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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

and selling price was large. A new
herd was started more carefully. The
scale and tester are still in use on
this farm. BY their aid a herd OF
fifty cows has been built up that pro-
duce an average of almost 400 pounds
of butter fat per cow, and no COW is
retained that will not produce 300
pounds of fat per year. The mortgage
which was on the farm ten years ago
has been paid of. Good buildings
have been constructed. There Is
money in the bank and the farm pro-
duces four times as much feed as for
merly. My friend says 1t is all due
to keeping records, and believe 1t is
true, for the neighbors who were
much ahead ten years ago, and who
have not used their pencils, are away
behind today. Keeping accounts IN
the dairy led to keeping accounts OF
other farm operations. There is moth
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31
HUNTING FOR THE "STAR B0ARDERS"
IN DAIRY HERD BY KEEPING RECORDS
Nothing About the Farm Offers So Much Opportunity for Losses
as Poor COWs-Two Examples Which Show the
ACCESSIBILITY Of Keeping Records
of All the Cows.
[By A. s, Neale, Extension Division. X. S. A CT

N0THING contributes more to un,
III profitable dairying than the
boarder COW. She steals away
the profits yielded by the good cows
In the herd. No part OF the farm bust.
ness offers so much opportunity for
losses as these poor cows. We know
that the average dairy herd in Kan.
sas is a money loser, and that one
Of the principal reasons for this loss
is the COW that does not pay for her
board. These cows are kept because
Of ignorance on the part of the farm.
er of their presence in the herd. This
ignorance Is due to the fact that very
few dairymen get down to actual
facts and figures, or know what the
herd as whole is doing, while the
profit or loss from each COW should
be known.
A scale for weighing the milk and
a Babcock tester for determining the
percentage OF butter fat are great
modern agents for driving the fog
from the brain of the dairyman, open
ing his eyes to actual conditions.
For example, a successful dairyman
bought his first dairy herd ten years
ago. Tile was not at that time a good
Judge of dairy cows, or skillful feed
err, but he did know the value Of
figures, and started at once to keep
a record of production Of each COW,
and the cost OF feed consumed by the
herd. At the end OF the first month
he found that after paying for the
feed eaten he had seven cents left
for labor and the various other ex.
penses. Practically the entire herd
was sent to the butcher at once, al
though the difference between cost
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31
Corset Sachets.

A very nice little accessory for the
brides trousseau would be a cluster Of
heart-shaped corset sachets.
Make small heart-shaped sachets.
measuring two by one and one-half
inches. Gilt safety pins are attached
to the top Of each heart. so that they
can easily be fastened in place. and to
the safety pins are tied varied lengths
Of narrow ribbons. The bunch OF
hearts are then fastened to bouquet
OF ribbon rosebuds. Five sachets will
be enough to make a good looking
shower bouquet. but II desired more
could be added.
Odd bits OF satin and silk can be
used to make these little sachets. A
dainty gift OF this sort could not help
but please the girl who is preparing
her trousseau.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

ing so enlightening as cold mathema-
teal facts, and when they show a
loss, the losing factor is usually cut
out.
Another example of what testing
will do is that OF Harry Burger OF
Seneca, Kansas. Mr.. Burger began
keeping records about three years
ago. At that time he had eighteen
cows. Before the end Of the first year
seven OF the cows were found to be
so poor that they were disposed OF,
and the eleven that remained pro-
duced an average OF 200 pounds OF
butter each. Some of these were sold,
q few grade Holstein cows and pure
bred sire were bought Daughters OF
some Of the best cows have come
into milk and during the past year
800 pounds of butter we're sold from
the herd OF II COWS. This butter was
sold in Seneca at 80 cents a pound.
bringing a total of $3.50. The skim
milk and buttermilk was worth $3.50
for feeding, so that the actual annual
returns per cow were almost 1920.
Mr.. Burger is not content with this,
but is starting a herd of registered
Holsteins. has plans out for an up-to-
date dairy barn, and is getting in line
for an era of prosperity, such as Is
sure to come to the man who has
good producing herd of dairy cows.
Many persons object to keeping rec
ords, saying too much time is consum-
ed. AS a matter of fact. very little
time is needed. With scale and rec
ord sheet close at hand not over one
minute per COW per day will be neces-
sary to give an absolutely correct
milk record Of each COW for an entire
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31
Linen With Striped Collar.

graceful folds from long shoulders.
but it also hangs over the girdle at
the waistline. Net is pintucked, and
chiffon is laid in half-inch or quarter
inch tucks to emphasize this effect
of fullness, and some of the most
fetching blouses are Of white chiffon
tucked all the way across in evenly
spaced, quarter.inch tucks. Some
times a band of pastel colored ribbon
passes under the tucked chiffon and
over the net or lace camisole beneath,
the fringed ends of the ribbon emery
ing at the front Of the blouse through
buttonholed slashes In the chiffon,
where the ribbon is tied in a small,
soft bow. .
Sometimes when the blouse is made
Of chiffon q other very sheer mate
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31
Hemmlna Party.

