Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-06-05

Look after all details.
Watch all farm implements.
Experience Is q valuable asset.
Let the poultry have a share OF the
sour milk.
1t is no easier to keep poultry than
any other stock.
In housing the little chicks give
them plenty Of room.
Always test the hen on china or
nest eggs before setting.
In fighting weeds. starting early is
three-fourths of the battle.
For strong fertility there should be
O change OF male birds once q week.
II several hens are set In one room,
It is desirable to confine them In good
nests.
II q COW is not worth good feeding
she is not worthy to be a member OF
your herd.
Gather and. burn the brush: and plow
the orchard not deeper than three or
four inches.
Toe-mark the chicks as soon as they
are Matched. This enables one to tell
their ages later
A paste OF COW manure and clay
bound on the wound Of girdled tree
will often save 1t.
First-class fruit in flrst-class shape
will probably create an inquiry for
more Of the same kind.
Dpnt shut the chicks too closely
at night, as they must have air and
lots of It In order to do we'll.
Young chicks should not be fed
wholly on concentrates. They should
have generous allowances Of green
foods.
Some exercise is necessary to the
raising OF chickens. but do not give
too much, as that is worse than not
any at all.
A chicken that ceases to grow IN the
growing period has disease waiting on
It at every point, which will soon at
tack the weakest spot
Keep flock Of hens, a good COW or
two. prepare for good garden this
year. and you won't have to complain
of the high cost Of living.
Take great care when manuring
raspberries not to fork too deep. as
the raspberry. being a surface rooter.
fits roots can be easily damaged.
Better feeding means the growing
Of more home crops. The palatibility
and nutritive value depends largely
upon the way in which they are cured.
II is very foolish to go to the cost
and labor Of shocking corn then leave
Il out in the field until wind has blown
dirt into It and weather has ruined 1t
as a feed.
Breed from the hens that retain
their color after melting. BY this
means you will finally get even col
ored chickens. This applies to all
bun and red breeds.
with veal at its present high price
there Is a big temptation to let some
Of the dairy helfers go. But the care
fil dairyman does not let this temptA-
ton get the better Of his judgment.
Good farm implements are neces-
sary these days for successful farm
ing. Il Is not economy to make out
without implements that are badly
needed on your farms. Invest In need
: ed equipment.
Sweet clover does the best when
soWn upon sod, but any soil, unless
acid, win grow sweet clover. Sweet
clover likes a limestone soil. In fact,
4 win grow upon gravel beds which
are rich In limestone.
There are . few soils in the United
states where an application Of a COM
Mate fertilizer-one containing nitro
9sn. potash and phosphorus-Win re-
turn 30 much profit as the application
81 iust the elements that are needed
Nv soils are exhausted in all three
slimenfs
According to Professor s. ]. Hunter
IL Ransas. the best way to set rid OF
.-r-shoppers in the alfalfa fields Il b.
uss Of the disk harrow. Professor
Isnier has been carrying on expert
rru Tor several years 10 eliminate
destructive hoppers and lrom The
nIie Of those experiments he has
Sld nat disking Il not only fatal
- -I...v.r,os. huk that II also