Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-09-10

Pigs must be fed for thorough do
velopment.
When land 10 sour. an application OF
lime IL very beneficial.
Colts should be castrated when
they become troublesome.
Tho oftener the cream can be sold.
the better will be the quality.
It is a bad practice to let a colt
nurse while the mare is heated.
An egg is never in better condition
for setting than on the day It Is laid.
Growers OF fruit are finding some
thing new every season in the pest
class.
Don't expect to get high-class
road horse from a mare with draft
blood.
Hens should not be allowed to run
with male birds except during the
Matching season.
Don't let the COWS use their nerve
force fighting flies. Spray them with
some good fly repellent.
The poultrymans hours are from
early to late. Don't let the hot wealth.
er induce you to shirk duty.
Seed forming Is drain which most
plants cannot endure except BY a de-
terioration of the blossoms.
Carelessness has produced more
failures than disaster. The careful
man nips trouble in the bud.
II is often a good plan to pinch
back muskmelon and cucumber vines
to make the fruit grow more rapidly.
Scatter dry grain among the litter
on the floor Of the poultry houses so
that the hens will be forced to exer-
else.
Lime OF sulphur busted over rose
bushes or other plants that are be-
ginning to mildew will often stop the
trouble.
Chicks Matched of the latter part
Of August or the first OF September
make November fries and next sum-
mers layers.
More turkeys would mean more
spending money for many a farmers
wife. The turkey crop Is getting small
er every year.
Every COW that is purchased for use
in the herd should be bought with the
idea OF using her as breeder as we'll
as mix prOuuceT.
The young chicks should have fresh
milk only, as sour milk Is suitable only
for the adults, being injurious to all
kinds OF young animals.
Where hogs are being fattened in
the summer, try soaking shelled corn
In troughs for the hogs. We have fol.
lowed this plan with success each
year.
The number OF calves lost last year
through calf cholera cannot be accu'
rately stated. but. estimated. 1t repre-
sents in cold dollars and cents n value
that runs into the millions.
Within the last 30 years silage
has come into general use throughout
the United States. especially in those
regions where the dairy industry has
reached It's greatest development.
From now on till winter is a good
time to buy poultry breeding stock.
It can be bought at a much lower
price than after next fall. sometimes
for only half the winter and spring
price. Breeders are glad to dispose
Of their surplus breeding stock at low
prices.
While the surplus rooster should be
swatted, and swatted hard, the good
one you plan to keep fer next years
breeding should have as good care as
you can give him. II will be better
for him II from now on you can put
him in a coop by himself in a COM
Portable place. The male Is half the
flock. Treat him well.
Shade is cheap, and no animal ap.
preciates II more than poultry, and
still how many poor birds must
swelter in the boiling sun these hot
DAYS or stand in q still hotter bad
smelling hen house. Four stakes
driven into the ground and few old