Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-12-18
Rape Is q drouth resIster.
Keep a record Of the cows.

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Where is your farm machinery?
The dry pasture calls for a soillng
crop.
Cover all raw cement work to pre-
vent freezing.
Sunshine should have large place
in the ration OF every hen.
The general agreement seems TO be
that good hen is healthy one.
Add to the capacity OF the farm
by adding to the strength OF the soil.
A flower pot and its saucer makes
a good, cheap drinking fountain for
chicks.
Plenty OF clean. fresh water Is nee.
essary II you want your pigs to do
their best.
The asparagus may be mulched with
manure before the ground is covered
with snow.
Young sows that do we'll with their
first filters may DO considered good
brood sows.
Grit and shells are cheap. never
theless very important in the proper
care OF poultry.
A sheep allowed to fall OF In con.
ditlon Will have weakened constitu-
ton permanently.
The farmer who is most interested
in his work is the one who usually
acconplishcs the most.
A light dose OF EPSON salts now
and then in the drinking water helps
to keep the fowls in health.
Gradually increase the grain supply
for the turkeys intended for market,
and fatten them while on range.
Plenty Of yellow corn. whole or
cracked. will do a great deal toward
fattening the Thanksgiving poultry.
The ewes should be kept on pasture
until November. and then confined 10
clean sheds and fed oats, bran and oil
meal.
Never plant young trees arcng old
and diseased ones, because the worms
and insects are almost certain TO de-
stroy them.
Fill coarse sacks with very dry chat
and bury them in those bins of damp
grain. They will absorb Il great deal
of the moisture.
One OF the great advantages OF al
falfa as hog pasture is the fact that
ii affords n fresh growth throughout
the pasturing season.
Handle all fruit with care while
picking, sorting and packing. The
early apples are especially subject to
finger prints and discolorations.
Turkeys for market should not be
deprived Of food for q longer period
than twelve hours. They are killed
by bleeding in the mouth and neck.
Healthy fowls do not need tonics.
The best Of tonics can only aid in re-
storing thrift and this is not neces-
sary in we'll regulated poultry plants.
No dairyman should be satisfied
with cows that produce much less than
200 pounds Of butter fat per year. Use
the Babcock test and dispose OF the
poor stock.
Confinement and a corn ration
alone spoil more brood sows and sircs
than all other mistakes combined.
Far too many farmers feed all their
hogs together.
Separated milk ia very good for the
hogs. shoats or pigs when fed plenti-
fully. and the weak. scrawny scrub
soon becomes a beauty to behold and
a pleasure to own.
Do not attempt to winter more pull.
lets and hens than you have house
room for. Each bird should have at
least four square feet Of floor space.
five would be better.
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The sheep stables should have fire.
quent cleaning. When the manure is |
allowed to remain too long, it gives
of ammonia and other foul gases
which injure the sheep.
There is q good market for all kinds
Of feathers. Pick fowls dry and sort |
feathers. the coarse from the fine. |
They can easily be preserved until
enough are collected to take to mar. |
ket.
Next years crop depends upon the |
aaaA that Ia aavad THE WAR and nou,