The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-11-30
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stoek man

Farmer and ssoskmsn.
Oil the machinery when putting
away, and thus prevent the ravage
Of rust for over half of the year.
Fighting fire with fire never. ex
tinguishes it, does it? Neither wi
a whiplash ever take the fear, or eve
a part of it, out of a frightened horse
The poultryman who tries to ru1
the poultry business without snug
well-lighted scratching shed, may b
likened unto a sea captain attemptin,
to sail vessel without a rudder.
If the boys and girls are compelle,
to lug their books to and from schoo
without any bag or book strap il
which to carry them, you can't rea
sonably blame the children if tn.
books soon become soiled, damaged
and even ruined.
If the farmer would do more
grading" both as to size and fitness
in the hog lot before beginning tt
feed for the market, he would feed
less, have more uniform herds, and
realize more clear profits from his
sales of swine.
Whether you are planning to keep
the boys out Of school every few days
to help you with some job of work
about the farm, or whether you are
making all preparations for them to
attend every day of school, will very
largely decide the interest and prog
ress they make in the schoolroom
this winter.
A neighbor asked me recently if l
knew where he could get a good
hired man. I'm getting pretty tired
of cheap men," said he, "and now l
want man with brains instead of re-
enforced concrete in his head" =.
Isn't it about time for many of us
to stop selling our stock to the pack
ers, paying the transportation charq-
es to and from market on the meats
we buy back from them, and throw
ing inf a good, stiff commission for
for these same packers handling our
products? We can check this drain
on our profits simply by feeding,
butchering and curing our own meats
and we can do it as we'll as the
as the packers. ~,.
Turn the boys loose on the spar
rows-if there are any boys and any
sparrows. Here in this country
there are plenty of sparrows on ev-
cry farm, if there are no boys, and
plenty if there are. A little shooting
will drive the sparrows away from
the buildings, even if the marksman-
ship is poor. They are nuisancelin
every building on the farm, from the !
hog house to the barn.
When doctors disagree the patient
doesn't know where he is "at."
Likewise when two good stock feed
ers disagree on the value of any
grain or feed, the seeker after infor-
nation knows no more than he did.
l lately had occasion to quiz a coup
lie of feeders on the value of kaffir
corn. One thought it great stuff, es-
pecially for horses, while the other
pronounced it worth less than half
that of common corn. Both have fed
it for a number of years, yet their
opinion of it differs by at least so per
cent.
A neighbor claims that strong sun
light will kill the germ of alfalfa seed.
He says he once had two sackfuls in
his granary for several weeks, one of
the sacks where sunlight struck it
through the window. The seed from
this sack, so he tells me, showed less
than 30 per cent of a stand, while the
other seed grew perfectly. He be-
lieves the sunlight coming in through
the window and being intensified
somewhat by the glass killed the
germ of much of the seed. Who
knows anything more about this?
Husking corn on damp, foggy
day is not work that will inspire the
back to the farm" feeling, especial
ly when huge portions of the farm"
stick to your feet and the wheels of
the wagon. It is a pretty safe bet
that no husking records are broken
when the fields are muddy.
Twelve to fifteen average-sized
bundles are enough for a shock
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