Baxter Springs news. [volume], August 31, 1911, Image 2

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CHAS. L. 8MITH. Editor Owner.
KANSAS
Daxter Springs NewslNQTjSX cXCT-
MEMJCTiTBROOX
FARM
BAXTER SPRINGS
Tan U cheap now.
The lucky aviator la the live on.
Niagara occasionally falls as a tool-killer.
Aylatlon shows a marked tendency
cowards precipitation.
VIET
An alert toad eats 385 flies an hour
u be can catch them.
Horticulture
k HH.
On some summer days straw bats
ety meteorological conditions.
Most of the women who put on bath
ing suits tbls summer get them wet
The electric fan crop is more impor
tant just now than even a cereal crop.
Joy riding In the air bids fair to be
come a sky feature either this year or
next.
Most of the early presidential booms
will be badly frostbitten before anoth
er spring.
There are microbes on a dollar bill,
but dollar bills do not fly about to
alight on one.
The sweet girl graduate has desert
ed the fountain of learning for the
soda fountain.
A cat can look at a king, and for
that matter most any sort of a man
can grow a pointed beard.
The coatless man who has not also
abed his good manners Is all right
while the hot weather lasts.
Aviation heroes are becoming too
numerous to be counted on one's fin
gers. Every country haa them.
A Wisconsin woman Is said to have
an ambition to be governor. How does
aba stand on batpln legislation?
Weeds can be kept under by fre
quent cultivation.
Clip off the tops of early celery
plants In the seed bed.
The best chemical to nse for killing
Canada thistles Is coarse salt
The Idle curry comb and the fat
horse seldom live In the same barn.
Orchards In full bearing may be
seeded to grass and pastured with
beep.
The dairy cow la worth more than
the beef steer whatever way you look
at her.
Whenever you discover a sheep
limping along, catch him and examine
his feet for rot
The old spring houses that are found
on many farms tell of the early ex
periences In dairying.
Cantaloupes, watermelons and citron
can only be profitably grown In a
deep mellow loam aolL
esa
By sowing a pinch of lettuce seed
every ten day there will always be
tender salad on the table.
The winter dairyman is tbe coming
man, but he cannot afford to milk in a
cold, dirty ctable or barn.
The government owns 80.000 rein
deers In talks, and strange to relate
no syndicate baa tried to grab them.
Any new ball players' who may be
purchased should be insured for at
least six months against wearing out
When New York builds Its 100-story
building our mountain climbers will be
aaved the expense of a trip to Switzer
land.
A woman SO years old will enter
the Wisconsin university, and thus
changes from an aged lady into a col
lege glrL
In spite of tbe newspaper humorist,
good many picnics ake held without
tbe slightest interference on the part
of J. Pluvlua.
A bolt of lightning stuck a self-
playing piano in Louisville tbe other
day. This was undoubtedly a bolt
from heaven.
Breeding ewes should not be too
fat: see that they are In a strong,
healthy and vigorous condition.
Pick out the breed you like best
and stick to It; study up everything
you can about that particular breed.
One of the difficult problems for the
poultryman to solve Is bow to easily
nrovlde Dure, fresh water for his
fowls.
Few dairymen realize the tremen
dous significance of the cream trade
that has been developed during the
past few years
If you want to raise a good crop of
mice and Insects that will damage the
orchard trees, let tbe weeds and grass
He thick on the ground.
-.The cows should be milked In the
barn durlnc the aummer. but tbe
barn should be kept Just
aa it is In the winter time.
cllean
It la aald that files do not like blue
paint Perhaps you have noticed that
they always seem to have a prefer
ence for white walla
Tbe Frankfurter Zettung declares I
that the sword still rules the world
and not the dollar. However, it I
takes dollars to make swords.
' Fortunately it Is cool enough again
now so that the red-beaded girl can
wear a celluloid comb in her hair
without constant apprehension.
We are told that it Is now possible
to enjoy continuous trolley ride from
Terre Hauste. Ind to Snowhegan.
Me. It may be possible to enjoy leav
ing Terre Haute, but how can one en-
toy going to BhowneganT
A German has Invented a liquid' but
1ft which will Incapacitate without
killing. It should be used exclusively
In the dldn't-know-lt-wss-loaded gun.
One-cent letter postage la predicted
Thla looks like a mighty good thing,
tout pessimists no doubt fear that it
win mean billa aent in twdjce as often.
