Baxter Springs news., 1910-02-03
Lay in your feed nOW -
Buy the horse a blanket )

Squads are sold by the dozen, quail
ty influencing the price more than
size.
The lice are easiest destroyed be-
fore they have gotten too much OF q
start
Buttermilk is a good egg producer
and an excellent liver regulator Tor
poultry.
Another thing the season makes
necessary is a good pair OF horse
blankets.
Young pigs get tangled up in tile
long straw, get away from the SOW
and become chilled.
One dairyman says he finds that Do
degrees is the best temperature 70
keep the COW stable.
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The duck doesn't sing such sweet
song, but 1t has an important part In
the farmyard orchestra.
A two-years-old tree, II thrifty. is
best for starting an orchard. Don't
pay big money for large trees.
II you have fruit trees heeled in for
spring planting he sure that they are
where the rabbits will not get at them.
Alfalfa is the coming green feed for
hogs. One acre will be plenty for ~
hogs. This makes good pork and at
low cost.
Statistics show that 80 per cent. oi
the corn raised in the United States Is
shipped out of the counties in which II
Is grown.
There is no kind Of animal breeding
that will pay better than the breeding
Of horses; but horses that will SELL
not dung hills or misfits.
There is at this time higher stand
ard of excellence shown in the cattle
stock Of the country than at any for
mer period Of our cattle history.
The one spot that must be looked
after well is the watering place, and
under no circumstances should the
trough be placed where two fences
join at right angles.
Don't overlook the fact that one o.
the fastest and surest ways IN thu
dairy to make money is to keep al
ways wedding out the poorest mill
and badlyldoing cows.
A good supply of traps and shot
gun as accessories to bone opttel
will keep poultry supplied. with fresl
meat throughout the winter to- m
advantage Of the egg basket ~,
Some satisfactory results have beet
obtained from the use Of ram inmbl
on old ewes-the ewes being so stronI
that the weakness of the lamb sir'
was not SO evident in the offspring.
II proper care be taken the mar
can safely be used in the ordinar!
work Of the farm up to the very hou
of foaling; but as this time approache
It is important that the weight be no
, heavy nor the pace rapid.
Don't fail to keep a supply Of she'll
and gravel before your fowls. II the,
, are confined give them straw or refus
hay to scratch in. When grass Is no
10 be had they will gladly eat larg
I quantities of almost any dry litter.
The market must finally govern tn
profitableness Of cattle feeding. owe
; this the farmer has no control. SO :
} a certain extent cattle feeding Is
} kind Of game of chance. The farme
, must use his wisdom gained By 81
I perience and 60 ahead.
When calves crave wood or othe
unnatural substances. It is an indicl
] ton of an excessive acid condition Q
} the digestive organs. They need a
. antI-acid, the same as when cows ca
: bones to neutralize an acid condition
! Give them a teaspoOnful Of bicarbor
, ate Of soda in milk twice daily.
The dairyman should keep q con
pIete record Of each COW In his herd
{ Including both . feed record and
D milk record. Then only is he in q p'
I sItion to find the standing Of each COZ