Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-01-22

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Don't feed grain to warm horses.
Give them hay first.
Feathers add materially to the prof.
It's OF poultry raising.
Mistakes teach practical lessons
that is when they are taken notice o.
Ground oats make an excellent grain
feed for the fall cali just learning to
eat.
The wise feeder sees to II that Mr..
Hog is dead at the earliest profitable
moment.
A clean pig sty. with a clean trough.
is delight to the pigs, and those
looking on.
Potash is soluble and manures that
are exposed to rains lose this element
very quickly.
The most expensive policy Is to try
to save feed by giving the cows less
than they can use.
Whole corn is good feed for set
ting hens. Water, grit and dust baths
should also be provided.
There are nearly 100000 acres OF
waste land in this country which are
capable OF being cultivated.
A heifer's first lactation period
should be made as long as possible 30
as to develop persistency in milking
Be very slow in feeding new grain.
New grain is a very poor horse FEED
until after It has gone through the
sweat.
The dairy farm managed along pusi'
ness lines has four sources OF income
butter fat, skim-milk, calves ana
manure.
The best price continues to be ofter-
ed for the finest quality OF white goose
feathers, which are used In mattress
and pillow work.
Roasting stock on the trees may
be the easiest method OF caring TOT
hens, but it is not the most profit-
able by any means.
There Is no business In existence
that will guarantee success to a man
who knows nothing about It, ano
whose capital is limited.
Remember that lime never takes the
place of manure or fertilizer. but It
makes the fertilizer more elective
acting better on the growing crops.
A SOW should farrow two filters OF
pigs a year and raise seven or eight
at each litter. II she does not she
should be sold and one bought tnat
will.
In the south cowpeas are most USED
for cover crops, while In the north
winter vetch takes its place. sweet
clover Is gaining in popularity for this
purpose.
II possible, put your COW barn on
the south slope Of a hill, where the
stalls can be banked against north
winds and get all the benefit OF the
southern sun.
No man should forget that the dairy
barn is the place where human food
that IL most susceptible to outside In
fiuences is produced. Have the barn
in good condition.
Carrots and parsnips keep best II
stored in dry sand, in a cool cellar. II
sand is not to be had they should be
left in pits out Of doors until freez-
ing weather begins.
In planning for early pigs next
spring your plans should include q
good clover field to turn them on as
soon as big enough to eat grass. In
such a combination there is a profit.
There is no use trying to work mir
acles with COWS. A COW is a machine
in one sense, for turning feed into
milk. Like all machines, 1t must Dc
provided with the right sort OF raw
material
There is a fascination about breed
ing thoroughbred fowls that gives one
satisfaction. When we see the results
Of our trouble we do not regret the
care and attention which good poultry
raising demands.
Where the shocks have twisted part
" down or do not stand perfectly
straight, the fodder il spelling. It 10
becoming Of less value each day, and
should be stacked at once to prevent