The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-05-25
I FARM BURROWS.


/ oSCN COAA " MUMMY Will HC u AAX6
to tell us something new to tackle
probably to oil the harness. Ri
More coyote dens than usual are
being found this spring, and It seems
that many are getting the old coyote
along with the young. A strange
thing about some wild animals is they
increase faster after country is well
settled than before. The coyote b.
longs to this class. In spite Of the
bounty, which is the cause Of every
boy watching every hole in the
ground for miles around, know that
coyotes are thicker than they were.
twenty years ago. \.
The Furrowsfolks have settled down.
to the use of strong kerosene emul-
sion for spray in the hen house.
believe it is the best thing one can
use. To boilerful of water, put a.
pound of soap. When this is boiling,
take from the stove and add at least
a gallon Of kerosene and get it spray
ed as quickly as possible. If you can
get it used while sizzling hot, it is all
the better. If mites are bad to start
with use some carbolic acid in the
spray, but it is not necessary except
in extreme cases, for the stuff should
then be handled with considerable
care.
The cold snap came pretty near
nipping our fruit crop in the bud
again this year, but it appears that
the only damage done was to give us
a good scare.
Preparing good seed bed and keep
ing the drag busy on the corn field until
the corn begins to stick up through
the surface will kill multitude of h
weeds, many of which would be liable
to live to enjoy ripe old age if they {
were allowed to flourish in their
youth.
Grass is very slow about starting
this spring. 1t seems especially so
to those who are short of hay and
fodder. A few warm days after the a
rains will, no doubt, change the face I
Of nature, also the faces of many
farmers.
Those who can make their hired
help feel that they are part of the
push instead of thing that is bought
and paid for are the ones who have
little trouble with the hired help
question.
In the past the farmers part in
politics has been to vote and pay bills
S it not about time for us to keep tab
m what our hired men in congress
nd the legislature are doing as we'll
S the hired men on the farms?
When young trees cannot be cult
ated heavy mulch of straw is the
ext best thing. If a mulch is used S So
should be heavy enough to keep r. e
rass and weeds from growing in Lo
rider to get good results.
Oil is the cheapest repair person No
IN make on machinery, and plenty Nc No
it means keeping down the repair
Ill to the minimum. For oiling
nder, l like the pump oil cans, !.
called engine oilers. It is No
'ssible, with one of them, to oil d
1ery shaft without removing the No
wv 25-cent straw hat with greasy No.
lnds and getting down on all fours IF r
ne pump can works quick, too. A sEal
lsh on the plunger and enough \
mes out for the ordinary cup. 1 s
One of the best uses that can be I've
AIDE of hen manure is to cart it into - =
e plum orchard and let the trees =
axe plums of it. One of the old
wings is that a good plum year is
good wheat year and if this is true, -
had better do our best to make it Ey'
rood plum year. 40,
A good many hold fast to the theory nv
It seed corn will rot quicker in real e
lrm, wet ground than it will in o,..
ID, wet ground. I am rather in "
ned to take considerable stock in OFF
theory, too. When very warm -
4 the soil is soaked the kernel
inns to ferlnent, and Of course it is 5
up. with the germ then. When =
ID lies in half dry and half moist In1
Just moisture enough to swell Nor
It IS hard on the germ as anything
be. Bis