Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-05-04
Farm manure is valuable:

Plant some fall forage crops.
The nest egg theory is out Of date
A hen will lay II she is properly fed
md housed.
It is best not to wash eggs that are
% be used for Matching.
Many poultry keepers do not give
heir birds exercise enough.
Rape makes very good pasture for
either young chickens or laying hens
Experience teaches that the best
Matching eggs are those OF medium
Ihape.
The sitting hen must have her daily
:are and attention, Just like the in
:ubator.
Poultry farming. in connection with
sheep, is largely followed in parts
II New England.
Trees should be pruned when they
ire first transplanted. This is is the
most ideal time to start the pruning
There are two methods for getting
good cows: by buying them, or by
buying good sires and building up the
grade herd.
Onions and peas are among the first
seeds to SOW in the spring. The
plants will endure some frosty
weather.
In choosing a breed OF sheep, 1t
matters little which is chosen so long
as It is Q good wool and mutton pro-
1ucing quality.
After the hens become broody on
their laying nests they may be gently
and quietly changed at night to the
sitting quarters.
In that new poultry house have the
perches on q level and about a foot
above the dropping board. Don't for
get the dropping board.
Prune to prevent the lower limbs
from hindering cultivation; the upper
ones from growing out Of easy reach
Tor spraying and picking.
Be sure that the turkeys have
enough, but not too much food during
the breeding season-just enough to
keep them in good flesh.
Wash incubator trays in good hot
water with plenty Of the old-fashioned
hard yellow soap. Dry in the sun.
Do this after each hatch Is of.
The hen that grew from the incu'
bator chicken will want to sit as bad
" as the one that grew from the
chicken Matched in the old-fashioned
way.
II is useless to plant beans until the
ground becomes warm. II they come
up and then are chilled, they turn
yellow and never amount to any
thing.
The brood SOW, like all other ami
mails, requires sufficient food to main
tain her own body in thrifty condi'
lion, while yet supplying the needs OF
the unborn litter.
There used to be q mania-and 1t
still has a hold in some sections-for
farmers to increase their farm posses
sions in spite Of their inability to
properly use the same.
Farming is not q calling In which
main strength and awkwardness" are
factors. It is not an industry that af-
lords a large aggregate crop by half
a large acreage.
The fertility Of eggs depends chiefly
On the condition Of the breeding
stock. the number Of females allotted
10 one male, the conditions under
which they are kept and the food.
Don't sell that old eve merely be-
cause she Is thin. Look at her teeth. |
4 they are good she IL probably q
eany sucker and q monsy-maker.
give her q little grain and watch her
| little.
Poultry manure ferments very
Iuickly and as frequently handled
oses much Of its nitrogen in the form
II compounds Of ammonia which are
-apidly formed and which escape into
he air unless means to prevent are
AIKEN
The American breeds, the Ply
mouth Rocks, Wyandoftes and Rhode
stand Rsda. can b made good broil-
Z chickens ct 2 . pounds 9 pair,
oarting chickens a. four 70 ak
A. - --~,,a $50 Iorrn rsrru,r,