Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-11-23

OOEA 10 Iho hAOob LOihouou W PONASAJ
Of all grains.
To make money is the chief object
Of breeding pedigree hogs.
Systematic work is required to rid
poultry house Of mites or lice.
The feed and feeding 10 the first I'm.
portant point in successful dalrying.
One Of the most successful pigeon
raiBers feeds his birds nothing but
whole corn.
Never feed soured or tainted food Of
any kind to the chicks. or to the old
fowls. either.
It takes q good manager to make
q profit Of 81 per head each year from
q single pair Of breeders.
The sheep industry cannot reach
perfection until every mOngrel dog in
the land 10 exterminated.
There IL one rule always to be re-
membered: Never mate birds that
are Matched in the same nest.
Il is best not to put sawdust In the
poultry house, as 1t gathers too much
moisture and causes dampneSs.
It is q fact that the dogs destroy
more sheep in some certain states
than all the diseases combined.
Keep sows and pigs away from fat
tening hogs, and give them feeds that
produce flesh and bone rather than
fat.
Thoroughly clean and whltewash
the inside Of the hen house and 1t Will
be lighter and cleaner during the en-
tire winter.
Cabbage IL one Of the very best
vegetables to feed to poultry. 90 It
keeps green a long time and the chick
ems enjoy picking at II.
An egg. to belong to the strictly
fresh egg class, should not be- over
three days old In summer weather,
End q week old during winter.
Mar man allows his chickens to roam
amid the mud and slush Of the yards
in the fall, he is preparing the way
for some sick fowls this winter.
He who makes q success in the
chicken business from the start will
be the man who does things, not he
who waits for a favorable opportunity
Get rid Of the cockerels rs rapidly
as they get large enough and thus cut
OF the feed bill and protect the others
Of the flock from these scrappy young
sters.
II good, clean, sound grain In abun-
dance, and variety, with pure water,
grit oyster shell and meat In some
form, will not produce eggs, nothing
else will.
Only an expert is able to tell by
the smell Just when the cream Is right
for churning. It then has q clean,
sour taste and smells like nuts fresh
from the woods.
Impure air, az well as dampness.
are q danger to any flock. Separate
the flocks in punches Of S5 or so and
feed them separately and they will
make much better gains.
Always make the nest boxes easily
removable so that they may be fire.
quently taken out Of the house and
cleaned, disinfected and treated for
the destruction Of Vermin.
The dairy farmeE who does not build
q silo usually has some reason which
is satisfactory TO him. but he cannot
longer use the excuse that silage has
. detrimental erect on milk quality.
It's a mistake TO discard q breed
on the suppositiOn that Il 10 not
hardy one. Hardness can Be instllled
in any breed by proper housing. prop
or food, proper attention. and syste-
matte breeding.
The time Of milk giving IL largely
influenced by the period Of CESSATION,
a. usually the COWS win be ready to
dry up from six TO four weeks before
calving, no matter how long she has
been giving milk.
The scales and q BabcOck tester.
when rightly used. viii accurately de-
termine whether any Of yOur COWS
are -grafters" Just as surely e. q pair
Of farm scales WilI show the enact
yield q cOrn.
The old hen, the carelassly Inbred
hen, the mcngrsl without q Well-bred
ancestry. EosU The eggprOductlOn Of