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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

In considerable numbers In freight and
passenger cars coming from the In
tested regions Of Utah-cars which are
constantly traversing the alfalfa fields
OF Kansas-it probably Is only ques
ton of a short time until the weevil
will be distributed in the alfalfa fields
OF Kansas. II is, therefore, highly i'm
portant that our alfalfa growers be on
guard. Just so soon as this insect is
discovered or has gained a foothold
the entomologists of the Kansas state
experiment station should be notified
in order that prompt measures for Its
control and destruction may be put in
operation at once"
Although methods Of control have
not been satisfactorily determined,
Prof. Titus, entomologist Of the Utah
experiment station, has made extern
sive experiments with various meth
DDS. In summarizing the methods OF
control he says: Alfalfa should be
disked in early spring to stimulate 1t
to better growth. The first growth
should be cut when most Of the eggs
have been laid middle Of May In
Utah) and then >brush-drag the field
thoroughly, Fields should be brush
dragged again after the first crop has
been cut. All weeds and rubbish
should be cleaned from the field,
yards, bitches and fence rows. SO that
there will be less opportunity for the
weevil to find winter shelter. Alfalfa
should not be allowed to grow more
than seven or eight years in the in
tested districts"
A brush drag is recommended by
Prof Titus: MANY patterns Of the
brush drag are in use,' he says, but
the one which seems to be the best for
our work is made by laying the butts
OF rather short brush, five or six feet
long, in a row on plank twelve or
fourteen feet long. Then another row
should be laid upon the first, consist
ing of longer brush, with the butts
trimmed a little further back, so that
you will have in effect two brush har-
rows, one following the other. An
other plank should then be laid on the
brush butts and b0lted to the under
plant. In weighing this harrow. lay
an ordinary tooth harrow. with the
teeth down, directly on the brush drag.
This makes very even weight, at the
same time it is so flexible that the
drag will work its way down into the
small depressions as we'll as over the
larger elevations of the field"
The brush drag knocks the larvae
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17
ADVANTAGE OF EARLY DISCING FOR CORN

ration except listing. Listing is the
cheapest method of planting, but does
not prepare the land sufficiently well.
II corn land is not plowed 1t should be
disked early in the spring. Double
disking is better than single disking.
Disking forms the proper kind of a
soil mulch and keeps the soil from
drying out so rapidly.
Later in the season any moisture
that is contained in the subsoil win
rise to the surface as the crop uses the
surface water. Besides preserving
water. disking viii help make a better
seed bed and destroy a great many Of
the first crop weeds. A little early
work as soon as the land is dry
enough to TIL helps to pull the crop
through q critical period in the sum
mer time
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17
Vegetables in Window Boxes.

II you live In O nat and have no
ground available for gardening, do not
give up the idea Of raising some deli
cious fresh vegetables Of your own.
Many vegetables will grow in pots and
porch or window boxes Just as we'll
as they will grow anywhere. It is very
easy to grow them, many OF the plants
are as decorative as flowers, and the
product will be much nicer and very
much less expensive than store veg
etables.
The location Of the vegetable boxes
is important. They should be placed
where the sun will strike them nearly
all day. Windows, porches and roofs
can be used to advantage, under prop
er conditions.
It Is usually better to use boxes or
trays instead of flower pots, as the
former will hold more plants to q
given area, dry out less quickly, and
are less liable to get broken.
Any dirt.tight wooden box, eight or
more inches deep. will make good
vegetable box. These boxes have to
be deeper than hot bed trays because
the vegetables are to mature in them.
Bore some half inch holes in the bot
tom Of the box to provide drainage,
Put in two inches Of cinders, gravel or
other coarse material. Cover this
with from four to six inches Of fine
rich earth, prepared greenhouse earth,
II possible. It should be thoroughly en-
riched with fine, we'll rotted manure,
and some wood ashes will help, also.
Coal ashes possess no available plant
food.
Fasten your boxes firmly in place
and plant your vegetable seeds or
plants as you would regular garden.
II possible, these boxes should be
planted a month or six weeks before
they are going to be placed out Of
doors, so as to get good start in the
house. Put them in place when dan
ger Of frost is past.
Keep the soil we'll watered, and aft
CT INC pidhto dIS ny ~ Whh VIC "Sh "
keep the surface Of the soil in crum'
bled condition. most of the time.
Radishes, lettuce, Swiss chard, spin
ach. onions. garlic and leek can all be
grown from seed in boxes. Magniti-
cent crops Of cumcubsrs and tomatoes
can be had all summer long. These
plants should be pruned and trained
on supports of some kind, either wires.
stakes or strings. Egg plant and pep
per will do very nicely, and We have
seen q trellis completely covered with
muskmelon vines growing in pots.
Care must be taken to water, cult
vate, fertilize and spray for insect
pests II any appear. If bees and in
sects do not reach the blossom to pol
Innate them, it will be necessary to do
this by hand, with some Of the vege-
tables mentioned. Take a camel's
hair brush and transfer the pollen
from one plant to another. This in
sures fruit, and 10 quite important.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17
FEEDING Hens for Eqqs.

