Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-06-25


Why not corn. clover. cows and
cash!
Be sure the horses have good. deep.
clean beds.
In preparing the land for alfalfa II
is best to go slow.
Pasture and forage crops are needed
to make cheap pork.
Work the butter just enough to dis.
tribute the salt evenly,
Good pastures are essential for
profitable beef production.
It takes q mighty good COW to hold
her own with 90 average hens.
Rutabagas are good roofing crop
for the hogs to harvest next fall.
Do not cover fine seed deeply. Put
on just enough dirt to cover the seed.
The selection OF the sire Is q very
important factor in building up dairy
herd.
II sows are kept near the male hog
they can usually be bred at about the
same time.
Exercise, alfalfa. n little corn, and
slop will keep the brood sow in ex-
cellent condition.
Exercise the greatest cleanliness In
all your work in connection with the
rearing OF small chicks.
The increasing demand for milk
products indicates that there Is money
ahead for the wise dalryman.
In curing alfalfa hay, the main aims
should be to save all the leaves and
to keep the plants from bleaching.
San Jose scale appeared and caused
much destruction OF fruit trees in Cal
ifornia more than thirty years ago.
A clean coop and plenty Of fresh air
and exercise will do much toward
keeping chicks healthy and growing.
For forage purposes the sweet sor-
ghums usually produce a greater ton
mage to the acre than either kafir or
corn.
II the young sows are fed as liberal
ly as they should be to properly de-
velop them. the old ones will become
too fat.
Keep the pigs growing rapidly. by
feeding through the SOW. and By in
ducing them to eat In an Enclosure by
themselves.
Before turning the young horses
and colts to pasture. have the teeth
OF each one examined by competent
veterinary surgeon.
As q general rule, the best milking
ewes are the ones to suffer from the
low nutr1tive food value OF spring and
early summer pasture.
The kind and amount OF commercial
fertilizer to use should be determined
by the value Of the crop grown and
its power Of acquiring food.
Sitting hens should be kept free
from lice and given chance to eat all
the whole corn. grit and charcoal that
they want at least once every day.
The litmus paper is an absolutely re-
liable test for the presence OF acids,
but when applied as a soil test 1t deos
not indicate all that we need to know.
Both soybeans and cowpeas are
highly nutritious feeding stuffs and by
reason Of their high protein content
are especially valuable for feeding
with corn.
To obtain the full value OF crimson
clover as a fertilizer. the entire green
crop should be plowed under, thus
adding to the soil a large quantity OF
nitrogen and humus. or decayed vege-
table matter.
Nothing beauties a home more
than hardy vines. Remember this In
making up the nursery order. Half
1ozen different vines planted about
the dwelling can be made to produce
a shower Of flowers throughout the
summer and fall.
See that the young SOW raises the
right number Of pigs (from eight to
ten. according to her capacity and
milk fowl or none at ell, as other
wise her udder will be poorly de-
veIoped and She probably always viii
raise small lltters.