Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-04-04
Horses are even graSers.
Green corn makes excellent silaga.
Young cabbage plants need proteo'
ton.

AL putC-uNOu ga % nv ASs h~~-~~~~~
of equal merit.
Nothing looks nicer than q display
Of nice, fresh eggs.
Constipation 10 tho cause Of many
troubles with hogs.
Ashes and salt should be given to
the hogs twice a week
Cowpeas and barley are not COM
mon crops to grow together.
Some grains are the favorite food Of
chickens, while others are not.
Undesirable milk in many cases can
be traced to unclean milk utensils.
Sheep should be kept on the aver
age farm to aid in keeping down weed
life.
Proper feeding and exercise VIII
produce style along with the colts
growth.
Work stock will require more pro-
tein than can be obtained from grain
and hay.
Sweet potatoes fed to poultry are
fattening, but give yellow tinge to-
the flesh.
The importance OF the hay crop has
never come to be fully appreciated In
this country.
Scientists say It takes at least four
pounds Of feed to make one pound OF
gain in fowls.
Keeping a dairy on any farm should
mean that the fertility Of that farm Is
being increased.
Hay that is free from weeds is al
ways much more valuable than hay
that is weedy.
Many breeders overlook the impor-
lance Of supplying variety in the feed
for the brood SOW.
A good horse is valuable animal
and deserves and should have the best
of care and good feed.
Young calves are necessarily rath'
er filthy in their habits and never DO
we'll in damp, dirty pens.
Incubators and breeders may be
used for Matching geese, although not
much employed for that purpose.
Great care should be taken IN Sc
lecting laying hens, since they exert
SO great an influence on the progeny.
Onion seed should be tested FOR
termination before being purchased
because 1t soon loses its vitality with
age.
A good way of sowing some hardy
pasture grasses is to scatter the seed
on the snow just before 1t melts In
the spring.
The buyer discounts a thin horse
more than his condition deserves, and
Just as often credits the fat horse
above his real deserts.
As a general thing It is the best
plan to feed hay and other roughage
that may stir up dust after the milk
is taken out Of the barn.
Cold milk never separates as COM
pletely as warm milk. Thus 1t Is good
economy to have the separator bowl
warm before the milk IL put in.
Equal parts Of wheat chan and fine
cut clover hay, mixed with wheat
bran and wheat millfeed, may be fed
to the horses in place Of corn and hay.
Sudden changes in the food Of
sheep should be avoided. Change
only one portion Of the ration at
once and make that change gradu-
ally.
It 10 q mistaken idea to think that
you are saving feed by cutting down
the cows ration. The best way is to
make her eat all that she can eat
profitably.
Turnips may flavor the eggs.
They are not as palatable as mangels;
in fact, some birds will not eat them
at all, but at the same time they have
considered food value.
Just after meaning, the calf should
not be fed more than ten pounds Of
milk per day, divided into three feed
ings; this should be given at blood
temperature, about 100 degrees.
Rock phosphate, muriate Of potash.
nitrate Of soda and other chemicals
may be used successfully In the grow