A new Tork man who committed
awlclde left a note In which he apolo
gized for mussing the room. Evident
ly politeness bad become a habit with
tOm.
The number of wrecka reported on
ear western coast leads one to sus
pect that the Pacific ocean is not
suite as padflo aa the name would
Imply. .
Some .distinguished men want to be
safeguarded, legally, against the odors
of tobacco. Noiseless gum chewing j
would be another good thing to bring
about .
Boston has found 55,000,000 bacteria
tn half a spoonful of ice cream. Boe
ton's bacteria population is looking up.
A toad is aaia to ds aoie 10 eai near
ly JOO files an hour, but our idea of
nothing to have about the house is a
toad.
Newspapers are trying to abolish
the mother-in-law Joke, but almost
any married man will tell you that
mother-in-law Is no Joke. ' -
Ail Italian recently bought the title
f roont for 14.009. This seems
rt-!culously cheap compared to the
rrires our rich Americans have bees
Keep the cultivator busy. Don't let
the weeds get ahead of you. Remem
ber that tbey use the plant food that
should go into your crops.
Be sure that you furnish proper
quarters for the farrowing sow. You
can't afford to lose a single one of tbe
little "squealers" this season.
Never give drugs to a borse any
more than you would to a baby un
less he Is downright sick. Shutting
off his feed will cure all minor llla
No cow can do her best or even
keep up a normal flow of milk when
compelled to stand out in the hot mid
dar sun of August and fight the
files.
One of the most important things
In running a dairy successfully is
brains. Brains must be applied by
every branch of work If the beat profit
la to follow. ; - - '
The weak and wabbly fence is an in
vitation to tbe cattle to try the other
aide and it always works a hard
ship, especially so during the busy
son of tbe year.
no farm anouia oe witnout some
sheep; they clean np the weeds, make
fine fertilisers and wool, and produce
lambs, all of which may be turned In
to a good profit
Diversified tanning la adapted to
the man who does, intensified think
ing. The intensive thinker la always
a success aa a farmer or any other oc
cupation where talents lead him.
The pig that has been supplied
with an abundance of pasture and a
email grain ration during the sum
mer should weigh from 150 to 175
pounds by the latter part of Septem
ber.
e
Duck eggs are in demand by con
fectioners, aa they Import a glase to
their icing, which cannot be had with
hen's eggs. For making plum pud
ding, duck eggs are more economical
than those of fowl, being both larger
In else and richer. , ,
Too many chicks fa one yard.' coop
or brooder la disastrous. Older chicks
will trample on and crowd out young
er ones, and the ones last hatched
stand small ahow for feed, growth or
even life. It is best to separate
broodi widely over tie orchard. - . j
tn grading np the chickens coll all
bat the moat vigorous.
Mutton breed lambs should receive
grain as early as possible.
Women are better fitted by nature
than men for poultry keeping.
Not enough attention has been giv
en to the character of aeed corn.
The best fertilizer for asparagus
Is rotted manure from grain-fed
horses.
The farm la the ideal place for
growing all kinds of poultry for meat
and eggs.
Veed your fowls a sufficient amount
of animal food, plenty of vegetables
and bulky foods.
Toung trees must be carefully cul
tivated, kept clear of weeds and the
soil loose and mellow.
To dispose of a crop at satisfactory
prlcca is often a more difficult prob
lem than to produce It
A horso that Is too straight in his
posture Jars himself and gets all the
concussions of the road.
The thermometer must be used as
regularly In the dairy during the aum
mer as during the winter.
If a soil lacka water some form of
fertilizers are a positive detriment if
they are present in abundance.
It is common sense that a mature
sow will produce larger and more
perfect pigs than a very young one.
m
Butter made in a sanitary dairy Is
always easier to keep than that
which la made under poor condi
tions.
Don't let the buck run with tbe
does when his breeding season ia
over, but connne mm in a pea ny
himself.
Dairy-bred stock is scarce, and it
will take many rears to apply tbe
rapidly Increasing demand for dairy-
bred cattle.
Beans can be turned Into cash the
Quickest of any farm crop, aa it la
possible to sell them In ninety days
from planting.
Hogs will not thrive on sour and de
composed food any more than men
will. See that tbey get fresh, clean
water to drink.
Cabbage Is one of the easiest vege
tables to start from seed and to trans
plant and to be made to grow in the
garden or field.
An Incubator will not run Itself any
more than an automobile will. A hu
man brain must stand back of the
best machine Invented.
