Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-01

Apples can be stored in pits.
Good laying hens are profitable.
Thorough preparation is half the cul.
tivation.
No animal is profitable at stand
still. Keep all growing.
Prepare to try some practical expert
ment in crops next season.
Now is the time to get rid of the
old hens, while the price is good.
The possibilities OF the hog is a mat
ter almost entirely in the hands Of the
feeder.
Ever know mule to step In a hole
or venture upon an unsound bridge OF
his own volition?
Sunlight is one Of the very best dis.
infectants that we can obtain and 1t
costs absolutely nothing.
Fall and early winter blowing always
pays. See that the teams are kept at
this work every day possible.
Much of the value OF butter and
cheese depends upon the quality OF
the milk from which they are made.
Sows having superior qualities as
breeders or suckers should not be dis.
posed OF until there is a noticeable
decline.
Other things being equal, the
earlier maturing animals subject
their owners TO less risk OF loss by
disease.
Store seed corn where it will dry out
quickly. Do not leave 1t. even over
night, in sacks. as it Is likely to heat
and be injured.
Any little improvement In dairying !
that will cheaper the cost Of procuc-
ton will serve the same as an in.
creased selling price,
The manipulation of the mea; !
cutter will not make choice meat
from an animal given filling food
and in filthy quarters
Is the work shop in good condition? ,
Lots of repairing can be done during .
the winter months. and much expense /
saved at the blacksmith shop
The farmer is just as much entitled |
20 eat Of his own hen rcost MS TO cat |
of his own apple tree. Don't sell all /
the fowls you raise: eat some OF them.
Phenomenal Egg records are not
guarantee of strong rugged offspring;
there must be limit. The hen that /
lays $50 esFs in year is doing mighty
good laying.
First cross OF pure-bred hogs makes
an excellent pig for market. But half.
breeds do not always transmit their
own vigor to their offspring. Use pure
boods for breeding.
II will pay 10 have on hand dupli-
Gates OF the most breakable parts Of
the harvester. 1t costs time, which Is
money, to stop machine in rush days
to wait for the broken parts.
An orchard of young apple trees Is
n good deal like an endowment life in.
surance policy For term OF years it
seems to be nothing but paying out,
but the rewards are always sure to
come.
Plan to have the dairy herd exam
ined at least twice year BY trained
veterinarian. BY this method tubercu.
losis Will be kept out of the herd
and other contagious diseases will be
held in check.
OF NJ products sold from the farm
butter takes the least fertility and re-
stores the greatest amount to the farm
and IT Is well known that the most
fertile sections OF the country are
those where dairying is carried on.
It is the full feeding on good, sound
food that makes the paying difference ,
between the plump. well.feathered ,
chickens, that command the best prices !
and the lean, thin-feathered speci- |
mems. that are too often a drug on the
market ,
or late years stock raisers have
learned to give preference to the high .
and dry spots. It is all right to talk OF ,
sheltered situations, but too much shell
ter in the way OF natural sur !
rOundings is apt to invite disaster in !
other ways.
Young hogs should not be kept in
crowded quarters. In order TO keen q
them IN a healthy growing condition a =
proper diet should be fed. Healthy .
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