The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-09-14
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stockman.

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them if they once get where they cal
eat it unmolested Keeping clos,
watch on the fences may save you ;
lot of corn, and perhaps valuable
cow or two.
The shooting season is at hand, bu
there is very little to shoot unless
they begin to shoot the shooters.
Consider the many good and profit
able points of a wood shed-then
build one before winter sets in.
Look around over the farm before
snow falls, and see how many tools
you will find scattered here and there
tools you will need over and over
again before spring.
Cut that row of corn that waves so
temptingly near the pasture fence,
and feed it to~the stock, as they are
apt to push through and break down
the fence in trying to reach the corn.
But don't feed it near the field-haul
it away out in the pasture, so the ami
mails will not hang around the fence
after they have cleaned up what you
have given them.
When the weather grows little
cooler, hatch off few brOOdS of late
chickens. Lice and mites are then
fewer in number, and there is an
abundance of bugs, worms and seeds
on which the chicks may thrive.
Those who have not learned that
drainage is the foundation for good
roads are too dense to learn anything
In the past two dry seasons our earth
roads have been almost perfect, but it
is not our fault. Any old road is
good road when the weather is dry.
Early harvest, early stacking, early
fall blowing, early everything. 1t
really looks as though the proverbial
"Slow Smith" farmer must get all
his fall work done before winter
comes.
In spite of all the swats the fly has
been getting this summer he seems
to be meaner and more numerous
than ever. Perhaps we may see fly
less summers, but it will be after we
have learned how to kill the first fly
before it is born.
The demand for drain tile is not as
brisk this year as it has been the past
few years, but those who have places
on their farms that are too wet dur
ing rainy seasons should remember
that in times of peace prepare for
war. Wet seasons will be with us
again.
The yield of small. grain is rather
disappointing in many cases this year,
especially where grasshoppers and
crickets did part of the thrashing.
Many flax fields that looked as though
they might yield fifteen bushels to the
acre before they were cut are yield
ing only seven or eight bushels, but
the balance may be found in fields
where the crickets have been work.
ing.
We have great deal to learn about
the things that grow on
the farm. This year there were
many car loads Of apples of the early
varieties that were allowed to rot I'M
der the trees or were carried to the
hogs, These apples were worthless
and otherwise perfect and would no
doubt have brought fair price if we
had known how to get them to our
city brothers in time.
The Fostering flies worry the hors-
es more than the work of pulling the
plow and the worried horses will
worry the driver. This is where the
application of little "fly dope" will
save lot of worry and horseflesh.
Concrete is getting to be the most
useful thing on the farm and every
day some new way is found for using
it. Tanks, cisterns, feed floors are
the most common, but those who can
get sand and gravel without too much
hauling don't need to worry much
about the price of lumber.
know of cornfield that was cul-
tivated the last time with a mower
wheel. The owner used one horse to
drag the wheel between the rows, his
idea being to create fine dust mulch.
It did that all right, but seemed to
pack the soil so his corn is not as
good as nearby field that was cult
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