Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-02-26

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SOW is when she 10 ready to wean.
Drafts are fatal to hogs, causing
rheumatism. pneumonia and other Ills.
II binders are used. don't let them
be loose so as to flap against the
eyes.
Canned summer time" is the new
name for silage. Sounds like q good
thing.
Before any animals can transmit
better qualities 1t must have those
qualities.
In weaving time ewes should be put
on dryer pasture or fed for two or
three days.
See that the collars ut snugly. SO
as to admit Of the hand being inserted
at the bottom.
To milk a COW requires time and
patience. The milk should be drawn
slowly and steadily.
A good COW is naturally impatient.
With constant irritation, any COW VIII
fall In quantity Of milk.
That is a good reason why every
sheep ought to have her own stall and
be fed separately from the rest.
There is not much gain in breeding
a heifer before she is eighteen months
old, but there is considerable risk.
Which do you prefer, to pay $500
to a stallion peddler for $1,000 horse.
or keep the 81 500 in your own pocket!
Some cows have very tender teats.
and II you want a we'll disposed cow
be gentle in your treatment towards
her.
The man with five cows and q
cream separator is better on than MS
nelghbor who has eight cows and no
machine.
The actual cost to keep added to
the service fee Of the sire. represents
the amount at which horses you raise
stand you.
Especially in summer, It Is not econ.
omy to load butter with water. for n
will not keep as we'll nor sell at as
high a price
Chickens Of frying size in June and
July bring almost twice the money
when sold as the same weight brings
In September and October.
The seed corn should be stored
where there will be little danger OF
frost. This Is especially true un'
I'll the ears are entirely dried out
Don't overdo the soft mash plan OF
feeding. All good chickens have siz-
yards which can do lot OF food
grinding. One soft mash a day IL
probably enough.
When you buy dairy cows you DO
not want beef animals, for they are
inclined to lay on flesh instead OF CIV
ing value received for their feed anu
care In the bucket.
In the early stages Of bloat In cattle
mixture Of two ounces OF soda ana
ginger in a quart Of water. can usual
" be depended upon to cure Give
the mixture in a drench.
II IL door economy to feed the poul-
try on one kind Of grain. 1t 10 more
profitable in every way to give vart-
etv. OF which corn, wheat and oats
should berthe leading feeds.
II there is any protection at all Tor
the poultry from the high winds. they
sbould be let out for a few hours at
least, every day, when the weather
IA not so cold as to freeze the combs
The manure spreader and the silo
are two things that point the farmer
towards n better bank account, and
It is not going to be SO very long be-
fore we will add to this the milking
The oniS certain way to find out
what sort of COWS we have IL to test
them. Sometimes the results are very |
disappointing and we may wish We
had not done It. but in the end 1t u
greatly to our advantage.
To omit the first and second spray
ing from an apple orchard which IL
bearing a partial crop. practically |
means the loss Of the crop for that
season. no matter how thoroughly Ia
ter applications Of poison are made.
Pear blight IL an infectious disease
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