Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-04-02

Be gentle with all animals.
Plan on having garden and deter
mine to take care OF it
The duck averages ten dozen eggs
in about seven months laying.
Watch the feet OF the colt. AS they
grow the horse will be valuable or
not.
Feed plenty OF charcoal, as 1t Is one
Of the best things for keeping the poul'
try healthy.
In a small garden cucumbers and
muskmelons may be trained on wire
trellis or on pea brush to save space.
Cooking food for hogs and cattle
was long ago proved to be not only
no Improvement but often an actual
loss.
Quiet, gentle, handling Of the ewes
during the winter makes 1t much cas-
Ter work to care for the flock during
the lambing period.
One of the professors Of the Car
negie school at Pittsburgh recently
found an edible mushroom weighing
. little over 80 pounds.
Irregularity In care and feeding Is
felt more by sheep than by any other
farm animal A successful sheep man
says that he feeds by the clock"
With sod-mulch systems. the grass
in the orchard must be moved often
and allowed to lay where 1t falls. Its
removal decreases the fertility Of the
soil.
Celery banked with earth late in the
fall seems more palatable than where
boards are used. Do not bank when
the foliage is at all moist. az this will
aid decay.
When to apply a fertilizer depends
on when It is needed by the plant, the
kind of fertilizer, the soil, the crop.
and the season Of normal rainfall OF
the district.
A poorly fed tree cannot do its best
any more than a poorly fed man or
animal. It is surprising what differ
ence a wheelbarrowful Of manure
around a tree will make.
A good method Of watering ferns
is to set the pot in pan or tub OF
water long enough to soak the roots
and soil thoroughly. Do not water
again until the plant needs it.
There are several ways to shorten
the life and usefulness Of farm i'm
elements. The quickest way to spoil
them is the one that is most common;
leaving them out in the weather.
In planting fruit trees for family
use, select the varieties that appeal
to the palate OF the home folks, but
for the markets select those varieties
that keep best and are in greatest de-
mand.
Green ground bones are rich In al
bumen. phosphate Of lime and phos-
phoric acid, which go to make eggs
and shells. 1t will pay any poultry
man to buy a bonemill to grind bones
for his fowls.
Even II you have not gotten round
to have a little family orchard, you
can't AFFORD to go longer without bed
of strawberries. and probably some
raspberries, gooseberries, currants
and other small fruits.
According to the federal forest
service the average annual loss from
forest fires Is about 20 lives and $685.
100000. II the cost Of crops. build
ings, stock and young trees were in
cluded the loss would be many mil
lions more.
Bee keepers should take particular
mains to inform the fruit growers that
spraying the fruit trees when they are
in full bloom not only poisons many
of the bees, but 1t is not the time to
get the codling moth. Better STILL
get in touch with the horticultural in
spectors, and ask them to give the
proper information about the best
time to spray.
In trimming young trees from the
nursery do not leave any branches
that are more than eight inches long.
The practice Of cutting back to within
two or three feet on oneyear-old trees
is growing. and usually gives very sat
isfactory results.
BY all means put out a strawberry
bed next spring. They are as sure to
thrive and bear abundantly II properly
.aet out and cared for as a crop Of
potatoes. The Senator Dunlap 10 the
most popular sort and leaves little to
Be desired 10 q first class strawberry.