Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-09-24

Apply manure any time.
Keep the hon roosts low.
BE careful in selecting seed.
The pig and COW pasture should be
separate.
Don't let any butcher have your
best eve lambs.
Don't guess that there are no ticks
on the sheep-be sure.
Lambs are more susceptible to stom'
ach worms than other sheep.
II you fatten the hogs in summer.
keep on the lookout for cholera.
Sheep seem to require the attention
and companionship Of man to thrive.
Stock needs water as much as we
do. See that there is a good supply
at hand.
II heifer is used to being handled,
then It should be easy TO break her
to be MIXED.
Bark beetles or shothole borers
cause more or less damage to fruit
trees every year.
The small farm we'll worked Is often
worth more than the large farm that
Is only half cared for.
The coop with uniform birds. pref
erably OF one variety, will command
a good premium over market prices.
Cowpeas and soy beans make ex-
cellent ensilage. They are rich IN
protein and protein is valuable ele-
ment.
At no time is good judgment and
common sense needed on the farm
more than when the hay crop Is being
secured.
When laying freely. a flock OF 30
hens will drink from four to eight
quarts Of water daily, depending upon
the conditions.
Make your mulch three or four
inches deep; deep enough so hard
strata OF earth will not form under
meath your mulch.
Although there may not be any VS.
.ible lice or mites in your poultry
house, It is q good thing to whitewash
1t two or three times year.
II hog raising Is profitable in spite
of the ravages Of cholera, imagine
what a money.making industry 1t
would be with this dread disease abol'
ished.
Where outside brood coops are used
in raising young chicks. the coops
should be moved every two or three
days to keep the ground under them
from getting foul.
Red raspberries sucker vigorously
during the summer. Some Of these
new plants fill in vacant spaces, but
others come where the plants are al
ready thick, and should be treated as
weeds.
The cockerels not wanted for home
use can be disposed of to good advan'
tnge along about Thanksgiving or
Christmas time. The pullets will 90
into winter quarters in good shape
and repay you we'll with eggs when
the older hens are taking their sum-
mer vacation.
Throughout the great agricultural
section Indian corn, kafir and cane are
the best crops for ensilage because
these crops produce from two to eight
times as much feed to the acre as 9th.
er crops. Cane and kafr frequently
yield twice as much ensilage as In
dian corn. However. Indian corn has
around s per cent more feeding value
than the former crops.
Corn is in best condition for silage
when the majority Of the ears are well
dented, but a great variety Of circum-
stances frequently prevent the filling
at Just the proper time. A rainy spell
may make the fields too soft to get
onto, frost may come before the corn
Is ready, and few breakdowns may
occur when filling. etc In such case
individual judgment must guide.
Every tail left on a late lamb
means q big risk in taking It on
IN heat and fly time. or . discount Of
SO cents or more when shipped to
market. A few long tails may spoil
the sale OF the bunch.
Scatter the food thrown to the flock.
II the food is thrown into piles there
WIN be a scramble for II. Some will
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