Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-09-28
Keep the pigs growing.

Chicken wire makes a good trellii
for tomatoes.
The greatest damage to soil IL
usually done after harvest.
Grind the corn you feed the old
sheep. Their teeth may be poor.
Young chicks still with the hens
thrive better on a variety Of foods.
The disk is the tool to prepare the
corn stubble for the small grain.
Horses enjoy a good drink, but they
don't have to go to town to get 1t.
Never throw fruit of any kind into
q basket or box. Lay It in gently.
The production of a COW above a
certain standard constitutes the pro-
ct.
Manure, sod and lime are three best
ways Of increasing the humus in the
soil.
Keep the hedges clipped. Buck
thorn Is one Of the easiest hedges
handled.
There is hardly a limit to the re-
sources OF the rat to exterminate
chicks.
Sheep suffer the least from a def
cheney Of drinking water, and horses
and cattle the most.
It is well worth while to exert every
energy possible to keep your present
supply Of live stock.
When the pigs tails begin to hang
down straight 1t Is time to get out
the worm medicine.
A good colt bred for a purpose, and
fed and trained for purpose. is never
a drug on the market.
Spray pumps and spray materials
are now the main topic Of converse
ton among fruit growers.
The best use Of stable manure is to
haul It out as'fast as made and spread
It broadcast over sod ground.
The present shortage Of forage
crops should emphasize the necessity
for a reserve supply in silos.
More small hogs have probably been
marketed in the last two years than
ever before during the same time.
For the protection OF dairy stock, as
well as for live stock generally, wind
breaks and tree sherter are invaluable.
A little salt sprinkled with coal
ashes is as much relished by the hogs
as Cracker Jack" is relished by the
boys.
The first step in better cream quail
fly in hot weather is to separate the
milk Immediately, as soon as 1t Is
MIXED.
Keep the new strawberry bed clean
cultivated until the runners are mat
ted too much to permit the cultivator
to go through.
Those farmers who kept up their
cultivation Of the soil not only kept
the corn over the dry spell but In
creased the yield.
The wild high-bush cranberry, COM
mon in many marshy districts, is
good. both as an ornament on the
lawn and for making jelly.
The right time to castrate pigs is
a week or so before they are weaned,
II healthy; II delicate, wait a week or
80 until they are stronger.
All milk cans should be washed
first in cold water, then thoroughly
cleansed with warm water, and finally |
rinsed in scaldlng hot water.
We cannot expect even the best |
pure-bred to produce animals without
a blemish every time. II is always a
case Of the survival Of the fittest.
An excellent plan in providing
against shortage Of pasture IL to grow
each year some of the supplementary
crops, such as rye, millet, COW peas,
rape or sorghum. to be used during
the dry season.
After some summer rain you viii
nnd your hogs Wallowing In some
puddle and enjoying It Then is the
lime 20 have crude oil on hand and
pour . pailful in the wallow. II
WIN nOat on top and KIN the lice on
he hogs. This is cheap and easy
Earm weather way Of dipping i