The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-09-01
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and StOckmsn

Just because our local dealer want.
ed to charge us a ''V" for a woven
wire stretcher, we decided to dc
without, The fence as it finallystood
was neither fish, flesh nor fowl, and
we would have been better off finan-
cially had we bought good stretcher
in the first place, instead of wasting
time and temper, especially the lat
ter, in experiments.
We used to fasten our pulleys UNI
der the gables in the hay barn, for
the carrier with ropes. But expert
ence has proven that rope will wear
out and cut very quickly, and is not
nearly so satisfactory as an iron hook.
Besides, it is very much easier to at
tach a pulley to a hook than it is to
tie it with rope.
We have a large spring on our
farm, about twenty feet from the
house, filled with trout. 1t is pathetic
to note the attempts that have been
made to capture some of these speck-
led prizes, of dark nights, while our
dog is on a vacation. Some peoples
respects for property rights is very
limited, indeed.
Do not be in too much of hurry
to paint galvanized iron roof. Bet
ter wait until some of the scales are
worn off. Otherwise the paint will
not stick decently. theoretically, of
course, galvanized iron is not suppos-
ed to be painted, but we all do it in
the end, just the same.
Within the heart of every farmer
who regards his calling as something
more noble than the mere wrestling of
dollars from the soil, instinct calls
aloud for a clean roadside, a we'll
kept lawn, attractive farm buildings
and general equipment. What shall
we say of him who makes of his road-s
side dumping ground for WORKOUT
machinery, old tin cans and broken
glassware, tangles of rusty barb wire,
scattered heaps of stones and then
over all allow weeds and brambles to
spring up and bury the cast-off re-
fuse away from the sight of men? Is
there not some way that this unholy
dissertation where it does exist, can
be effectually stopped, and our pub
lie highways so converted that the
soiourner may be impressed with a
sense of beauty, thrift and progress
rather than of shiftlessness and de-
cay?
There are many who do not like
dairying because one must be on
hand to do the milking regularly and
also attending to the feeding, but is
there any business that can be neg
lected and still be made a success?
II seems rather queer, but when
farmer sends SIS to a catalog house
for a bill of goods, the village paper
writes funny pieces about the money
that never comes back, but when a
merchant sends 81, 800 for an automo-
bile the same paper sings praises
about the nobby turnout.
While the box elder is looked upon
as being among the hardy class of
trees, it has showed a marked weak
ness in recovering from the effects of
the late freeze of last spring. The :
foliage is scant and ragged. Oaks !
and elms generally assumed a healthy
appearance, although in neither was :
there the usual density of foliage.
The maker of a machine demands /
1 price that leaves him a profit The t
'eeder of cattle must take what the t
market offers, whether it leaves him |
/ profit or not. While | do not be- |
ieve it should be so that every plum [
,er in cattle should be assured of
Profit, whether or no, do think the
,attle proposition is more uncertain
han it should be. !
The road boss who fixes a, culvert $
'r bridge by mailing plank over a ,
hole ought to be compelled to ride q
'ver that plank twenty times day the
'est of his life. If there is any fix" t
hat makes man crossways with the
world it is the two-inch plank spiked
,ver a hole in the floor of bridge. t
There should be a law against leav- I
ng such as permanent repair.
do not like to have a feed cooker