Any good, healthy pullets will pro-
duce eggs probably during the winter
months II they were Matched early
enough, regardless of the exact feed
ing method used. This fact is perfect
ly true to a degree, and II we had to
choose between late Matching with
scientific feeding and early Matching
with unskilled, but plenteous feeding,
we would choose the latter every time.
The hen is not very particular
where she finds her food, and she has
an omniverous appetite. but nature
makes her balance up her ration
pretty well, provided she has access
70 the various elements needed.
At the same time, the early-hatched
fowl will be benefited just as much by
scientific feeding as will the late
Matched one, and the few simple rules
governing poultry feeding should be
thoroughly understood and followed
by every poultry keeper.
By scientific, feeding we mean the
nearest practical approach to the ex-
act requirements Of the fowls body
in producing eggs, tissue, heat and en-
ergy.
II q hen needs q pound of protein or
fiesh-forming food and needs only four
pounds Of fats and starches, we must
not feed all corn, because in this case
she viii have to eat about twelve
pounds Of starch to get her pound Of
protein, and the surplus eight
pounds Of starch will be wasted, make
her too fat to lay or make her sick.
The whole secret Is to mix the food in
order to save that surplus Of starch
and make the hen lay at her top
speed.
Here is what your flock must have
in order to do their very best for you:
Grain-They should receive mixed
grain twice a day. about one handful
to the fowl, each feed. Cracked corn,
wheat and clipped oats makes an ex-
cellent mixture. Barley may be used
In place Of oats and kafir corn IL a
good grain In the southwest. Do not
feed whole corn to hens In q mixture
as Il n harder 10 digest and they neg
lect the rest Of the mixture. Feed
grain IN deep straw during winter
months.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

Ground grain, or mash. II absolutely
necessary for economical results. and
It can be kept before them at all
times In an automatic hopper; an ex-
cellent mixture Il two parts cornmeal,
one part middlings. one part bran, one
part oil meal, one part alfalfa meal,
one part meat meal.
Green food is essential to the fowls
health and the color and body Of the
eggs. Pasture in summer and alfalfa,
cabbage, clover, char. sprouted oats.
ETC., In winter will serve the pur-
pose.
Vegetable food IL necessary for
health, and q semi-weekly feed Of
roots, potatoes or cabbage will head
OF bowel trouble.
Animal products are best supplied
by little green cut bone every other
day, but meat meal in the mash 10 an
excellent substitute. They are Of the
very highest Importance to fowls
which do not have free range.
Lime. for egg shells. is supplied in
crushed oyster shells. plaster or mar
BILE grit.
Grinding material must be had, and
marble grit serves a dual purpose
here.
Charcoal Is an excellent corrective
for digestive disorders.
Water Is Just as necessary for fowls
as for humans and It should be clean
and always available.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

