Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-10-20
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MI FARM
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Cement concrete Is an ideal mate
rial for use in the construction of a
granary, except for one feature. In
very damp climate where there are
heavy and protracted rains, there is
some danger of moisture drawing
through the walls by capillary action,
rendering them damp in rainy wealth
er, which would have tendency to
cause molding II the grain came d.
rectly against the wall.
II you have raised q good crop OF
oats this year, feed some Of them to
the hens. 1t Is the best kind Of food
for laying hens. They won't get too
fat on oAts. You don't need to have
the oats threshed for the hens, they
will do the threshing themselves and
It will be good exercise for them.
Many farmer feeds his COWS as
nearly right as he knows during the
time the milk is flowing freely, in
the early part Of the summer, and
then allows her to shift for herself
during the late hot summer months
when the flow is often reduced.
The dairyman who has good per-
manent pasture from which his cows
can gather most Of their ration dur
ing spring and summer and lay up
fresh store of vigor and health from
the moderate exercise, from the sun
and the shade, is indeed fortunate.
More mowers are knocked out IN
cutting weeds than in cutting grass
in the meadows. It is a good plan to
get a new mower before the old one
is entirely out of commission, then
the old one can be used for q weed
cutter exclusively.
A close study Of the distinctive quail
tiles and requirements Of ones own
variety of fowls il not only interest
ing, but instructive and profitable.
Get acquainted with your fowls and
let them get acquainted with you.
II the grower can get five cents a
pound for his rhubArb IN the spring,
he Is making profit: but by forcing in
doors he can get stalks to sell in the
winter when the price Of rhubarb IL
ten to fifteen cents.
Upon the fruit farm fowls are Of
advantage. They keep down the In
sect pests, and they may have free
range the greater part Of the season
without the possibility of doing any
damage.
Il is q comparatively easy matter 20
get eggs in large quantities in the
warmer months of the year, but in the
winter time when eggs are high In
price. the problem is a very different
one.
The brood SOW should be kept in
good condition, but without fattening,
and should never be enclosed so that
she will not have a chance to exercise
every day.
About the best remedy for the I'M
slightly disease known as "scaly legs"
which Is the work of miniature para
sites, is an application Of sulphur and
melted lard once a week until cured.
Undertaking to produce 60 bushels
of corn on ground which has only 30
bushel capacity Is a mighty discour-
aging Job, but that is Just the thing
which many try to do.
BY the old way Of farming, the land
could be easily overstocked. With the
silo and nitrogen-gathering crops.
more and better stock can, and should,
be kept on each acre.
The trouble of weaving pigs IL
greatly lessened If there is plenty Of
skinned milk. With this feed 1t is
easy to avoid any backset at such a
time.
Do not attempt to raise 300 chicks
when your accommodations are only
suitable for 100. Crowding poultry
win breed many diseases.
Plum growers have found poultry
especially helpful in keeping down the
curculio, and even apples have been
considerably benefited.
Isolation, hard work and small COM
pensation Is too often the lot Of the
farmers wives. These are burdens
= that need lifting.
The breeding fowls should be kept
active and healthy. Free range is the
right idea If you can keep track Of the
nests. :
Spanish chestnuts do well IN the
latitude Of Kansas and Missouri and
oome into bearing r. about ten years.
An breeds Of hogs look good when
taken care. Of and all Of them viii