Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-12-22
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After careful examination Of SOM
Of the milk recently offered for sale Il
Washington, D. c., Health once
Woodward announces that It contains
100000 germs to the teaspoonful
AS he gives 100000 as the maximum
number tolerated in a like quantity
by any other large city in the country
he insists that the health department
is justified In forbidding the sale o
such polluted milk.
The hog grower OF the future II
pork production as a business propo
sition and not using hogs merely al
scavengers in the feed lot, must take
cogniZance Of the fact that the young
pigs up to the age of six months need
a growing and not a fattening ration
and that their feeding must be TEN
pered with judgment.
The first thing is to have every
thing connected with the milk and
milking as clean as Is possible to
make them. The other essential is
to cool the milk as soon as possible
after 1t is drawn from the cows and
held to a low temperature till It is
to be used.
Some growers protect their fruit by
tying paper bags over the clusters
when the grapes are as large as peas.
The mouth of the bag IL secured
about the stem Of the cluster with
soft wire. Insects and fungus cannot
AFFECT the fruit when thus protected.
Fowls are very fond Of wheat, but
they should not be allowed too much
Of 1t. An excN1s Of this raw grain
will very frequently induce a loose
ness Of the bowels. A ration Of
about one-fourth wheat will be SUI.
flcient of this grain.
Better leave the roads In a poor
condition than dig them up late in
the fall and let freeze catch them
before they settle, which would mean
rough roads all winter and a mighty
spongy, miry track when the spring
thaw comes.
It is believed that the "black-head"
disease which has practically killed
all the turkeys in New England, has
spread to quail and other game-birds
and the English sparrow is full of the
germs and widely disseminates the
disease.
Where whole milk Is fed the calf to
the time 1t Is six or eight weeks old,
and then the calf sold for veal, not
as much money will be received for
the calf as could have been secured
for the whole milk which 1t took.
See that the farm machinery is
properly cared for before winter sets
in. All wearing parts Of iron and
Ateel should be oiled to prevent
rusting. Paint and oil is also excel
lent for all wood work.
The whole point Is that the country
needs many young cows to fill the
places Of old, discarded cows, and
every dairyman starting in business
will look to the man who is growing
good stock.
Pork production as a specially Is
Just becoming recognized. For many
years the hog has, to a large extent,
been a by-product Of the feed lot
wherein beef production was the
standby.
The milk should DO brought straight
to the dairy and poured through q
Btrainer into the setting pans while
still warm. II It is cooled first, the
advantage of the falling temperature
is lost.
SKINNED milk without dllution is
thin enough feed. 1t ought to be thick
ened with shorts or other nutritious
ground feeds rather than be diluted
with clear water or common dish wa
ter.
Every farmer cannot have a prize
winning herd, but he can have few
prize-winning animals. The number
Of good animals can be gradually In
creased until the entire herd is good.
Often a mare dies when her foal IL
young and the foal must be raised by
hand. In this case. feeding often and
IN small amounts Is what counts for
success in making the young horse.
Canada's production Of lO2, 100000
bushels Of wheat, only 10000
bushels behind the excellent crop Of
1903. % considered a very good show
Whoa potatoes are allowed to heat
or swat IN large bins or pits. decay
Il quite sure to result with many Of
the tuberA
We should aim 70 breed layers that