The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-08-01
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stock man.

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Farmer and stcckman.
The man who sets out to build &
fence that is pig tight has job or
his hands. that will require close at
tention ond good workmanship
When the little porkers have acquired
the habit of crawling through the
fence they can find places to 60 thru
after the owner thinks he has built
a rat-proof fence.
Pastures are better this summer
than last, but at present they are dry
enough to remind us that a little 81
lage would be nice thing to have to
tide us over until fall rains come and
the cattle can be turned into fields
that have been harvested.
One lesson that the short hay crops
OF the best seasons have taught us is
that crop of hay can be raised along
the roadside where weeds had their
home before. We may even find a
few who cut hay with scythe in out
of-the-way hooks and corners that
formerly went to waste. Truly it is
an i'll wind that blows no good.
The fight against the weed pest
should be pushed to the last notch
from now on because this years
weed and next years seed can be de-
stroyed at one stroke.
The man who joins a cooperative
company thinking only of the help he
is to get from his neighbors is liable
to be disappointed and, if there are
many in the company who think only
of the help they are to get without
being willing to give help and sup
port to the company in return, it will
fail.
A good way to get line on a mans
disposition is to watch him when he
goes into the pasture to catch a horse.
In some cases the horse will come
when he hears ''his masters voice.
in others, he will try to get himself
out of the range of that voice. The
observer must draw his own conclu-
sions.
If the horse was a dead thing that
could be repaired by blacksmith,
like an automobile, he would receive
more gentle treatment from some
brutal owners than he does.
In spraying the cows, be careful
that generous quantity of the solu-
ton is put on their backs, especially
just behinp the shoulders, since at
these points it is difficult for the ami
mails to brush off the flies.
It's the stray cocklebur that seeds
the field for next year. always pull
every bur and sunflower see when
laying by corn, and even then few
always escape. 1t pays to get off the
cultivator seat to pull the straw bur.
The farmer gets a lot of free adver-
Using, enjoyment and educational
value out of the fair; so do the farm
wife and the farm boys and girls. AS
IN incentive to stay "close to the
SOIL, J" the fair stands without peer
n every agricultural community.
Now is the time to SOW or drill beet
md carrot seeds for raising the Win
err supply of these products. Carrots
ire excellent for the horses; while the
,eets will help out wonderfully in
orming an ideal dairy ration when
he cows can not secure the much
leeded greenness Of summer. A
!ood, rich, deep soil as seed bed is
most essential, and while broadcast
owing sometimes is productive of
'ood results, careful drilling in rows
will be much more satisfactory, since
ne then can cultivate them and keep
own the weedgrowth. The products
rom the even rows also are easier to
arvest than the broadcast crop.
hen, the soil will be in a more tilla-
lie condition next season by the cul-
walton this year; so that the advan-
ages of drilling in rows make this
le ideal method.
The dust mulch from now on, for
le conservation of soil moisture.
A good garden goes a long ways {
ward keeping down the cost of liv- {
lg we have heard so much about
lie last few years, but the city man,
wing on lot few inches too small {