Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-06-09

ture conditions are most nearly rear
ICED.
Hogs should not be allowed access
to q stream where there is cholera on
farms above.
A road drag used occasionally after
rains on the farm roads will help to
keep them in good condition.
Some claim cape worms can never
be gotten rid of once soil is infested
with them, but this is not always true.
Horses and mules are now barred
from crossing the state line Of Kansas
until they have certificate Of good
health.
The middleman gets a Jolt in the
statement that American beef is now
selling in London cheaper than It is
in New York.
No SOW can bring litter Of thrifty.
well developed pigs unless she is fed
liberal quantities of the right kinds
Of food during pregnancy.
There are very few gardens in the
rural sections that are provided with
asparagus, which is as easily grown a.
weeds when once established.
Be sure to mulch the newly planted
trees. The hot, dry days will come
and these cost the lives Of many young
fruit trees that are not so protected.
Much of the danger that comes to
the pigs at birth will be eliminated II
the sows are kind and tractable, allow
ing all necessary help at narrowing
time.
Colonies Of 80 chicks do very well,
but colonies of % will do better
still, for it does not pay to crowd
young chicks any more than 1t does
to crowt old fowls.
Every calf fed to eighteen or twenty
months of age (of a beef bred) will
bring the farmer $50 to $50, and will
consume much feed that otherwise
would not be Of much profit
Different rams will cost varying
prices, but the returns they each will
give are to be wholly the guide in
order that you will purchase the ram
which will give the largest net money
returns.
When the silo Is filled thorough
wetting down and tramping Of the top
will prevent the entrance Of air, and
will save more of the top layer from
spelling than would be the case II this
is not done.
A hen should be fed some grain
that she doesn't have to scratch for.
Although exercise is necessary to
keep her in good health, she needs
time to rest and dust herself in the
middle of the day.
Lettuce can be put to good advan-
a large supply Of quickly available
plant food. Its culture demands the
most liberal feeding to realize the best
results. The heads must be large as
we'll as early to secure the best
prices.
Chicken hawks, weasels, rats and
other marauders often prey upon the
small chickens and all efforts to cap
ture them in traps prove unavailing,
where, a good gun will often be Of
more assistance in Kidding the farm
Of their depredatlons.,
Where one has thoroughly we'll
drained land and once gets a good
catch Of alfalfa It makes a most ex-
cellent pasture, but ita costs some
money in getting a stand and also a
large run, as alfalfa under the most
favorable circumstances will not I'd.
NIT Of close pasturing.
The conditions, which man creates,
causing a loss Of humus, are brought
about by continued cropping without
supplying anything to form humus
and by improper cultivation which
permits rapid evaporation Of the
soil moisture and an excessive AGRA
ton Of the soil and oxidation Of the
vegetable matter found In It.
There IL no stock raised on the
American farm today that is paying
as big dividends on the capital invest
ed Is draft horses. From weaving
time to maturity the draft horse is
ready money and the demand il now
so urgent that the seller sets the
price. Never in the history Of the
country have draft horses sold so
high as they are selling now.