Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-06-19

Don't keep irritating dogs.
Use care in the cows ration.
Sheep help rid farms OF weeds.
Brooder lamps should be cleaned
every day.
Chicks should not be fed until they
are Sc hours old.
Every home should have an abund'
ance OF strawberries.
Powder the chicks occasionally dur
ing the first eight weeks.
Experience is OF more value than
capital In poultry raising.
The specialist succeeds In any line
Of business, while others are failing.
Flowing il at best the hardest
WORK our farm horses have to per-
form.
An orchard, II you have one, Is the
very best place In which you can raise
chicks.
cornstalks are valuable as a fer.
tilizer and should be left on the field
after cutting.
A field Of corn after 1t Is a few
feet high makes an ideal place to
raise chicks In.
A few strips of tile will often turn
q mud hole into the most productive
spot on the farm.
An egg may be fertile and hatch
and still the chick will not live be-
cause of lack Of vitality.
In cold weather place from ten TO
thirteen eggs under the hen; In warm
weather from thirteen to fifteen.
The coop for hen and chicks should
be well ventilated, easy to clean, ana
Of sufficient proportions to insure COM
fort.
Eggs from hens that have made q
fair showing in laying this winter Will
be more fertile than those that did
heavy laying.
It may not pay to keep any very
great surplus of corn In the cribs, yet
It is sometimes mighty comforting to
know that It is there.
Scarcity of stock cattle Of all kinds
and high prices asked and offered ID
q common local condition reported
from the corn belt states.
When moss creeps into the mead
ows and pastures they need 70 be
broken up and the soii exposed to
the sun and air before reseeding.
Raspberries produce good crops In
the same son for year, while straw
berries produce their best crops the
first year they come into full bearing.
Az a rule, the cause Of flock being
improbable lies largely with the
keeper and the care they receive
rather than a superiority Of one breed
over another.
By raising standardized poultry
one will be able to sell stock and
eggs for breeding purposes. and get
much better prices than when selling
eggs and fowls for food only.
Busy hens are not only the best
egg producers. but their eggs show
the best fertility. In order to keep
them engaged at work strew the floor
Of the pen with hay or straw and
scatter the grain in this.
One of the safe things to tie %
on the farm is a good brood SOW
pure-bred. In a few years she and
her offspring, If properly cared for.
will put many dollars into the peck
cts Of the farmers Of the country.
Hens prefer the morning sun to the
afternoon sun when they cannot have
both. Therefore, arrange to open a
window in the east end Of the hen
house when bad weather does not per
init Of the entire south side being
thrown open.
The last United States census shows
that there are 307,706 women farmers
lu this country. The numbers has
GAINED since the census was taken and
promises to increase. Many women
have homesteaded claims In all Vf the
western states and have made sue
cesses Of farming.
II your supply Of manure IL limited
ana II Is lne in texture better make
application AFTER blowing rather than
before. II may pay 70 use part Of the
manure IN the hills. especially for
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