Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-11-16


Oats make an excellent ration for
laying hens.
Late in the fall is a good time to
hatch spring chicks In some sections
Shorts are more economical feed
for sows and growing pigs than corn
The deepest mudhole and steepest
hill measure the real distance to mar
ket.
Turkeys will soon become weak and
subject to disease where inbreeding is
practiced.
Where there is plenty Of skinned
milk. beef scraps for hens need not
be bought.
When the hogs fail to gain at least
a pound a day 1t is time to say good
by to them.
Get your cows started right for the
coming cold weather and they will do
we'll all winter.
Build a warm, dry and otherwise
comfortable room for the calves for
the cold weather.
When selecting COW for the dairy
look and see II the eye Of the AMI
NAL is large and full.
This is the time Of the year when
dairy cattle require better care and
more liberal feeding.
To thoroughly clean milk utensils
they first should be rinsed with cold
water, TO remove all particles Of
milk.
The successful feeding Of lambs de
ponds largely on their being offered
great variety Of food while in the
yards.
Peach trees can be planted any
time between last and first frost; the
earlier in the winter they are planted
the better.
Keep all the rotten fruit well
cleaned up around the orchard, as
these constitute the winter quarters
Of numerous orchard pests.
II all Of the garden space is to
grow profitable crops, no large trees
must stand closer than thirty to fifty
feet from the garden fence.
The calf that Is expected to develop
into a strong and profitable COW
should be given all the chance posi-
BILE during its early period Of growth
The best results are usually obtain
ed from the work that Is systematiZed
and most carefully planned. This is
not always the hardest work on the
farm.
The best way 20 stop a hog from
eating chickens Is to put II on the
market as soon as possible, since II
will soon lead other hogs into, the bad
habit.
The best milking pail is the one 60
constructed that 1t will reduce to
minimum the amount Of dirt falling
into the milk during the process Of
milking.
An old horseman says that the chief
cause Of collie In horses, or the cause
Of the largest per cent. Of these cases,
10 brought through long abstinence
from water.
Do not neglect to secure a good
supply Of fine dust for the fowls dur
ing the coming winter, while the
ground is yet dry and there is dust
In the road.
There is much difference in the In
dIviduallty Of cows and their powers
to produce milk as there Is in men
and their powers to perform certain
kinds Of work.
The profit in q COW comes from the
extra amount Of milk she will yield
over what she ordinarily gives on
common pasture or the coarse feeds
usually given her.
The poultry raiser who notes his
flock carefully, taking into account
what they are doing, and capable Of
doing, ought to know more how to
feed and what to feed, than anyone
advising at long range.
II is very dangerous to pasture
stock on second growth sorghum OF
Johnson grass, as this year has been
dry in many sections and these crops
have been grown under unfavorable
conditions.
Skim milk A n rood fond for noul.