The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-05-11
FARM FIJRRO WS.
Farmer and stoekInaA.

FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and stoehmaA. 33ss VI M v # II M n
Live hogs are worth only y little
more than half as much a. they were
last year at this time and " usual
when there is great slump II hog
values there are many hog raisers
who are going to quit. The only way
to make money raising hogs Is 70
keep at it. IN
The shortage Of hay is not as great
as it would have been if there had
not been an unusual amount Of corn
cut last fall. Still there is a brisk de-
mand for hay. In fact there is a real
shortage that will have a marked
effect on the amount Of butter tat
made in April and May in this vicinity.
Flooring the narrowing pens Of the
hog house with cement has its disad-
vantages as well as its advantages. It
is necessary to keep it well bedded,
and about the time the sow farrows
the problem is to keep her from
punching her bedding, and later from
getting the pigs covered in the bed
ding and accidentally laid on. A light
er bed in good dirt pens is as good
as a heavy bed on cold, damp cement.
When grass comes there will be less
chores to do. Cows need very little
if any grain when running in good
pasture, but a little hay is all right if
it is to be had.
Those who have a good clover pas
ture for their hogs are in luck and
those who have not may help their
luck along by sowing mixture OF all
the grains they have and adding about
six pounds of rape to the acre.
Every spring finds most of us
spending day or two in repairing
our fences. Good line fences make
friendly neighbors and good pasture
fences make happy farmers, but al
most every fence in order to be strong,
needs some repairs occasionally.
A rainy day will do for fence re-
pairing, but when there is any light
ming streaking around, wire fence
is good thing to leave alone.
Planting trees is a. job that should
not be put off till tomorrow if it can
be done today. Spring is the only
time to plant trees and if the work is
neglected the year is lost.
There are times when it may be the
proper thing to wear an overcoat
while working in the fields, but it
never pays to work in the fields with
horses and machinery when it is nec-
essary for the driver to wear rain
coat.
There seems to be an unusual num-
Der of little whirlwinds this year and
it is interesting to watch them pick
up dust, husks and other light objects
and send them into the air. They
work in the same manner as cyclone,
but, of course, on a much smaller
scale. have seen but one cyclone
and hope l shall never see another.
A good stand of corn doesn't mean
the same to all people; to some it
means too much of stand-three
stalks where there should be only two.
The papers have been filed for sew
eral years with the advice to ground"
the wires of the pasture fence, but |
have yet to see a pasture fence so
grounded. It is is a simple ttlhaiine. to de-
and the cost would amount to a very
few cents, but it seems to be one Of
those things none of us get around to
do. XIII. N-
Everyone on the Burrows farm has
taken a turn at keeping the mites
down in the chicken house for several
years. We tried about everything
anyone recommended, one thing after
another, and finally settled down to
good, strong kerosene emulsion, put
on with a good spray pump. If you
will thoroughly clean often, three or
four sprayings through the summer
will do the business. We put.a little
lime in the emulsion, which makes it
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