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

Winter dairying will never be ovoR.
done.
Millet seed u q great sgg-dropping
grains.
Cherry trees are an IDEAL fruit for
home grounds.
Oats and peas. Gown early. mako
good hog pasture.
Use horse manure for the hotbed:
rotted manure for the soil
Plenty Of pure water IL necessary to
the profits end of stock raising.
About so per cent. of the feed given
Q COW goes to maintain her body.
Unless wisely fed and cared for .
herd Of ftne hogs will degenerate rap
idly.
Keep the orchard clear Of all dried
brush, II being the hArbor for in1uri-
Gus insects.
The day Is not far distant when the
scrub hog will be only q memory.
Hasten It's coming.
The hens viii be laying for you II
you give them plenty Of vegetable.
bone meal and grain.
II the COWS or calves get lousy. try
an application Of strong brine thick
ened with strong soap.
The longer the calf Ii allowed to
suck the COW the harder It will be to
make II drink from the bucket
II is nearly always best to save
some Of the old sows, especially to
farrow the early spring litters.
More alfalfa means more home
grown feed and smaller feed bills. II
naturally leads to better profits.
Farm crops sold to cows and shoats
bring top prices and the fertility Of
the soil Is kept on the place. too.
The man with I'VE cows and q sepa-
rator IL better OF than his neighbor
with eight cows and no machine.
No matter how well bred COW
may be she cannot produce milk at
profit when given only maintenance
ration.
Study your breed. You can't make
q success by giving White Leghorns
and Plymouth Rocks the same kind Of
treatment.
Test the seed!-not the corn alone.
but samples of all the kinds OF grain
you intend to sow. The results may
Eurprise you.
The high cost OF living on the farm
may be reduced in measure at least
by producing more OF the necessities
of life at home.
rs an exceptional COW that can get
enough inspiration from a straw pile
and tank OF ice water to give de-
cent mess Of milk.
What are you going to do with
your idle hours this winter? says one
Paper. The man whose farm work is
Rystematized has none.
White of the egg Is recommended
In cases Of fracture in chickens. for
soaking the bandages, thus binding
them together and stiffening.
II hogs are lousy set a small post,
wrapped tight with an old rope, In
the ground. and soak the rope with
coal oil. The hog will do the rest.
Industrious fowls are the kind to
keep. It matters not what the breed
is, the lazy hen is Improbable. 1t Is
the industrious hen that produces
eggs.
In figuring up the value Of the dairy
COW, do not neglect to take the calf
into consideration. This Is one rea-
son why registered cattle are SO de-
sirable.
The best heller calves may be made
into fine veal in seven or eight weeks
by feeding them skim milk and oil
meal. but better far 1t Is to raise them
on the same foods.
In feeding the dairy COW It Is q
recognized fact that a certain amount
of nourIshment must be used to keep
up her body. What Is given above
this, II It il the right kind. goes to
produce milk.
While we are about It, we can just
as well have pure bred fowls on the
place. They don't eat any more. they