Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-06-22

Despite constant work with the cul-
tivator weeds will grow in the potato
field.
Keep a supply Of wheat bran before
all your chickens Of all ages at all
times.
The quality Of the plant-ripened to-
mato is much better than Of house
ripened fruits.
Soil that blows badly may be Inn
proved by scattering straw or manure
over tho surface.
Corn properly planted can be given
its first working before the rows can
be distinctly seen.
The production Of milk reasonably
free from bacteria is simply q Ques-
ton Of cleanliness.
There is no better general feed than
good green grass for growing and pro-
duclng farm animals.
Hens for incubation should be Of Q
quiet disposition and on friendly
terms with their keeper.
II has been proven by many tests
that silage increases the production Of
milk and lowers the cost.
Teach the young colts to eat q mix.
ture of crushed oats, wheat bran and
oil meal as soon as possible.
The larger amount Of feed an animal
will consume all things considered, the
more profitable will the animal be.
Sow cow-peas before you pillow your
potatoes for the last time. They will
be up before the weeds get q start.
Unless Of exceptional value. after
the third year, coop the hen, fatten
and eat her. She will be fine for that
purpose.
The dry method Of feeding chickens
consists in supplying nothing but
grain from the commencement Of
their lives.
In hunting a sire get one Of the
same strain as the mare unless she is
a scrub. There is little to be gained
in crossing.
The foremost method OF cultivating
alfalfa is with the disk harrow, one Of
the most excellent farm implements
ever invented.
ChafHy seed corn, II Il has not been
and has been properly stored,
terminates practically as
we'll as mature seed corn.
Five dollars invested in package ma
terial will pay many times the invest
ment In the better prices the fruit will
bring when properly packed.
Parsley seed terminates slowly,
have ground very fine. Cover seed
with fine rich soil mixed with manure
scraplngs. Keep soil moist.
Do not try to force nature. In At
ting young fries for the market give
the chicks proper food, freedom from
lice and nature will do the rest.
The future Of the mutton crop de-
ponds upon the attention given the |
young lambs, and the degree to which |
they are kept growing from the start. |
The first week young ducks should
be fed corn bread made of equal parts |
Of wheat, bran and cornmeal, a little
sour milk and soda to raise. and lit
tie salt.
Horses always bring higher price
In the spring than in the fall, as many
men sell their horses In the fall, pre-
lerring not to keep them through the
winter months.
Sow a patch Of COW peas near the
poultry yard. Do not harvest the
peas when ripe but turn the hens into
hem when the green grass disappears
and they viii thrive upon them.
Agricultural experiments show that
Z It Is necessary to fertilize the soil
% secure a crop Of twenty bushels Of
wheat per acre, It is even more neces-
AIRY to fertilize for q good crop Of
ruit.
The majority Of turkey raisers have
% raise their birds under unnatural
conditions and have to adopt meas
Tres of protection and food that win |
,Onform a. nearly a. possible to their
condition.
Big farms are all right for those