Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-02-10
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grain.
Incubator chicks are never infest-
ed with vermin when the are
Matched.
Slow decay is just what proves best
for a supply Of potash, phosphorus
and lime for the trees.
"Limberneck," in chickens. Is
caused by the absorption OF a poison
found in decayed animal food.
Sorghum, cut and cured when the
heads are slightly brown and the
seed in dough. makes a fair winter
feed.
AS to the best time to market young
stock, 1t is. as a general proposition,
when they are in a finished market
condition.
A handful OF oil meal given to the
horse once a day will keep him In
good condition and makes his coat
soft and sleek.
Ten cows that average 300 pounds
of butter fat per year produce as
much as 20 cows that average only
I 90 nounda ner wear.
OIL meal is being shipped by the car
load to Europe, where It is fed by
dairymen. It would be to our advan-
tage II this were fed at home.
A man should have a good strong
hand and he should know how to use
1t in order to get the milk out Of the
udder and get it out rapidly.
Chopped onions are very good for all
kinds OF poultry. Onions are not only
invigorating, but are excellent when
the fowls are subject to colds.
The precaution against possible
danger, where work is pressing and
farmers want to get their corn In
out of the way. is ventilation OF the
crib.
Onions must be kept in dry, clean
place, although protection from cold
is not SO necessary. In fact, freezing,
with moderate thawing out. makes the
flavor milder.
A pail of milk standing ten minutes
where 1t is exposed to the scent OF q
strong.smelling stable, or any other
offensive odor, will imbibe faint that
will not leave It.
Well fattened young stock always
sells at good price, and 1t is general
" better to let the condition OF the
animal rather than that of the market
determine the date of selling.
With good milking cows, well fed
and well kept, milk can be produced
at a cost of IS cents per hundred and
butterfat for 16 cents per pound. This
is an average for the year round.
II some of the brooder chicks are
not quite so thrifty as the others they
should be put by themselves If pos.
sibIe, where the stronger ones will not
run over them and rob them of their
feed.
There is so much difference in the
composition Of milk from different
COWS that many large butter and
cheese factories now test all the milk
they buy, and pay for 1t according to
its butterfat content.
The automobile has not spoiled the
horse market nor has the incubator
spoiled the demand for Biddy. One
Nebraska firm alone reports the sale
Of $4,000 incubators the past season,
yet hens. are higher than ever.
Sometimes a pullet wishes to lay
but cannot because her egg organs
are weak. They need strengthening
Add a little oil meal to the soft feed
and give little chopped raw meat in
addition to the regular ration.
The legumes draw nitrogen from
the air and store it in the soil for the
succeeding crop, thus making good the
loss Of this element through the pre-
vious crop grown. These means are
at the command Of every man who
cultivates the soil and If he VIII avail
himself Of their good Offices he may
view his crops with much pleasure
and great profit.