A bride-to-be is going TO give hem
ming party soon. She called her best
girl friends over the telephone and In
vited them to pass an afternoon on
her porch, and incidentally remarked:
Everybody is to bring her thimble.
The hostess will provide needles,
thread and hemming." In the mean
time she has bought material for her
kitchen towels, and the girls will have
the privilege Of hemming them. and
each girl may put her own initials in
the corner II she chooses This IL a
clever idea and one which the gussta
win no doubt snioY.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31
SUMMER GIRLS BRIGHT IDEA
Simple Scheme by Which One Camper
Secured Leisure and Preserved
Her Complexion.

At the summer camp in the noun.
tains last year there was q young wo-
man whose color and complexion were
the envy and admiration Of everyone.
She never appeared until about ten
o'clock, when the other campers
after a leisurely breakfast and half an
hour or so spent In waiting for the
mail, had gathered to receive 1t on
the steps Of the lodge where they ate
and danced together. Then this girl
Of the lovely complexion would appear,
radiant, enthusiastic. fresh-dressed for
tennis, golf, tramping or boating.
The secret of her freshness lay in
an egg and an orange. Instead Of eat
ing breakfast in the usual way, she
ate an egg soft boiled over a spirit
lamp and the Juice of an orange. She
ate this meager but sustaining break
fast in her room and so was not
tempted by the hot breads and cakes
mufans and meat dishes which were
served in the camp dining room. Hence
her lovely complexion. Moreover, she
saved much time. She could eat her
breakfast slowly in ten minutes, and
abe could eat It without dressing. Then
she had an hour or 80 undisturbed IN
which she could write letters. mend,
sew or do anything else which needed
daily attention. By ten, freshly
dressed for the days sport, she would
make an appearance.
The other girls, who had perhaps
overeaten at breakfast, to their com
plexlons' harm, had wasted an hour or
40 idly waiting about for the mall
ThslG msnding and lettsr writing were
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

During these busy days while riding
the cultivator, cutting alfalfa, getting
ready for harvest and working every
day, are you thinking Of the manage
ment of the farm? Have you more
acres in corn than you can cultivate
and handle in connection with your
alfalfa? Is your alfalfa acreage more
than can be handled by the teams and
help that you have? Are you wheat
farming and before harvest have little
or no work for teams and men, while
later you will have more than you can
do? After harvest and blowing, will
your horses again "be eating their
heads Of in the barn? Have you
thought Of diversified crops and sys-
tens of management so that your
horses will be busy all the time but
will not be overworked any time, SO
that you and your help win have prof
table labor the year round and will
not work too hard for six months and
be idle the other six? Have you sew
eral crops on your farm, so that II one
fails, the other may succeed? Are all
OF these crops adapted to your local
condition of climate. soils and mar
kets? Are you specializing too much.
SO that a glutted market in your pro
duct may make your farming unprof'
table or are you not specializing SUI
ficiently to succeed above the aver
age? Are you getting quality in your
products so that they viii sell right
when your neighbours win not? Are
you studying the markets, and do you
know when TO sell and when to buy!
Are you selling in carload lots? Are
you cooperating with your neighDor
In selling and. buying; II not why
not? Are you investing your money
IN expensive equipment that stands
ldle the greater portion Of The yoarI
Gould not you and your nslghhor oNa
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31
SOME QUESTIONS IN FARM MANAGEMENT
[By E. c. Johnson, sup Farmers Institutes u s. A CT

