Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-13

Chickens relish fresh lettuce
Select your breed and stick to It.
II you plant pear trees in rich soil
you invite blight
It is work worth while to scald the
Calls feed pail every day.
A peach tree will stand a heavier
heading back than an apple tree.
Do not allow the stock to run in the
orchard during the winter months.
Scatter the manure as you haul It,
don't put into little piles all over the
land.
Keep the feed troughs clean. It is
wasteful practice to mix manure with
grain.
Letting the calf suck the COW the
first day or two lessons the danger OF
milk fever.
II sows are expected to produce
fall litter, the spring litter should be
weaned when about 10 weeks old.
Five or six Of the twelve or thirteen
species Of beetles attacking stored
grains are found usually in farmers
bins.
II you are still so far behind the
age as to be dairying with no separa-
tor, get one now, II you sell COW
to do It.
An occasional colt or young horse
to sell, even when one Is not making
business Of raising horses, Is help
to any farmer.
The litter carrier will do much to
keep the barn clean, because It en-
courages the boys and men to do
their work better.
The training Of a colt cannot be
too thorough. A half-broken horse is
not broken at all, and is always
dangerous animal.
Calves should have plenty Of water
as early as they want to drink 1t. but
It is best not to let them have It right
after their milk feed.
Where from four to eight cows are
MIXED the churn should hold from
six to ten gallons. Better q little
large than too small.
Currant bushes must also be watch
ed carefully, and be thoroughly spray
ed at least twice or you will find more
green worms on your bushes than
fruit.
A vessel which would hold 1000
pounds of water would hold 1882
pounds Of whole milk, 1,03S pounds Of
skimmilk, or 1000 pounds Of good
cream.
When you see the little ghost-like
winged creatures rising like tiny
clouds from your rose bushes, be sure
1t is the aphis. Get after them with
the spray.
Young climbing roses ought to be
cut back to a strong eye, and the
side shoots pruned as grapevines are
pruned-that is, a couple Of eyes from
the stem.
When cream foams in the churn and
butter will not come, put in handful
or two of salt and little water, slight
" warmed. This usually remedies
the trouble.
Get some variety in the poultry ra-
ton. II the chickens are not eating
heartily they may need little change
in their food to put their appetites
back in tone.
Not a few Of our dairy folks are go
ing to raise a crop Of cowpeas as hay
feed for cows this year. Cowpeas hay
is next to alfalfa and clover in milk
making qualities.
Eggs to be preserved should be per:
fectly fresh and be placed in the So
luton the same day as laid to obtain
the best results, although eggs several
days old will keep very well. Washed
eggs should not be used.
With gravel and sand to be had on
most farms, the purchase Of some
Portland cement will provide the en-
tire material for a root cellar. drink
ing trough, a milk house and many
other convenient buildings which will
last for many years.
Where there is hardly enough milk
from a single milking to make sepa-
rating worth while it may be set away
until next milking time, when the