The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-08-19
FARM BURROWS.

Tilted by his girl, so when she mar.
ried another fellow he sent COPY If
Paradise Lost as a wedding pres.
ent That fellow certainly has good
opinion of himself.
There is nothing that viii make a
fellow so well satisfied with farm life
as to spend a week or ten days in
some big city. OF course it's lots Of
fun to visit the shows and parks, but
it's a whole lot more fun to get back
to the old farm. rather favor the
idea of a farmer spending few DAYS
in some large city every year. It
gives change of mental diet that is
very satisfactory.
recently heard an experienced
sheep breeder give this advice: A
beginner should not go into sheep, he
should grow into them. There is a lot
of common sense in the statement
and it applies equally well to any
breed of animals which is new to
man.
The horse and the automobile are
on lots better terms than they werea
few years ago. If an auto doesn't 90
honking past our place every few
minutes the horses in the pasture be-
gin to Whitney just as if some Of
their companions had strayed away.
There is a tremendous amount Of
filthy milk sent to the market and to
creameries, and there is no excuse
for ii. The cows udder and flank
should always be wiped before milk
ing and nineteen times out Of twenty
a dry rag will answer every purpose.
When the cow has been lying in the
mud, however, it pays to use some
water and do considerable rubbing
with big dry rag.
! A neighbor of mine has every con-
ceivable labor-saving device that has
ever been invented and he says that
farm work is getting so easy that he
feels that he ought to go out every
now and then and take a lift on the
corner Of the barn just to keep his
muscles in practice. | told him if he
felt uneasy about his muscles he
might do a little free hand work in
our garden.
For 81 or So a man can get sup
ply Of printed stationery that will last
him for years. Next time you are in
; town drop into the office where your
local paper is printed and ask them to
get you up good letter head.
| see where city folks have been
paying money to hear troupe OF
bell ringers at their Chautauqua.
Give me the old-fashioned bell ringers
who work in the middle of the day
when the grub is on the table and
: YOU can have all the Chautauaua imi
r tators yon want.
City girls are said to be wearing
coats of tan silk this summer, but
} country girls continue to be happy
and well dressed with coats of tan
: skin.
There's good deal of talk about
. starting routes for airshsps just like
street cars and railroads. Iguess a
the rate it's going up a fellow will
soon be able to step into an airShiE
i. from the price of corn.
VI The last time | was in town every
body was talking about moving pic
: lures. Well, the best moving picture
r | ever saw was that of a young father
n getting home at night and being well
|, coined by the little ones gathered
: about the kitchen door.
FL A great many times the human be-
q ing is heard to complain about thu
q way the weather is treating him. Il
have crops washed away by floods !:
straininga point, but could we Away:
have weather to our order this coun
try would suffer from an aggravated
case of overproduction.
In Took Her Husbands Advice.