The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-07-06
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stockman.

If the warm winds blow much long
err the man who has only half a stane
of corn will be furnishing all of u.
seed corn next spring. Many time.
l have seen half stand of corn come
out with the big yield in the fall-the
big yield for that season.
It has been some time since have
got good stand of sweet corn.
bought the best seed could find this
spring, but the stalks are now few
and far between. A little l had of my
own raising is good stand.
A man who calls himself an OBJ.
server writes in farm paper that
comes to me that every farmer in the
state of Iowa should be glad to give
S. an acre year for five years to-
wards the building of rock roads.
All l can say is that fellow cannot do
much observing for me. Five dollars
an acre would mean $500 for the
quarter section farmer to make up.
A pretty snug little yearly tax.
Raw rubber is down to SLIP a
pound, according to dispatch l saw
in daily paper. Wonder if this will
make much difference in the price of
rubber boots and auto tires? A little
over a year ago raw rubber was
above three dollars a pound.
A neighbor of mine is going to bale
his hay crop in the field and store it
in the barn in bales; says that is the
only way he can be sure of getting it,
it is so short. One thing is certain,
it isn't going to pay to stack the short
hay outside for third of it to spoil
when the heavy rains do come.
Talk about aviation, the latest rec
ord for altitude has been made by the
price of potatoes, with no sign of any
thing happening to the motor to bring
it down one particle. If had my
pick this season would choose to be
a potato grower out in the irrigated
district Of Colorado. Those fellows
will be digging nuggets out Of the
ground when they dig their potatoes.
It's about time for some city chap
to point out how prosperous the farm
er must be, and give as evidence the
high price of some farm product,
which is now so high simply because
the farmer has none of to sell. How
can high prices prosper man when
he has none of that commodity to
sell?
The price of cattle is very fair and
hogs are not bad. When look back
only few years and remember what
got for certain bunch of cattle sold
and for hogs marketed, cannot bring
myself to the kicking point all because ]
If present prices. have, in years S
,ast, sold hogs for 1925 and good +
:ows for $l8 head. If any of us
yer have to make quick sacrifice of
'ur stock at such prices, then it will f
'e time to register some good stiff
ticks. =
Ten years ago we had dry season
cry nearly resembling this one, so c
ar as we know of this, except that
rought of 1901 was not on in earnest S
ntil later than this. Iput the Their
out on the front porch re- t;
emily and it was 1902 in the shade,
nd that was earnest enough for me.
Not a few of my neighbors are :,
auling water for stock. None have -
} haul any great distance, but water !.
gone in some Of the pastures, so it r,
case of drive the stock to water =,
r haul the water to the stock. tits -
etter to haul water to stock than to
rive stock to it, for everything is q
early as dry when they get back as '
ley were when starting. l have
cen troubled enough with stock wa
II in the past to find this out.
The flies are with us and are here r
stay through the season. With
lost of us they are unlimited and
cry unwelcome summer boarders
lat refuse to be turned away. The 81
NY thing we can do is to fight them.
ticky fly paper and poison are good
but the liberal use of dip g.
I'd other disinfectants about the tn tn
,rns and other places where they sh
iced will do even more to discour-
re them.