Women aa a rule are more progress
ive and quicker to seize a new idea
and put it Into practice in tbe poultry
yard than tbe sterner sex.
The fell fresh cow Is tbe preferable
cow and If you have not come to re
alise this. Just try It this year and aee
if you will not be readily converted.
Sunshine is necessary in the milk
house In the winter time, but Just
now all the shade that can be found
will be acceptable. Trees and vines
help.
The condition and tbe appearance
of the creamery should be the very
best for this will have an Influence
on getting favorable market for the
butter, i
Snrlnr la the natural time for vounr
anlmaU to be born and they do better, SAVING THE GIRDLED TREES
all other things being equal when
JUST WHEN TO PICK PEARS I
Should Always Be Done Before Fully
Ripe, Without Bruising and With
Sterne On Also Graded.
Pears should always be picked care
fully before fully ripe, without bruis
ing, with the stems on. They should
be laid carefully In the picking-bask
ets, which should hold half a bushel
or so, and then be hauled to the pack
ing-house or other convenient place
and at once sorted Into grades, and
either packed or shipped or placed In
the ripening house for future ship
ment. It is usually better. In most
cases, especially with summer fruit,
to pick the trees over two or three
DOES NOT BRUISE THE FRUIT
Picker Invented That Will 8ave Ap
ples intended to Be Kept for Any
considerable Time.
Apples for packing or for keeping t,m"' a,thou'h " not
any length of time should be carefully "'TTi "4 "J ' V'm."
.... Avarlneftoji wnaw wist Ka mrstK wtf H 11a
picked from the trees so they will not
be bruised. As the climbing of the
trees made tbe picking a tedious Job.
I devised a picker, as shown In the
overloaded may not be worth while.
When tbe fruit has not been properly
thinned and the trees are overloaded
many growers begin to pick the fruit
long befqre It Is full grown and send
It to market. By this meana the trees
are not only relieved somewhat but
the fruit that Is left swells to the
largest possible bulk; moreover, satis
factory returns are often secured from
the early pickings. This method is
particularly successful with Clapp's
Favorite and Bartlett Both of these
varieties will ripen up tolerably well
wben they are not much more than
half grown. The same principle Is
successfully used In handling LeConte
and Kleffer pears, but there should be
nearer maturity to be good.
GUilED D.1DY BOY OF
SEVERE ECZEHA
An Illinois Mother'a Case.
No one can tell the torture of soul
Mrs. F. Cox, of Chicago, went through,
when her little boy was suffering
from Eczema. She tried everything
without success until she flaally hit
Bpoa Reslnol.
The following la what she says: 1
cannot speak too highly of Reslnol
Ointment and Boap. They cured my
baby boy of Eczema. He had a very
severe case. Numerous other rem
edies had been tried and failed to do
any good. I would not be without
them la the house."
The first application will relieve
the Itching and Irritation In skin dis
eases, and stop the pain In burns or
scalds. Chafing, 8unburn, Poison Ivy
eruptions are often cured by an over
night application.
Reslnol preparations are sold at all
drug stores.
Reslnol Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md.
8urely.
"Is that bargain really cut glass 7"
"Sure; it was marked down."
Krm. Window's Booth mjr Bjrap for Cblldra
iMthln. aoftana tbe rum, reduce Inflamma
tion. eJlajra pain, anna wind eollo, lie a botU.
A Commuter'a Explanation.
Tbe man In tbe Iron mask explained.
"They assured me there were no
COMBINATION RAKE AND HOE mosquitoes here be cried.
An Apple Picker.
Illustration, says a writer In the Pop-1
ular Mechanics. 1 took a pine stick
twelve feet two Inches wide and sev
en-eight os of an Inch thick, and
hinged a two-foot length of the same
material to Its side so that the ends
were even, and placed an old-fashioned
hnlf round tin cup on each strip so
that their openings would register. A
row of holes were punched around tbe
edge so that a soft pad could be
sewed In each cup.
A stout cord was attached to tbe
short piece and run through a hole In
the long piece allowing end enough to
equal tbe length of tbe long strip. A
piece of heavy clocksprljig was placed
between the strips to keep them apart
Implement Will Be Found Very Handy
in Cutting Channels In Which to
Set Small Plants.
The Implement shown la tho illus
tration is a garden weeder combining
a rake with a triangularly shaped hoe.
The parts of the head of the rake can
be separated for the Insertion of new
teeth wben the old are bent or broken.
