Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-03-09
Poultry prefer llEht hOusea.

Butter fat seems to absorb more
moisture when comparatively warm.
Many growers think there IL more
money in raspberries than strawber-
ries.
Sunshine is a great purifier; allow
It free access In the barn whenever
possible.
Milk is very susceptible to filth and
disease, and care must be exercised
in handling 1t.
The COW that does not yield a profit
at the pail eats just about as much az
the COW that does.
Don't plant any flowers in straight
rows except hollyhocks or sunhowers,
or plants for borders.
The one cry against the general
practice Of dairy farming is that 1t
requires too much labor.
The well ventilated barn will be
more comfortable on the coolest day
than one poorly ventilated.
Twenty acres of corn put into the
silo is worth more in feeding a dairy
herd than 80 acres In the crib.
Don't forget about the lice these
days, when the hens are shut up
good part OF the day and night.
There is best temperature for each
individual lot Of cream, but this can
be determined only by experience.
II the man who has no silo would
watch his neighbor feed and watch
the results he would soon have one.
Do not neglect to use these days
when the ground is frozen hard to
dress the land literally with manure.
A hill Of potatoes stripped by bugs,
or on which the leaves are injured by
blight, cannot give q satisfactory
yield.
withdrawing or painting the in
terror Of the COW stable is advisable
and does not bring burden upon the
dairyman.
Place no reliance in the theory that
breeds contaminate by simply seeing a
different variety on the other side Of
the fence.
Unless the dairy farmer really
knows a good dairy COW when he sees
one, he should not attempt to build
up q dairy herd.
There is a tradition that COWS will
do better in warm weather than in
cold weather, but experience has dis
proved this fact.
The best way to feed straw to
horses and mules at work is to re-
duce It to chaff and mix 1t with mid
dllngs and corn chop.
No animal suffers more readily from
intense cold in the winter or more
severely from intense heat In the
summer than the hog.
Get ahead Of the season in all gar
den work. BY and by the rush Of
other things will come and a part Of
this work may be neglected.
Plant strawberries as soon rs the
season viii allow. Next years crop
depends upon the start made this sea-
son, so strawberry growers say.
To seed down a vegetable garden
after the earth has been worked,
fined and raked thoroughly, the FIRST
needful thing is to level the ground.
The time will soon be here when we
shall need seed corn for planting. It
Is always well to make a selection
and have all things ready before plant
ing time.
The COW freshening in the spring
will produce a maximum low Of milk
during the first couple Of spring
months because Of the ideal condi-
tons Of the pastures.
II perches, houses and coops are
thoroughly treated now with a good
mite destroyer there win be no dan
ger Of their making any further trou.
BILE until next summer.
Stables should be cleaned carefully
daily, and disinfectsd thoroughly at
least twice during the winter season,
and always after q case Of disease
among the animals IN the stable.
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