Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-04-10
Level roosts are best,


Regularity in feeding is needed
Fit the young colts with cotton col
lars.
Lead the COW instead of letting her
lead you.
Drainage Is q necessary foundation
for good road.
Variety keeps the cows appetite in
the best condition.
Pure water is essential to pure but
ter and profitable beef.
Duck raisers pack forty dressed
ducklings in a barrel for shipment
Unfertillzed eggs keep best, and salt
l. the bast material to pack them in.
The man who goes into dairying for
q year or two had better stay out
of It.
All the dead limbs from trees in the
orchard should go into the brush heap
or woodshed.
A breeding pen Of chickens Is usu'
ally made up Of from six to fourteen
females and a male.
A male bird less than q year old
Is known as a cockerel. When over
a year old it is a cock.
To prevent rabbits from gnawing
the bark and limbs from small apple
trees spray with soapsuds.
The mule from a high strung dam
is much more likely to be a kicker
than one from q draft mare.
When the hogs have free access to
salt there is little danger Of their eat
ing enough to injure themselves.
Cramming Is a system of forcing
feed into young fowls, either by hand
or machine. so as to put on extra
'@s.sflesh.
Mustard planted between the cab
bage plants attracts the harlequin
bugs and they can then be captured
and killed.
There are about a dozen different
breeds of dairy cows. and the best is
the kind that should suit you the
best Of all
A good way to salt the COW is to
keep q plentiful supply before her
and trust to her judgment in using
what she needs.
Light framed birds that mature
quickly, such as Leghorns and Minor.
cas-, should not be kept with those Of
the heavier fowls.
A disinfectant should be used in the
barn from time to time. Remember
that cleaning the stables means more
now than it used to.
A few gallons of paint would not
be expensive, but II It were rightly
applied It would add great deal to
the value OF the place.
The first cutting Of alfalfa is the
coarsest and contains, so far as data
indicates, less digestible nutrients than
any Of the following cuttings.
Driving a wedge with the back Of
the az has spoiled many a good tool.
Take a maui or beetle 10 do that work,
and save the ak for its own work.
The calves should be fed regularly
and they should have good clean pure
feed in clean pals and boxes. Ignor-
ing these points will account for much
calf mortality.
II Is estimated that laying Pekin
ducks require from two-thirds to
fhree-fourths of O quart of food per
day TOT eaCn uuch, Ut tIom % 10 20
quarts per 100 ducks.
Keep over a few OF the best ewes
of your own breeding each year. even
though they are not SO good as you
might buy. It win make your flock
more uniform all the time.
II the cream does not come after
long churning. give It a thorough
warming, heating It up to more than
the right churning temperature. Then
set II away to cool. and when It reach
ss the right point try It again.
MIIlet seed is an excellent egg pro
aucing grain Beans being highly nj
troZenous are equally beneficial Sor-
ehum and broomcorn seeds WIN do
10 add variety TO the bin OF fare. Bar
lev 4 about Of the same merit. Pop
coru contains more nitrogen and phos-
Ihate than does regular Indian corn.
Prckwhtat Is an egg producing food.
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