The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-05-05
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and stockmsn

II is usually the case, when get ;
field narrowed down fine, that nigh
comes an old gully washer of rair
and pasteS the soil down flat This i:
one reason why | go slow on harrow
ing behind the pillow early in the sea
son.
=, One ear of corn that will not grow
plants nearly an eighth of an acre,
the same as the ear that will grow.
The only way to head it off is not to
plant the ear that will not grow.
The "back-to-the-land" movement
has probably caught many that will
be flat failures as farmers. The idea
that anyone can farm, whether hav-
ing the experience or not, is back
number Some will try it who don't
know a hay loader from hog chute.
A neighbor of mine says the best
dollar he ever spent was for four
pounds of seed potatoes. Ihave since
got seed of that variety from him, and
after growing it two or three years,
can agree that he got the worth of his
money. Not all the high-priced seed
lives up to the advance notice, how
ever.
The last time had shovels repoint-
ed the work must have been done by
poor workmen, anyhow the poiuts
soon cracked loose. Since then
have bought new shovels instead of
having the old ones repoointed, and
believe ii just as cheap and more sat-
isfactory.
If there is a seat on the tool the
tendency is to rush the horses more.
An hour or two added to the length
of the day doesn't make much differ
ence to the driver, but it makes the
same old difference to the horses.
This isn't thought of as much as ii
should be.
Among the first things still re-
member is the sight of a horse work.
ing on horsepower of a thrashing
rig, with its shoulder raw from the
point half way up. AS remember
il, the lower half of the collar was
red with blood. Such cruelty would
not be allowed, and | am glad the
steam engine does not make it neces-
Sary.
lwould not consider it a stretch of
imagination to see gasoline trucks in
use on the farms within the next ten
years. They are taking the cities
fast, and hard dirt roads will make
them even more useful to the farmer
than they have already become in the
cities. Taking a load of hogs on
10y ride" to market may be a posi-
bility of the future.
Let an old sow get taste of green
in the early spring and she'll come as
nearly walking through any fence as
anything can. Possibly | should say
under or over, but if she cannot do
that, through will do just as we'll. |
rested" the other noon fixing up
few rods of fence that had been gen.
fly dealt with by two old sows. The
old sows were also gently dealt with.
Some men would be up a stump if
they didn't have wife to do disagree
able chores for them. The other day
a man drove one of his boys away
from home, then took his wife in the
buggy and went after him, taking the
wife and mother along to brave the
interior of neighbours house, where
the boy was given nights lodging.
A little ball playing doesn't hurt
any healthy boy, and it doesn't hurt
the father of the boy to spend a little
time now and then watching the
game. fused to pitch" but it has
been years since have tried my hand
at it, although l have been in the
box" many times since and have
done considerable pitching-of hay.
1t would be easier for now to pitch a
stack of hay than a game of ball.
A lawyer friend quit the business
of over half lifetime, last year, and
went to farming. He is now the hap
piest man on earth, and with appetite
enough to eat sawdust and blue milk.
When he left the town he couldn't
eat porterhouse and potatoes on
cream. This man, however, has the
money and is not burdened with the