Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-30
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Give the chicks grit.

The young horse has many things
10 learn.
Skim milk is good for the chickens
this time of year.
The root maggot of cabbage comes
from the egg Of fly.
The dwarf nasturtium makes an ex.
cellent border plant of medium size.
A very desirable and useful tool
which is not found on all farms Is q
level
The finer the teeth of the cultivator
the finer and more satisfactory the
work
IN the training of colts a blow
should never be struck, or a loud or
violent word used.
Stale drinking vessels breed disease.
A few cents worth of disinfectants
will soon save dollars worth Of poul-
try.
II pays to keep livestock on the
farm for the manure they make and
the unmarketable feeds they can turn
into money.
A thorough investigation of the
methods of feeding young turkeys
shows to what extent general rules
are followed.
Three borrowings Of young corn
may be given, one just before the corn
Is up. and one when the young plants
are several inches high.
There is a very laudable movement
now in progress among the shippers of
fresh fruits looking to the uniformity
Of packing and Observation-Disclosures Of
fruit.
The work team should have a little
exercise every day and not stand day
after day In the stable and then be
taken out and made to do q heavy
days work.
The beef raiser who aims at the
greatest possible profit from his bust
ness must use cattle especially adapt
ed to the purpose and perfected to a
high degree.
Corn should be cut for the silo when
It is fairly well matured; that is, when
the kernels are in what is known as
the dough STAGE" all or nearly all of
the kernels being dented.
Glover and rape seeded for hog or
calf pasture make cheap feed. A small
patch of this will save the buying Of
a good deal Of bran and other concen-
trates. A dollar saved is two dollars
earned.
The best way to, begin the poultry
business Is in a small way. AS you
learn from experience, the best teach
er, you can increase your flock and
find out the best markets for your
products.
Spring pigs can get along very
well without shelter, except from rain,
until fall, then II you are 80 shiftless
as to fail to provide shelter they are
better able TO stand the cold and rain.
But they will not thrive.
Drones usually take their flight
during the middle part Of the day,
mostly from ten to three o'clock
during a warm, pleasant day, when
they can be seen flying in large mum.
bers in front Of the hives and over
the apiary.
Water in the soil is continually on
the move, sometimes fast and at other
times slower. When 1t stops raining
and the surface Of the soil becomes
dry, then the moisture in the earth
begins to move upward, from one soil
particle to another. by capilarity.
There are many other and better
uses for flowers than to pile on cof-
fns at funerals. They are meant for
living folks. Then let us have some
In our front yard, yes. and the back
yard too, and under the caves at the
side Of the house and over by the gar
den fence. Il is thousand times bet
ter to grow flowers for your family to
enjoy while they are alive than to buy
them at rs cents a dozen to pile on
their graves after they are dead.
Fine celery can be grown a. easily
as any garden vegetable. Il one has
good plants. BY heavy mulching be.
tween the rows when the plants are
Elk 70 twelve inches high. and By pour.
Ing water or house wastes over the
mulch during the summer. This does
not lhks much time for q small family
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