Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-08-05
Sheep relish rape greatly.

1t takes a protracted drought to de-
veIop any poisonous material In sor-
ghum-
Through live stock we market our
products at home in the finished
product
1t would be better to give some OF
your cows away than to feed them
at a loss.
Keep the eggs as short time as
possible and at cool temperature,
40 to SIS degrees
All the profit of sheep husbandry
is bound UP in one thing; the keeping
of the flock in health.
A good aphis is one of the worst
enemies the orchardfst has to combat
in the young orchard
Selling less hay and straw, feeding
more cows on the farm, will help re-
duce the fertilizer problem.
all cases in TRANSFORMING evergreens
to avoid drying of the roots
Tomato seeds are easily preserved,
and if you have extra good ones pick
out the best and save the seeds
1t should be remembered that sows
that are to feed large filters of pigs
should be well fed and cared for.
The pig that is intended for a brood
SOW should be fed well enough to keep
it in good condition, but not extra fat
As good insect powder is SO cheap
there is no use or excuse for allowing
old fowls to remain covered with YER
min
If you want late celery for winter,
it should be planted any time from
the first of July to the middle of
August.
String beans should be drilled in
double rows six inches apart with just
enough space between to allow for
cultivation.
Buttermilk is one of the best known
feeds for pigs, used in moderation
and properly mixed with grain or 9TH
er feedstuffs
The foremost method of cultivat1ng
alfalfa is with the disk harrow, one of
the most excellent farm implements
ever invented.
If the skin of the horse is kept
clean he will sweat more freely,
which is necessary to keep him in
good condition
Too much water is as bad as too
little, because the surplus fills up the
in the soil, excludes the
air and smothers the plant
For the large tomato worm which
was more numerous than usual last
year, the best method Is to pick them
off by hand and destroy them.
Never feed meat scraps that were
made of rotten meat. Good, pure
feed is the only thing that ever ought
to be fed to a fowl of any kind.
1t costs money to have things go
wrong on the farm or anywhere else,
but 1t is almost inevitable that some
thing will go wrong once in while.
Before and after the SOW farrows,
she should be fed very light or the
pigs will not be able to take all the
milk, or If they do, they will become
sick.
Dop't forget to thoroughly overhaul
the binder before harvest; this is
cheaper than to be overhauled by a
hailstorm because you let the harvest
ing drag.
Small-fruit growing and truck farm
ing does not mix well with general
farming; but an apple orchard Is a
profitable appendage to any diversi-
fed farm.
A gilt that is expected to be kept
for a brood sow should never be bred
before she is eight months old, and 1t
is better to wait until she is ten or
eleven months old.
1t is Just as cheap to make a pound
of good butter as 1t is to make a
pound of poor butter and when 1t
comes to selling 1t. the prices are very
decidedly different.
All we can do towards the moult is
to feed well. Keep the birds In the
best condition to stand the strain Do
not try starving or overlooking, or
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