The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-11-30
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stookmsn.

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Farmer and Sioekman.
/ Oil the machinery when putting
away, and thus prevent the ravage
of rust for over half of the year.
II Fighting fire with fire never ez
tinguishes it, does it? Neither wi
a whiplash ever take the fear, or eve
part of it, out of a frightened horse
| The poultryman who tries to ru,
the poultry business without snug
well-lighted scratching shed, may b
likened unto sea captain attemptin,
to sail vessel without rudder.
If the boys and girls are compelled
to lug their books to and from schoo
without any bag or book strap il
which to carry them, you can't rea
sonably blame the children if the
books soon become soiled, damaged,
and even ruined.
If the farmer would do more
grading" both as to size and fitness,
in the hog lot before beginning to
feed for the market, he would feed
less, have more uniform herds, and
realize more clear profits from his
sales of swine.
Whether you are planning to keep
the boys out of school every few days
to help you with some job of work
about the farm, .or whether you are
making all preparations for them to
attend every day of school, will very
largely decide the interest and prog
ress they make in the schoolroom
this winter.
A neighbor asked me recently if I
knew where he could get a good
hired man. I'm getting pretty tired
of cheap men,, said he, 'tand now l
want a man with brains instead of re-
enforced concrete in his head"
Isn't it about time for many of US
to stop selling our stock to the pack |
ers, paying the transportation charg-
es to and from market on the meats |
we buy back from them, and throw
ing in a good, stiff commission for |
for these same packers handling our
products? We can check this drain
on our profits simply by feeding,
butchering and curing our own meats
and we can do it as we'll as the
as the packers.
Turn the boys loose on the SPAR
rows-if there are any boys and any
sparrows. Here in this country
there are plenty Of sparrows on ev-
cry farm, if there are no boys, and
plenty if there are. A little shooting
will drive the sparrows away from
the buildings, even if the marksman-
ship is poor. They are nuisancelin
every building on the farm, from the
hog house to the barn.
When doctors disagree the patient
doesn't know where he is ''at." {
Likewise when two good stock feed
ers disagree on the value of any {
grain or feed, the seeker after infor-
nation knows no more than he did. F
l lately had occasion to quiz a COUP
lie of feeders on the value of kaffir T
corn. One thought it great stuff, es-
pecially for horses, while the other q
pronounced it worth less than half
that of common corn. Both have fed
it for a number of years, yet their o
opinion of it differs by at least so per
cent. g
A neighbor claims that strong sim.
light will kill the germ of alfalfa seed. {
He says he once had two sackfuls in
his granary for several weeks, one of Z
the sacks where sunlight struck it =
through the window. The seed from r
his sack, so he tells me, showed less -
han 80 per cent of a stand, while the &
'ther seed grew perfectly. He be-
ieves the sunlight coming in through
he window and being intensified
somewhat by the glass killed the
!erm of much of the seed. Who
'nows anything more about this?
Husking corn on a damp, foggy
lay is not work that will inspire the
back to the farm" feeling, especial
Y when huge portions of the farm"
tick to your feet and the wheels of
he wagon. 1t is a pretty safe bet
hat no husking records are broken
When the fields are muddy.
Twelve to fifteen averaqe-sized
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