Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-24

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The fy is' q nuisance.
Work for q reputation.
Look out for the curculio.
Gather eggs ut least once daily.
The Keiffer pear h the standby Of
the masses
The farmer is known by the amount
Of clover seed he sows.
A bran mash and a day In the pas
ture-for the horse OF his feed.
outdoor subjects animals to sun
shine and compels them to exercise.
Be sure the mares and colts in
pasture have shelter from the hot
sun.
Charred corn fed to the fowls occa-
sionally will prove an aid to diges-
ton.
Egg growing rests not solely with
. the hen, much depends on the man
in charge.
We cannot grow pigs probably
without feed enough to keep them
gaining steadily.
After the crop expert has prescribed
for your sick soil. introduce him to
the boarder cows.
In setting out strawberries, pinch
on most OF the leaves and the plants
will take hold better.
Cornmeal and skim milk make the
best of feed to hurry chicks along to
the fry and broiler stage.
The calf should be cleaned immedi.
.Ately after birth by carefully rubbing
II with a dry cloth or straw.
Give the hens q chopped onion &C.
casionally in the mash. 1t is excel
lent as a disease preventative.
Red cedar. Colorado blue spruce
and Black Hill spruce are excellent
evergreens for the yard or windbreak
Since the first reaper was invented
and put on the market the silo 10 the
greatest boon that has come to the
farmer.
II your asparagus turns yellow 1t is
q sign Of rust. Every affected plant
should be at once cut out and burned
or we'll sprayed.
When setting any Of the bush fruits
the top should be pruned to CORE
spond to the root pruning the plant
gets in transplanting.
A good many farm gardens are too
large. A small patch well cared for
will prove more satisfactory all
around than a field Of weeds.
After the third day a mixture Of
broken grains Is good for the chicks.
Before that they are better of for hav-
ing nothing but grit and water.
There Is no danger OF having an
oversupply Of good country butter. In
the metropolitan centers It has be-
come almost an unknown quantity.
A wide range in summer feeding
may be used at the start of the feed
ing period with profit, but 1t must get
narrow as the feeding period ad-
Vances.
II everybody would begin feeding
new oats carefully. horses would not
have so much trouble with collie. Be-
gin very light, gradually increasing
the amount.
Bee-keepers who do not keep queens
for more than two years clip the right
wing OF queen in even years and the
feft in the odd years. The age Of
queen can thus be told.
Do not use poison on any Of the
trees or plants while in bloom, as do |
ing so may result in the death Of
many trees. which are Of great neces-
city In the garden and the orchard.
Hens forced for egg production BY
high feeding and stimulants may give
the desired number Of eggs, but the
future generations win show the o.
feet in weak constitutions.
Forcing a COW for a short period
cannot always be accepted as the legi-
innate measure Of the capacity Of any
breed, no matter how well autheuti-
Gated any great performance may be.
When pigs are once afflicted with
s'buII-nose" there IL no cure. The dis
.aase may be arrested by smoking with
...,,nhor gum. This Is done by con-