Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-07-27
Gun your chicken fiOcks often.

This Is the time OF year when It 10
necessary to keep the cultivator going
overtime.
After cooling, milk should In all
cases be held at the lowest available
temperature.
Good ventilation is absolutely es-
sential, but drafts rust be prevented
in the Landing shed.
The best way to get rid OF mos
quitos, like the balance of our troubles.
is not to raise 'em.
The Guernsey, when II comes to
butter fat, holds a distinguished place
az q record breaker.
The cost Of 100 pounds gain In
calves is about $410, while 1t is nearly
$500 for two-year-olds.
The cultivation of beans should be
along the same lines as Of corn. and
IL possible more intensive.
Spray the first time for the special
purpose Of filling every blossom on
the tree with the poison used.
Breaking broody hens is not hard
task. A little care in the feeding and
housing is all that il required.
The United States produces one.
fifth of the wheat and threefourths
of all the corn grown in the world.
Do not wait until the broody fever
hen becomes chronic, but discourage
Ter as soon as she shows signs Of it.
Alfalfa is one Of the best plants to
furnish green food for chickens, but
ordinarily 1t soon kills out II over pas.
tured.
Shorn sheep sell at a discount be-
cause the wool cannot be pulled until
1t has growth of three-quarters oil
an inch.
Brush the udder and surrounding
parts Just before milking, and wipe
them with a clean damp cloth OF
sponge.
Keep small turkey poults out Of the
long, wet grass in the morning and see
that they are under cover during
heavy showers.
Butter from fresh and properly
ripened cream not over one day old
keeps better than does butter made
from sweet cream.
An important feature in the sue
cessful management Of the SOW and
litter is to get the little pigs to feed
rs early as possible.
II is found that success in dairying
depends as much on the kind OF care
and management bestowed on the
herd, as upon the breed.
When you weed and thin out the
family garden don't forget the poul'
try; they will relish the garden waste
and put It to a good use.
Plan to raise a fine flock Of general
purpose standardized birds this sea
son. They will yield much more salts
faction and profit than a mixed flock.
II a man has Jerseys, give them Isle
Of Jersey care and feed, for they can
not succeed on scrub fare and fodder.
They were not intended for that pur'
pose.
BY two or three paintings Of sweet
corn two weeks or so apart, one can
have tender Juicy corn on the table
three times as long as one planting
can give them.
Cooked fish makes good summer ami
NAL food. Beef scraps are less liable
to cause Indigestion and diarrhOea in
hot weather II well scalded and mixed
with ground grains.
The butter fat from very fresh cream
is apparently in a more stable condE
ton than is the fat in the sour cream
over one day old. and not so predis
posed to decomposition.
II Bhod, the shoes should be 70
moved at frequent intervals, because
the hoof Of the horse keeps continu.
ally growing. II the horse goes I'M
shod trim the feet occasionally.
Have spraying outfits enough to
cover the orchard within seven to
ten days, If possible. or before the
earliest blossoms close enough to pre-
vent getting the spray into the calyx.
Many farmers use boar Of different
breed Of that Of their sows to produce
a cross. Sometimes this Is good prac.
tice for the first cross, but the sows
from such q cross should never be
hrad