The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-10-21
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and stOclman.

straw put in a stack is rendered val
uelesS by the rains of late fall anC
early winter, and in view of this
have almost decided to bale my straw
this year and then it can all be stored
in one corner of the haymow. / be
lieve | can sell enough to pay for the
baling and there will still be more Il
use than if none of it is baled.
The great problem of the age is tt
instil into the minds of young mer
that there are as good opportunitie:
on the farm for the man of talent a:
there is elsewhere.
For some reason or other harness
does not last as it did twenty-five
years ago. cannot say whether il
is because the sewing is not so good
or because the leather is not as well
tanned as it was in days gone by.
AS a young man / was fond OF
having a little brass on the heavy
farm harness, but, as | get older
seem to have less time to keep the
brass in proper condition and | am
sorry to say that my harness some
times looks little shabby. In spite
of this, however, | advise the other
fellow to keep the metal on his har-
ness nice and bright.
When study into the methods of
any first-class farmer, and especially
when / look into his personal char.
acteristics, am always impressed by
the fact that such a man would sue
coed in almost any occupation. On
the other hand, | have known many
men who were successful along other
lines who would, without question,
be an out-and-out failure as farmers.
say this in earnest without any
effort to hand out taffy.
If you ever expect to be a rapid
corn husker you must learn the art
when you are boy. | never knew
A case where a man acquired superior
skill unless he picked up his knowl-
edge in early life. | have seen a
twelve-year-old sixty-pound boy husk
more corn day after day than an l8O-
pound man.
| believe in letting the boys and
girls do a good deal of horseback
riding because it certainly contributes
to the building up of a sturdy body.
TO enter life as a weakling physically
IS tremendous handicap.
1t is surprising how the value Of
horses keeps up in face of the fact
hat there has been an enormous in
,rease in the number of automobiles
Used in towns and cities, as we'll as in
he country. | tried to buy a pair of
mares the other day and the price
hey asked me indicated to my mind
hat horses are just little higher in
our locality than they ever have been
n the past. After all, it is not diff
,ult to understand why this is the
;ase because this country is develop
ng industrially at an enormous rate.
| am quite strong believer in COM
oelling children during their school
lays to pay good deal of attention
% the instructions they receive in
drawing. To have a hand that is
skilled in any art, be it ever so
simple, is an accomplishment that
will contribute to ones success in
after life no matter what occupation
may be taken up. In fact, after all,
education is only mental condition
Dr. balance that enables you to make
your hand, your eye or your other
senses and faculties do just what you
will them to do.
Nature never made greater mis-
AXE than when she deposited sand
IN the surface of certain farms in
stead of placing it down ten or fifteen
'eet so that it would be out of the
way. | know a few people who have
armed sandy land all their lives and
I is difficult for me to tell at this
time which Of them is the poorest.
We think that it pays to wrap our
'est winter apples in paper. We save
III our papers for a month in advance
Ind it doesn't take the family long, if |
everybody helps, to wrap every apple |
n half a dozen barrels. However, |
We like to let them 60 through the
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