Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-12-29
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After the lambs are q few days OLD
they begin to look around for some
thils to eat, and they should be given
an opportunity to go out in search Of
food, by making creeps which they
can 90 out and in as they please and
have access to such foods as oats
and bran with some Of the finest and
most tender hay that the farm al
fords; nothing is too good for the lit
tie fellows.
The grape needs nitrogen for
growth of vine and potash and phos'
pilates for the perfection Of its fruit.
Bone dust worked into the soil about
roots after growth is established sup
plies phosphates and one-half bushel
Of unleached wood ashes to vine ap-
piled In the spring gives the neces-
sary potash.
Water or moisture is always on the
move. When It rains 1t soaks the
ground, and as soon as 1t stops rain
Ing It starts Its upward movement By
capillary attraction. It travels from
one soil particle to the next, and so
on until the soil becomes what we
call dry.
Now is a very good time to save
out the best pullets to take the place
Of the discarded hens this fall. 1t
pays to keep the best stock in order
to get good results, and this can be
done in no other way any better than
by constantly culling and picking.
Don't fail to give the fall pigs plen-
ty Of slop consisting Of skinned milk
mixed with some kind Of a ground
grain. They will soon be getting most
Of their living from the trough and
will not be checked In their growth
at weaving time.
Where large plantations Of aspara-
gus are made 1t is important that the
roots be planted so deeply that all
tillage may be accomplished with the
pillow and other heavy farm imple-
ments, and thus avoid the expense
Of hand labor.
Sheep raising is new thing to
almost every prairie state farmer, and
as long as cattle and hogs prove mon
eymakers and furnish all the choring
the average man cares to do, there is
no likelihood Of any radical change.
To produce milk economically we
should use the roughage on our farms
wherever ills possible, for by so do
ing we not only save the labor Of haul
ing bulky material, but will also build
up the fertility Of our land.
The farmer should calculate what |
increase in crop It Is necessary for |
him to obtain in order to make the
use Of fertilizers profitable. and II
only this is obtained he should not |
condemn their usO.
When the ground freezes apply a
cover Of we'll coInposted manure on
the asparagus rows which will keep
the ground from freezing deeply and
provide plenty Of fertility for next
summers growth.
During the fattening period, the
built frame in the making
of which protein is so essential, is
loaded with fat, a process in which
corn makes the most economical
gains.
When ready to empty the ash pan
mix good lice powder with the ashes
and empty in the hen house. The
hens will dust themselves in Il and
rid themselves Of lice and mites.
Corn and water are the best fat
tefing foods although feed Of roots
Dnce or twice week VIII give them
/ keener appetite and keep their
bowels in excellent condition.
Never change mixers when you can
possibly avoid It, but have the same
Dne milk the same COW every time.
and milk in the same order.
Be careful about overlooking vita
sugar beet tops as too heavy feeding
win prove injurious on account Of the
JxaIic acid they contain.
Dairy COWS should be placed in the
stable IN the fan before rigid cold
weather commences. and winter "a
ions should be fed.
At this time Of year. Just before cat.
le 20 into winter quarters, a daryl
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