Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-07-28

Preventive and destructive meas.
ures are both necessary 81 combating
hog lice.
The number Of hogs per acre do
ponds on the stand of clfver, the sea.
son and the earliness o: turning In.
In order to keep fowl, healthy we
must breed for health Just as we
would for any other desired quality.
For feeding lambs to I've used for
breeding purposes preference should
be given to bran. oats and hnseed
meal.
When the young poults begin to get
their long wing fight feathers, they
require extra care and attention.
For two or three years after plant
ing, the ground among ornamental
shrubs should be spaded and the sur.
face cultivated to keep down weeds
and grass and to conserve moisture.
Some states prohibit the importa.
ton of dairy and breeding cattle until
they are tuberculin tested. but permit
as yet unrestricted sale of stock with.
in its boundaries.
Rape is especially valuable for
breeding ewes in midsummer, when
the pastures begin to fail, as the sue
culent feed keeps up the supply OF
milk for the lambs.
Never overfeed or feed pepper or
other condiments to the hens you ex-
pect to furnish eggs for Matching. II
you do, infertile eggs and weak chicks
will be the result.
The Wisconsin experiment station
finds lime is deficient in much OF the
grain ration fed to dairy cows and
hogs. Hogs fed on phosphates and
bone mash, made consistent and profit
able gains.
The table value of both lettuce ana
radishes depends largely upon quick
growth under moderately cool condi-
tons For this reason the soil should
be very fine Of texture and fertile to
stimulate the most rapid growth.
Do not put more than so chicks
in one brooder, or one compartment,
and better results will be secured with
a smaller number. 0vercrowding Is
the cause of many deaths in the
brooder.
A grape vine to bear well must be
cultivated and carefully pruned each
year, cutting back to two, three, or
not more than four canes, and care
fully pinching OF surplus young
shoots during the summer.
There is something in suiting the
corn to the soil. Trying to suit the
soil to the corn is a tough PROPOSE
ton, as many q man who has tried
corn adapted to bottom soil on thin
ner upland has found to his sorrow.
The poultry products OF the United
States are just on par with wheat
and hay. The combined value Of the
three last year was around two BILL
lion dollars, an average Of over GIL
millions each.
Do not oppose the cows appetite.
She knows what It takes to make q
balanced ration better than any feed
ing standard. II she does not like
bran and corn, give oats and corn. II
she Is tired Of fodder by all means
try a little clover hay.
It has become an accepted fact gen.
orally that 1t is better to tend small
piece Of ground well than to plant
large fields and give them only half
cultivation. Intensive farming means
simply making the utmost Of what
ever you work with.
Where manure Is accumulated In
stables and lots. and is properly saved,
II goes on the land more evenly, as q
rule, which is an important considera-
ton where a man is endeavoring to
keep up the lands fertility and get as
much out of 1t as possible at the same
time.
The floor and walls Of the dairy
barn where the COWS are MIXED must
be free from dust and dirt; the COWS
must be brushed and their udders
sponged OF with a damp cloth pre-.
vious to milking and the mixer him
SEW must have clean hands and
clothes.
Always market your butter regu-
larly at current market prices. Give
your customers pure, sweet, fresh
butter and your reputation as good
butter maker win soon be established.
When youS butter Is held until It is