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

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flower.
Lack Of exercise Is excellent to
make fowls sick.
Silage fed COWS are never attacked
by the cornstalk disease.
An occasional soaking in brine VIII
keep the wooden churn sweet
An ordinary COW voids about 30
tons OF liquid and solid manure a year.
The man with four or more cows
doesn't save money by not buying q
separator.
Plenty Of sunlight in the calf stable
makes for health and quick growth in
the youngsters.
The dairyman who has alfalfa hay
to feed needs less grain than the man
feeding other hays.
A poularde Is a pullet deprived Of
the power Of producing eggs. with the
object Of great size.
Avoid the mistakes made last
spring, and make good use OF the
things learned last year.
Other things being equal, the sepa-
rator on a solid and level foundation
will give the longest service.
There Is no animal that responds
more quickly or more profitably to
good treatment than the pig.
Cherry trees are entirely free from
diseases. on which account nursery
men like to handle them most.
A simple system OF bookkeeping
maintained throughout the year will
be both helpful and satisfying.
Throwing manure out OF the stable
against the posts Of the basement will
surely cause them to rot. Don't do 1t.
The male chicken is q cock. the
made goose gander, the male duck a
drake, and the male turkey tom or
gobbler.
There should be enough ventilation
in every hen house to do away with
the dampness caused by the fowls
breathing.
Every farmer with a number Of
COWS should have a clean, sanitary
milk house, we'll supplied with good
cold water.
When hay contains quantities OF
quack and other foul seed the com.
posting OF the manure is a necessary
precaution.
Corn is the best crop to plant on
new land, as the constant working
will put the ground in good order for
seeding in the fall.
Save all the small potatoes to use
with the mixed fooE later on. They
will prove a very beneficial addition
to the warm mash.
The best profits In dairying come
from the best farms and herd. It
takes more than a good creamery to
make a large milk check.
All the growth and thrift that can be
encouraged and maintained during the
first year of colts life insure a
stronger and better horse.
II the incubator Is to be used in
Matching chicks, look it over and see
that everything about 1t is In proper
shape before starting the heat
Are there not some places about the
farm where evergreens ought to be
planted? They make splendid
windbreak about the barn and yards.
Before setting hen 1t is well
to thoroughly clean the nest and
then lay piece Of cardboard. soaked
in kerosene in the bottom Of the
nest
The kind Of separator one uses is
Of less Importance than the kind Of
care given the machine. It is Of course
taken for granted that you have an
efficient skinner.
Boston now claims to possess a real
Venus. With beauty and brains cor
nered, the staid center OF intellect and
culture will soon challenge Paris for
the style championship.
Teach the boy that there is just as
much opportunity to use his brains
on the farm as in any other work
and the chances are he will be more
willing to stay with you.
Present indications are that hog
prices viii make another fight within
the next five or six months. This