Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-25
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Retentive soils should be drained.
Send to market all old hens right
now.
A poor mixer, man or maid. is an
denomination In dairy.
The shorter the fattening period the
greater the profit from the pen.
II there are any bare places on the
lawn now they should be reseeded or
resodded.
The disk is q better implement than
the pillow for breaking up sod in the
orchard.
There Is o distinct difference be-
tween weeds and corn. There should
also be an extinct difference.
An orchard will live longer, bear
better and be more profitable for be-
ing well cultivated and enriched.
Perhaps the first important factor
TO consider in dairying is the stable
wherein the cattle are TO be housed
Strawberries should be cultivated,
the weeds eradicated and the mols.
ture conserved for late summer
drouth.
When the incubator is to be started
for late matches set things In order
and run 1t two days before intrusting
the eggs to Il.
The scientific, thoughtful farmer
works with his head. He knows every
COW, her yield, her condition and her
profit producing capacity.
Allow the calf to run with the
mother for a day or 30 Immediately
after birth. The new milk Is neces-
sary to promote q proper digestion.
Aside from the commercial value Of
the products from the poultry yard
the value Of fresh eggs and fine poul-
Try for the table should not be under
estimated.
No sane and active poultry keeper
viii tolerate lice In the nest. Place
water, feed and dust bath whore the
hen can easily get at them when she
daily leaves the nest
Unless you secure the guinea eggs
and have the young ones Matched I'M
der the hens, along with the chicks,
they are almost certain to become
wild and unmanagesble.
Beware Of red rust" in blackberry
or blackcap bushes. When seen,
promptly dig up and burn infected
plant, being careful not to scatter the
fungous dust over healthy bushes.
Those who have large apple or
lchards are fortunate II they have
evaporators for drying windfall ap-
pies. This lie a good way to utilize
iunsalable fruit and thus add to the
profits Of the orchard.
Keep your eyes open for better hens.
You Will often see some advertised
Tor sale. But steer clear of old worn
out stock. None over one or at the
outside two years old should be
bought or kept on the farm.
For grape-rot and mildew, begin
early and spray the vines with Bor-
deaux mixture at intervals of about
two weeks. Newly-set grape vines
should be allowed to grow only one
main shoot which should be tied up.
When we understand that It re-
4uires twenty tons Of moisture to pro-
duce q bushel Of corn we will study
DO make It's evaporation a. slow as
Aossible, as crops suffer more from
Jack Of moisture than from any other
single thing.
Il Is quite q temptation sometimes
10 have q dealer offer you big price
for the best sheep and lambs. If you
need them in your own herd. however,
kou cannot AFFORD to take any price
SIered. Keep the best and make that
best better another year.
COttonseed meal fed to excess wiz
snjure the favor of butter just as
linseed meal In excess win inture
fhe grain and flavor. While both Of
these can be fed to an advantage to
dairy COWS the best results are pos
Gfble only when they are used in con-
hection with other materials.
Do not neglect to examine the cur
rant and gOoseberry-bushes and loo4
{or the white eggs Of the currant-
worms. and the larva Of the ourrant7
rnwfy. II you ind any, dust the
1eayss. top and under sides, with fne-
~ poWdered heIlebore. when the