More corn failures result in Kansas
from an insufficient supply Of mois-
ture than from any other reason. The
farmer decides what kinds OF corn to
plant; he decides the method OF plant
ing and the quantity he wishes to
grow, but he takes what comes In rain
fail. The farmer should realize that
the spring rainfall can save his crop
as we'll as that which comes in July
and August.
The subsoil forms a large reservoir
where an excess Of water may be
stored for future use. The spring
rainfall can be saved by stirring the
ground SO It will enter more freely
and by keeping the top soil titled to
prevent evaporation. A large proper
ton Of corn is planted with the lister
on com land without any other prepa-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17
ImportanI 40 NAoehora
Costly City improvements.

II all the buildings torn down an
nually in the borough of Manhattan,
in New York City could be assem-
bled they would make a good-sized
town. Last year the number Of build
ings demolished was S19, and q gas
tank brought the total demolitions to
500. The front feet measurement Of
the houses pulled down was 24,S76.
or approximately four and three-Quar-
ter miles. Nine houses out of ten de-
stroyed were four stories high.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17
BACK YARD FARMER
Interesting Pointers on Garden
ing. for the City Man or
Suburbanite.
WHAT TO PLANT AND WHEN
Advice by IN Expert on Agricultural
Matters-squab Raising Hazard
ouS-Make Hens Lay-orow-
Ing Vegetables In q Flat.
ey PROF. JOHN WILLARD eoLrE

BY PROF. JOHN WILLARD BoLTE.
SQUAD farming as q specially cannot
be classed as q means Of making llv.
ing. In fact It Ii usually a rapid way
Of losing an investment.
Widely advertised in the east, and
to q certain extent in other sections
OF the country, It has attracted q great
many people by its limitless POSSIBLE
tiles on paper. They have invested
money in breeding stock" houses and
pens. Most Of that money is still in
vested, but a wide acquaintance with
poultry men and conditions all over
this country has failed to bring the
writer In touch with a single SQUAD
farmer who has made financial sue
cess Of It, and the poultry papers do
not write about them, which is pref
ty sure sign that this business has not
been followed successfully up to this
time.
We might qualify this statement by
admitting that some Of the sellers Of
breeding pigeons seem to have been
quite successful in their field, but
their success has been at the expense
Of the prospective squad raiser.
1t Is too bad, too, because It is such
a fine way to make a living, on paper.
You see the pigeons mate in pairs and
stay mated for life. They raise two
squads, as the young ones are called,
every month, the cock and the hen
taking turns in setting on the eggs.
This makes twenty-four squads to mar
ket year, the average price running
from S. to Sc dozen and the old
birds will live on from 81 to $3.50 and
support the young on that allowance,
a clear profit Of $1,000 pair yearly.
Figuring fifty pairs Of pigeons to a
pen 10 feet by 20 feet with 100 feet Of
covered yard and then figuring that
one man can look after not less than
10 pens. we easily determine that our
yearly income will amount to $3.50.
That is the kind Of figuring that
leads one to invest In the breeders
breeding stock" at $3.50 a pair. 1t
is sufficient to say that instead Of get.
ting twelve pairs Of squads from each
pair Of pigeons, you will be lucky to
get an average Of four pairs, in large
numbers. They could not bring in
over 81, leaving a margin Of $3.50 a
year from each pair Of breeding
pigeons, or $1,000 gross profit from
500 pairs of breeders.
The cost Of suitable house for
these pigeons will not be less than
$3.50 and the breeding stock will
cost as much more. Interest, deprecia-
ton, non-productive stock, parasites
and diseases will all cut into the gross
profits and the squads will bring in
closer to 25 cents a pair than 30
cents, unless they are extra fine.
We have had eighty-three adult
pigeons killed in one night by rats.
This loss involves the loss Of thirty
six squads and over forty eggs. as
their parents were either killed or
their matings broken up.
The SQUAD farm Is all right when
confined to a small flock, and pigeons
are lots Of fun for the boys, but It Is
q poor financial venture on a large
scale. Let 1t stay on paper, where 1t
thrives best.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

