Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-09-04

Select the poultry for the fair.
Prepare winter wheat ground early
II is hard to fatten a Btunted
chicken.
Scald the milk pals out and set
them In the sun.
Good digestion Of the food will lead
to the production OF more eggs.
The cost of a COW is only the first
item Of expense to be considered.
Let the old hen and her brood have
q sheaf Of wheat and watch them keep
busy.
When feed gets scarce in pastures
one cannot blame cows for trying the
fences.
Try and raise some product on the
farm that will bring in money every
day in the year.
The heifer bred too early always re-
mains stunted in growth and her milk
Is shortened for all time.
The Ayrshire and Guernsey types
Of dairy cattle are increasing in favor
In the middle western states.
Some tell the sex Of the guinea
fowl BY It's wattles. Those OF the male
are double the size Of the female.
Two items are essential In drain.
ing. Secure good outlet and pro-
vide a regular descent for the water.
Wool that comes from the back OF
a sheep is good, bad or Indifferent, &C
cording to the manner in which It is
fed.
Animals afflicted by parasites can
not do well and these pests spread
rapidly and increase fast In warm
weather.
In the long run II is always good
plan to give a COW dose OF some lax
alive at the first symptom Of zJder
trouble.
Experiments show that chickens
with strong vitality and plenty Of
masculine characteristics make the
largest gains.
The aphis can be controlled by
spraying with The tobacco or fero-
sene solutions.
Alfalfa yields from two to three
times as much 40 clover or timct.y,
and is more valuable hay.
The successful poultryman is busy
the entire year and uses homegrown
products II cheaper than those pro-
cured elsewhere.
While alfalfa pasture has been
found to be very valuable for hogs.
the hay as a part ration for winter II
scarcely less important.
II the little ducks cannot get to grass
some kind OF green food must be pro-
vided. Lettuce is the very best green
food that can be provided.
The gasoline engine comes in handy
on the stock pump when a spell Of
three or four days dead calm comes
and the windmill takes a vacation.
A small fat sheep always brings
better prices than a large poor one;
but II the larger sheep is also made
fat It will command a much better
price.
Dairying makes the farm attractive,
other things being equal the dairy |
farm is heater, more sanitary and
looks better to the passer.by than the
other farm.
In making a house, economy Of floor |
space, simplicity Of construction and
convenience in handling the fowls are
the main things to be arranged for In
the building Of the house.
II has been estimated that II all. or
nearly all. of our farmers could be In
duced to discard scrub fowls and use
only pure-bred poultry. the increase
in value Of poultry would be 100 per
cent.
The older hog gets the moro It
costs to put a pound OF meat on him.
Our experiment stations have estab-
lIshed this fact beyond an argument
Early to market Is the way to capt.
taIIze this information.
A calf that has One-half Of It's moth
era milk win put on hundred pounds
Of weight a month and at three
months Il is eating and can be wean-
"a Such calves at six months win
weigh nearly as much a year old
en- that was taken away It once
from lts mother.