LADIES CAN WEAR SIIOE8
MM Ma anaUar alter Mine Alton' loot-Baa, tbe
aaiiMpuo powder to b nakra Into tb aboaa. It
aukka tight or new aboMfMlaaar. Olrit4
omfort. ItywM ftitut. lot WBKM trial
, nddraw Allan a Olmated. La Bor. M. T.
An Experiment
Nurse What is the matter?
Johnny The baby is a fake; 1
threw blm on the floor, and he didn't
bounce a bit
USEFUL FOR PLANT SUPPORT
Can Be Used to Much Advantage With
Flowers and Vegetables Is Made
of Galvanized Wire.
Tbe accompanying picture shows a
nipport for plants which can be used
to good advantage, both for vegetables
and flowers. It is a patented article.
but the cost ia not great It la made
of galvanized wire, which will not rust
RED CROSS BALL BLUE.
Too blue that is al! blue. Best for
waahing because it makes the clothes
clear and white, lasts longer than
liquid blue and produces better results.
Avoid liquid bluing because it ia
only a weak solution of blue In an ex
pensive package. RED CROSS BALL
BLUE is sold everywhere 5 and lOo
lies. ASK YOUR GROCER.
IF
Rake and Hoe Weeder.
the teeth consisting of twenty-penny
steel nails. The triangular hoe ia
used for cutting channels in which to
sow seed or set small plants.
Best Way to Arrange Plants.
Low ornamental plants arranged In
a border mass along the base of the
dwelling help to break the mechanical
base line of the dwelling, hide an
ugly foundation and give apparently
greater solidity and repose to tbe
lower part of tbe structure.
The Bridegroom's Portion.
Miss Elsie Gentsch, who teaches
8unday school, had been reading to
her class from the gospel of Matthew,
and was examining a promising boy,
a newcomer, anent the subject matter.
"There were ten virgins," said the
young man, "five wise ones and five
foolish ones, and the five wise one
filled their lamps and the five foolish
ones wasn't in no hurry. And at
midnight came the bridegroom. 8
the five foolish ones went across the-
street to buy oil and got locked out"
"Very good," said the teacher.
"And what did the bridegroom dor
"Why," said the good little student.
"he married the five wise ones."
Cleveland Leader.
Useful Plant Support
and can bo raised and lowered to ault
ihe plant. When not In use it can be
oiled and packed away for tbe next
season. It U very useful for train
ing tomatoes, carnations, roses or any
plant that needs support
Just Study Principles.
Everyone who attempts to decorate
the home grounds should study the
principles of plant arrangement with
reference to harmony and general
beauty, then plan and plant for him
self. ,
: Drop Apples for Pigs.
The drop apple from an average
orchard wllf' maintain quite a bunch
of shoats, and will put them In mar
ket condition at a minimum expense
If the orchard Is sewn with rape.
tbey are ushered into this world at
that time of year.
it pays to supply tne rowis. espe
cially growing ones, with charcoal.
ground bone, either fresh or dry; oys
ter and clam shells, and a continual
supply of best grit
A good way to avoid the credit sys
tem Is to grow the living at home. It
Is usually possible to grow the most
expensive, yet the most necessary, ar
ticles of food on the farm.
At our present rate of deforestation
fuel and fencing materials will be
very scarce within a tew years. Plant
waste lands in forest trees to supply
tbe timber required on the farm.
Arrange to save aeed of the best
varieties of potatoes, pumpkins.
squashes and other garden products
for next season's planting. Tben yon
will be euro of plenty of good seed.
Many fall with sheep because they
fail to keep the breeds that are beat
adapted to their farms and do not
raise the kind that the market de-
Grafting Is Often Necessary Where
Mice and Rabbits Have Been at
Work How It Is Done. .
It Is often necessary to resort to
grafting to save a tree that has been
girdled by mice or rabbits. This Is
done by forming what Is called a
bridge graft Tbe wound should first
be dressed by cutting away the rag
ged edges and painting the exposed
surface with lead paint
Slender scions are used and are cut
thinly, wedge-shaped at both ends and
from one and one-half to two Inches
longer than tbe wound la wide. Slip
the knife blade between tbe bark and
wood on one side of the wound. Start
one end of tbe scion under the bark
and push down firmly, tben spring out
the scion and start the other end un
der the bark on the other side In the
same way.
