Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-06-12

~@~ - keAS SAOA eA1AAAANNA~e
Keep the little pigs growing.
Provide the chicks with shade.
Pasteurization IL universal In Ger
man cities.
Wash the calves pals as well AZ
the milk pals.
Corn silage produces . very rapid
finish on the cattle.
Equal parts OF lard and kerosene is
effective against lice.
Have everything ready beforehand
and start your Matching operations.
Do not uncover roses or other plants
until their new growth makes 1t neces-
sary.
Put your thinking cap on and
cont let other work crowd out the
chicks.
Don't allow broody hens to remain
on the same nests that are used BY
the layers.
Farms that are lacking In natural
timber should be producing an arti-
ncial grove.
There never will be too many good
poultrymen, but we can strive to be
among the best.
A SOW can be kept too long. and
often many of US keep some old thing
q year too long.
Do not give nitrate OF soda TO
plants until well above soil, and then
apply very sparingly.
Grass seed Is quite the opposite OF
clover, 80 the mixtures are very apt
20 contain more grass than clover.
Imagine what could be accomplished
In the way of community breeding
with fifty herds in the same commu'
nifty.
II you have windows in the hen
house keep them clean, as the hens
need all the sunlight they can get
these days.
Lay your plans to grow the bulk OF
the feedstuffs on the farm this year.
Buying much high-priced feed cuts
into the profits.
ia hog misses feed watch him; II
he misses the second feed, remove him
from the herd and thoroughly disinfec'
where he has been.
Better run q dairy without q DOG
than have one that is irritable to the
cows. Many kicking cows are caused
by the dogs nipping at their heels.
II You have q real love for the poul
try tribe, and do your best BY them II
any and all ways. you are certain u
come out the winner in the long run
In mating be sure and mate even
colored birds. For instance, not
dark male to q lighter hen. Thu
hind Of mating produces mottle'
chickens
II has been proved many times tina
the large, plump, weil-formed see'
WIN Give the best and quickest crol
raturns. Moral: Plant only large wen
developed seeds.
The fhree-year rotation is probably
xhe hest for average purposes. but I'M
Aairymen may End the four-year rota
tion more convenient. on account o
the pasturage It provides.
Tha man who catches . sheep b
4hs wool wouldn't like to have III
hair pulled every time q neignDo
,-.ssta him. Hurts q sheep just q
80 as It would q man TO be handles
that way. though
u t.kes from fifteen to twenty ear
y, corn 70 plant an acre. II one ea
F.sIr 10 RroW, about s per, cent OF u
5000 a lost About fifteen minute
- time are required TO test enousI
corr. b. the ear method, 70 plant .
acre.
49,. II A dInicult 70 obtain
.,sra 81 alfalfa. It q quite possibl
49, sowing sweet clover 9 year Q
- 1000 seeding 70 alfalfa UOul
49, .sVantageous. Sweet clover vi
.,.te the son and put Il IN 500
condition fOr seeding allAl'
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