Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1910-08-18
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ALL Cenao.So GnlSueo anu QuiCA
grass.
Wheat bran and oats make strong
bones In the colt.
The usual time required for churn-
ting In about 30 minutes.
improvements furnish q few COM
forts and all something to admire.
Rub on the water sprouts between
the thumb and finger as soon as they
appear.
A lazy man should never breed
colts, for he must be alert and on the
Job II he wishes to succeed.
Man initiates nature. BY grating
schemes he improves on nature.
After that nature initiates man.
An attendant should be on hand at
the time of birth, for q little timely
help has saved many q valuable colt.
Clean water, pure air and sunshine
are all free; and they are necessary
IN the production Of pure. wholesome
milk.
Filth and dampness are great hind
RANGES. The first fosters vermin; the
second brings most dangerous all
ments to fowls.
Watch for cabbage bugs and cab
Oage worms. These insects usually
cause trouble when the weather gets
dry and food is scarce.
All Of the corn ground should be
manured or otherwise we'll fortified
for large yield, and no farmer should
be content with q small yield.
Eternal vigilance IL the price OF
having the best; 80 one must watch
DOR insect pests and be ready with in
Becticides and fungicides to destroy
them.
The cows appetite is important, but
It should not be abused. AS much
harm comes from allowing her to eat
too much as comes from not allowing
her to eat enough.
II is q good plan to keep all vegeta-
ton down around the hives, so that
e will not interfere with the flight
Of the working bees, their hive and
the feeding ground.
The best dairymen now practise in
tensive methods with their cows, ma
king them yield the greatest amount
Of milk possible by liberal feeding and
the best Of shelter and other care.
Geese may be picked every six
weeks in warm weather. but they must
be well fed. When they are picked
often they do not lay, as the growth
of new feathers weakens and debili-
tates them.
Attractive flower beds add much to
the charm Of the flower garden.
Coleus, Saliva and phlox are well
adapted for bedding purposes. Plants
may be bedded now II they are wa
fared occasionally during summer.
Few sheep have as good care as they
ought to have. Too many farmers
leave them to shift for themselves.
They can't do their best that way.
Make much of your sheep. They are
one Of the best kind Of property on the
farm.
The day Of feeding stock Of any
hind, and especially sheep, on the
ground has gone by. It was q most
wasteful way. Sheep win drag more
hay out on the ground and spoil It for
their own eating or that Of any other
animal than any other farm animal
Racks are cheaper than hay.
The texture Of butter depends part
" on the animal, partly on feed, and
partly upon the temperature Of the
cream when churned. Cows that give
me richest milk make the most solid
butter. In summer the feeding Of 3
Euuall quantity Of cotton seed meal WIN
help to make the butter firm
Bisulphide Of carbon on q piece Of
burIap or OalCum, thrown quickly down
a-pockst gophers burrcv, preferably
Wisn the soil Il moist Professor
Washburn, Minnesota entomologiSt
aays has killed many pocket gophers
A his experiment work. He uses half
4 mint Of bisulphide At q burroW.
An soils with . rstentive subsoil
ahould be tie drtined, and work should
3. most perfectly planned and exc
ruted. should water stand q few hours
- the land q seasons crop may be
~ son that b ven drained win Al.
- tie heat and air b ponstrats % q
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