Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-23
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.AMM.., III
Breeders should not be OvercrOwded

Young calves need whole milk for
the first few days.
A good hog pasture is q money
saver as well as q money maker.
Corn will 60 twice as far in hog
feeding If the hogs are on pasture.
Potatoes are too plentiful and cheap
this year to take any chance on poor
seed.
For the first few days after the SOW
has narrowed litter she should be fed
very sparingly.
The management Of the calf during
the first year has much to do with
Its later usefulness.
There are but two satisfactory meth
DDS Of treating animals with a dip
hand treating and immersion.
Many fail to appreciate the value Of
bulk and succulence in feeding brood.
sows during the period Of pregnancy.
The sulky pillow and the gang when
properly adjusted make 1t easy to
guard against mistakes and careless
ness.
Sheep generally harbor one tape
worm, one fluke and several round
worms, especially II they are kept on
9Ow, damp ground.
Don't turn the cows out in the pas
ture too early. Let the grass get
good start and there will be more feed
produced during the season.
When turned out to water, each cow
will not uniformly get q sufficient
quantity. One day she may not get
enough, the next she may overdrink.
A great deal more is possible with
the tomato than what is generally con-
coded. As q money maker 1t has no
equal in the vegetable line. under care
full culture.
In preparing the coops for the young
chicks do not forget that they need
q supply Of good clean sand, sharp
grit and little fine charcoal where
they can get It
Il will not cost the farmer more
than ten cents al acre to select out
Of his wheat bin the plumpest and
heaviest kernels for seed. He will
then improve his crop and yield.
Plums that fall to the ground should
Immediately be raked up and de-
stroyed to prevent the caterpillar Of
the curculio coming out and going into
the ground to undergo further develop
ment.
Abundance Of grass will make some
Of the best ewes continue to secrete
milk, and some Of them will cake"
every cake, however small, being a
source of danger when the udder
again springs.
When the chicks are about twenty
four hours old they can be transferred
TO the brooder, heated to about the
same temperature as the incubator,
and care should be exercised that they
are not chilled in the transfer.
Every herd of cows to be profitable
at either milk or beef must be culled
annually, and the beef bred COW that
weighs 1900 to 1900 at I'VE or six
cents, counts better than the little Jer-
sey that weighs 700 to 800 at three
cents.
With both raspberries and black
berries prune on the top Of the young
growing canes during the months Of
June and July when they are about
q foot and one-half to two feet high.
This win chesk the growth and de-
velop q harder wood. It viii also in
crease Iu0 lIuAsAuB buIAaCS'
Three things are essential for sum.
mer hog raising; a hog-tight fence,
an alfalfa or clover pasture and shade
The hog cannot stand excessive heat,
and shade and water are necessary. II
the fence Is tight and the hog knows
II is tight he viii net waste his ener-
gies in trying to get through 1t, but
win attend to his proper business Of
making pork. Pasture Is an important
slement in helping him to do this.
No one breed combines all the re-
uuirements for eggs and meats. II
pne desires to raise the best fowls for
market, egg production should be
secondary matter. II It Is eggs we are
after. we do not want the large breeds.
while we are waiting for the large
hens TO mature we are losing money IN
the way Of egg production. Hens Of
the small eggprOducing breeds under
favorable condition. win pay for them
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