Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-05-26
There Is money in hogs.
Trade one Of the pups for a pig.

Hogs, especially brood sows, should
have salt where they can go to 1t at
any time.
A wide sweeping fine toothed harrow
intelligently used is the greatest en-
envy of weeds.
For egg farming on a large scale
the colony system is best suited to
permanent operations.
Drought has little terror for the
man whose farm grows few weeds
and the soil is well handled.
The day of the wooden pail and the
old dash churn that could be pur-
chased at the cross-road store has
gone by.
Chicks Matched during April and to
the middle of May will, II properly
grown, make laying pullets for the
coming winter.
The holes for your new trees must
be made larger and deep enough to
receive the entire root system with
out crowding or cramping.
Always use box stalls whenever
practicable. A horse tied in a narrow
stall is never quite comfortable and II
in more or less danger Of being cast.
There never was a time In the his
tory Of America when we had 80
many opportunities for engaging In
the growing of really good horses
than now.
The first potatoes cultivated in Ger
many were planted in 1447. The peo-
pie did not take kindly to the tuber
and the government was obliged to
force farmers to raise them.
About the only way to ever get a
farm clean, is to make determined
effort from the very first day Of spring
mot to let weeds grow an hour more
than possible after they first show.
Over 1000 potato diggers are used
in the state of Maine alone to harvest
the crop. If these were all hooked
together with a team Of horses to
each it would make procession 10
miles long.
II you have plenty Of room plant
a variety garden. Select several diff
ferent varieties of each vegetable and
test them side by side. In this way
you can select the earliest, latest and
most reliable varieties for your soil.
The best rooster that can be found
for what you can afford to pay should
be selected. 1t is easy to grade up
flock to good hens by using the best
ROSTERS every year and selling all OF
the pullets that are not up to the
breed standard.
The love dogs have for children is
Many instances are on
record where dogs have lost their
lives in an attempt to protect chill
dren. A good, sensible dog is a de-
sirable companion for children when
left alone or when sent on errands.
An average Of $50 eggs per hen dur
Ing the first year of laying is fairly
good laying. Pullets in good health
and vigor should average this number
Of eggs. During the second year they
will lay about % per cent. fewer eggs,
and each succeeding year correspond
Ingly fewer.
Eggs from very old hens should
not be used, for Matching purposes.
Select eggs from young birds of good
type, color, form and breed charac-
teristics. Special attention must be
given to selection II the breed is to
be improved. It pays to use reason
and judgment in breeding fowls.
Ordinarily, If a farmer sows alfalfa
In the spring. he has his old enemy,
The weeds, to contend with. II the
season be damp and cloudy, the alfalfa
may not grow fast, but weeds will.
June may see him moving
% retard a rampant growth Of weeds
instead of gathering a profitable cut
ing Of prime hay.
The fact has been conclusively |
proven that 1t is practically impossible
10 feed butter fat into milk when the
COWS are already receiving a good |
full ration Of proper feeding stuffs. |
The butter fat content of milk Is large
" an individual characteristic, vary
Ing, Of course, with the season Of the
year and the length Of time the COW
has been MIXED.