The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-12-21
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stock man .

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Young fruit trees and vines shout
now be mulched to protect them fror
freezing and enrich the soil for star
ing Alright the next seasons crop.
Severed limbs in the orchard vii
heal over nicely and without crackin,
if they are smeared with cheap pain
at the time of the pruning operation
in the late fall.
With covering of straw, leaves o.
barnyard litter, so the ground will no
freeze too solid, carrots and parsnip.
for family use will be greatly en-
HANGED in flavor and crispness by thu.
freezing.
AS soon as the weather turns ex'
tremely cold the sap will freeze in the
wood fiber and wood cutting will then
be difficult and laborious task. By
chopping and hauling few loads now
much time, labor and annoyance will
be avoided.
Don't put off buying your breeding
stock for the poultry yard till next
spring. You probably will be able to
secure them at that time all right, but
you are almost sure to be compelled
to take the culls, as the wide-awake
breeder secures his birds now, when
he can have his choice from the whole
flock. 20
This period just following the wean-
ing OF the colt is most critical one
in its growth and development, and if
the little fellow is not doing we'll he
will require close attention, especially
as he soon will start through the win
ter. Get him accustomed to eating
grain and roughage by slow degrees,
as a too sudden change OF rations is
apt to be productive of digestive dis
orders.
1t is mystery to the writer why
so many well-to-do farmers will per-
sist in stopping around in the chilly
mud ahd water during the late fall
and early winter, thereby laying the
foundation for illness and useless suf-
fering, when good suit of rubber
and boots cost so very little, compared
with the comfort and good health they
promote. They may prove economi-
cal in the end, too, by saving good,
stiff doctor bill. ,
This is going to be another "old- ,
hard winter, according to s
number of the weather prophets. /
For that matter, according to the S
weather prophets, has every winter r
oeen anything but that beforehand?
Perhaps, if they keep on predicting !;
he same thing, they think they will Il
lit it after while. "
In ''neighboring" neighborheod
lunch of farmers dubbed together
nd bought thrashing outfit. With X
lore or less inexperienced help to IN
IN it and this years thrashing cost 'c
lg them more than it would have al
ost them to have hired it done, owing 10
} the heavy repair bills. understand 81
ley are wanting to sell their outfit sl'
ow. Community ownership of ma tn
linery seems to be all wrong unless
lie machinery is operated by expert tn
need help, and then question if all
ould work perfectly. dr.
I don't like the idea of putting off tn
70 many things until the corn is
it, Some of the things possibly tn
lould not have been put off that fol
hg. Anyhow, it's bad habit to pet fe,
to, although sticking as close to the
'rn husking as possible is a good de
"a ap
Husking shocked corn in dry wealth. no
is disagreeable work, as we'll as GU
asteful of fodder. A Kansas friend !
rites that he puts the fodder in shape tal
r husking in dry weather by going cit
to the field the evening before with tht
barrel of water in his wagon and f.,
using couple of bucketfuls on each CO,
ock. The next forenoon the fodder =
i'll be in fine condition for husking. ~
They are teaching more or less ag- he;
culture in the common schools now, ier
It don't know what it will amount ne,
The kids come home talking cul
out humus and soil fertility and ro- pat
ion of crops, something the COM !
On school left out entirely when l ia,
IS scholar. Book farming is all n
INT if the man that wrote the book tbo