Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-05-05
The silO is becoming popular.

The 9ilO Is becoming popular.
You can't get something for nothing.
Corn is not good as steady diet
tor the colt.
The successful farmers capital will
be rs per cent brain.
Strawberries will succeed in any
coil adapted to ordinary crops.
The easier a feed is digested the
greater will be the gain from that
ICED.
In selecting eggs for Matching, have
hem as fresh as possible. clean, and
cooled.
To produce fine large fruit keep in
hills. pinching runners OF as soon as
they appear.
Shade and shelter in the poultry
yards are best provided by apple or
plum trees.
Canneries In western states, as a
eule, will pay higher for sweet corn
!he coming season.
An abundance Of vitality Is the
greatest inheritance that the farmers
hog can secure from its progenitors.
Dried beet pulp is coming to be a
great dairy feed. It's only a short
time since 1t was considered waste
product
The flesh that the good dairy COW
puts on her back when dry is the de-
post upon which she can draw when
she freshens.
A restless hen will never answer to
use as a hatcher early in the season,
when steady warmth is an imperative
condition of success.
Buttermilk is splendid food for
young chickens, but care should be
taken not to feed too much, as II
causes disordered bowels.
In nearly all cases, the greater the
depth to which the soil is stirred by
the pillow the more moisture it will be
able to store up to nourish the grow
Ding crops,
For early spring laying, fowls must
survive the winter in good healthful
condition, must be fed a balanced ra-
ton and must he given plenty of air.
water and exercise.
Sunfower seed when fed to fowls
gives a brighter luster to the plum
age. when fed in small quantities, II
IL a good egg producer. but If fed
largely fattens too much.
At the present prices for hay and
grain there is little margin for the
raiser Of common stock cattle. This
means either a decrease In supply, a
raise in price of cattle or else a de-
crease in price Of feed.
Unsightly objects on the lawn or In
the garden may be very effectively
screened by a ground vine. climbing
nasturtium or morning glory. An un
slightly building can be hidden Otter
by q mass OF sunaowers or castor
beans.
The price Of butter advanced rapid
" at one time last winter, but mo-
quite SO rapidly as one man would
make us believe. He stammers, anC
claims that while he was asking how
much butter was worth in a store, the
price advanced seven times.
Radishes are sometimes started II
boxes placed in the south window o
the house. They may be transplanteC
IN the cold frame or into the opel
ground in the garden, II care Is takeI
with the young plants. TransplantinI
must be done while the plants ar
young and the roots must not be In
5ured in moving them.
There should be a good reason 70
doing everything. 1t is well to asl
yourself for a reason when you d.
work in the garden. Much OF the 81
perstition, such as planting when tn
moon is in a certain position, or Of
certain days would vanish If peopl
would be guided by reason. Their
should be a good reason for every
thing done in the garden.
Every farm horse should, II pos
sibIe, be allowed to go without hi
shoes at least two or three month
every year. In fact, It is hardly net
assary to shoe a horse on the farr
unless he is to 90 on the hard road
or work on the hard soil where he
raoulred to do much heavy pulling