Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-09
Remove the orchard litter.

OWSoS SAoNOA 10 'OAS
ing.
Plan for an orchard this year, If you
haven't got one.
The COW Is the final Judge az to
the real worth Of silage.
Rye straw is of very little use on
the farm except for bedding.
A COW should be dried of for few
weeks before the calving period.
Keeping records of the cows 10 Oft
entimes the first step toward success.
During the summer months poultry
consume large amount Of green for
age.
Chickens are always considered
more or less of side line on the
farm.
Plenty of outdoor exercise and
fresh air will insure crop Of vigor-
GUS lambs.
Regularity in milking helps the flow
during the present and all subsequent
laotation periods.
Good drainage to COW stable Is abb
solutely necessary, and a cement foor
serves this end to good advantage.
Keep your chicks on dry ground,
where they can get no red worms,
and they are not likely to have gapes.
Except when pigs are small, two
feelings OF warm, sloppy feed per
day, morning and evening, is suffi-
cient.
The trap nest picks out the layers,
the best brooders, the drones and the
Improbable hens as well as the egg
eaters.
The season has arrived when farm
ers and gardeners should begin testing
seeds to determine their power Of ger
mination.
There will be no danger Of white
specks, or black specks either, in the
butter II the cream is strained into
the churn.
The sooner anyone gets rid Of "cull"
stock the better, and when a favorable
opportunity comes 1t is well to take
advantage Of 1t.
A COW that is run down or hide
bound, the result of faulty digestion
and assimilation, needs a tonic to
build up her blood.
Many Of the troubles experienced at
lnmbing time are are result Of rough
handling and treatment during the
period Of pregnancy.
The farmers family is fortunate in
having an abundance of good food at
all seasons of the year, but this is
especially true in the winter.
Every farmer can have plenty Of
eggs and chickens for himself and for
market II he viii only turn little Of
his energy toward the hen house.
Are there not some places about the
farm where evergreens ought to be
planted? They make a splendid wind
break about the barns and yards.
In hauling manure, ice, wood or 9TH
er slow work about the farm where a
team stands a good share Of the time
the use of blankets is to be recon-
mended.
You must keep track Of your hens
and know what they are doing II you
are going to keep them at all, and
then you can have as large a flock as
you can manage.
There is no danger Of cattle chok-
ing on shredded fodder. They chew
II the same as hay before they at
tempt to swallow It and It goes down
their throats as easily.
Some one who has not been ASLEEP
all the time during recent years has
said: Cement and alfalfa are going
10 make western farmers the most
independent people on earth.
Before the appearance Of blossoms
and foliage, spray for soft scale and
like Insects with the limssulphuI
wash or kerosene emulsion. No fruit
grower can expect 70 have clean
healthy trees unless be uses sprays
and washes.
Given plenty Of good roughaEe and
light grain ration Of wholesome
farm lsad aupplemeuted with 9 little
an ina come root crops q corn 81