Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-12-21
Use care with separator.

SOFT corn makes an excellent iAto
fall feed.
Never allow the ewes to get wet dur
Ing the winter.
Cold milk will not separate as COM
pletely as warm milk.
A suffering. frozen hog or pig cannot
be making profitable growth.
Fall is the best season for planting
all deciduous trees and bushes.
For best results separate the milk
as soon after milking as possible.
Locate the separator on q solid
foundation In a place free from dust.
The soy bean has been grown very
little north Of the latitude Of southern
Iowa.
Having secured tester and learned
how to use 1t, weigh the milk and
test It.
Cows afflicted with the disease Of
abortion convey this disease to their
offspring.
The mare with the fall colt should
be kept most Of the time In roomy,
warm box stall.
Concrete watts in the milk houses are
reasonably cheap, eternally durable
and highly sanitary.
Early autumn is very trying time
on the ewes on the account Of the
shortage Of pasture.
II the farm as q whole doesn't pay,
make some part Of It a garden spot,
for gardens always pay.
Never breed nervous, high.strung
SOW that is always ready to jump and
run at the drop Of the hat.
Besides the white grub, there are
several other pests which trouble the
roots Of strawberry plants.
All breeds Of hogs look good when
taken care Of, all of them will yield
good money II rightly handled.
Owing to the scarcity of hay and the
high price of all kinds of grain. farm
ers having plenty Of straw are fortu-
nate.
Drafts under the floors should be
prevented by placing boards over the
openings and then banking with straw
or chaff.
The terminating power of the mid
die kernels Of an ear Of corn is much
stronger than that Of the tip ard
butt kernels.
No matter whether the corn is
bought of saved from your own farm
It should be stored in a dry. we'll
ventilated place.
A good ration for rams during the
breeding season is oats, bran and lin
seed-meal, with such folders as rape,
the vetches and alfalfa.
Prepare the soil for your bedding
plants which are to be planted next
spring. You cannot take too much
pains in preparing the soil.
No man that is inexperienced should
undertake the business Of raising hogs
unless he expects to make a study Of
It, and to profit by his mistakes.
Better run q dairy without dog
than have one that is irritable to the
cows. Many kicking COWS are caused
by the dogs nipping at their heels.
Sheep that are well kept and fed dur
ing the fall season 30 that they enter
the winter quarters in thrifty and Wig
orous condition viii keep easily over
winter.
II you are q beginner with sheep 80
slow until you have mastered the In
dustry. As in poultrying or any other
Ike Business. experience IL the safe.
sure teacher.
One Of the most general methods
adopted for cooling milk IL to place
the cans IN q vat containing water
which reaches q point slightly above
surface Of milk.
This years sprouts may be pulled
from the peach trees with the hands
II It is done this fan, when It should
be, which VIII save considerable
work next spring.
Cleanliness In handling. In strain
ing. and IN separating the milk iB a
thing that cannot be too reiigicusly
adhered 70, for prevention Is the ley
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