Baxter Springs news., 1912-02-08

Examine the collars Of your work
horses often.
With the better poultry is coming
better equipment.
A heated chicken house Is a bad
thing for poultry.
The proper time to spray fruit trees
Is during the dormant season.
Well.bred, well.selected pigs, make
more profit on the foou eaten.
A horse in order to keep In good
condition should be we'll bedded every
night.
A machine in the shed is worth just
about two machines left in the fence
corner.
The brood sows should have all the
bright clover or alfalfa hay that they
will eat.
The cleaner the feed and feeding
places, the better the quality Of the
pork in all.
II is conducive to health to feed
hogs when they can have the range
Of the pasture field.
Those seeds, like the elm and soft
maple, which ripen in May or June,
belong to the sooner" class.
Never work team of colts togeth-
er until they are thoroughly broken,
as they will worry each other
Filling up the neglected holes about
the drinking tank is now in order.
Fill them up now and avoid trouble.
The man who calls improved stock
"fancy stock" will have an account to
settle with his Maker on the judgment
day.
Carry your good care Of the ewes
this fall as far as feeding plenty Of
nice bright oats to keep them in con-
dition.
The old troughs will soon have to
replace the fountain waterers or there
may be a burst fountain some cold
morning.
After the strawberry bed has been
set and cared for through the sum-
mer, It should be mulched through
the winter.
The milk should be strained through
one thickness of clean white flannel
and then should be quickly cooled
and well aired.
Wise turkey breeders will not
breed from the same tom more than
one year unless the same breeding
hens are retained.
No matter how highly bred and care
fully cultured a colt may be If 1t is
not carefully trained and properly de-
veloped it loses its value.
The first thing to do with the newly
born lamb is to get 1t full Of the ewes
first milk, after which its chance for
living is equal to that Of the calfs.
For general or common use, caus-
tic or burnt lime or ground limestone
are employed almost exclusively for
the correction of soil abnormalities.
Wetting the hoofs with a sponge
and clean water every day, or simply
dipping each foot into a pail Of wa
ter, will keep the feet from becoming
dry.
u there are two kinds Of roughness
for the COWS this winter 1t will be bet
ter to feed Of both at the same time
rather than to feed out one then start |
on the other.
Look out for a collar that rubs q |
lap Of flesh at every stride Of the |
horse. It is liable to wear q gall on |
his neck, and much sooner sometimes |
than suspected.
The neck and shoulders Of q horse |
are points that must not be over
looked when buying. A weak neck and
narrow breast do not go with the
most desirable horse.
During the winter the dairy farm
er has more time to figure out his
plans for improving his system Of
farming. The great question should
be to get a better and more profita-
BILE lot Of cows. |
il would be easier to keep good
men on the farm II the. dairy farmers
would keep better cows. A man ap-
preciates the opportunity Of handling
good stock, and he realizes that some
fs nlaced unon him IL