Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-08-10

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Mango has many causes.
For market grow the field beans.
Milk quietly. quickly. clearly anC
thoroughly.
Take no chances with an old boar
always keep behind him.
A hen has the ability to reproduce
herself over many times in year.
OF all chick troubles bowel com
plants are the hardest to cope with
Cattle. horses, hogs and sheep grow
nights and Sundays, every day In the
year.
Don't feed the little chicks more
than they will eat up clean in i've
minutes.
Stable manure contains much Vege,
table matter and this adds humus to
the soil.
Tramsworths are good rustlers, very
prolific. and the meat is Of the high
est quality.
Brush the udder and surrounding
parts just before milking, and wipe
them with q clean damp cloth.
Most varieties Of pears should be
picked when mature, but not ripe.
and ripened in a cool, dark place.
There 10 no other part Of the farm
from which so much Is expected or
which is more neglected than the pas
ture.
Duck eggs do not hatch as we'll II
they need to be washed. Therefore
keep the duck pen bedded with clean
litter.
Too heavy feeding clogs the appe-
lite and too slight feeding makes the
pig investigate the weak points in
the fence.
The poultry raiser is now finding
out that the early Matched chicks are
more vigorous and profitable than the
late matches.
We cannot market our corn stalks
and hay In different cities, but We
can supply the world with meat and
stock products.
Harsh treatment Of q broody hen
may cure her Of a desire to sit, but
It may also kill the hen. Gentle
measures are better.
No goat should be called milch
goat that does not give an average of
ct least one quart of milk per day for
four months after kidding.
The poultry raiser who is too lazy
to keep his poultry house absolutely
free from vermin does not deserve
success nor will he have it.
Farmers are beginning to find out
that chickens pay better on an aver
age than farming, as the chicks will
grow whether It rains or shines.
It is not always possible to regu-
late the price for which milk or but
ter.fat will sell. but 1t is possible to
control the cost to a certain extent
Medium-sized hogs are now most
In favor. It is best to feed hogs for
only eight or ten months. After they
are year old the feeding is not profit
able.
When the horses rub their tails It
IL sometimes a sign Of worms. To
effect a remedy feed equal parts of
salt and wood ashes every day for a
week.
Promptly remove any animal not in
good health, and reject her milk.
Never add an animal to your herd
that Is not perfectly vigorous and
healthy.
When butter is gathered in the cream |
In granular form It 10 never over
worked. Working out buttermilk and |
In salt Is where the over1d
yorking IL done.
Kaflr corn is becoming very popu-
ar as q poultry feed. In feeding value
t IL similar to corn. Consequently It
Ihould not be used as a single feed
except for fattening.
During the Noting period in the
all the old birds should be fed some
animal food. q little hemp seed or
IunnOwer or other green food in add
ion 20 their grain ration. Keep the
birds from wet and chilling condi-
ions.
Too many chicks IN one yard. coop
" brooder IL disastrous. Older chicks
viii trample on ana crowd ont ypuneer