Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-05-01
segregate ailing fowls.


systematic the farm work.
A poor halter, q spoiled colt
Keep plenty of pure water before the
chicks.
Start cucumber seeds in the house
or q cold frame.
Old hens make the best mothers.
but pullets are the best layers.
In fitting horses for hard work, In
crease the grain ration. but not the
hay.
II there were fewer whips in the
world there would be fewer ugly
horses.
As the lambs grow and require
more milk, increase the grain with
judgment.
Good seed corn is one OF the most
important factors In producing q
good yield.
No man can tell whether corn Will
grow or not without making a ger
mination test.
Eleven dozen eggs per year is
fair average for hens and pullets
kept in large flocks.
To kill Canada thistles in Held
nut the field in some cultivated crop
and keep the weeds down
When lambs are grown rapidly the
quality of the meat Is far and away
ahead of that grown slowly.
Lighting, ventilation and cleanli-
ness must be practiced before pest
results can be secured in the dairy.
To insure vigorous lambs, careful
attention must be given the ewes
while they are carrying the lambs.
Stop and think about the water sup
ply. It should be secured from
source uncontaminated by impurities
Hogs should not as rule be turned
into more corn at one time than they
can eat up clean in two or three
weeks.
Pasturing grass too soon or too hard
is an expensive way OF saving feeo;
Il costs several times the amount OF
feed saved.
It's all right for chickens to scratch
hut they need q little extra encourage
ment to make fve-pound pullets By
Thanksgiving time.
Here's a chance to show your In
genuity: See II you cannot build the
new chicken coops so they Will be
little easier to clean.
You can rightfully expect more fer
tile eggs from hens that get plenty o.
green food than from those that lived
on dry grains all winter.
Did you ever think how much
ground good ear Of corn will plant!
It is just that much ground wasted
II you plant poor ear.
Give the COW an opportunity to dc
her best. then submit her to the Bah
cock test and milk scales before con
demning her performance.
II the butter does not come" al
the expiration of half an hour some
thing is wrong. Look. first at the tenn
perature and then for other causes.
The horse that is all the time be
ing tapped with the whip never
knows what his master means Of 1t
and comes to think he means just
nothing.
With hogs 1t is not best to Grove
the breeding stock to their full ca
pacity. A thrifty growth without to'
much fat is best for the stock INTENDED
for breeders.
II the stable should be little toe
cold. or a cold snap" comes wher
the lambs are young. sew soft wool
an blankets on the little fellows Such
attention pays, and pays we'll
Prof. F. B. Mumford says the slid
viii add from 20 to 25 per cent. to tho
profits Of the corn crop. Some giV'
even higher estimates. In 1909 the
state of Kansas had only sixty-tw'
sflos. while now there are more thai
two thousand and more in sight
Peonies are beginning to rival the
rose. The amateurs should by ne
means neglect them; for they ar
free from pests. need little attention
and bloom year after year with th'
greatest freedom. But beware o.
planting them too deeply which mis-
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