The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-08-31
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stockman.

| just as the country gets on the poll
| OF realizing cheap corn again the Gro
gets blow hard enough to knoc
cheap corn galley west" The ca
tie feeders were going to buy corn fc
a quarter and thirty cents this fal
That was last spring. Since tn
| drouth has taken a hand, imagin
more than one feeder will be glad
contract corn for fifty cents. Tn
probability is the new crop will nc
bring the prices down one cent from
where it is now, at least for not YER
long time.
When day after day is the same il
the way of weather we are quite ap
to get into the habit of expecting the
same to continue right along. AT
Oklahoma friend Of mine had few
acres of oats out in the shock, but
since it had not rained for month,
ne concluded to leave the field in the
shock until thrasher could get
around to him. Soon the drouth was
broken, and the rains that have been
falling ever since have nearly ruined
the short grain in the shocks. He
writes: ut has been some years since
| have thrashed any grain out of the
shock. Sometimes have lost in labor
expended by stacking, but in the long
run feel that am ahead"
All seed is high enough in price
now, especially to suit the man who
has it to buy. Alfalfa, clover and all
grass seed is right up to top notch
price, so it is going to pay better than
ever to get ground in excellent shape
before sowing, in order to make the
minimum amount of seed produce the
best possible stand. The drill is a
great saver of seed. In sowing alfal-
ia in the fall, would as soon have
fifteen pounds sown with drill as
twenty-five pounds sown broadcast.
1t is generally believed that foxtail
makes hay unfit for any stock to eat,
out have proven it to be quite the
contrary. If tits cut before too nearly
natured-about the time the seed
leads form their pollen-and is we'll
ured and stacked, cattle will like it
nd do we'll on it during the winter
months. Of course, it is nothing to
eed entirely alone, but in connection
1ith good corn fodder, it does very
yell indeed. l do not consider fox
Ill entirely worthless, although s
'ould gladly Danish it all from the
ountry if given the power to do so.
You ought to be thumped, if you L
ave the pigs exposed to the sun will r
ley contract the "thumps." y
You may not carry a "blue ribbon" Il
way from the fair this fall, but if o
~ will keep your eyes open, you
i'll carry away sufficient information n
enable you to increase your farm a
ofits wonderfully next season. q,
If you miss the fair, you'll miss CIV ia
g the children the opportunity of it
eing the best side of agricultural b.
e-the things that demonstrate the &C
rs and possibilities of the boys and m
is who stay "close to the SOIL" lit
Take an inventory of your stock at &c
S season, and if you find that you
Il need more feed or less stock, ca
Ike preparations at once for buying an
'ficient feed to run you through the co
lter or sell off the stock. fo
+ you have not yet built a silo on ILL
If farm, observe the great amount lal
green feed your neighbor secures I'M
his silo from small area of corn; tai
excellence of that feed as a winter tn
on, then compare these with what es1
secure from a like area of fodder ex
stalk pasture, and your way will ma
plain. wi
little extra feed to supplement
pasturage that has grown so CO,
IT will prevent any noticeable fall Ma
off in the milk flow. And this pre- alv
lion will mean not only greater OF
its now, but will establish condi. LII
$ more conducive to a greater flow t;a'
lilk throughout the winter months on