Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-06-04

schemes OF rebuilding the, soil.
Only such eggs as are well formed
should be used for Matching.
Concrete floors in the barn help q
great deal in saving manure
Warm soil, next TO seed, is the great
essential of q profitable corn crop.
It's better to order the silo now
than two weeks before filling time.
The size Of the incubator should de-
pend largely on the size Of ones flock.
The good, square walk as a gait for
a farm horse is the most valuable Of
any.
Eggs from sick or diseased fowls
should never be used for Matching pur-
poses.
Keep the brood SOW Just as long as
she will produce large and healthy
litters.
Cucumbers grow and mature quick
II soil. cultural conditions and wealth.
er are right.
The health OF the horse depends
to a great extent upon the cleanliness
of his skin.
The windmill is one of the most
neglected pieces Of machinery we
have on the farm.
II is more pleasant as we'll as much
more Clearly to milk clean, dry teats
with clean, dry hands.
The pig allowed to bury himself in
dust, fills all the afr tubes and cavi-
ties Of the lungs with 1t.
The cold rain that turns into sleet
and then terminates in a blizzard is
what live stock does not like.
The man who claims he never
makes q mistake is either blind with
egotism or a liar-generally both.
$50
Life Is still bright to the man who
is able to sit down to a breakfast
Of buckwheat cakes and sausage.
II takes four weeks for a duck to
hatch, otherwise the method Of hatch
ing is practically the same as for
chicks.
A little care at freshening time may
save the young heifer and add very
greatly to her value during the COM
ing year.
Asparagus requires a great deal Of
fertilizer and this should be put on
very early in the spring or any time
during the season.
The silo furnishes a cheap and eff
cient means of storing and preserv-
Ing feed that would otherwise 90 to
waste IN the fields.
Nests need not necessarily be ex.
pensive affairs; any old box or. barrel
that Is strong and substantial will
answer every purpose.
Anybody with one good pig up to
may feel good this spring, for
Just now there Is no more profitable
stock on earth than hogs.
Pregnant brood sows should never
be allowed to run in the same yards
with cattle or horses. Many good sows
have been ruined by kick.
The draft horse can make more |
money by his great efficiency at heavy |
work than the light horse can by his
greater speed on the road.
Turkeys should not remain in coops,
but should have free range and some
times will steal their nests, so must |
be watched during the laying season.
The secret OF making money from |
sheep in the corn belt is breeding the |
best mutton rams to range-bred ewes
and having the lambs dropped in cold
weather.
II is a good thing TO insist that the
food we buy shall be what It is
labeled, whether we eat II ourselves,
feed It to our stock, or use II to fer.
tilize our soils.
A brush is a great aid in cleaning
milk vessels, especially strainers. II
will get down into all the small cavi-
ties that cannot we'll be thoroughly
cleaned with anything else.
The hen that wanders through the
orchard, follows the pillow in the near
by truck patch. hangs around the
horse trough. the pig pen and the sta
HAS A the hen that has the glow Of