Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-05-08
Bee keeping is profitable.
Deep blowing pays in the garden.

surance for this years crop.
Use the dlshwater as q fertilizer.
Throw 1t on the compost heap.
A man can hardly miss q good mar
ket when he has flrst-class stock.
II must not be forgotten that food
flayors the flesh as we'll as the egg.
Dead fowls should never be allowed
TO lie about the premises. Burn them.
Rub the dust of the windows and
let the light enter the chicken house.
The COW that is to do her best must
be we'll fed, we'll sheltered and well
cared for.
Tainted, musty or moldy feeds
should never be served in the dairy
herd rations.
Cows are not always to blame for
being Improbable. Often the fault
is nearer home.
An economical use Of roughage
about the farm is greatly in favor Of
winter dairying.
Clean. wholesome feed in the right
amounts and clean quarters usually in
sure healthy calves.
Be thorough about washing the sep.
arator. Do 1t upon honor, not once
in while, but every time.
Sweep up every article OF silage in
the chute and alleyway, and give 1t to
the cows at every feeding.
Running the incubator two or three
days before putting in the eggs gives
the machine time to steady down.
Wood ashes spoil hen manure when
mixed with it; they also hurt the feet
of hens that walk through them.
A few turnips. cabbage, beets. ETC..
will relieve the monotony Of dry feeds
and help the milk flow wonderfully.
Make another inspection of the
breeding pens and see that there are
no dull, sickly-looking fowls in them.
A little earth in the bottom OF the
brooder makes 1t more to the liking
of the chicks. but change it frequently.
Cold rains are much harder on
cows than dry cold. Damp cold pene-
trates to the bones. Provide dry shell
ter.
A Calls inside "workin's" are sensi-
tive and easily upet. A single feed OF
milk, too hot or too cold, may start
trouble.
Turn the separator with a steady
and uniform hand and flush down with
skim milk or water at the end OF
separation.
1t is quite customary among dairy.
men to quit feeding calves skim milk
when they attain the age Of eight or
nine months.
Winter dairying provides more care
and getter feeding, but 1t also comes
at \ time when It is possible to give
this care and feeding.
II you don't believe in keeping cows
comfortable visit the tables Of the
men with the big cream check. That
ought to convince you.
One pound Of grain for every three
pounds Of milk produced IL the com.
monty accepted winter feeding ratio
among business dairymen.
Those who make a success Of spray
ing fruit trees order the spraying mix
lures before spring opens. They can
then spray in season without delay.
A farmer should raise everything
by his family that his soil
and climate will produce, when In 80
doing the cost does not consume the
profit.
The manure that IL taken from the |
barnyard to the field is out Of the |
way before spring work. and 1t makes
, great Improvement In the farm SUR
1t Is worth while to have a good
churn. Cream spattered far and near
not only wastes the most valuable
resource Of the farm. but 1t makes the
room look bad.
Keep the COWS aalted regularly even
Il the weather is stormy and so save
part Of the churning trouble. Should
the cows lack salt, add some to the