The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-08-18

as tue idhc ClOuu ltidi CUtthcS up II I
dry time. It reminds me of some
people, great for show but nothing
when it comes to performance.
find my first growth of clover Is
thick with seed this year. 1t is UNI
usual for the first cutting of common
red clover to have a great deal oi
seed, but the continued dry weather
has put it there this time. A number
of fields were left to ripen for seed.
as it seems a pretty sure thing the
second cutting will be almost moth
ing, unless il rains soon.
Pastures are short everywhere.
Even where the pasture was thought
to be more than sufficient for the
stock the grass is cropped about as
close as hair clippers get the hair on
ones head. cannot remember
when grass was generally as short as
it is now.
When a good mulch of dirt has
been formed in a cornfield cannot
see the use of cultivating again until
rains spoil it. All the moist dirt rolf
ed to the surface in dry time means
drying out the soil that much deeper.
We need a three-inch rain to soak
things up. The grass sown with
small grain is in sorry plight, while
the stubble land not seeded cannot be
plowed until it does rain. However,
the weeds are not taking the stubble.
1t could have been worse with rain
enough to start the weeds and then
weather SO dry they could not be
plowed under.
Thrashing out of the shock does
take a lot of help, the one great OBJ
lection to that way of thrashing. Yes
terday afternoon a neighbor gathered
his help together for a start at two
o'clock. The machine did not arrive
until nightfall, although expected ev-
cry minute, and there sat a dozen
men losing the afternoon from work
at home.
Riding up on the hay stacker is a
dangerous form of sport. would
rather use the ladder to get on the
stack. There is no telling when a
rope, a pulley or a timber will break.
There is something wrong with the
county fair that offers S. for the best
specimen of any breed of cattle or
swine and $3.50 for the winner of a
horse race. The management of such
fairs have no reason to wonder why
the exhibits of live stock are so small.
Short grass in the pasture is a test
on the fence, especially if there hap
pens to be a cornfield near and the
cattle get a taste of it. The worst
fence creeper of all is usually the pet
calf, one that has been brought up"
on pail.
The other evening heard a fellow
say he did not want to see a big rain
while the corn was shooting. AS the
soil is so dry there is scarcely trace
of moisture in it, some of us felt like
taking a shot at him. His contention
was that too much moisture at that
time caused corn to start out more
ears that it could finish. That may
have been the case in some instances
of the past, but right now | would be
perfectly willing to risk a three-inch
rain.
Trying to move dry dirt with slip
scraper is slow work. One cannot
pillow by the roadside to do any good
and it scrapes mean after it has been
plowed up in chunks. The only tool
that does execution on the roads in
dry, hot weather is the big grader,
pulled by steam engine. Eight big
mules are a good substitute for the
steam.
The man who has good side de-
livery rake really hasn't much need
for a hay tedder. OF the two,
would take the side delivery rake to
turn over heavy hay, as the work can
be done quicker, besides the rake
serves a double purpose. The owner
Of a hay loader can get along with a
side delivery rake, but ii makes the
work quicker to have one.
tn cfark or not m cfock fhot 10 tho