The Butler weekly times., 1911-03-30
FARM FURRO OWS.
Farmer and SeoekInsn.

Farmer and stcekmsn.
It is an easy task to map out
course of work for a corn crop tha
would insure success II the .weathe
would be accommodating enough I
fill in the prescribed dates with warn
sunshine and rain, but there Is wher
the rub comes. l have In mind
young farmer who does the work 81
his eiqhty-acre farm without hiret
help. In 1908, he had his groun,
ready for planting May 22d and start
ed the planter about four p. M, bu
the next day and night it rained hare
and by the time the fields were driet
they were more fit for the pulverizel
than the planter. But there was no,
any time to spare for scientific reflec'
ton. It was time to plant corn and
plant it he did, but on ground that
was rot scientifically perfect and NO
doubt all of US have done and will do
the same thing under similar circum-
stances.
Every extreme of weather creates a
different demand. The recent heavy
rains has turned attention from auto
mobiles to tile drain. If the tile is
put in first the auto will come after
awhile, all right.
This is good weather, anyhow, to
drive fence posts. Few people who
try driving posts seldom 60 back to
the old way of setting them. A post
driven deep when the ground is soft
is there to stay ever after, untilit rots.
Who knows anything about the gal
vanized iron cribs and grain bins,
now on the market? Would shelled
corn keep well in such bin? This
question is bothering me now and SO
far have found no one who can fur,
nish the answer. Perhaps some read
er can.
When the feed lots are as muddy as
they are now person feels like liber-
ating the stock, but / cannot bring
myself to do as neighbor does-turn
everything out to track up the pas
lure. This is good for the stock, but
bad on the pasture.
Who can find it profitable ITO get
llong without disk harrow? Imust
confess that l would not get along
Without one if the cost were twice
what it is. Actually it would not pay
lnyone to do so.
The wide tired wagon is road
maker when the surface has dried
enough so the dirt does not pick up,
,ut in thin mud it is just as productive
# ruts as the narrowest tire, and the
lraft is almost as much again. Many
+ my neighbors have been compelled
D abandon the wide-tired feed wagon )
uring the period of deepest mud. {
l saw another new thing the other !.
running in a muddy feed .
It, with their tails tied up, just as you q
'ould tie up a horses tail before 60
lg out on muddy rood. 1t struck Q
le as being a good idea, since it kept ?
le tails clean, anyhow. .
Years ago, before the tax laws were -
, rigidly enforced as they are now =
lany farmers would plan to have their =
It stock and perhaps much of the =
lrplus grain sold before the day of :.
This meant that the :
loney was hid, while the property :. :,
'uld not be practical admission by =
le man who did such business that =
? had tax dodging in mind. Nova
ays the money is ferreted out, too. : :
There are two items in every tax q
It about which no one should COM I
ain: the school tax and the road y, Y,
x. No taxes come back so directly 81
ID quickly to the people as thesetwo u
ID none with as much value re- ia
ived." al
Soon will some neighbor get on the b,
leasy seat, and he will 60 out and :
I'D in some grain. Other neighbors
eing him work, will be given the