Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-31

Give the hens clean nests.
MIX is susceptible to odors.
Give vegetables plenty Of room.
Nature uses no Judgment In the pro-
duction of fruit.
When the small weeds are killed
there will be no big ones.
Ducks will not do we'll when con-
fined. Turn EN- loose II possible.
Disinfecting the incubator between
matches 10 a precaution worth taking
Apple scab is caused by a fungus
known scientifically as Ventura nomi.
Musty oats make dull. llfeless look.
ing coats on the horses which eat
them.
Musty oats make dull, lifeless look
ing coats on the horses which eat
them.
Setting" milk in pans means loss
of anywhere from 10 to so per cent. of
the cream.
Weli-drained yards and pens will
help to keep the hogs more thrifty
and profitable.
The ground for sweet clover seed
should be prepared the same as for
alfalfa or clover.
The irritation caused by poor driv.
er lessons the ability Of a good horse
to do its best work
More turkeys are injured by over
feeding than wrong feeding. Feed
often but little at time.
Cockerels intended for caponizing
should have no food for about "a hours
previous TO the operation.
Buffalo berry. Mayday tree and the
Towering currant are three plants
&hat Powered early this season!
Let the dairy heifer have plenty OF
growth before breeding-two years
old is better than eighteen months.
A pleasant, cheerful, fearless dts
position Is a valuable quality In a
roadster or a general purpose horse.
Fill in about the houses and barn
wherever there are low, wet places.
No matter what the weather, 60 dry
shod.
There is one thing certain, you can't
cure a kicking COW by beating her
with the milking stool or abusing her
in any way.
Soil taken from a well-established
alfalfa field and spread on land to
be sown to alfalfa is q very good
way to inoculate 1t.
The sweet cherry is the only tree
fruit that can be universally set out
in the fall successfully and be better
than for spring setting.
A restless hen will never answer to
use as a hatcher early in the sea-
son, when steady warmth is an i'm
perative condition Of success.
Stopping the churn at the right time
has a good deal to do with making
good butter. Stop when the grains are
about the size of wheat kernels.
The milk producers knocked a home
run in their war for a better price.
Now let's see them knock few
boarder COWS into the butcher shop.
When wooden or concrete floors are
used sufficient bedding should be sup
piled SO that the COWS may rest In CON-
fort and that surface dampness win be
absorbed.
While lambing is progressing, grade
the lambs according to their age, as
the little fellows will get the worst Of
Il II they have to run with their big
ger relatives.
Back end to Is the way to hitch q
horse where the wind Is blowing.
When they are loose 80 they can do
20 they like you never saw a horse
stand facing q storm.
The growing pigs may be helped
along in two ways; one is by feeding
sows literally on those feeds that tend
TO produce milk, and the other is b
giving the pigs clean food Of the right
Kind. such as clover and alfalfa.
From the day the pigs are dropped
the SOW is nothing less than q milk
machine and in order to keep her up
10 FUN capacity she must be supplied
with plenty Of digestible. milk-pro-
,aucinE feed. Il Is . good plan 70 boil
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