Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-09-08
Care for the brood SOW.

Tor September use.
The only way to be sure Of good
dairy stock is to raise It.
The food Of the duck is both vege-
table and animal in nature.
A thrifty growth Of the plants now
means better fruit next year.
Gilt-edged butter will line your
pocketbook with gilt-edged coins.
Muttons sheep give the best returns
when fed for that purpose when
young.
Extra feed increases growth, II OF
a suitable kind, and makes larger AMI
mails at maturity.
A hard collar is not as hard upon
the shoulders Of horse as one that
Is unevenly padded.
Never offer a pound Of poor butter
for sale. Better take It right out and
bury It in the back lot
II your sheep get scab. better clean
them all out and begin over. 1t Is the
best way to cure that disease.
Money makes the mare go. but you
have got to hustle around and get the
money, or the mare will stand still.
Clover bloat can usually be pre-
vented by keeping the cattle on the
clover when It is wet from dew or
rain.
In pruning do not forget that sum-
mer pruning induces fruit bearing
and wood growth is promoted by win
ter pruning.
Too much onions, fish scrap and
stale meat often cause eggs to have
had odor. It Is unsafe to feed stale
food to hens.
Halt bushel picking baskets, each
provided with a light iron hook, will
bruise the apples much less than when
picked into bag.
When a COW once falls OF IN milk
production It Is more difhcult to
bring her back to her full how than
to 30 feed her as to keep her as near
her capacity as possible.
The man who thinks 1t a woman's
work to keep a garden going was not
built ON the right lines. The garden
should be considered as important as
any other part Of the farm and treat
ed accordingly.
The condition Of the ewes at breed
ing time has a marked influence upon
the succeeding crop of lambs. II the
ewes are improving In flesh and IN
n vigorous condition, the chances are
bright for q choice lot Of strong
lambs.
The farmer or fruit grower cannot
possibly reach the highest success IN
his business without the aid Of the
birds (except, perhaps, the English
Sparrow) and Jet they are often very
annoying during the ripening season
of the early fruits.
There appears to be some complaint
about getting the ewes with lamb
when they are allowed the run OF
clover pasture, and therefore many
think Il best to cut and cure the
clover for the lambs and provide 9th
er pasturage or sOiIing crops for the
breeding ewes.
winter radish seed are mixed with
the turnfp at the time Of sowing the
latter IN the fall. The radishes viii
0row with the same treatment that Ia
given the turnips. They are harvest
cd and stored together for winter
use. The radishes keep well and
nre excellent for use In winter.
For the first weeks Of q pigs life
the uother's milk il its drink as vel
az food, and therefore in caring FOL
1ucklinE sowB It should be the aim tc
a feed them that milk Of only medi
nm richness viii be furnished instead
of a limited supply Of that which II
extremely rich. the latter being les'
6ealthfuI and more liable to cause
fhumps, scourS and unsatisfactory
growth.
sanitary care Of the feeding boxes
for the show animals should be care
fully studied. for the neglect win Oft
IN cause a fastidious appetite instead
az = healthy robust one, and many
dime an animal IL blamed for being
delicate feeder. and often ailing, wheI
~ reality the fault h with the man
nroment in not having attended Il
sosS two things-