some old
bagglng securely. Saturate with kero-
sene and the hogs will do the rest to
any stray lice wariering over their
anatomy.
Raise your own tipber. Plant trees
every year. Pu. &c, N In every avail
able place. They will not only provide
desirable shade IL well placed. but
will grow timber which will prove
valuable in the years to come.
Do your work neatly. II II IL
greasing the wagon, don't get the
grease all over the wheels as well as
on the axle. or on your clothes. eith'
err. Some men think hurry means
sloppy methods. It's mistake.
If you have not already provided
separator for the handling of your
milk 1t will be well for you to con-
slider the proposition, for 1t not only
makes the handling Of the milk and
cream easier but gives you sweet
milk to feed to the hogs.
Garden all planned for? Surely you
are not going to let another season
pass without that promised luxury. II
Is a little work, but you will be more
than repaid next summer when you
are enjoying the fresh things you can
grow on the little patch near the
house.
The surest method Of killing all YER
mine and disease germs in the chicken
house Is to fumigate by burning SUI
phur. No living germ or animal can
exist in the presence Of sulphurous
acid gas. It finds its way into every
crack of the room and makes complete
destruction in its path. When fumi'
eating, remove all of the fowls, make
the room perfectly tight, and burn the
sulphur with live Goals or on redhot
shovel.
Treat the seed oats II there is any
danger of smut. Get half pound OF
formalin. add 30 gallons Of water
Spread the oats out on the barn floor
and sprinkle the solution over them
making the grain quite damp. Then
shovel together into pile and cover
with sacking and leave for about two
hours. II not sowed at once, spread
out and dry thoroughly. Thirty gal
lonsof the solution will treat loo BUSH
els of oats.
Chickens troubled with gapeworms
can he successfully treated by putting
into a box or barrel containing guam
tity of air shaked lime. The dust OF
the lime will cause the birds to sneeze
and the worms be thrown out IN the
lime to die. Violent sneezing VIII al
most invariably dislodge the worms
and give instant relief. Fumes OF to-
bacco may be used for this purpose,
Burn some tobacco dust or stems In a
! HOY and set the chickens in basket
over It. II sneezing takes place, reliei'
II not cure, will result. Care. OF course,
must he taken not to smother the
chicks in the fumigating process.
Drilling in oats is much to be pre-
ferred to broad casting. The seed Is
much more evenly covered and more
evenly distributed throughout the