Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-08-13

Grade all farm products.
Charcoal is good for poultry.
Sweet clover enriches the soil.
The sharper your hoe the shorter
the row.
Never use binders on the horse; It
Is q cruel practise.
Cultivate the spring-set strawberry
bed regularly and often.
Pigs in clover Is an ideal condition.
A good alfalfa pasture meets the same
end.
Toe-mark the chicks as soon as they
are hatched This enables one to tell
their ages later.
Give plants in the garden a chance
to grow. Plenty Of room and fertility
10 what is needed.
Eggs cannot be produced without
heterogeneous food In some shape. Bones
are absolutely essential.
Unborn lice In nlts are not reached
by insecticides. hence this may be the
reason why go many fail.
Don't Judge the hen by her appear
ance. Outlines the best.looking hen
In the flock Is the poorest layer.
Do not set out fresh strawberry
plants next spring in bed that was
occupied by the old plants this year.
Thin the fruit II II needs II. Thin
ming Is better than props under limbs
better for your purse and for the
trees.
When the green corn comes along
a little later do not stuff young pigs
all they will eat or thumps will be
the result
One OF the most hopeful signs for
sheep-raising is the formation Of state
and district organizations to improve
the breeds.
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need not be thrown away. II set out
in fine soil and thoroughly watered
they will grow we'll.
II cows are kept in the stable and
fed green food the doors and windows
should be screened. and the stable and
yard kept very clean.
Beware Of too many side lines. II
is all right to be q general farmer, but
be sure and do not spread out too
much. Know your capacity.
Pick every vegetable as II natures.
II peas, beans. ETC., are allowed to
hang on the stalk and go to seed the
plant will at once deteriorate.
II DAYS better to milk a four.gallon
COW and sell her when dry for two
cents a pound than to milk two-gal-
Ion COW and sell her for four cents q
pound.
The manure spreader Is one Of the
most important tools on the farm. not
only because It saves labor. but be-
cause It spreads the manure over
more land.
In those ATTITUDES where It is pos
slble to grow rape It will pay to plant
a field to this crop. as 1t Is much
cheaper than meal or ground feed dur
ing the summer.
II collar boIls have troubled the
horses in the past do not expect to
escape them this season. The irrita-
ton is deep seated and veterinarian
should attend to IT,
Always arrange your pen 80 that
eve will never have to jump over q
gate or a high board or run against
sharp corners. She should always
have plenty OF exercise and access to
water and salt.
Too much protein In the feed for
shoats is dangerous. The pigs may
become stiff in the leg joints and fall
to thrive. A good pig ration is 100
parts corn, 100 parts middlings, so
parts barley and 20 parts oats.
Gather eggs often-twlce daily In
hot weather. Keep them in a cool, dry
cellar. Set the case up on the floor
on a box to prevent mold. Market
them at least once each week and pro-
tect from hot sun or rain while taking
70 the store.
In order TO succeed as a breeder of
live stock q man must not be vacillat-
ing IN character. He must have q tx
fly Of purpose and the ability to stick