Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-01-20
Bows need plenty Of saIt

II you think the creamery isn't
treating you right, get tester.
Few men curry their cows daily.
but those who do say that 1t pays.
II is a mistake to feed the pigs
sour milk when they are learning to
eat.
There are no aggravating corn
stalks in the manure when silage Is
red.
When properly taken care OF, early
lambs are more profitable than late
ones
II Is a mistake to fail to feed pigs
bone and muscle materials during
their growth.
BY setting few trees each year It
Is not much of a task to replace the
old ones that die.
Train up q vine in the way 1t should
go and you will have grapes next year
and all the years thereafter.
Be sure that every narrowing pen
has a good fender to prevent the SOW
from lying on and crushing the pigs
II the pigs are inclined to get too fat,
put them out on the ground or in lar
ger quarters and encourage them to
activity.
Skim milk occupies a conspicuous
position among the various feeding
stuffs. especially for young and grow
ing animals.
The up-to-date beekeeper no longer
leaves his colonies outdoors all winter
without adequate packing, as 1t spells
disaster to do SO.
As soon as the bare wood on a wa
gon, sled, hayrack or any Of the farm
tools begins to show, it pays to paint
them quickly, and even more than 1t
does to paint buildings.
Why do things on the farm in the
same way as your father did without
knowing why? Something more Is
wanted than mere mechanical per-
Torrance of ones duty.
One of the best ways to quiet a
vicious bull when he is being led-is
to blindfold him. and II he has shown
the least disposition to be nasty he
should never be trusted again.
The lamb gets its start in life from
its mother. She must be a good,
liberal mixer or the lamb will fail to
make the proper growth and develop
ment to make 1t profitable to the high
est degree.
Out on the Pacific coast grain sells
by the hundred pounds; wheat, oats.
all small grain go by that standard
of measure. It is the simplest, best
way. The pounds in bushel vary in
the different states.
When the hedge has attained
height of FIVE feet, 1t should be about
three feet wide at its base or at the
surface of the ground, and all prun'
ing should be directed with a view to
securing this form.
Cool cream Immediately by setting
It in cold or ice water and never al
low foul odors around places where
milk or cream Is kept. Keep cloth
cover over milk and cream so that
dirt or sediment will not drop into It.
II you have had an incubator this
past season, and did not obtain salts
factory results with 1t. carefully re
view your whole seasons work and
experience with 1t, and by so doing
learn the cause Of your several fail
ures.
Although the present bright outlook
for grain growing and comparatively
high prices paid for 1t has doubtless
given the stock business percept.
able setback in some of our newer
stock sections, we do not believe the
reversion is nearly SO great as some
seem to think 1t is.
It Is impossible for the mind to
comprehend the benefit that would
be derived from the practice of pas
turing a few sheep on every farm in
the corn belt. II this could be done
we would have country without
weeds and from my standpoint that
would be the millennium.