The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-11
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and ssoekman

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It has been many a year since cor,
fodder dried as quickly as il did thi,
fail -Four weeks after our crop wa,
shocked it was as dry as tinder-in
deed too dry to haul on a bright day,
because of the fact that the leaves
shattered off so badly.
am great believer in allowing
male animals to have lots of exercise
Recently had occasion to walk bull
nme miles, and although he weighed
practically ton, it did not inconven-
fence him in the least
often wish there was a little more
certainty about the results in breed.
ing operations. There is so much
reversion back to an unimproved
form that If you can get so per rent
OF the animals that are even of as
good type as their parents, you are
doing fairly well. Sometimes \ l.
possible to mate animals of almost
show yard form, and only get scrub
for your pains.
In "a great many ways the man who
came to our house, was the most re-
markable man ] eyer met. He an
plied Tor a job corn husking and
when ! asked him if he had any expe-
renee ne replied that he had a corn
and a husky voice. The remarkable
part was that the man didn't seem to
think that ought to kill him for
'prlnging such a near-joke.
About this time Of the year I am
positive that the most pleasant death
would be to die from eat
ng too much pumpkin pie.
heard a couple Of city men dis
ussing how to distinguish between a
male and a female songbird. One of
hem said it was easy. "You put
'orm in the cage and if he eats il the
irdls male; if she eats it the bird is
female" The more | think il over
he less | can see to IL
have a friend in Missouri who
Used $50 gallons of sorghum on less
ian an acre. He says he guesses
ats enough to plaster row of hot
Urn cakes from St. Joe to the pearly
ties.
| heard the other day of veterina-
an who was about to pull tooth We
at gave horse the distemper. He M
ached for his forceps and the horse MI
opped dead. Somehow | can't co
anne the horse at all. ne
VIZ, Sc,
When it comes to the task of pull
: sixteen-inch pillow or a gang TT
len the soil is dry, one must have sta
'nty OF weight in the collar. like w,
} l,2OO-pound horse for many farm
KS but he is not there when you flo,
ne to send your pillow down seven an,
eight inches deep. les
\ surprisingly large number of As
m children do not like milk, and Dirt
; think amounts to a real disaster. fan
elieve that this distaste for il is THU
en- due to the fact that the children are
the milking operations under con. drr
ons that are not very favorable ito,
m the standpoint of cleanliness. ent
ne udders and flanks of the cow life
re always wiped off carefully be- but
, milking, | do not believe there mes
lid be single member of the fam trea
that would not cultivate a taste for q
valuable dairy product. her
lodern debating societies use alto anu
Ter different subjects from those onu
used when l was boy. Posi- siii
that is due to fact that we settled seei
question as to which is mightier, y Il
pen or the sword, and also deter
ed whether fire or water is the WI.
destructive. A topic Of recent =: Doii
Ute in our society was Resolved, 70
four-year rotation will give ~ ~
r results in the corn belt than a lsln'
ear rotation" Another topic "ou
IS on the list for discussion reads D" !,
this: Resolved, That it is more 4u''
table to finish steers when they But
wenty-four months old than it is ST
Try them to. thirty or thirty-six Hoor
'hs.' These subjects certainly Mrs.
9 practical swing to them, and / dauc