The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-07-13
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stockman.

and the man who has a supply of en-
silage on hand is ahead in the game
! as usual. 1t is clear now that the silt
is going to make smaller pastures
| more work and more money for the
dairyman.
We are being urged to swat the fly
at every turn, but if we are to have
a good potato crop it will be neces'
sary for us to stop long enough tc
hand the potato bug few we'll di.
rected swats also.
One of the rather tiresome waiting
stunts on the farm is waiting for the
wind to blow when the tanks are
empty and the cattle crowding
around to get drink. This is where
the man who owns a gasoline engine
has broad smile that resembles a
grin to his less fortunate neighbors.
A Colorado man says that he has
found a most effective way of killing
Usage sprouts. He advises cutting
them off six inches below the ground
after which he puts handful of salt
around each sprout where it is cut
oft, together with a teaspoonful of
concentrated lye. Cover with earth
and he says you will never hear from
it again.
Every hog raiser knows that clover
makes the very best hog pasture, but
rape is pretty fair substitute that
deserves more than single trial with
those who have no clover.
The increased use of woven-wire
fencing is an indication that we are
beginning to come around to real in
tensive farming. When our farms
are inclosed and divided into lots
with woven-wire fences we can turn
all kinds Of stock into the fields to
pick up everything that now goes to
waste. On many farms this waste if
properly saved would pay for the
fencing in less than five years.
In building a brick or a cement
silo the first thing to look after is to
see that the steel re-enforcements
are put in so that the walls can with
stand tremendous pressure of the en-
silage when it settles. The next
thing is to be sure that the walls are
smooth on the inside. Let the out
side take care of itself.
Summer is here and if some of the
ice that was allowed to 90 to waste
last winter had been properly stored
it would have been welcome now.
Some day genius will Jump clear to
the top of the ladder of fame by in
venting an ice making machine that
can be owned by families of moderate
means.
The fathers who advise their boys
to never 90 near the water until
they have learned to swim" are max
ing mistake. Learning to swim
should be part of every boys educa-
ton and "the old swimming hole"
has the same charms now that it had
for the boys of twenty years ago.
Dry weather is rather hard on trees
that we put out last spring. If they
are to be watered it is good plan to
mulch them with straw and keep the
straw wet, but better way is to dig
a hole near the tree and pour water
into this and keep it covered. Sur
face watering is liable to cause a
shallow root system.
The creamery picnics and other So
cial gatherings of farmers probably
look rather flat and uninteristing to
the average city man.
A farmer was once asked if his
labor bill Of 2,5O8 was not too high.
NO." was the answer. 81 believe
in hiring all the men can get, pro-
vided each pays profit on his work. 4"
Simple business, isn'tit?
A farm superintendent of my &C.
quaintance kept a notebook always .
about his person. AS he made the
rounds he jotted down all jobs suited
to a rainy day. A summer which
wept copious floods ensued, but the
managed to keep fiji
teen men busy every rainy day ex-
cept one.
Some men build an extra Silo,
which they fill in good year. Silage
will keep long time, and the extra
supply comes in very handy in sea-
sons of drouth and scarcity.
A dairyman who fed brewers