Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-09-14

Apples should be carefully assorted
Cool the cream as soon as possible
after separating.
Prepared dips kill lice. A LOUSY
COW is a hard keeper.
Oats should be made a part Of the
ration of the growing colt.
II is often good plan to turn wean
ling lambs into the cornheld.
s.
Don't give the pigs a setback by O
day or two Of carelessness.
The comfortable COW is usually one
that produces the best profits.
Change pastures often to give the
grass a chance to start up fresh.
Corn silage'is an excellent calf feed
when fed in moderate amounts.
Allow no weeds to 60 to seed. This
will make cultivation easier next
year.
Spring pigs can get along very well
without shelter except from rain un-
I'll fall.
Tainted, musty or mouldy feeds
should never be served in the dairy
herd rations.
A silo should not be less than 30
feet deep or more than IL or II feet
in diameter.
There is always much difficulty in
keeping cans clean and sweet in very
warm weather
The hog on pasture requires 20 per
cent. less grain to make gain of 100
pounds in weight.
The most profitable pork is pro-
duced by using as largely as possible
other feeds than corn.
Rape will stand a vast amount Of
stable manure and give a surprising
growth Of green feed.
The only hog pasture crop that
may be sown now to furnish fall feed
is cowpeas or sorghum.
When grapes are bagged at an early
stage there is hardly any work in the
fruit line that pays better.
Cut nut sprouts about shade trees,
plums and apples. They only take
strength from the main plant.
II the pig is stinted in its food at
any stage Of its life, 1t can never be-
come a perfect pork producer.
Gather pumpkins and squash before
a hard frost and store away In dry
place (not in damp CELLAR.
The best corn-cutting outfit for the
average farmer is a portable engine
with silage gutter and blower attach
ment.
Hogs WILL not thrive on sour and
decomposed food any more than men
will. See that they get fresh, clean
water to drink.
A shed that is warm and poorly
ventilated will often cause the sleeps
wool to loosen, besides injuring the
animals vitality.
Quality in form. disposition and gen.
eTal conformation must be coupled
with the size and style to get the best
In each class Of horses.
Cabbage will sometimes cure slob-
Der in horses caused by eating white
clover. but It is better to keep the
clover away from the horses.
Be sure that you furnish proper
quarters for the narrowing SOW. You
can't afford to lose a single one Of the
little ''squealers" this season.
In real warm weather It will pay
and pay well to round up the young
pigs every ten days or two weeks and
give them a thorough wetting.
The farmers whose corn fields are
most likely to suffer this season are
those who quit blowing Just because
there were 20 more weeds to XIII.
Every farmer knows the value Of
corn as a supplement to q pasture
crop late in. summer. for which pur-
pose II may be used for cattle a.
soon as It Is tasseled out and for
hogs as soon as the ears have reached
the roasting stage.
II does not cost much to get q pure
bred sire when the benefits to be de-
rived from bis use are considered, and
the Ownership 81 q good animal has
an aduonffonaI yrnlua v-hich A nranfir.