Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-09-18
Mixed rations are best

n DIT OF Planning VIII Always save
time and muscle.
Proper food and n variety OF II
makes strong, healthy chickens.
As a growing proposition there is
nothing better than spring pig.
HorsSs must be unheaded. have
spirit and finish and be fast walkers.
II the SOW is fed on sour. dirty
g. will the effect is quickly seen In the
pigs.
Undue excitement during hot wealth
er often proves fatal to overfnt
fowls.
Clean earth is one OF the best abb
sorbents that can be used In the poul.
try house.
The dairy farm is a highly develop
cd business establishment and should
be SO operated.
withdrawing the nests, inside and
out, is a good means OF keeping them
free from vermin.
II takes a stockman's eye TO detect
the first symptoms OF failing condi'
lions Of his stock.
Little chicks need a feeding coop
where they can eat in peace away
from the older fowls.
Those who have silos full OF sl!age
find winter feeding easy and satisfae.
tory to the live stock.
A poultryman too careless to keep
the henhouse free from vermln does
not deserve to succeed
A good feeding creep for chicks may
be made by lacking some coarse mesh
poultry wire over frame.
A quarter spent for a batch OF but.
ter paper is money we'll invested
where butter is marketed.
Young pigs kept in dry. dusty lots
ard fed on corn exclusively will not
make money for their owner.
A quarter buys a dairy thermome-
ter and no dairyman can make
better investment OF two bits.
No honest breeder will sell a culled
ram to an ignorant FARMER. It IL as
bad as passing counterfeit money.
Milk, cream. and butter are sus-
ceptible to all manner OF faint and
the result Is antiminated butter prod
ucts.
Drought can be largely controlled
by care Of the physical condition OF
the soil and in the preparation OF the
seed bed.
Dust sitting hens with pyrethrum
powder twice or three times before
the eggs hatch and there will be no
lice on the chicks.
Poultry and fruits are closely al
lied. Both do we'll together, and they
readily thrive on the same land with
out hindering each other.
The sun has a purifying effect on
milk pans and pals, but they should
be covered with light screen cloth so
tho flies cannot chase over them.
Any woman who manages well can
find an hour during the day when she
can shut herself in from all outside
worries and recline. relax and rest.
II Ia lust as necessary to pillow or
otherwise cultivate the peach orchard
when It bears not a peach as 1t Is
when the trees are to be loaded with
fruit.
Decaying matter Of any kind left ly-
ing around at this time Of the year
may prove a very costly bit Of care
lessness to anyone that is raiisng
chickens.
II is in favor Of the sheep that 1t
will yield a profit under conditions 30
unfavorab!e that other farm animals
under the same conditions will be
Improbable.
Ducks can be raised without free
range. In fact they should be kept
away from the hog lots or stock yards.
where the clumsy birds are at the
mercy Of the stock.
Unless the stock turkeys are large
Il is almost impossible to get the
young ones to q good weight It is
best to purchase the largest and finest
stock obtainable to breed from.
Wheat is Just as capable OF In
creased yields as oats and corn, and
those farmers who have combined
science common sense) With their