The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-06-01
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stockmsn.

One of the most beautiful things on
the farm is an apple tree in full bloom
and aside from the beauty of the Or
chard in the spring, an acre of apple
trees, if given proper care, will give
splendid returns in dollars and cents.
In our hurry to get rich great
many of us forget to live while we
are hurrying after the riches that al
ways seem to be waiting for us just a
little farther on. There can be no
better way of explaining why so
many farms are without an orchard
or even the smaller fruits and some
times even without garden of any
kind.
It is about time to hunt up the
pumpkin seeds and plant few in the
corn fields. Until some inventive
genius perfects an attachment for
planting seeds with the corn this
work must be done by hand, but the
work should not be neglected. Pump
kins make fine pork.
Nearly every farmer who buys an
automobile makes King drag and
the best part of it is that he uses it in
way that shows that he means to
improve the road whether he is paid
for it or not. 1t also shows that when
the farmers come to the conclusion
that they really need good roads they
are going to have them.
The click of the corn planter sounds
as natural every spring as the song
of the birds. If we could feel sure
that every click means six good stalks
next fall there would be some who
would be more interested in counting
the clicks than in making straight
rows.
have found out one thing about
sheet metal material for roofing, sid
ing, etc., and that is it does not pay
to buy the painted in preference to
the slightly higher priced galvanized.
The galvanized will last for years
without sign of rusting, while the
painted will soon rust. It must be
painted about every year if rust is
prevented, and that is expensive in
itself, as we'll as something that is
easily neglected. The galvanized be-
comes the cheapest long before the
end.
In order to get the most money out
of the grain raised on the farm it is
necessary to grind at least a part of it,
especially for milk cows, and to have
slop-making material for the hogs. A
gasoline engine and feed grinder fill
the bill perfectly. and at present the
price of an outfit is not out of reach.
Grinding the feed for the old horses
will lengthen their time of usefulness,
few years in some cases, but quite
often poor judgment in driving and
feeding horses while they are young
puts them out of commission long be-
fore the old-age limit is reached.
Care of cream and milk on the
farm does not end when the cans are
loaded into the wagon. Thousands
of pounds of milk and cream are
spoiled every season because so
many neglect to throw wet blanket
over the cans when starting for the
creamery.
Potatoes that were planted in we'll
prepared ground, but in the wrong
time of the sign, are looking better
than some that were planted at the
right sign but in in poorly prepared
ground. This convinces me that con-
dition of the ground is more than a
sign. The sign is right when the soil
is right.
Warmer weather reminds one
that fly time is coming, and fly
time means putting the abomible
fly nets back on the harness. /
am also further reminded that some
of the old nets were thrown aside
last fall, and will have to be replaced
with new this summer. Heavy cot
ton cords, securely fastened to a
strong web bar, are about as lasting
as any leather net one can buy now,
and a great deal cheaper. Don't get
a cord that will slip easily in the bar.
l did, thinking it would be the right
feature, but that kind soon pulls out
of shape.
It is human nature to like to know