The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-09-15
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and stcekmsn

The advent of the auto is adding
daily to the picturesqueness of oul
language. overheard farmer Civ
ing an order to his hired man las
week. They were in the back field
and the man was sent to the barn for
a monkey wrench. Justas he started
off the farmer called to him, "Cut Out
your muffler, Bill"
Iwould like to know if anybody has
any remedy for a so-called summer
sore" on horse. About four years
ago one of my horses got cut by wire
on the front fetlock. Every since il
heals up during the winter months,
but il becomes raw in summer. OF
course, | think he starts it himself
with his teeth, but if there is any rem
edy for trouble of this kind, | would
| like to kdow what il is. l.
In spite of the fact that automobiles
are being sold by the thousands each
day, think the light horse is as pop
ular as he ever has been in the past.
There were more good standardized
horses at the first big corn-belt fair
this year than | have ever seen there
before, and furthermore, they were OF
higher class than they were ten
years before the introduction of the
auto.
know men who have been judging
live stock in the central West for
twenty years and through all that time
they have retained their reputation
for being absolutely on the square.
| know others who have started out
with the finest promise, only to blast
their own reputation by single ques-
tionable act. A man has to possese a
high class of talent to Judge animals
belonging to to hisi own intimate
friends if he can resist the temptation
to reward some and, in a measure,
punish others.
During periods of dry, hot weather
we generally forget that the water
content of a soil moves from below
upwards from a depth of about fifteen
feet. | know many instances this
year where men became uneasy over
their crop when, as matter of fact;
there was plenty Of moisture in the
soil to carry it ten days or two weeks
beyond what they considered the lin
it point.
Some of the handiest kitchen con-
veniences are easiest obtainable.
Growing tired Of the overlooking pail
sitting under the sink, last year dug
trap hole some distance from the
house and piped the sink to it. A
days work did it and the pipe cost
very little. An rs" trap in the pipe
just below the sink keeps back all
foul odors. Along with the improve
ments man gets in the way OF labor
saving machinery, the housewife is
entitled to her share. Many things
that save her the most steps are very
inexpensive.
Down at the Iowa Agricultural Col
lege, at Ames, is plat of ground, ten
acres or more; that has been handled
in way that might be lesson to
many of our readers. Every year it
has raised what the college people call
feed CROP" Wheat, oats, clover
and rape are sown at the same time.
When the grain is harvested the rape
is usually knee high, and the rape and
clover make a splendid hog and sheep
pasture that supplies feed until win
ter sets in. Next year the same thing
is done over again. Every year ma
nure is spread over the tract. The
productive capacity has not suffered
up to the present time.
A recent farm publication contains
the misleading statement that the dam
ger of alfalfa infection by dodder in
small. The reverse is the case. Last
year. the department of agriculture,
in its investigations made for the pur-
pose of learning the extent of adulter-
alton of seeds, bought 359 samples of
alfalfa seeds and of these 107 contain
ed dodder; This fact is of interest as
indicating the proportion Of seed
affected, and should lead to a more
careful attention to the purity Of seed