Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03
Flowers beauty q yard.

Oyster shells are too soft for grit.
Dalrying develops fertility of the
soil.
Don't give the SOW too much bed.
ding.
In feeding grain in the runs broad
cast It
Rye and vetch will make a fair
grade OF silage.
What is known as yearling hen is
one having laid 12 months.
Better seed grain means better
crops at no increased expense.
Soaking the churn in brine will oc.
casionRiiy help to keep It sweet.
Half the crop OF corn can be turned
into five-sixths Of crop by saving the
fodder.
A reader recommends powdered
charcoal given in the milk as q rem
edy for scours.
Alfalfa hay and corn balance each
other. In addition they are the best
relished OF any feeds.
Sometimes a weeks chill rains or
cold weather will set the pigs back q
month in their growth.
Indigestion and liver trouble in
fowls are paraded under the name Of
cholera very frequently.
The cooperative creamery that is
well patronized and well supported 10
blessing to any community.
1t does not pay to hold old hogs in
order to get great weight II you have
younger ones to eat the corn.
Don't let the pigs get lousy. Spray
them with kerosene emulsion, while
eating. once every two weeks.
When spraying do not work with
bare hands. They'll be sore II you do.
Put on a pair of rubber gloves.
Are the horses coming up in flesh.
and are they getting a little harness
work to condition their shoulders?
A feed Of chopped onions occasion
ally will be greatly relished by the
fowls as well as conduce to their
health.
Hogs that are fat should not be
held, but sent to market when At.
There Is no profit in killing hog I'M
til It il At
For the man who still has not silo:
Build one. and II you can't I'LL It until
next fall feed soiling crops this COM
ing summer.
II you have never tried rape, raise
a small field next spring. 1t is very |
popular with hogs, and does them
a world Of good.
Better not get reckless with the feed |
yet. It is easily possible that there
still are eight to ten weeks CT bad
weather on the way.
One fatal mistake made at the end
Of the hatch Is to keep the door Of
the incubator open too long after the
eggs have begun to pip.
The critical period of the turkey
Is the first eight weeks OF its life.
About forty-eight eggs is the aver.
age yearly record Of the hen.
Are the young pigs to be allowed to
SILVER and freeze in the cold, damp
winds Of early spring? And die at the
rate of one to 1--WE out Of every ten?
One acre Of corn we'll grown and
put in the silo will furnish more feed
for the COWS than can be obtained
by any other manner Of handling the
soil
The farmer who has never used a
tanning mill should get one as soon
Is possible 30 as to get well acquaint.
ID with 1t before the busy season
zones.
Turkey culture is a success only
where the stock can have a good
-ange. There is too much wild nature
n turkeys for them to thrive in con.
ined quarters.
The fruit tree agent is not all bad.
But for him a good many orchards
would not now be growing and doing
we'll. But It is well to know the
standing Of his company before or
iering.
Most Of those who run the dairy at
/ loss never read literature on the sub