Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-12-15

OF students being graduated each yea
from the agricultural colleges all ovel
this continent, there seems to be
continuous shortage Of qualified mel
Tor the work Of agricultural teaching
One high school in the search for 9
teacher of agriculture, has gone the
length of sending out mimeographed
letters to the various agricultural col
leges in the hopes of securing such o
man.
One OF the most encouraging devel'
opments in the growing of garden
vegetables is the increasing recogni-
ton of the practical Importance of
using pure and uniform stocks OF
seed whose varietal characteristics
adapt them to distinct local condi-
lions and market requirements.
The abnormally high prices de-
handed for oil meal during the past
winter. owing to the extremely high
price of faxseed, has led many farm
ers to inquire into the feasibility Of
raising a small amount Of fax to be
led. instead of depending upon the
market for their oil meal.
Care must be exercised with plant
ings of asparagus to see that the
summers growth is moved and
burned before the seeds ripen and fall.
otherwise the parent plants will soon
be very much dwarfed with a mass
CT seedlings growing amongst them.
II coops are not we'll ventilated the
growing chicks will be too warm dur
ing the night and will sweat out more
strength during the hours in which
they ought to rest than they will gain
under the most favorable conditions
during the day.
When we understand that It re-
quires twenty tons Of moisture to pro-
duce a bushel of corn we will study
to make its evaporation as slow as
possible. as crops suffer more from
lack of moisture than from any other
single thing.
II cows come fresh In the fall, they
produce a good flow Of milk during the
winter months and In the spring when
they are turned on grass this acts as
a second freshening and thus length
ems the period of milk production.
II takes some extra care to have
nest boxes all clean this time OF the
year, but 1t pays. II you can't afford
to give your hens clean boxes, they
can't afford to lay good eggs worth
two or three cents apiece.
Those who have young beef steers
on hand or can get them at a reason
able price can do no better than give
the matter Of cattle feeding during the
winter very full and complete consid-
Grafton.
A green bone cutter will pay for
itself in one season. Besides being a
very healthy food and a great egg
producer, cut bone is a cheap food
compared to present high prices for
grain.
You can start in the poultry bust
ness with dozen fowls at a cost OF
about five dollars for house and yards.
A piano box will cost a dollar and
the wire fencing about four dollars
more.
An important feature Of profitable
mutton feeding lies In the breeding of
feeders. and all experienced feeders |
Of sheep recognize the value of the |
sire in building up the mutton flock.
One breeder says that he can wean |
his pigs in six or seven weeks n they
have good care and keep them grow
Ing us fine as any litter and still have
tie next litter six weeks sooner
Don't keep your horse In an over.
heated stable. and then stand him for
hours in a freezing atmosphere and
wonder how he became paralyzed.
Some men start for the doctor when
hey have SICK horse. Others feed
veil, care well and drive well. so they
;ever have to 60 to the doctor.
To groom the horse well after hard
work does not only clean the skin.
but It prevents various parasitic dis.
Eases of the skin.
II 3 Of supreme Importance that
he =s.ry stock should be handled
Dently. Wild and intractable animals
ire usually the result of hard han
Hing.
Fresh green bone 10 Of Itself almost
complete feed, and may be used as
special material for egg prOduc-
Success IN pork production Is large