Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-21
Keep down the weeds.

March Matched chicks should DO
ready for tho broiler market.
Good butter can never be made
from cream that is not good.
Slow speed in the separator is the
cause Of much poor skimming.
Fewer turkeys are injured by I'M
derfeeding than by overlooking.
Carrying fowls by their wings is az
cruel as carrying them by the legs.
When cream stands too long 1t Ii
apt to acquire a bitter or disagreeable
flavor.
A swivel In the lettering rope will
keep the rope from getting twisted
and kinky.
Keep the dust and stuff out OF your
milk. You cannot strain 1t out. Re-
member that.
Alfalfa is one OF the greatest crops
known to modern agriculture for On.
riching the land.
It's a good thing for the bull to ex.
ercise on tread power and accom-
plish some work.
Use only butter-bred sire from Q
line OF dairy inheritance for next
years crop Of calves.
Breeding with intelligence will pro-
duce less and less number Of COWS
that eat their heads off,"
Green food of some kind is neces-
Sary to make the hens do their best
in the line of egg production.
Stir the cream twice day. using .
long.handled spoon which will reach
to the bottom OF the cream jar.
Some day we are going to find that
as good a way as any to use the sur
plus sour milk is to give 1t to the
hens.
Have your fowls so tame that You
can 60 among them without causing
fright. You will get better egg pro-
duction.
II there is no silo on your farm. do
not let another winter catch you un-
prepared. Make your plans right now
for one.
The pure-bred sire and a dam OF
the same type Of as good blood as It
is possible to get will usually bring
desirable colt.
The idea that alfalfa hay Is not suit
able for driving horses is proven err
roneous by thousands OF farmers. and
many use no other.
Don't compel the women folks to
open and close two or three big gates
through the cattle yards every time
they 60 out to look up eggs.
When hens lay soft-shelled eggs. II
is often a sign they are too fat Cut
down the amount of grain and feed
more vegetables and green food.
In pruning the apple trees, plan to
form shapely heads that will permit
the sunlight to get into the center Of
the tree. 1t will give better fruit.
One Of the remedies for pip used
by Portuguese poultry raisers Is raw
onions cut up fine and forced down
the throat, followed by little water.
For late vegetables plant snap
beans. They require a rich, moist
soil, so that the growth will be rapid.
AS a rule, the dwarf bush types are
best.
Dehorn the calves before they are
two weeks old. Cut away the hair
around the button" and moisten.
Then rub we'll with a stick Of caus-
tic potash.
Watch the helfers carefully about
calving time. A little care at the
proper time often will be the means
of averting the loss Of a fine calf, its
mother. or both.
II requires feed to make lamb Of
any kind, but a sheep or lamb will
come the nearest to making some
thing out of nothing of any kind OF
q domestic animal.
II the butter is slow in coming It IL
due to one Of two causes: Either the
cream is too cold, or else the churn is
overloaded and the contents do not
get proper oscillation.
The bean is q plant. well suited to
the soil and climatic conditions OF this
country, yields bountifuliy and is pro-
duced at a cost not to exceed that OF
other cultivated field crops. There is
no state in the union where they are
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