The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-06-09
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and stoekmsn


The weather this spring has not
been of the finest for fields and pas
lures, but it has been pretty fair for
getting crop of spring pigs started.
Ii is nuisance to have the milk
cows pastured far from the house
The barefoot boy and the old dog,
Tray, are not always handy to bring
the cows in at milking time. IT the
COWS must be turned into the road
and brought to the house it makes all
the more trouble. gave up a two
rod strip along one Of my fields for
lane rather than turn into the road
for lane, and do not consider 1t a
vast of valuable land, either.
The discussion still goes on as to
whether or not a white horse can
stand the heat better than dark one.
| | really never owned a white horse,
so cannot give an expert opinion on
the subject, but do know that a roam
will stand lots of hard work in all
kinds of weather.
The Percheron Society OF America
is to be congratulated on its choice OF
a secretary to succeed George W.
Stubblefield. The honor has fallen 10
Prof. Wayne Dinsmore' OF the Iowa
Agricultural College, one OF the most
practical and effective workers that
has ever been connected with any
college in the great central West. l
have no hesitation in bespeaking a
great future for the Percheron Soci-
ETY. and for the Percheron interests
in this country.
1t is hopeless task to try to raise
a weak colt-a colt that isn't strong
enough to suck its mother the first
day. Indeed, it is just a question IN
nv mind whether or not it is worth
while to try, because the little fellow
generally rewards you by dying at
the end of two or three weeks.
| believe we used as much coal in
our house during the months Of April
and May as we did any two months
during the winter, and even at that
some of us haven't been warm FOL
several weeks. Not only have we
kept our furnace going, but our fire
place has been running full blast day
and night, and it never felt better
than it has this spring.
Those who are fond of making cal
culations in dollars and cents arr
still busy figuring out our losses caus
ed by late frosts.
In transplanting evergreens it is
good plan to make the holes larg
and deep enough so that little loos
earth may be put back before settln
the tree. Great care should be take
to keep the roots from drying Will
doing the work. The earth shout
be placed solidly around the roots
but should be left loose on tor
: Watering evergreens after they ar
planted generally does more damag
l. than good.
l. There are many kinds of trees tina
e make good windbreaks, but evel
to green's are usually considered tn
lp best. 1t costs little more and take
sc some more work to grow evergreen
70 than willows, but it should be RI
n membered that a good article alway
ut costs more than poor one.
n. A weed is plant out of place.
as is a good idea to have everything
re its place.
r. A neighbor of mine recently had
Of colt cut in barbed wire fence an
ne his first move afterwards was to g
al woven wire to replace the barbe
us wire on his pasture fence. This WI
a move in the right direction, even
it was little late.
1t is reported that a member
W congress recently said that it is not
nc crime to sell oleomargarine and CT
&c it butter. Perhaps it is not, but v
We notice that when a dairyman SCI
Gu water and calls it milk he general
"gits his"
nd The dogs that can earn their boa
~ by bringing home the cows are DO
10 gone scarce. The dairy cow is We
-. sensitive animal and the dog is
10 most always her natural enemy, l
NJ dairyman who allows dog to drl
I'D his cattle home will find that a lar
20 part of his profits 60 to the dog.