The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-11-16
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stock man.

ago, but no one should become care
less enough to turn bunch of hungr
cattle into stalk field.
The outside of the corn shock
looks rather faded this year, but tn,
inside is bright where the shocks
were we'll built and securely tied
Those who shocked their corn il
haste will repent at leisure.
| What is usually considered a good
stand of corn was little too much Of
a good thing this year on account oil
the drouth, but fhis should not dis
courage those who have learned the
value of perfect seed corn. We can
only do our best and let the weather
do the rest.
A poultry house twenty feet square
is none too large where seventy-five
to hundred hens are kept for farm
flock. If the hen is to act as the store
bill litter and to furnish the family
with eggs and roast chicken for the
table she is entitled to the best of
care.
A couple of years ago the farmer
was accused of being the cause of the
high cost of living. He, however,
proved an alibi and now the middle
man is getting his, and here is hoping
that he gets it good and plenty.
Iplan to have something else to do
when white frost is hanging heavy
in the cornfield. When was a lad
white frosts didn't bother me as much
as now, but even then it was anything
but pleasant to roll out before sunrise
and husk for a couple of hours in the
white frost.
When was lad, too, there was
no such thing as cheap cotton gloves,
as there is now. Mother used to
make finger stalls for us boys to wear
on the sorest fingers, and it was sur
prising what number of them we
would 60 through with in short
time, especially after husking steady
for two or three weeks.
never have seen the like of the
foxtail that has made seed this fall.
After the rains came it made a mar
velous seed crop. Stems not two k
inches high have seed heads to equal
any larger plant, and the heads are
we'll filled with seed. 1t is f.
becoming one one Of the worst pests
we have, and is playing havoc in our ii
pastures. Nothing in the way of
grass can compete with it after July. z
Horses are cheaper and we'll in
ormed horsemen believe they are b
!oing to be still cheaper between now l
nd the time when the spring demand pl
'egins. When we speak of cheap ps
orses it almost always means the l.
heap kind. If you will notice, good SO
lied draft horse is never a cheap pl
rice, measured by the number of Dl
ollars it takes to buy it, but for all tn
nat it is the cheapest horse to buy. nc
good draft horse always sells for
God price, even when Skates" can ce
ardly be given awav. NJ
A friend of mine says he has be- o1
ONE disguised with writing check
whenever he wants any little thing at ta'
ne store, so he has bought cream I
eparator and is going to milk dozen .,
his best cows from this on. AS g.;
lis man has never believed in "pul- 49,. .a'
ng cows teats for living" the o .,'
hange is quite a radical one with W. W.
i'm. Something that pays the bills ~,
the stores comes in mighty handy, ". ,a
ven to the man who occasionally has a a'
title to sell by the carload. Iu u
The towns are beginning to fill up ies
lth fellows who must make their car
'ing by the work they get odd jobs tha
I'd some of them are more anxious in
tackle anything there is to be done inc
an they were few months ago. A we
al dealer tells me he has no diff an,
lily in getting coal shovelers now, aoe
ID railroad companies are able to vea
It white" help on the section in r
Sc any of the Mexican or Greek la her
'rers quit. c.r
1t seems to me that the number of F
Jung men who don't like to farm" sos
becoming more numerous each bull
ar. 1t is almost an exception, one live
ght say, to find a graduate of any A
llege or university who goes back hor
the farm, and a great manv hiuh art.