Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-12-12
Pillow the Earden b the Can.

Cut out the extra strawberry vines.
A sheep that is damp to the skin 10
never well sheep.
Roots of peony and bleeding heart
should be planted In the fall.
In order to have good-sized sheep
grow them rapidly while young.
II costs less to deliver butter fat
than any other crop on the farm
Sheep are not found on enough
farms, and It Is the wonder why they
are not.
The one great secret In producing
milk that is pure is to keep 1t clean
and cold.
II requires quite AZ much care IN
packing butter for storage as In can
ming fruit.
All dead limbs from trees In the
orchard should 60 into the brush heap
or woodshed.
Eleven dozen Of eggs per year ID Q
fair average for hens and pullets kept
In large focks.
As the potatoes are dug, sort out
the small ones and keep them for the
hens this winter.
Hogs fed in the field gained nearly
one-third more rapidly than those
fed in the yards.
Rotten fruit which has fallen to
the ground should be picked up and
consigned to the fire.
Pork was produced with less gain
by hogging OF corn than by feeding
ears or snapped corn in the yard.
Trees that are badly infested with
the San Jose scale appear as II they
had been busted over with ashes.
Hens afiicted with scaly leg cannot
possibly give the best service in egg
production, and rough Shanks look
bad.
Decay soon spreads in fruit or vege-
tables in the cellar. To be on the safe
side they should be culled over fire.
quently.
II you had good luck with pumpkins
and squash this summer, better save
some seed for next year. from the best
specimens.
Don't neglect the seed corn which
80 many lost last fall and winter be-
cause It was not thoroughly cured and
dry when zero appeared.
A good quality in the >Dorsets is
their pugnacious disposition which
makes them able to use their big
horns in a defense against dogs.
It Is well to change the sheep occa-
sionally into the different pastures.
Don't mate them too early. and. II
possible. have a thoroughbred buck.
The demand for good draft horses
in nearly every state is better than
ever before and sound, well-formed
animals bring from 5000 to $500 each.
A thorough preparation Of the soil
before planting. II possible, is always
best in the garden. The seeded that
II poorly prepared is always harder
to cultivate.
The doors to the narrowing house
should be placed in the center with a
wing at the edge in order to prevent
the wind from blowing in on the SOW
and young pigs.
Alsike clover Is a perennial and
can be grown on ground that IL too
low and moist for the medium red or
mammoth. but It Is grown equally
well on high ground.
In buying a ram for mutton lambs
his size alone is not the only thing to
be considered. He must have all the
other good qualities and even II he is
a little under size It will do no harm.
Breed horses to some definite pur-
pose. That Is, go in for drafters,
coachers or saddlers. A finished ami
NAL Of either Of these breeds viii al
ways bring more than q mixture OF
all.
Let the colts have ali the grain and
bright hay they will eat up clean.
Keep them going during the first win
ter as that IL the time when the foun-
dalton for future strength and growth
is laid.
II your teams are to be used much
in handling heavy loads where back