Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-18


Fresh eggs are in demand.
A moultlng hen does hard work.
Flowing is said to be the hardest
work known.
1t is best to have hot knife TO cut
cold. thick. honeycomb.
The heaviest fieeces are. as rule.
found on medium.si2ed sheep.
II your hens get to eating eggs the
best way to cure 1t is to use the axe.
To keep a COW clean the stall IN
which she stands must not be too
wide.
Provide a damper to all stoves. A
drum doesn't cost much and saves
lots OF fuel.
We feel better when We get our
meals at regular hours. 1t Is the
same with the chickens.
There is just as much importance
in improving the dairy farmer IS there
is in improving the diary COW.
In storing vegetables or apples out
Of doors 1t Is better not TO dig
trench. Pile on top Of the ground and
cover.
The coop for hen and chicks should
be we'll ventilated. easy 10 clean ana
of sufficient proportions to insure
comfort.
II is claimed that exposed manure
loses about one.siXth Of its phosphoric
acid, and more than one.third OF its
phosphate.
Lambs make n greater gain in feed.
ing than old sheep There Is nothing
better for the former than good Sec
ond.Srowth clover.
Dressed stock should be carefully
picked and sent to market in attrac.
tive condition; otherwise 1t will NOT
obtain the best prices.
Turkeys should always be dry
picked. for scaided ones do not pre-
sent an attractive appearance and
must be sold for lower price.
Carrots should not be left in the
ground too late. Heavy rains often
cause them to start second growth
of fine roots, and much Of their flavor !
is lost. -
Where lumber is not available a |
ntraw shed makes . good home for
the chickens. BY all means fix up a |
straw.stack shelter. II you cannot DO !
any better.
Get rid OF all surplus ducks and |
geese on the Thanksgiving market.
II kept longer they will consume so |
much food that the profit will be
changed to loss.
Dat straw makes a fine litter for the |
scratching pens. Better so, in fact,
than wheat straw for the boards from |
the wheat straw get in the chickens
eyes and cause sores.
Some kind OF green feed is neces-
sary to get large number e: winter
eggs. II you canot handily give the
fowls q variety give them u little
clover or alfalfa. every day.
Hens that are broken down behind
so that the abdomen touches or near.
" touches the ground should be dis.
posed OF. They never ley w4ll when
in that condition and neTer recover.
Farmers in every state can raise
their horses for half what Trey have
TO pay on the markets. with added
freight and they will raise better
farm horses than they can afford to
buy.
When shipping to market. be sure
TO find out Just when the one you
ship to wants the stock to arrive and
ship accordingly. II It arrives too
early or too late the best prices can
not be obtained.
Don't neglect to store plenty Of
green food for the chickens TO eat this
winter. Chickens win cat nearly all
Of the common vegetables. Potatoes.
cabbage. beets and alfalfa and clover
are rellshed by them.
Thoroughly clean and spray all nests
at this time Of the year and Ill them
with clean stray, hay or excelsior for
the winter. II seems that hens have
no desire to lay in dirty nests and
don't see that we can blame them very
much, either
II you happen to run into poison ivy
wash IN hot water Just as soon AZ you
can. Grindelia, which can be had at
any drug store, rubbed on the parts