The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-10-27
FARM BURROWS.


boosting the price of building ma
tEEAt although the price Of lumber
seems about out of sight at present to
thOse Sho must buy.
When ~e have repaired the build
ings where we are to keep our live
suck through the winter would it not
be xeIsto visit the 'schoolhouse on
. the hill and look over the buildings
where the children will spend the
winter days.
A Nebraska subscriber, Mr.. j. o.
Ham. calls attention to the fact that
injury sometimes results from feed
Ing too much ripe cane to live stock.
He cites an instance where a neigh
Dor ksS, 4 number of calves by abor-
tioo. and he afterwards learned that
this MAS due to feeding quantities of
ripe cane, Our own opinion is that
i, was no, the cane seed but the pres
ence II ergot in the cane crop.
There are all kinds of husking pegs
and hNSoSS on the market, but it takes
Il huSSer to 60 along with any of
them, And | find the older get the
less CORA I can husk in a day, and the
work seems harder TO husk that
Ever notice the corn shocks on the
way - town? saw one field on the
road yesterday where at least third
of the shocks had twisted down or
fallen down completely. Another
field Was in perfect condition, with
every shock standing straight and
well tied, The fact that they were
well tied as soon as made kept them
standing, Where the shocks were
badly down none were tied.
The cal heater comes in good play
this weather, when a coal fire is hard
" needed, but some fire is necessary.
Ii is surprising how much warmth
and cNustort is radiated from little
oil heater, one you can pick up and
take With you when you go.
There has been a great growth of
rougRneSS this year, in spite of the
dry weather, Ii any corn raiser is
short Of this feed next spring, he will
have only himself TO blame. With a
good cO-r binder, the work of put
ting fodder in the shock is light in
comparison to what it used to be.
Shocking IS the hard work about it
now, and one must 90 to the field
prepared to take his time to that.
The man who says il does no good
to drag the roads ought to drive off
an uudragged road onto one just drag
ged. At 4 time when travel soon after
a rain has roughed and rutted Them
There are times when road drag
will alrloS, grade the roads, and when
the time for doing this is ripe no road
boss should let the chance slip to get
j everyone possible out with a good
: drag.
n A Sunday School lecturer told his
congregation, the other day, that he
knew OF families who would scarcely
know when Sunday came were it not
for the having of the cattle for salt.
| 1t is fact that when cattle are sailed
on the same day of the week, they
| will remember the time and seldom
will they make mistake.
II A neghbor of mine is greatly OPP
posed to the man who works through
the summer with gloves on. He says
he would not hire man who wear:
| gloves At his work if he could get
other, but nowadays it is not often ;
'gloyeleSs' hired man may be found
1t is quite likely that a man can get S,
used to working with gloves on tina
he can do as well with them as with
: out them. but never could get use,
:, to them. II did try to wear them
the very first thing there was som
nut to tighten or take off, so off woul
come the gloves.
i For some years had neighbo
who would not thrash with stear
outfit. Finally, the last horsepowe
Il went out of commission and afte
that he was obliged to use them.
do not believe you could hire him
put one of his teams on a horsepowe
to-day. This shows that our feelin
against the new things is often onl
prejudice. and that the prelude