Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-23

Potato Feelings fed raw in not too
large quantities are good for the lay
ing hens.
Warmth should be supplied to all
farm animals but not at the expense
Of fresh air.
When figuring up the profits from
the COWS for last year don't overlook
the fertilizer.
Men love their families, but are in
clined to neglect the crops that can be
produced for the stable.
Exercise is good for the animals
and they should get their share every
day when 1t is possible.
A good dairy sire is one that pro.
duces daughters which give more but.
ter-fat than their mothers.
Eggs should be gathered often, es'
pecially If the weather is cold and
they are to be used for Matching.
Much OF the success in poultry
keeping depends on the vigor and
vitality Of the birds themselves.
A male bird that is gallant, always
ready to share with the hens, is pre-
ferred to one that is too generous.
The by-products of the dairy can be
made almost as profitable as the
straight products II rightly handled.
A cheap separator is worse than
none. Get one that does not waste
each year more than the original cost.
Yearlings and heifers should be
early taught to drink warm millfeed
slop in winter, and cold slop in sum.
mer.
Get all the wood ashes you can and
apply them to the garden and truck
patch soon as you can, and then pillow
It in.
The number OF hens a farmer should
keep depends on his interest In the
business and the time he is willing to
devote to It.
Unless a bird is matured and pos
sesses size, vigor and q sound consti'
tuition, it should be barred out Of the
breeding pen.
For idle horses, straw and we'll
cured corn fodder may take the place
of hay, giving a half ration of corn
morning and night.
A man who has a good quality OF
dairy products and a high-class OF
dairy stock for sale seldom knows
what competition Is.
If you are to get eggs, you must
have healthy, vigorous hens, and II
you wish to keep up the supply you
must retain the vigor.
AS every poultryman knows, or
should know, protein is an important
and invaluable ingredient in the ra-
ton for egg production.
In planning adornment for the door
yard avoid straight lines as much as
possible. Set the trees and shrubs
in groups or irregular lines.
II is very important that the wa
ter drunk by the cows giving three
or more gallons Of milk daily be
warmed to about go degrees F.
The calf that goes into winter quar-
tiers lousy will not do well. Rubbing
the calf with q cloth moistened with
coal oil and lard will put a Quietus on
the lice.
II is essential In raising beef to
know the characteristics Of a prime
beast, for in order to command the
top price the animal must be in the
pink Of condition.
Provide shelter for all Of the anil
mails on cold and rainy nights Of
spring weather. Shelter means saw
Ing of feed, and making the animals
grow and produce better.
II is the custom Of some farmers to
raise a litter Of pigs from SOW in the
spring that she is year old, then fat
ten her for the fall market and keep
sows from her litter for breeding the
next spring.
The chickens having been accustom-
ed to plenty of fresh air all summer,
are in good condition to Withstand the
first cool nights, and the real danger
Of their catching cold Is in keeping
them too warm.
A fact which is often lost sight Of
Is that the hog h essentially q graz
ing animal, ana this Il why spring
littora ara usually the most profitable,