Baxter Springs news., 1914-07-16

Fertilizer is an important problem.
Never let the colt nurse II the mare
is heated.
Don't shut the bull up in a dark.
lonesome place.
Oats are made more palatable for
poultry by sproutlng.
Thin out the hills of corn. Three
good stalks are enough.
Only quiet, kind, fast mixers should
be allowed in the dairy barn.
All the clovers are very hard to cure,
as the stems hold so much sap.
Don't fool with garget. Begin treat
meat as soon as 1t is discovered.
Uniformity Of type may be gotten In
q herd by using bulls OF uniform
type.
With poultry as with other products,
It is a good rule to market as soon as
ready.
Tho first requirements Of the young
chick are grit to aid in digestion and
pure water.
A cows pedigree is all right to tie to
just so long as It tallies with profits
in the milk pail.
A number OF dairymen in the New
England states use hay caps for the
curing Of clover and timothy.
It would be impossible to foretell
definitely at Just what date alfalfa
should be broken in any given locality.
Il is better to thin the fruit than to
prop the trees. II means better quail
ity of fruit and IL not so hard on the
trees.
A bit OF wheat bran or ground oats
will put the fat on lambs fast. but give
It every day. Haphazard Is no way to
do anything.
Many a valuable horse has been
'"hipped" starting in at the barn door
that was simply thrown back and not
propped open.
The hog has been called the mort
gage LITTER" but It Is the hen that
keeps the family in groceries while
the hog is growing.
Never grease the hen that Is set
ting, as grease getting on the shells OF
the eggs will close the pores and
smother the chickens.
The closer you keep up In market
ing your eggs the less loss there Will
be. 1t doesn't take long for eggs to
spoil when the mercury is hot
Now and then we run across farm
-er who plants his corn before the
ground is rightly prepared. 1t never
pays to get in hurry and hog 1t In"
II Is little less than cruelty to AMI
mails to put a sore-footed horse on the
road. Keep him on the farm II you
will, but never try to make road
ster of him.
The swine industry is profitable and
affords a market for waste products
and materials Of little or no value in
themselves. Swine fit perfectly into a
diversified farm plan.
To start an alfalfa field where
the soil is deficient in lime and plant
food Is sometimes quite a task. but
when once established 1t is like a
bank account for years.
Take good care Of the work AMI
mails. for much will depend upon their
efficiency during the busy season
when crops must be cultivated fire.
quently and perhaps hurriedly.
Hog sheds need not be expensive
but they should be dry, tight enough
to exclude rains and SHOWS. and also
capable OF being well ventilated in
summer when the weather is hot and
shade is needed.
Barnyard manure Is a very variable
substance. The more important con
dItions which determine its compost
tion and value are age and kind oI
animal, quantity and quality Of food
proportion OF litter. and method oi
management and age.
The difference between hen-eost-
which is more than mere feed-anC
the product OF the average hen is no
enough to warrant one in keeping un
productive birds, so Il is wisdom e
RiVe q thorough personal examination
when birds come to maturity.