Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-11


Give the chickens variety.
There is a shortage of young cattle
Do not allow the food TO sour in the
feed trough.
Good roads are community build
ers and farm developers.
Young turkeys are very liable tC
have lice, especially head lice.
In nearly every section Of Iowa
hogs are used to harvest corn.
When the little pigs are weaned. put
the SOW out of their hearing for o
while.
II the hens are not laying the
chances are that the fault is with
their keeper.
In Agriculture is the Hope Of the
Nation. In Applied Science lies the
Hope Of Agriculture.
Have you any sheep? Then don't
keep ours! Have you any ours
Kill them and get sheep!
Good ventilation is essential. but II
should be so arranged that the cows
shall not be exposed to draft.
The smaller the quarters the great
er the care necessary in order to keep
the hen houses clean and sanitary.
Sheep, IL given a place on the farm.
will help you rid the place OF noxious
weeds and pay revenue while do
ing 1t.
Sweet clover seed weighs the same
as red clover or alfalfa when 1t Is
free from hulls; that is, sixty pounds
per bushel.
Turkeys always bring a good price
from October to March. and in some
sections, flock Of turkeys is found on
nearly all farms.
It is much better to feed a variety
or number of grains to chickens than
just one. Wheat is the best single
grain that We can feed.
A painted fence post is certainly an
addition to the road side, but painted
post hidden by nice thrifty weeds is
not exactly q good combination.
Ireland is the greatest poultry rails.
ing country in the world. Ireland
with a population of only 100000 has
$14,000,0OO fowls within her boundar-
les.
Turkey fun feathers net all the way
from SO to $12 per pound when sold to
milliners. The other feathers COM
mand' price Of IS to 40 cents per
pound.
In the drouth-stricken sections OF
this country the dairy COW is the
farmers main hope. She is the last
animal he lets go of the farm when
he makes O sale.
A cold grindstone is an uncomfort-
able thing to use in wintry weather.
Warm water will soon take the frost
out, but don't have 1t too hot. Hot
water is bad for the stone.
Put q small handful Of meal in the
pail of milk. The calf in licking the
pail will get the meal, and after It
learns to eat this way a small feed
ing box can be used to better advan-
tage.
II is useless to try and protect your
farm by fencing If you do not have
properly built gates; the poor, almost
worthless gate is the most expensive
and troublesome thing the farmer has
to contend with.
The SOW should raise two filters
each year. and she must have a pc
Rod Of rest between the narrowing
times in order to renew her strength
and flesh and be able to mother well
the following litter.
We do not advise shipping turkeys
to market alive because they are very
timid and the continual fright they
receive reduces their weight from two
to even six or eight pounds in some
instances where they are kept very
long.
The Wyoming experiment station
has investigated the subject Of alfalfa
hay for horses, and finds that alfalfa
is a satisfactory feed for all classes of
horses and careful horsemen need not
hesitate to incorporate 1t into their
rations.
The hoofs Of sheep make rapid
growth, a provision Of nature to stand
the wear and tear Of stony ground.
Consequently when on soft pastures
there win not be sufficient wear for
the hoofs, and they should be pared at