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


a sweet and dry silage. Tricky plant
ed corn cut before It IL well maturOd,
does not make ideal silage for sheep.
Corn planted about like field corn,
harvested and put into the silo when
It begins to dent, has proven very
healthful to sheep, and they have
done we'll upon. II clover hay is fed
in conjunction with this silage, cheap
and satisfactory gains may be made
in sheep fattening
Investigations which have been car
ried on for several years IN Rhode
Island show that the disease known
as "black head" In turkeys Is spread
ing to all parts Of the country and
that chickens as we'll as turkeys may
become victims. No certain cure has
yet been discovered for this disease
which has SO ravaged the turkey-pro-
ducing states of the East.
Much has been said and written
about the importance Of keeping dairy
utensils perfectly clean, but not so
much about the churn, and II proper
care is not exercised In keeping the
churn sweet and clean, the butter
will be tainted, no matter how well
the milk has been cared for before
being ready for the churn.
It is we'll to remember that the
pigs must be kept growing from the
start If results are to be satisfactory.
and II the sows and pigs are fed an
insufficient or unsuitable ration until
the work is out Of the way so there
will be time to devote more attention
to them, a valuable opportunity Will
be lost to the owner
A distinct flavor OF the soil has
been noticed in butter by French ex'
perts. Normandy COWS taken to q
new locality yielded butter percepf-
IDLY changed. but not wholly like
that OF the native COWS. In winter.
with concentrated food, the character
istic soil flavor disappears.
With the sheep on the farm the
problem of fresh meat for family use
is partly solved. Mutton butch
cred on the farm can nearly always
be used to advantage and then you
will know whether you are eating
spring lamb or something else.
Sheep and other nervous animals
which are being fattened for market
should be kept as quiet as possible or
their feed will not do them the most
good. The more you handle all the
live stock in a gentle and confiding
way the better they will do.
We need no longer 60 to foreign
countries for new and better blood.
for the great number and high quail
lty Of American breeding establish
ments give ample scope for the
avoidance Of the perniciouS influence
Of inbreeding.
In the past, and even at the present
lime. most of the domestic onions
hat supply the markets Of the large
cities OF this country, are grown on
what is known as muck soil. In most
cases land reclaimed by draining
,wamps.
II is not always the best plan to
dispose Of beef cattle as yearlings,
put in many instances in the corn belt
area It has come to be a common
practice. and is followed by a consid-
,rable number of cattle raisers.
The orchard is unQuestionably the
deal place for hog pasture. The
leeded shade is provided, the hogs
will take care of the waste fruit and
I properly managed there need be no
lamage to the trees.
II the cream is churned while sweet
quantities Of butter Will
,e lost in the buttermilk, and the fin
shed product will be void Of the
roper flavor. regardless Of the ration
ed to the cows.
After the pigs have been put into
he fattening pen In the fall they
hould be fed all that they will eat
nth a relish for as a rule the shorter
he fattening period the larger the
,roflts.
The average annual cost Of main
aiming a farm work horse is approx
$50, and for this cost Of main
enance gives a return in work about
hree hours per day throughout the
ear.
There should not be a wide discrep- :
ncy between the value Of the hog
ouse and its occupant. It is as wrong :
D put a 500 SOW in a SO house as It :
|, to put q $40 SOW In a 500 house.
A puIlet that has had all the bone !
will eat will maturs a month quick !
= A.. - thok has had n0na II