The scion should now extend three-
fourthu to one inch under tbe bark on
each aide. Tbe bark Is tied tightly
over the scions and the whole, scions
and all. covered with wax. These
scions are to serve as a bridge
through which plant food may paaa
and If growth starts on them It should
Tuberculosis Patients Neglected.
Out of more than 225 public hos
pitals for tbe insane, with a popula
tion of fully 150,000, only 70, or less
than one-third, make any provision
tor their tuberculous inmates, and
this, too, in spite of tbe fact that tbe
percentage of deaths from this disease
Is very high among this class of peo
ple. Such is tbe substance of a state
ment made recently by Ihe National
Association for the Study and Preven
tion of Tuberculosis. Seventy hos
pitals In 28 states, providing all told
about 8,350 beds for tuberculous In
sane patients, sums up the provision.
made for this class- of sufferers, al
though the percentage of deaths from
tuberculosis among tbe insane ranges
from 60 to 200 per cent higher than,
among the general population.
manda and la ready to pay the highest rubb" off- 'Tb should be set aa
Drlce for. I cIoM together as possible around the
stem.
Meet farmers raise chickens by the
natural process, and that is all right
so long as 'yon do not care to raise
Experiments With Strawberries.
Experiments msde at the Penney!-
mors than, say, 100 chickens; but I van la experiment station show that
wnen yon get np into urge numbers
Incubators are necessary.
Dont allow hogs to be crowded la
their sleeping quarters. Overcrowd
ing results In vougbs, lung fever and 1
quite frequently, in the smaller, or
weaker, ones . leeomta j smothered
from overlying. Hogs are mortgage
lifters, but if allowed to "root hog or
tie Utilax i-ower U net grux '
hill strawberries are not larger and
better formed than those grown in
matted rows, provided tbe matted row
is a narrow one. Both hills and mat
ted rows produced fruit somewhat in
terior to that from narrow matted
rows. It is evident that different soil
conditions ' and cultural methods, es
pecially in the mstter of manuring,
would change these results somewhat
tcort favorably to the hVA system.
The soli for strawberries should be
a deep, rich loam, capable ot boiding
much moisture.
Girdling or ringing consists In re
moving a ring of bark from the trunk
or larger limbs.
Whenever a large limb la sawed
from tbe tree the wound should be at
once covered with wax or thick paint
Mora depends upon the right choice
of klbds of fruit to set than upon any
other factor as to profit In the or
chard.
Horticulturists have for many years
practiced various methods to Induce
fruitfulness and with some degree of
success.
A few vines climbing up the porch
or over a side window give the dwell
ing an air of coolness, comfort and
seclusion.
There is probably no frutt grown
that will adapt Itself to such a divers
ity of soils and eondltlona as the
strawberry.
While tbe orchard la coming Into
bearing try vegetable growing as a
side line. Tbls makes one of the sur
est and best sources of Income.
It Isn't often that the fruit grower
Is concerned about bla frutt trees not
setting fruit aa the gsneral tendency
of most varieties Is te overbear.
The longer applea remain on the
tree, unless the weather becomes toe
cold to permit thetr exposure, tbe bet
tar the Citot and tbe keeping quail
Uea.
GET POWER.
The Supply Cornea From Food,
If we get power from food why no-
strive to get all the power we can
That is only possible by use of skil
fully selected food that exactly fits
the requirements of tbe body.
Poor fuel makes a noor fire and a
poor fire la not a good steam producer.
"From not knowing how to select
the right food to lit my needs, I suf
fered grievously for a long time from.
stomach troubles," writes a lady from,
a little town in Missouri.
"It seemed as If I would never be
able to find out the sort of food that
was beat for me hardly anything that
I could eat would stay on my stomach.
Every attempt gave me heartburn and
filled my stomach with gas. 1 got
thinner and thinner until I literally
became a living skeleton, and in time
was compelled to keep to my bed.
A few months ago J was persuaded
to try Grape-Nuts food, and It had such
good effect from the very beginning
that I have kept np its nse ever since.
I was surprised at the ease with which
1 digested it It proved to be Just
what I needed.
'AO my unpleasant symptoms, the
heartburn, the Inflated feeling which
gave me so much pain disappeared..
My weight gradually Increased from
It to. 116 pounds, my figure rounded
out, my strength came back, and I am
now able to do my housework and en-
Joy it Grape-Nuts food did it" Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Creek,
Mich.
A ten days' trial will show anyone
some facta about food.
Read the little book, The Road te
Welhrllle," in pkga. There's a reason."
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