Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11
There is a pront in goats.

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Grow the pigs from the start
Cows build up worn-out land.
Bones are valuable for poultry.
Low, marshy pastures are UNIT
for sheep.
Clover or alfalfa hay Is just the
thing for calves.
Clean nests are very essential in
producing clean eggs.
Sheep manure has very aptly been
termed American guano."
Selling young he!fers from the best
COWS is moving backward in dairying.
Do not let the turkeys fall OF in
flesh when insect food becomes
scarce.
Farming is mankind's greatest in
dustry. and the soil its greatest physi-
cal asset.
Keep Just as many sheep as the
grass will stand and that you can
rightly manage.
The colony plan for housing poul.
try may be adopted to good advan-
tllge on many farms.
Fresh milk cows are bringing the
highest prices ever known this fall in
spite Of the dry season.
Few men understand the possibili-
ties OF a hundred hens when worked
up to their limit Of capacity.
A recommended preventive for keep
ing sheep from having stomach worms
is salt and common tobacco leaves.
l The growing of live stock is not
likely to be found profitable in any
section that buys feed for live stock.
The most successful turkey raisers
employ hens almost entirely to hatch
their turkey eggs and brood their
poults.
Production alone will not make
state. A market is necessary, and to
reach the market good roads are a
necessity.
Feeding troughs raised above the
litter OF the floor should be used II
soft food is allowed to stand Before
the chickens.
Sheep feeders in England attach
much Importance to succulent feeds,
like turnips and cabbages, than do
feeders in this country.
See that the implements are all put
under shelter and kept till they are
needed in the field. II you have no
shelter build one. It will pay.
Vitality is an important character
istic in dairy COWS or any other farm
animal. If weak along this line the
best returns cannot be expected.
Pullets that are not properly grown
or in some way have received a set
hack while growing will be CORE
spondingly slow in starting to lay.
II pleases the COW to be MIXED
quickly, and gets her in the habit Of
giving down promptly. 1t is often the
sivw mixers that make the shippers.
After the first few weeks a young
turkey is able to gain most Of his own
living, from the insect life he delights
in capturing in his wanderings over
the farm.
II you are forced to conflne yo-r
turkeys to some extent, you will find
that the White Holland variety will
bear confinement better than any
other variety.
Contrary to the general belief, It
does not hurt a horse to give him
water in moderate quantities, even
when he is very hot, providing the
water is not very cold.
Designed for use in heavy winds
without injury, new windmill has
been invented that has vanes that can
be turned partly or completely out Of
the wind when necessary.
Odors get into the butter or they
may get into the milk or cream. and
then be impaired to the butter. The
greatest source Of bad flavor is from
cream that has not been properly
cared for.
An older tree heals up wound
slower than young tree. An inch
cut on a young tree may heal over in
one, season. while on an older tree.
now in its prime or past, 1t may take