rmerS' Institutes, U. S. A. CT
some equipment together? After de-
Quoting from the income 6 per cent
ON The capital invested in your farm
and equipment, what do you have left
for your labor? Are you taking some
time for rest for yourself, for your
wife, for your men and for your
horses in the busy season, so that
health, your greatest asset, will not
be lost?
These are some Of the big ques-
tions relating to farm management,
and there are many others. Think
them over. If you conclude some OF
your practices are wrong, correct
them If they are right, know why.
and stick to them. II you do not know
whether they are wrong or right, talk
1t over with your neighbors and with
your county agent-if your county Is
fortunate enough to have one. Your
farmers institute will discuss manage
ment problems this year. Why not
come to the meetings with your ques-
lions and ideas? Thought In manage
ment should be the slogan. Let US
think and then act.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

an ever.unfinished task and burden to
them. And more than that, they had
gained little from their early morning
chat and idling The camp never really
woke up until the middle Of the morn
ing. The talk at breakfast and just
after 1t was not inspiring.
The method of this girl might be
practiced by anyone away for the sum-
mer to the improvement of health, APP
pearance and state of mind.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

year. Once each month a sample o.
milk should be taken from at least
two milkings and tested with the Bah
cock tester for butter fat. Multiply
ing the percentage Of fat by the
pounds of milk for the month gives
the pounds of butter fat. The total
time for keeping complete record or
this sort for a whole year need not
exceed eight hours per COW, and no
time spent during the year will yield
so high return for the labor as this.
II every COW in Kansas that Is be-
ing kept for dairy purposes were test
ed in this way and only those kept
that produced enough to pay for feed
and labor. at least 100000 cows or
about two-thirds our dairy COW popu-
lation would go for slaughter, and
your herd, dear reader, would doubt.
less contribute its share, unless you
have been testing and culling.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

It's coming back.
Quite enthusiastically.
II has never really disappeared.
But the handsomest fall frocks
show Il.
So there Is a sort Of rejuvenation
in this artistic shade.
Most persons like 1t because 1t COM
bines SO we'll with other colors.
Some Of US grew a bit tired Of so
much Of 1t, but we will welcome It
now.
In Paris 1t has had remarkably long
life and pushes, mattasse and plutS
in II will be the rage.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

When considering tree planting In
Western Kansas, the first point to be
determined by every planter is the
selection of trees suitable for the eli
matte conditions OF the region in which
he Is located. The red cedar and :
number of pines are among the hard
lest OF American trees. AS they de-
mand only about one.tenth the amount
OF moisture TO sustain life and growth
that is required by the broad leaved
species, they are desirable trees TOR
dry region Furthermore. they are
absolutely hardy in respect 70 with
standing cold Lkewiss they endure
the extreme heat Of ths sumner -
sous without injury
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

Regular milking improves the COW.
It pays to have good stock water
ali the year round.
One way to increase the profits OF
your farm is to build a silo.
Movable, separate nest boxes. win
wire bottoms, are easy to clean.
Never feed little chicks wet. slop-
py food II 10 bad enough for mature
stock.
Pure food judiciously given is the
only material the hardy. working hen
needs.
The currant bush Is q great pro.
Queer and 1t seldom fails to yield a
good crop.
Split carrots, turnips. beets. etc.. In
two. and allow the hens to pick at
them at will.
The horse cannot rest while fight
ing flies. Better shade or screen the
barn windows.
Whenever a farmer gets the auto
fever he at once becomes q good
road preacher
The prime purpose Of fruit trees In
their natural conditions is to repro.
duce their kind.
Alfalfa can be cut as soon as the
new growth is we'll started from the
crown OF the plant.
Two or three times a week rub a
kerosene rag over the horses legs to
kill the bot fly eggs.
Seeding alfalfa after early potatoes
has proved the most satisfactory meth.
cd at the Ohio station.
Cheese may be kept moist and free
from mold by wrapping in cloth
with vinegar.
The clover-seed crop depends very
largely upon the conditions OF the
ground and the weather.
To kill Canadian thistle in a field
put the field in some cultivated crop
and keep the weeds down.
In vineyards grape vines are plant
ed nine feet apart in the row with the
rows eight to ten feet apart
The boy who can test milk Is a big
ger hero than the hired man with an
endless string Of dirty stories.
Hogs are mortgage lifters, but II al.
ONtu u IOOl uOk VI iANih6
will not be in race with airships.
Study your birds closely and learn
their habits. The better you know
them the better success you will have.
il from a well.nourished dam and
4 healthy strain Of animals the pigs
rarely need attention at narrowing
time
There is no stock about the farm
hat will not eat good silage. II care
IS exercised working horses may be
led on silage.
Sheep are such sensitive creatures
that little things in care and feed
make for success or failure, no mat
ter what the breed.
When setting any OF the bush
fruits the top should be pruned to
correspond to the root pruning the
plant gets In transplanting.
The farmer often makes mistake
by trying to do too much. Till less
ground and cultivate 1t better and
there will be more profit in it
As a rule the heifers calving at about
two years old develops milk-giving ten
denotes which grow with her growth
and strengthen with her strength.
Properly managed, the silo will in.
crease the amount of milk that can be
produced upon the farm and will also
aid to cut down the cost Of production.
Sheep that get lazy and don't want
10 70 round are apt to be sick. Make
them exercise. II only to go b half
mile to get a drink. Better for them
svery way.
It is a good plan to have a grazing
lot Of some green crop near the barn.
where the COWS may pick at night. 1t
helps to keep up the milk flow during
the hot months.
While more good dairy cows will be
found among the dairy breeds than
,nywhere else, the mere fact that a
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

