The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-10-06
FARM BURROWS.



tereSting to some people, but the an
nual race between Jack Frost anC
King Corn has the strongest hold OF
the nations pocketbook.
A blacksmith tells me the breaking
up of the drouth cut his work down
at least half. During the dry weather
he worked from six in the morning
until eight at night, mostly at setting
tires. The old wheel is soaked uI
now and the tire is tight. A badly
sprung wheel is often the result Of
shrinking tire too tight on a dry
wheel.
The best way we have found for
cleaning the skimming parts of the
hand separator is to wash them in
cold water then use hot water in
which a small amount of washing
powder has been dissolved.
There are great many creamery
patrons who are always ready to
brand the butter maker as thief and
a liar when the test" of their milk
or cream seems rather low, and the
funny part of il is that the worst
kickerS do not know what the test
really is nor do they care to learn.
Some dairymen keep a good &C
count of the amount of feed given to
their herd of cows and few know
the exact amount of feed given to
each COW, also the returns from each
cow, but there are others who could
not even make good guess at the
cost of keeping nor the income from
their whole herd.
The time for gathering seed corn
for the next crop is here. The expert
ence of last spring should teach us
that we should gather seed enough
for our own use before freezing
weather comes. If the season is
favorable later there is nothing to
prevent us from gathering the best
seed ears at huSking time, also be-
cause there is always a good demand
for home grown seed corn every
spring,
There are some sections where the
drouth lasted long enough to practi-
cally Kill the corn crop before ears
were formed, While the corn fodder
in these places will be of some value
it must be rather discouraging to
those who were out of range of the
showers.
A Missouri subscriber who has used
the gang disc harrow for two years
writes very enthusiastically in favor
of that type of disc. The front gang
throws the dirt out and the rear set
throws il in thus leaving the ground
level and in fine shape. He says that
four good horses handle il with ease.
Last spring he disked all his stalk land
before blowing and the stubs gave
him no trouble whatever.
II would be interesting to know
how many of those who were caught
in the seed corn squeeze of last
spring are taking any steps TO secure
good seed for their next crop. The
steps should be taken now.
The man who compels his horse to
pull the pillow day after day with an
ill-fitting collar should be compelled
to pitch bundles to a thrashing ma
chine with a fork with a burr oak
sapling for handle until he gets his
brain into working order.
Most of the writers and speakers
who tell us how to make good roads
emphasize the fact that they should
be dragged and drained. These are
the two main things in road making,
but some things are more easily said
than done.
1t may be that flies are of some use
as scavengerS, but when they try to
eat the hide off the horses we are
driving we are inclined to think that
they have developed a depraved APP
petite.
The easy working capacity of the
gasoline engine is seldom as high as
rated. A friend bought a five-horse
engine that the maker said could
easily develope eight-horsepower and
another friend an eight-horse engine
that was also claimed to be under.
rated; instead, load up to their easy
working capacity claimed by the
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