Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-16
Keep the lamb from the cold win0a,

II you have q good stand Of plants,
mulch them In early winter with
straw.
What one creamery patron thinks is
clean and wholesome, another could
not countenance.
A windmill may be used to pump
water, as It is undoubtedly the most
economical source of power.
Old horses with bad teeth should be
fed on ground oats and bran. Medi-
cines are of little use in such cases.
The growing Of asparagus, celery
and satisfy Ia as easily accomplished
as that OF the more common vegeta-
bles.
A young horse should not be al
lowed to waste his energy during the
early part of a journey. Young horses
bOOu UeCOmo LlTou.
Sulphate of iron is one Of the least
expensive worm destroyers for sheep
you can give. or give your lambs pow
dered kamala or areca nut.
One must have q large pasture
where alfalfa is used and then NOW
at intervals, where the pigs do not
eat 1t OF, and make It into hay.
II never pays to patronize either
seedsmen or nurserymen who sell at
very low prices. Low prices are near
ly always evidence Of poor stock.
Animals have memory, they remem-
Der where they get food and drink,
where they were comfortable, where
they were injured and where fright
ened.
The rows for the short, early varie-
ties Of sweet corn need not be more
than 30 to 80 inches apart Eight to
ten inches between plants in the row
is ample space.
Any section where potatoes are
largely grown ought to have q CO.
operative organization among the
growers, not only for marketing their
crop, but in the purchase Of seed.
The natural conditions most favor
able to the formation Of humus are
an excess Of moisture with lack Of
aeration, and an abundant growth Of
vegetation with a moderate tempera-
ture.
Cold frames should be used more
extensively by all classes Of garden
ers. They are the means Of forward
ing crops at q slight expense and get
ting on the market early when prices
are the best.
A dry summer, II the farmer pre-
pares for it, usually means q bigger
crop Of corn than a wet one, but II he
doesn't prepare for it-and the aver
age farmer is not likely tot may
mean a very short crop.
Hard-boiled eggs make the best
food for the first day for the newly
Matched chicken. Then give them the
prepared chick feed that can be pur-
chased at any feed store. This may
seem little expensive to some, but 1t
pays.
The farmer Of the future is going
to be an educated man; hence all this
bowling and crying about the poor
quality Of butter made from hand sep
arator cream is not going to change
his views so long as there 10 really
nothing against 1t.
SIlage as a feed IL most suitable for
cattle and sheep on account Of their
great capacity for handling large guam
titles Of coarse, bulky feed, but It may
be fed to advantage in limited guam
titles TO horses and swine as a varia-
ton in their feed and thus increase
health and appetite.
Cottonseed meal as q fertilizer iB
never used alone, but always mixed
with other substances. It is rich in
nitrogen, but contains less than three
per cent. Of phosphoric acid and less
than one per cent. Of potash, conse-
uuently would not be a balanced fer
tilizer used alone. Cottonseed meal ID
really a fertilizer Ingredient
Whenever you have any spare hours
haul some good sharp sand up to your
buildings, and the next time you are
in town bring out q few sacks Of ce-
ment. Then make some fence post
molds and on rainy days get busy ma
king cement posts. In that way you
can make them at q cost below that
Of wooden posts that won't last more
than from six to ten years. while prop