Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-08-27

Chickens like alfalfa pasture.
Clean the poultry house every day.
Feed all fowls confined In the yard
green food.
It Is a mistake to regard sheep sim.
ply as scavengers.
overpruning induces the growth OF
suckers or watersprouts.
There is no better property on a
farm than good brood mares.
Calves may be fed silage as soon
az they are old enough to eat 1t.
Do not throw away old broken plas-
ter and mortar. Put 1t in the poultry
yard.
A dairy thermometer can be had
for q few cents. It beats guessing all
hollow.
Keep the ewes in barn on dry feed
for a few days after being separated
from the lambs.
II is always the case that sweet
cream poured into that which is sour
does not all churn.
Alfalfa cured too long in the sun
sheds its leaves and with them good
share of its food value.
The high-producing milk COW must
have a liberal allowance Of grain in
order to do her best work.
The keeping of individual COW rec
ords is becoming more and more an
absolute necessity each year.
Variety in food Is something the
hens need. fowl grows tired OF
one kind OF food in short time.
! An acre Of grain can be placed in
the silo at cost not exceeding that OF
shocking, husking. grinding and shred
ding.
II the farmer today would house his
poultry with as much care as he does
his cattle greater dividends would
enSue.
Spray your trees whether they have
a crop or not. Spraying In of years
is Just as important as in years OF
heavy crops.
More than 100000 is annually be-
ing spent in the New England states
alone in the endeaYor to control the
brown tail moth.
Capons are superior In every re-
spect to all other fowls. The public
demands them and the poultry raiser
must produce them.
The gentleman of the herd" will
make a gentleman OF you If he is a
good one, and help you to make your
dairy the best possible.
The labor Of thinning fruit trees can
be considerably lessened II the trees
are pruned with the idea OF removing
q portion of the fruit buds.
Crops can be put In the sllo during
weather that cannot be used in ma
king hay or curing fodder, which is an
important consideration in some To-
calitles.
Wood ash is a good fertilizer for
the trees, and in the garden, but do
not put It in the poultry houses, as 1t
has a tendency to injure the legs OF
your fowls.
Not only do turkeys-about 100 to
each quarter section Of land-gobble
I'D the grasshoppers effectively, but
they do little II any damage to the
alfalfa fields.
Before buying a bull study closely
the production records Of his female
ancestry, particularly his dam. Great
producing COWS are very likely to re-
produce their abilities in their sons.
Preservation OF the poultry build
ings means the same as cash in the
bank. Keep them we'll painted out
side and whitewashed inside. 1t also
adds to their attractiveness and sani-
tation.
Although a flock OF well-feathered
ducks or ducklings, geese or goslings
will not suffer from staying out in the
rain, they will Immediately show the
bad effects Of housing in damp quar-
tiers and their buildings must be thor
oushly dry.
The remedy for sour land Is lime
and proper drainage. First drain on
ali moisture and allow the soil to be-