The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-12-22
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stcekman

weather that bites the end of the nose
and takes the feeling out of the feet.
plan now to write these burrows
when the weather is disagreeable for
outside work.
An auctioneer tells me he is apt to
have a better sale on a disagreeable
day than on a fair one. He says
many assume that the crowd is going
to be small on stormy day and that
stuff will sell cheap, so they 90 ex-
pecting to find bargains.
/ A most peculiar thing happened
near here not long ago, A family
from nearby town were out driving
with their steady old family horse.
+ A flock of sheep was driven from a
gate into the road ahead and at the
sight of them the old horse dropped
dead from fright. This indicates just
how scarce sheep are in many Sec
tons of the corn belt.
OF course not exposure, but fresh
air makes youngsters healthy. A
friend, the father of twelve children,
writes me that his children that were
allowed to run as free as the chickens
were healthy, often going through a
long winter without a cold. II is the
unventilated room that breds colds
and grippe.
The world certainly does move.
Now with the power elevator to put
the corn in the crib and the extension
elevator to the corn shelter, little
shoveling is done putting the corn in
or taking it out of the crib. | have
no power elevator, but if | were rails
ing over $50 acres of corn each year |
certainly would have.
The farmer trade at the meat shops
will be slim now until spring. 1t is
cheaper for a man to raise and butch
er his own beef or pork than it is to
buy il and few there are who do not
do ii when the weather permits. If
we had more ice houses, properly fill
ed with ice, we could have our own
fresh meat through the summer.
An electric lighting plant is becom-
ing common thing on good many
farms. The electric light has always
struck me as being perfection as far
as light itself is concerned, while its
absolute safety makes it the very best
for everywhere, in the barn as well
as in the house. Its first cost is all
that can be said against it, since actu-
al operating expenses are next to
nothing.
The most annoying bird that has
lately taken up its residence around
my premises is the redheaded wood
pecker. Three or four of them ap-
peared all of a sudden and Immediate
ly began operations on about every
building on the place. The redhead-
ed woodpecker' in flight is the envy
of the most expert aviator, in aerial
twists, turns and tumbles, and it is lit
tie more than chance if one can be
shot. Many a schoolhouse is patched
with tin around the caves where the
woodpecker has committed depreda-
tons through the season of vacation.
A friend of mine who had plenty of
pasture last spring bought steers at
high price to eat the grass, now says
he will be satisfied if his loss per head
amounts to no more than SIS. Steers
were high last spring-no denying
that-but it does seem like something
is wrong, if, after keeping cattle on
high-priced land all summer a man
must find the balance on the wrong
side of the ledger at the end of the
season. That's worse than doing
something for nothing.
Talk about progress, | know a town
that had a chance to acquire electric
railway service, but turned down the
proposition on the ground that it
would take too many people to the
city at the other end of the line to DO
their trading. Such town should
be bereft of all railway service and
have mail but three times a week,
thus holding facilities down to the
progress of the people.
How to store apples so that they
will keep through the winter is a
question that is not bothering the
farmers Of this vicinity this fall, be:
cause there are no home GROWN an