Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-09-25
Purchase 4 separator.
Butter must be kept cool.
Mulching potatoes is excellent
Change the sheep pasture often.

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quarters is kept filed.
The floorless coop on drained ground
is the only kind for this season
Courage based upon knowledge 10
the farmers most valuable asset.
Confidence and contentment are two
important factors In poultry culture.
The first calf should be dropped
when the heifer is about two years
old.
Generally the more condensed and
finished the products the more the
profit.
II vermin bother the setting hen,
try few moth balls in the nesting
material.
An even and proper temperature OF
the cream gives texture and solidity
to the butter
Poultry likes fresh straw now and
then Just ms we'll as the COW likes to
be well bedded.
Dairying does not bring its best re-
turns until II is made business In
stead Of chore.
An abundance OF sunlight is great
help in keeping poultry houses clean
and fowls healthy.
The ambition to become rich and
own vast acres has kept many men
poor all their lives.
A good way to tell ripe melons Is by
the fragrant odor. They also part
easily from the stem.
Taking care Of the tools and imple-
ments is one Of the best modes OF
economizing on the farm.
Success lies not in the number Of
cows q man keeps. but rather in the
kind OF COW that he keeps.
Money and position without happi-
ness are like a table loaded with good
things and no appetite to eat.
Keep a good amount Of absorbents
in the yards where pigs are kept and
have q dry. clean place to feed in.
Furnish salt regularly for all OF the
animals and see there Is always plen-
ty of clean, good water for them.
Drop everything to help horse or
a COW that is in trouble, no matter
whether 1t is your own or your neigh
boris.
Guinea fowls are the most persis-
tent bug eaters OF all the poultry tribe.
And they are good eating too-the
guineas.
Many times, steel or other metal
covers get small leak holes. which
might be repaired and the roof last
several years yet.
The horse that has a long stride
has a lown down knee and he moves
with more ease and rapidity than the
one with high knee.
Some one man in the neighborhood
could make q business Of spraying
and secure enough work to keep him
busy large part Of the year.
When milk sours before all the
cream has had a chance to rise, not
only will the butter be poor In quality
but some Of the cream will be lost
The woman who sorts eggs and
grades and packs them carefully for
market is always well paid for her
work in the increased price they
bring.
The small farm pays better in pro-
portion to its size than the large farm
because Of its compactness, less fenc-
ing and drainage and more economy
Of labor.
Among the cows as elsewhere, It
is large production that pays a profit
and II is a mistake to make a good
production pay the cost Of keeping q
bad one.
The foundation OF all poultry farms
IA egg productions. There IL too
much risk in buying eggs from hatch
ing broilers. Such broilers as a rule
are all sorts and sizes.
Some farmers are SO busy listening
for a horse trading opportunity to
knock at their front gate that they
can not hear the rooster crow about
a bigger one in the back yard.
The milk producing function Is to
large extent under the control Of the
nervous system. Any influence that