At the Left-White marquisette, or
wolfe. with black velvet girdle en-
broidered In cherries; a deep square
collar effect of tulle with Q band OF
lace around it and joined on shoulders
with closest buttons in cherry color.
At the Right-A little Directoire dress
with skirt of plated voile and very
short bolero embroidered in bright col
ors.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

rial. broad ribbon In some delicate
color 10 run under the hem. the
fringed ends emerging where the
fronts cross at the bust.
MARY DEAN.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31
Dainty Summer PortIere.

Red bordered white toweling. held
together with wide rick-rack braid,
makes a pretty portiere to hang in
girls room.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

One way to increase the profits OF
,ur farm is to build a silo.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

While more good dairy cows will b
found among the dairy breeds thar
anywhere else, the mere fact that {
COW belongs to q dairy breed is mo-
proof positive that she is q good dairy
COW.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

When a lover Of horses goes into q
mans barnyard and the horses all
come up and nose him, and ask to be
petted, he knows what sort Of man
owns them. When they al crowd 10
ward the other side Of the lot he also
Knows what 10 think Of the ownsr.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

Movable, separate nest boxes. win
wire bottoms. are easy to clean.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

1t is a good plan to have a grazing
lot Of some green crop near the barn.
where the COWS may pick at night. 1t
helps to keep up the milk flow during
the hot months.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

Have q truck patch for the bulk Of
keeping the hog where a profit 10 to
the crop Of potatoes. sweet potatoes,
sweet corn. etc, as more than two
rows Of each Of these take up too
much room in the regular kitchen
garden.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-18
BRYAN Praises Boy Scouts.

William Jennings Bryan, secretary y
Of state. who has been watching the
activities of the Boy Scouts of Amer
lea in Miami, Florida, is a hearty
endorser oe the scout movement. Il
believe in the scout movement" he
says, because it teaches the boys
an ideal-and an ideal is everything.
1t gives him the highest ideal pos
slble-and you have no ideal highe'
than Christ Himself. Service is the
meaning of greatness IL is true that
he who is the greatest is he who is
of the most service. The boy scouts
in service measure the days by their
contribution to others. If we do
everything for self we don't count
Cor much, and we should measure life
not by what we get out of it but by
what we put in it, SO this scout
movement teaches the boy of the ini-
portance OF doing something for 9th
ers.
"No, you cannot avoid a deep in
terest in the boy. | am interested
in the scout movement because it
gives the boy somthing to do. The
best thing that you can do for the
boy is to give him something to do.
! believe that we must recognize the
desire of the boy to do something,
therefore the movement deserves our
81 believe in the movement be-
cause it teaches the boys co-opera-
tion. Some say that cooperation
a mans sanity. Co-opera-
ton multiplies the efficiency of the
individual. So these boys are brought
together and taught the important
lesson of working together"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-18
SAVES ELDERLY PEOPLE FROM
KIDNEY AND BLADDER M|SER|ES
Disturbing Bladder
Disappear After

While people along in years are
naturally more subject TO weak kid
neys, they can avoid the tortures of
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acids and waste matter that cause
these troubles.
1t soaks right in and cleans out the
stoppedup, inactive kidneys like wa
ter does sponge, dissolves,, and
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-18
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-18

and other poisonous impurities that
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1t matters not howlongyou have
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Croxone at trifling cost from any
first-class druggist. All druggists are
authorized to personally return the
purchase wrice if it fails in a single
case.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-18
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