Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-06-12
Spray for insect peSn.
Many gardens need lime
All chickens delight in the sun.
Never mix chicks Of different ages.
The perches for fowls should b

The sire is the handspring in the
dairy works.
You cannot afford to overlook the
health of your fowls.
Early matches are nine times out OF
ten more probably than late ones.
IT'S no longer possible to farm suc-
cessfully II you depend upon guess
work.
The sheep is Just as eficient q ma
nure spreader ~ he Ii . manure
maker.
Hens suffer from o damp hen house.
30 It is well to keep the floor covered
with litter.
Grow your peach trees so that q
six.foot ladder will be long enough
for harvesting.
II applying nitrate Of soda sprinkle
around the plant and then stir or
rake into the soil.
II you intend to use hens for hatch
ing set them in a dry place where the
ventilation is good.
II you do not intend to use hens for
Matching break them up at once and
get them to laying again
Remember all kinds Of stimulating
fertilizers should by no means be al
lowed to touch the leaves Of a plant
Red raspberry rows should be about
six feet apart, plants spaced two feet
apart In the row $3.50 to the acre).
Start the brooder a day or two be-
fore putting in the chicks to see that
the heating apparatus is working prop
erly.
Heroic pruning measures are need
ed to bring many old trees Into bear
ing: but 1t need not all be done the
first year.
In cool weather 10 to Is chicks are
sufficient for one hen, while In warm
er weather Is to 20 can be cared Tor
successfully.
A mound OF clover seed to the bushel
of small grain helps to give ones lano
the clover habit, and prepares the way
for q good stand.
A 20O-bushel yield Of potatoes per
acre removes from the soil 46 pounds
of nitrogen, q pounds Of phosphorus
acid and "A pounds Of potash.
An apple tree that has been prop
erly pruned from the time 1t Is sci
needs comparatively little attention
when It reaches bearing age.
The scratching hen will have bet
ter vitality. and q better laying rec
ord than the lazy hen that waits oy
the gate for the next feed to be doleo
out.
There Is this to say for incubator
Matching: Mites and other pests are
not waiting outside the shell ready &C
pounce on the helpless chick as soor
as It emergeS
High fertility Is exceedingly impor
tant for cabbage. This crop mus
have an abundance of quickly avail
able plant food. Application OF nj
trate of soda usually pays.
A Dig must not be allowed TO stoI
growing. II Il does. the loss Is mo-
confined only to the days Of unthrift
Int all the food consumed afterwart
is likely to give less pront
For n straight hog fence 1t has beer
sound that twenty-slx inches ia no
high enough. II there are to be NJ
barb wires on top Of the hog fenc'
should not be less than thirty inchei
high.
Plants send their rootlets q surpris
ing distance In search of'food and wa
ter and these roOtlets show almos
human intelligence in travelling arount
stones and other distractions to gall
their end.
When blowing the land for parsnipl
and other deep-growing root plants
plow deep and keep the manure dow
deem; otherwise you win have a lot o
surface roots instead Of the long
straight roots desired.
The sIlo win help you meet the feed
ing problem, enable you to save abou
40 per cent Of the feeding value o
the corn plant and make It possibl
for the farm crop to maintain NOR
animals. The silo b q good invest
ment.
Fan blowing II to be preferred .
spring blowing. This applies also .