The insect remains in the pupal stage
from ten to fourteen days and then
the beetle energies. The adult feeds
on the stems. leaves. and buds until
autumn or their alternating time.
Prof. Webster Of the United States
Bureau of Entomology says, "The ell
tire life OF the insect, from the depo-
sltion OF the egg 10 the emergence OF
the adult, may be from forty to sew
enty days, while the beetle itself may
live, including the winter. from ten to
fourteen months"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

Kidney Pills the swelling disappear
ed and he felt himself again. He says
he has been benefited and blessed by
the use Of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sew.
eral months later he wrote: I have
not changed my faith in your remedy
since the above statement was author
lied. Correspond with Rev. e Hes
lop about this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills. SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co..
Buffalo. N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and re-
eipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
Adv.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

OF the younger larvae are suffocated
and which the older ones find 1t very
hard to crawl through 10 reach the
plants, many OF them perishing in the
heat Of the sun.
The alfalfa weevil Is native OF
Europe, Western Asia and Northern
Africa. 1t was first noticed in Amer
lea in an alfalfa field near Salt Lake
City, Utah, in 1904, but was not
brought to the attention OF the Utah
experiment station until 1907. II has
been increasing and spreading until
now 1t Is in several counties in North
ern Utah, and has moved into Wyo.
ming and Idaho.
The insect passes the winter as an
adult beetle hiberating in the crowns
Of the alfalfa plant. in under thick
grass, weeds, rubbish and leaves, in
hay or straw stacks, in barns where
hay is stored, or in any well sheltered
places available at the time they are
going into Information. In the spring
as soon as the alfalfa Is started suf-
ficiently to furnish food, the beetles
emerge and attack the young plants.
About April the females begin laying
their eggs in the stems or on the buds
and leaves. This continues until early
July. In the early spring, while the
plants are small, the females often
push their eggs down between the
leaves or into the bud, but the usual
method Is to insert them in punctures
made in the stem. This puncturing Of
the stem often seriously Injuries young
plants. In about ten days the eggs
hatch and the young larvae, at first
white, but soon turning to an alfalfa
green, feed in the stems and the buds
and on the leaves. They attack the
young leaves and crown SO. that
badly infested field will not make a
sufficient growth to be moved. The
larvae do not have true legs and when
full grown are from one-fourth to
nearly half inch long. When full
grown, which is from fifty to sixty
days after Matching. the larvae crawl
or drop to the ground and spin around
themselves a cocoon composed OF
net work OF rather loose white
threads. This cocoon usually Is
among the dead leaves or rubbish.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17
WATCH OUT FOR THE ALFALFA WEEVL
IT May ATTACK KANSAS AT ANY Time
Prof. George Dea EnOmOOg for the Kansas Agricultural College,
Issues Warning to Kansas Farmers-Some
Suggestions On How to Fight
This New Past.

feeding on the stubble to the ground.
where It mangles many OF them and
suffocates others by the dust stirred
up. and tears up the cocoons that are
on the plant and on the ground. II
the brush drag is built right there will
be parts OF the brush tearing through
every crown OF alfalfa in the field and
stirring up the soil sufficiently to
cause q dense fine dust In which many
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

ing, was dizzy
and exhausted at
the least exer-
ton. Hands and
feet were cold
and he had such
q dragging sensa:
ton across the
loins that It was
difficult to move.
After using 8
hoDaa - nasAAS
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

The widow of a New York policy
hing signed a check for $4,000 for
spIritualistic medium at the orders
Of her husbands ghost. Mighty poor
policy to have the ghost walk in
that fashion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

A member Of the Albany legislature
has been seized with the brilliantidea
Of taxing city cats. 1t 10 but meas
ure of retribution; for 10, these many
moons city cats have been taxing peo
ula.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

