The Butler weekly times., 1911-10-05
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stockman.

spoken out lately. If he buys any
all he will be called upon to doub]
that sum. And, yet, with twice a
much corn as we are going to raiss
am not sure but what the twent,
five or thirty-cent mark would hav
been reached.
Each cool spell now brings VI
thoughts of what's coming littl
later on. It is good thing that win
ter gives us plenty of warning befor
it comes, or we would not be ready
Many are never ready as it is, ant
would not be ready, even if the warn
ing should be given six months in ad
vance. Soon will we be thinking oi
the winter fuel supply, of banking ul
the buildings that need it and of rush.
| ing the corn into the cribs.
! The laws of most of the states say
that farmers shall cut the weeds that
grow on the public highway alongside
the farm, or the township may do it
at the land owners expense. Strange
to say some farmers kick on this law.
| have always regarded a weed grow
ing outside the fence as much of a
pest as weed growing on the inside,
and for that reason just as much to
my interest to have it cut. It ought
not to be necessary to compel the
cutting of roadside weeds by law
land owners should be willing enough
to do it just to get rid of the weeds.
This has been summer of scant
water supply, both for the soil and
the wells. Wells that "never have
been known to 60 dry before" have
winked out this summer, and on other
farms, where there has been no per-
manent supply of water, good wells
have been obtained. Each dry season
brings in more good wells. Neces-
sity is the mother Of invention, and
when ii becomes necessary to have
water many folks have made deter
mined effort to get it, and permanent
wells are the result. Others have dug
and failed, not only once but time
after time.
l don't like what is called a stiff
hitch. My manure spreader has
combination tongue, interchangeable
for two, three and four horses. When
rugged for three horses the hitch is .
so the horses stand with tight tugs, :
or else the tugs must be let out as
much as possible each time. l think
it easier on the horses to have some
Standing room" in their tugs. :
1t does the colt no hurt to wean it r
early, if it has learned to eat oats be- r
forehand, and if the mare is to bring
another colt it is much better for the u
mare. For the first time in some v
years, no colts were raised on this r,
farm this year, and it has been lone q,
some all summer around the barn !,
yard because of it. Of all young stock, II
the colt is the most intelligent and ,e
Hay is always going to be high from
this on. There may be years when
The crop will be large, but never 10
again will it be low in price. Our ao T.,
and has become too valuable to grow h.
cheap hay. 1t will be some time now 81
before the tame hay acreage is to
brought back to normal, because dry IA IA
weather last year and this has cut ''s r.'
lown the acreage like everything, and q
he acreage left in wild grass is very 1t
United. There is no better hay for ", WI
lorses than good, clean prairie hay, 81
nd the man who has some of it had 5O M
etter keep it with him. G,
A Wisconsin subscriber, Mr.. George
lodgson, asks if any of our readers
ave succeeded in getting any device >.
nat will keep mice out of corn crib. n.
[e says he has tried tins on the top va
ground posts, but these do not fill al
le bill. We hope that we will hear zoe
ON some who have solved this prob Jr
IN satisfactorily. MI
While drop and Gull apples form an on
xcellent tonic ration for the hogs, "
ley should not be made the entire ~
led for the animals, as they will put ~, ~.
4 edge" on their teeth, making it n ,ea
lfficult for them to bite off corn and ~ ~.
asticate it. The greener the apples, .n' -,
le worse the effect will be. 'o'
The hot. dry season just passed has cal
It almost every bolt and burr loose Ia,
the hungry uyonon ond form i'm