Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-10-02

Exposure to hot suns win quickly
stale fresh eggs.
Have some way OF telling the Oldest
eggs and keep them sold.
II 10 a good rule to scald out the
drinking vessels once q week
II takes grit and pluck to be q
poultryman this kind OF weather.
Too much corn in the feed In warm
weather makes the hens fat and lazy.
Plan to have at all times a blanket
Of loose earth on the surface OF the
fields.
The lazy. sleepy looking SOW. that
fats easy is not tho one to pick FOR 4
breeder.
Overhead racks are bad for the
horses eyes and make the horse In
hale dust.
Handling butter beyond what Ii
strictly. necessary does more harm
than good.
The cows face will indicate her
condition as surely as the face OF a
human being.
Brood mares when nursing their
colts should be given foods for the
production Of milk.
Men may give good advice, but you
must make good use OF your own
sense in following 1t.
Never lightly roll OF the RESPONSE
bilIty OF home life upon the shoulders
Of the school teacher.
But II is n mistake to rely solely on
broilers. It is better to have a broil'
or and egg combination.
One good thing about the garden Is
that the things we get from 1t do not
taste so much Of money
See that every egg you sell is strict
" fresh. A few bad eggs will give
bad name to the whole lot.
The destruction OF the weeds and
the saving Of moisture will more
than repay for the extra labor.
II your flock is properly managed
and cared for there will be little or
no use for medicine and tonics.
Separator milk, II led while It re-
tains its natural warmth has a feed
ing value Of four cents a gallon.
For early spring mating use one
drake to FIVE or six ducks. Later the
number Of ducks can be nearly dou'
bled.
Watch the man who uses BabcocA
tester on his cows the first time. Ten
to 1 there will be a change In his herd
soon after.
Dairy farming may well include the
raising of dairy stock. hogs and
chickens. in connection with the mar
keting of butter fat.
Nearly every one can keep hens.
but can every man make the hens
keen him? Hens do not pay unless
they are given suitable care.
A food may be so lacking in palata'
bIlity that a COW will only consume a
sufficient amount to sustain herself
and of course returns no profit.
Land is not a mine from which you
can take ore in the shape Of soil fer
tility year after year without appar,
ent diminution OF its earning power.
Unless soft food is being given
troughs should never be used for
feeding. Scatter grain among litter
and let the fowls scratch and hunt
for II.
Prune out old canes Of raspberries
and blackberries, and burn them.
Thin the hills to three or four shoots.
Cultivate and add some manure to
the soil.
II we secure the greatest returns
from hog pastures and forage crops
the grain foods, which serve as .
supplement. should be fed in limited
quantities.
The stable manure has been put on
the. garden or truck patch, the corn
or wheat field. but rarely is It thought
necessary to apply plant food Of any
kind to the orchard.
Beef cattle may be raised on many
farms. and there are good reasons for
raising them. Not the least Of these
Is that they provide q means Of
building up the farm IN fertility.