Substituting tinware for silVerware
A the senate restaurant to beat the
nouvenir hunters is an expressive
commentary. on the disposition toward
inrcsny that Is cloaked under the
name Of souvenir lifting"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

The Indian chiefs Of the west found
nothing else In New York 80 interest
ing as the buffalo at the Bronx. Can
It be that buffalo are scarcer than sky
scrapers in Buffalo Bills country!
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

One Of the writers in the Pittsburgh
Chronicle. Telegraph compares George
washington to Honus Wagner; show.
ing that Pittsburgh people still have
a high regard for the first president.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

The burglar who entered a Los An
geles home and forgot the purpose of
his visit long enough to aid in COM
forting a sick baby. is not beyond re-
demption.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

The butcher CLASHES his customers
this way: Those who never buy beef
steak are poor. those who buy beef
steak twice q week are well to do
and those who have It oftener are
rich.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

Il has been determined that the
average lifetime Of q United States
81 silver certificate is q tribe more
than a year. We can cite numerous
cases where It hasn't lasted a minute.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

The hoboes' union proposes to petS'
ton the president for more freedom.
More freedom in what? Chicken
houses, or freight trains. or simply
emancipation from compulsory baths?
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

Some times It does not pay to emu
late great men Of the past. A Vir>
Rinia youth, while trying a Benjamin
Franklin experiment in flying a kite
through an electrical storm, was In
eiantly electrocuted.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

King George is TO wear a crown. II
It has an open top doubtless it, use
will tend to prevent badness, but
there il little excuse for It other
wise.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

The professional burglar has quit
wearing gloves to avoid leaving finger
prints. He has discovered that q
much easier method IL to wash on the
safe after he is through with 1t.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

The Minnesota legislator. who 10
after a law to make It felony for q
housewife to steal" the servant Of
another, must have had a good cook
IN his family at some time.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

The clergyman who said: Let your
enemies kiss you" evidently has new
er felt the smarting effect Of q brick
wound.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

ALIENS Foot-EaSe. the Antiseptic powder for
tired, aching. swollen, nervous feet. Gives
rest and comfort. Makes walking q delight.
Sold everywhere, Csc. Don't accept any sub
gtitute. For FREE sample address Allen q
Olmsted. Le Roy. N. Y. Adv.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

No one but dentists will worry over
the statement made by University
Of Chicago professor that the human
race will some day be toothlesS.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

An Indiana young woman got s2b.'
900 for . broken heart Broken
hearts are painful things; but. com
msrcialy speaking. II this rate IL to be
akun as their market value. they are
S1Fy good things to have In ones pos-
session.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

Now we know why the turkey trot"
has been discarded by society. The
dance is too rough for corsage bou'
QNets to stand the shock.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17
Must BE.

"Is he making good?"
mo question Of 1t. He can get coal
IN credit."-Detroit Free Press.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17
A cLEReYMAN's TESTIMONY.

The Rev. Edmund Heslop Of Wig.
ton, Pa. suffered from DIopsy for q
year. His limbs and feet were swol.
len and puffed. He had heart flutters
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

Disapproval Of the design OF the
new nickel is becoming general. Why
30 much fuss over a lowly half dime?
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

A California scientist says the sun
Ii a magnet. 1t certainly does draw
attention.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup for Children
teethinR, softens the gums, reduces innamma-
ton, AllayB pain. cures wind collie. sc bottle1a
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

Adding insult to injury is where .
man asks for a light and then blows
the cigar smoke in your face.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

A Japanese expert has arrived to
study the New York police. Possibly
for points to avoid.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

Insects have one advantage in that
many Of them mature thirty minutes
after birth. Some men never mature.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

What q woman doesn't know about
neighbor Is just what she wants to
find out. n,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

Now a scientist has risen up to say
that cheese causes appendicitis. But
some cheese can do worse than that.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

The new nickels are no easier to
Rot than the old ones.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

Get busy. Did you ever notice what
hard work It is to keep on doing moth
in?
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-17

Our idea Of the perfect" gown il
one that can be wished ON.