Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-03
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Grain raising depletes fertility OF the
soil.
Never throw soft feed on the
ground.
Sorghum makes a good material for
flling the silo.
Dirty pals cause much sickness
among the calves.
II you want your COWS to do well
make them comfortable.
Bright clover or alfalfa hay should
be kept In q convenient rack.
Remember that the swine family
are not protected by furry coats.
II Is generally estimated that broil-
ers shrink one-half pound each when
dressed.
Are the mice or rabbits girdling the
trees? Remove rubbish and wrap the
trunks In paper
Get your spraying equipment in
good order several days before you
must begin spraying.
Inc cream separator should be
firmly fixed on a solid base II good
work is expected OF It.
The average yearly butter fat pro-
dnction per COW in. the United States
In 1900 was las pounds.
Salt the hogs as often as you do
the other stock. They will be health
Ter and digest their food better.
It Is almost impossible to crowd
the young pigs too fast. provided you
have the right kind Of food and care.
Some people have gone so far as to
claim that the corn stalks In the silo
are worth as much as the ears in the
crib.
Wash and dry the COWS before milk.
ing and keep 81 per cent. Of the dirt
out CT the milk that usually gets in
otherwise.
The garden should be we'll fertillzed
In the fall or winter. This makes II
possible to work 1t more quickly when
spring comes.
The dairy farmer ought to have
pigs for market every year. This Is
the best way to sell the by-products
at the top price.
One reason why pure bred sires
are so necessary on the farm is be-
cause defects are Just as easily trans
mitted as good points.
The heifer that is to be retained in
the herd should be handled from her
early calfhood so that she will have
confidence In her keeper
Il 10 well to order a few catalogues
from the reliable seed and nursery
companies. They are educators even
II we are not intending to buy.
See that the hens have all the pure |
water they can drink at all times. II
you have skim milk to spare, that also |
can be placed before them constantly. |
Keeping any machine well oiled and |
in proper repair not only increases |
efficiency, but decreases the amonnt |
OF power required to run the machine |
The milk pail Is always more nearly |
full when pasture Is at its prime than |
during any other season, and the silo |
win produce the same conditions in
the winter.
matte crop rotation form the two
strongest links in the chain for the
maintenance Of soil fertility and
heavy crop production
The ideal COW! Everybody's look
ing for her. but few find her, though
abe Il the most valuable asset on the
farm. How many possible ideal COWS
are done into veal In this country eV-
cry year nobody knows.
Too much care cannot be exercised
by breeders IN sending out eggs for
hatshing. A good way Il to wrap each
egg IN paper separately and place
them IN 4 basket. doubly lined with
.neuupaDer and packed with excel
sloF.
For poultry food. pea meal WIN be
found nuffid0us. Fice easily digested.
|'ssd meal cafhariie, potato starch
IIhia barley nutritious but lax
md oaincn1 more nutritious
11r West q barley There
81 rsf cs1i. 81 fll n oatmeal
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