The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-05-12
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and stockmzn

ure out the actual damage in dollars
and cents to the fruit crop that we
did not have.
Dairymen are being blamed for try
ing to have laws passed that will
drive the poor mans butter" out of
existence. This is not true. If oleo
merchants had not tried to sell oleo
as genuine butter there would never
have been a law passed on the SUBJ
iect.
The grain drill is coming into gen.
eral use in the corn belt, but it is a
mistake to try to, have them do the
work intsa6ed for the disk or the
plow-Aed seed bed must be pre-
pared before using the drill in order
to bring results.
Those who have planted their corn
are on the anxious seat now and they
have reason to be. II is true that
early corn is generally ahead all
through the season, but sometimes
the early bird does not get the worm.
Gophers are more numerous this
spring than for several years past.
They are very fond of corn, but do
not seem to care two pins whether
we have good stand or not. A good
way to get rid of them is to kill them.
A gopher in time saves nine.
1t is becoming more difficult to get
pure grass seed every year. About
the only safe way is to get the seed
early and send a sample to the expert
ment station for examination. On
nearly every farm it is necessary to
sow some grass seed every year, but
it is best to avoid quack-grass seed if
possible.
Many of the fields that were seeded
early are green and were looking
fine before the cold weather came.
Others were seeded later and were
barely sprouted and some were just
finished. A few fields are still to be
worked. A close observer will have
a chance to see the effect of freezing
weather at all stages of the game.
Setting out young apple trees when
the buds on the old orchard are APP
parently frozen is what many of us
did this spring, and with us the spade
seemed heavier and the soil harder
than usual.
There is more silo talk among the
farmers this spring than ever before.
Much of this is perhaps caused by
the statements made by the sales
men employed by the different silo
manufacturers, but more is due to
the fact that the past winter was an
unusually bad one for those who fed
corn fodder from the shock or from
the stack.
Cattle that are fed on ensilage do
not stand exposure to cold weather
as well as those that are fed on dry
grain and dry fodder, but this should
not keep anyone who is feeding stock
for profit from using silo.
One of the best things for the young
people on the farm is to equip the
farm home as fast as circumstances
will permit, with the up-to-date con-
veniences found in any home, and
by the way, this is one of the best
ways to keep the old people on the
farm also.
Look straight ahead when you are
walking. We all go back to Mother
Earth quickly enough without pulling
our shoulders to the ground by con-
slant looking at the soil. Look straight
ahead and frequently look up.
Find successful dairyman and ten
chances to one you will find silo on
his farm and he will tell you that he
feeds his cows silage just as. many
months in the year as he possibly
can.
| rather like to feed big, growthy
steers. The little fine-boned fellows
seem to thrive and they really take
on finish quickly, but when you
put them onto the scales they're not
there with the goods. Give me big
steer every time even if he isn't as
pretty as some of Rosa Bonheur's
finest paintings.
| cant see why it is so difficult to
make a well-bred steer weigh l,4OO
or even 1900 pounds at twenty-four
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