Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-06-11
The greedy hog ID valuable


The clumsy, block-head SOW can kill
more pigs than she's worth.
When marketing send out your
goods In attractive packages.
A supply OF cherries for home use
should be grown on every farm.
Wool is q good price. Lucky Is the
farmer who has a yard Of 1t on foot.
Poor food means suffering for the
COW and financial loss TO her owner.
It's little use to pray for good apples
unless one is willing to spray for them.
A box stall should be q part OF the
furniture Of every well-regulated COW
stable.
The shearing machine does better
work and gets more wool than hand
shears.
The mule-footed hog isn't cholera
proof. Nor any other that we
know Of
All the foodstuffs picked up by the
hens are just so much saved from GER
tain waste.
A happy combination where It can
be worked Is both hen and incubator
as hatchers.
Don't think that the most careful
crib selection Of corn can equal care
full field-selectlon.
Wheat bran and fine charcoal are
good dishes to have before growing
chicks all the time.
The amount OF silage to feed the
milk COW will depend upon her size
and the other feeds given.
In planting trees the depth and
width Of the hole should correspond
to the actual size Of the root
The llme-sulphur dip for sheep scab
Is injurious to the fleece. But the gov
eminent insists on its use.
A good udder Is q valuable piece
Of machinery. It is delicate and re-
Quires more than ordinary care
While grass Is necessary to fowls
proper condition. It is not fair to ex'
pect hen TO live on grass alone.
Many sheep feeders will get let
down when they market their flocks.
They paid too much for the stockers.
Naturally. the hens will have to be
fed regularly. but the foragers will not
take so much as those that are kept
penned.
Do not overteed the calves on skim
milk. II they shows signs Of securing
when first put on skim milk. decrease
the amount a trife.
1t Is folly to Btarve the sheep flock
just as grass begins to come. Keep
the ewes In good condition 80 the
lambs will do well.
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A good feeder will never waste
feed, but he will never feed any farm
animal less feed than IL needed for
perfect development
Cement has become . public neces.
sity. It has unlimited use on the farm
and farmers should become acquainted
with the handling Of It
Chopped corn. oats and wheat In
equal parts make a good dry mixture
for ducklings and they may have 1t
as soon as they learn to eat.
Too many farmers have the idea
that the sheep is q sort Of a wan
derer on the face OF the world, cap
able Of caring for itself. Far from 1t.
The modern dairy COW must be
handled with understanding and her
owner must have a knowledge OF her
wants and make every effort to sup
ply them.
What would you think OF a man
who refused to join the local COW test
association because It would make 1t
impossible for him to sell his poor
COWS to his neighbors?
Try and get the supervisor or county
commissioner to use the King drag
on the roads and hire q man to keep
each stretch OF road In good condition.
It will save the county much money
and better roads will result
There IL a good market for all kinds
of feathers. Pick fowls dry and sort
s..ho-. The noaraa from the fine