The Butler weekly times., 1912-01-04

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Glasses Properly Fitted
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cramp them in the spring or reverse
the operation. There is. one way
around this knotty problem that works
quite we'll and that is to sell some OF
the stock and keep the rest well. II
any feed can be spared in the spring
there will be many buyers.
The corn shredder is taking its
usual toll of fingers and arms this
fall. 1t seems rather strange that
after all the accipentS that have hap
pened around the shredder in every
community there should still be they
who risk their hands in cleaning the
rolls while they are in motion.
How about that seed corn? Is it
in a good place? 1t is feared that
the severe November freeze killed
some of the seed in the North, but l
doubt if it damaged any seed that was
saved early and Immediately put in a
dry place. It's all in how the seed is
cared for.
Judging by the stock of gasoline
engines at the implement dealers it
is evident that they expect to sell
many of the light machines that are
intended to run what is usually con-
sidered hand-power machinery. Of
course, all of them have "the best
little engine made" but it is wise
buyer who sees many different kinds
in actual use before buying.
Those who are feeding bundle corn
to their cattle must make arrange
ments to have hogs follow them or
the waste will be too great Corn is
corn in this day and age, and it is too
valuable to use as fertilizer.
Hog cholera is doing its usual stunt
in some sections, and the "scare" is
spreading far and wide. This together
with high-priced corn without any as
surance of high-priced pork in the
near future is making things rather
lively in the market centers.
Hog cholera and cornstalk disease
are somewhat alike in one respect.
When they are not present almost
everyone knows of preventives and
sure cures without number, but when
the real thing comes, about the only
thing to do is to grin and bear it and
listen to the advice of the more
fortunate neighbors.
Talk about rough blowing, none was
rough enough to hold the snow that
fell in high wind, last week. turned
over an old bluegrass pasture this
fall. The work should have been
done with a sod breaker, but common
sulkies were used, so the reader can
imagine the roughness Of the plow-
ing, yet hardly a thimbleful of last
weeks snow stayed on It. Such
snow is of little benefit to the wheat,
for none stays on smooth wheat
field.
Specializing in anything that is high
in price is risky, but it has seemed
that high-priced cattle have sent more
spectators to the wall in rural COM
munities in years past than any other
one thing. When l hear of a poor
man taking flyer in high-priced cat
tie, even if it is young stock and
capable of growing into money, Ifear
for the outcome. The trouble fire.
quently is, the cattle may not grow
into money any faster than the price
goes down in market, while there is
the interest on the debt to be reckoned
with, besides.
The hog raiser has been living over
a dynamite bomb all fall, which is the
widely scattered disease known as
cholera. 1t has cleaned out whole
herds within few miles of me, and
l have expected to see sick hogs in
my herd upon going out every morn
ing, but so far l have been lucky.
How long my luck is going to last l
cannot say, but if it lasts a few weeks
longer there will be nothing left on
the farm but the breeding stock.
Old dsofas, cloth-K yered chairs
and all cloth-covefed furniture
can he made to look like new bV