Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-08-28

Quality OF food brings results.
Salt the butter by weight, not by
Eness-
Warm milk is best for the calf no
matter how old II is.
Never think Of milking COW until
the udder has been brushed.
The merits Of the scratching shed
are shown during bad weather.
The careful poulterer avoids large
families and keeps his birds busy
Deliver the cream TO the creamery
or cream station early In the morn
ing.
II Is the crowded, idle birds that
are ever ready to get into some mis-
chief.
II is the practice in sections where
corn cannot be raised but alfalfa can
to ensile alfalfa.
Silage made OF corn and soy beans
Is more digestible than that made
from corn alone.
Cleanliness in all It's details Is one
OF the important things to be borne In
mind by the dairyman.
The quality OF the dam lie rs I'M
portant as that OF the sire In the pro-
duction Of good horses.
Don't wean the pigs too early. Iry
letting the SOW do that and there Will
be no set back at that time.
II the milk sours before the cream
rises you will make a poor quality OF
butter besides losing much cream.
II YOU get tired hearing US talk
about silos, throw the paper In the
cob basket and 60 out and build one.
Did you ever think that grabbing
sheep by the wool makes a sore place
on their bodies? II surely does; don't
do It.
Frequent stirring Of ripening cream
will make better favored butter, as
II causes the cream to ripen more
evenly.
There is very little profit in hold
Ing over a lot Of brakes and ducks
destined for market after they are
ready to 90.
The farm that is equipped with q
small gasoline engine has the very
best elbow grease" necessary to turn
the grindstone.
Keep salt where the COWS may al
ways get to It. They will not con-
sumo too much II allowed to use their
own Judgment"
1t is not too early to select future
dairy COWS from among this springs
heifer calves. Good dairy stock show
their possibilities early.
Train the tomatoes on trellis or
on n pole like Lima beans. This
treatment keeps the fruit OF the
ground and brings 1t earlier.
Don't cut the asparagus after the
middle Of June. Give the beds a good
cultivating. and keep the weeds out
of 1t for the rest OF the. season.
Golden self-blanching celery is espe'
cially desirable for planting late In the
season. because It requires much less
time to mature than the green sorts.
Il is cheaper to keep the herd up all
the time than to neglect 1t for awhile
and try later to bring It back to con
ditIon. The COW won't make up for
lost time.
Many items on the farm, such AZ
cull-fruit, small potatoes, wastes from
the kitchen, and other things which
will not sell. fnd q good market
through the hog.
The ideal place for hogs in summer
Is in q wood-lot through which passes
a little brook. In such a place hogs
viii grow remarkably fast, even with
out large quantities Of grain.
Keep the COWS as quiet as you car
til the time comes for turning them
out to pasture. They are not just
easy these warm days. They are &c
anxious to get a bite Of grass! Bet
ter to keep the bars up q few days
longer. though.
In the big cities many heartless con
tractors work their teams all day and
hire them out for the night worn, Civ
ing them only two or three hours rest
N the tWsnty-four. These are the
horses that are often sold to farmers
- bargains Ehen they are worn cut