Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-11-09

Hogs like cornstalks.
The disk will never take the place
Of the pillow.
Pride yourself on having fancy and
we'll bred stock.
The result Of care from start to
finish is first.class butter.
All root crops should be planted
as soon as a good season is In the
ground.
The seed corn must be we'll cared
for after II is harvested II the best re-
suits are expected.
Rapid growth from hogs cannot be
secured on even the best pasture,
without some grain.
Farmers In general cross hogs more
than other animals, but this is con-
sidered bad practice.
Sheep have warm wool coats, don't
be afraid to turn them out in good
weather even II it is cold.
When the pigs are young and weak
every time the SOW gets up and lies
down she is liable to kill the pigs.
Watch the ewes and don't let them
60 through narrow spaces: it may
save you a case of abortion later on.
II horses will really winter better
on more grain and less hay now is a
good time to adopt such a line of
feeding.
Dairy butter should be packed in
five-pound jars and ten and twenty
pound tubs to sell to the best ad-
vantage.
In most cities milk sells at retail for
eight cents a quart, and at that price
1t is the cheapest and most valuable
food known.
It is just as important that every
horse should have his own collar all
the time as that a man should wear
his own shoes.
After foaling, the mare should have
not less than weeks rest before be-
ing put to work, and then the work
should be light.
A hogs time is not worth anything.
but your time is. The best breed Of
hogs to raise is the kind that will grow
into money quickest.
Use wire netting freely on the
fronts OF all your coops and houses
letting out the unused air and admit
ting sunshine at MONDAY.
That bright-eyed, red combed. act
i've pullet will surely lay soon II you
are not mighty careful that she does
not get quite enough to eat.
You may like skim milk cold, but
that don't change the mind Of the calf
or pig. They want 1t warm like ma
ture meant them to have It.
Tankage. by-product Of the
slaughter houses. is wholesome
feed for all kinds of live stock. but
It's greatest value is for hogs.
When the pigs are three or four
hours old the SOW should be fed about
one quart Of rich bran or shorts in
fresh water made into a slop.
Work horses, who have been push
ed in the fields all summer should
now have the advantage OF every
hour possible in the fan pastures.
Some growers Of onions prefer to
cut the tops from the bulbs before
they are taken from the ground using
4 pair of sheep shears for the pur-
pose
The richer the milk the richer will
be the cream. concludes the bulletin
in discussing the effect Of richness of
milk may have on the richness Of
cream.
Tobacco growers are becoming year
ly more disposed to know the form Of
potash, whether from kainit, muriate
or sulphate, which enters into their
tobacco fertilizers.
An armful of green cornstalks will
add relish to the hogs ration, but It
should not be fed regularly until the
corn In the ear has hardened beyond
the possibility of frost.
The Gull and drop apples may be
turned into profit by feeding them |
to the hogs. sheep. poultry and other |
live stock, or converted into vinegar
for home use and commercial pur-
poses.