Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-06-15

should be plowcd in the fall.
Have the holes for the trees to be
removed dug wide and deep.
Suuab raising seems to be a ia
vorite occupation with suburban peo-
pie.
Large trees should be taken up
when the earth is frozen around the
roots.
A farmer car tell the value of corn
stover without making any serious
mistake.
Land intended for roots should be
plowed as soon as the ground Is dry
enough to work.
Mix poultry droppings with an equal
quantity of fine earth, and put one
handful to the hill.
As soon as the calf learns to eat
hay, place one handful of whole oats
in the feed box once a day.
A beautiful hedge is made by using
zinnias in the back row, then calliop-
sis with white phlox as border.
Mang!es and sugar beets are the
best roots to grow for cattle. sheep
and pigs. and Belgian carrots for
horses.
Asters can be planted in rows OF
white and lavender, with very pleasing
results. provided the same kind is
used in each row.
Young turkeys usually have black
feet, which after two years turn gray
and dull, and become paler and more
sickly as age advances.
Surplus suckers in blackberry or
red raspberry patches should be treat
ed just like weeds; don't let the rows
get too wide nor too thick.
Hens in good health having access
to the dust bath will usually keep
free from lice. The house should be
swept clean every morning.
In most all branches Of business
competition is generally recognized as
a great stimulant, but in the creamery
business 1t has been overdone.
The storekeeper who keeps eggs in
his cellar from a week to a month
needs TO be looked after Eggs should
be shipped along as fast as possible.
Let the calk suck the COW a few
days; this milk is not At for human
feed and is what the calf needs to
cleanse the bowels and tone up the
system.
It Is said that naval oranges
sprung from a single tree that was
found growing on the northern shore
of the Mediterranean sea, nearly $50
years ago.
In dipping pigs great care must be
exercised to cover every part Of his
body from tail to snout. II a patch as
big as a thumb nail Is left untouched
it may contain the nuclus Of a new
crop.
Look we'll after the water. Keep It
always before the fowls. pure and
clean. and renew It frequently. Do
not allow them to eat snow. Do not
let them drink water grown tepid in
the sun.
More insects will be killed in q
greenhouse If fumigating apparatus
be placed near the roof so that the
fumes will descend, rising vapors
leaving the lower part Of house par
TALLY fumigated.
In careful tests made at the several
stations It is found that there is little
or no difference in the feeding value
of the dry matter of roots and ensi-
lage and the general opinion is in
favor of the silage.
Honey Is the purest and the least
harmful Of sweets. The honey crop
Is mostly gain, for no flowers need
necessarily be raised to pasture the
bees. They aid in the fertilization Of
fruit trees and the smaller clovers.
Hog cholera is estimated to have
been the cause of losses Of over ST.
100000 to farmers of Illinois, but in
the future this loss will be greatly low
cred, It is firmly believed, now that
serum is being manufactured and used
extensively. says the Swine Breeder.
BY lRr the best way to use manure
for grain is to spread and mix It with