The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-05-23
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stock man.

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Moldy or filthy grain is one of tn
worst things that can be given tn
calves, as it is productive OF numer
GUS digestive ailments.
Stock will seldom jam up against
tight, well-stetched wire fence. IT.
the slack, poorly-stretched fence o
the loose piece of wire lying carless
ly around that most frequently kill
or ruins some valuable animal abou
the farm.
Separate those runty pigs from
their mothers and put them wher'
they can be given little extra care
sweet milk, shelled corn and grounc
feeds. If they are left among .theil
larger and heavier companions, the
chances are that they always will re-
main runty and Improbable, and you
may even lose them entirely.
When the lambs are ten days old,
there is no danger in docking them
after that dock them just as soon as
possible.
While this is not exactly the cor
rect season for pruning, any entirely
dead branches that have been over
looked among the trees should be
removed, the wound being covered
at once with a thick coat of cheap
paint, to prevent sapping of the
trees vitality by ''bleeding" and
subsequent cracking of the wood
as the weather grows warmer.
Plant the first row or two of space
along the fence in the cornfields ad-
joining the pasture lands to potatoes.
They will yield as much or more
than the corn would, and will not be
such a temptation for the stock to
reach through or over the fence, es-
pecially since pasturage is shortest at
the season when corn is greenest
and most enticing to the hungry an
imals.
Keep your cream test around 30
per cent.
Where the sled is left setting on
the ground, exposed to the hot, dry
days, sun, wind and rain of summer,
the rust of iron and steel, and the rot
ting, warping and splitting of wood
will greatly depreciate its value. BY
carefully shedding it and giving it
thin coat of paint, about so per cent
will be added to its life and wearing
qualities, not to mention its neat ap-
pearance when needed again. If you
can't rustic shedding for it, at least
lift it and put block of wood or
board under each end of the runners
or hobs to keep it off the ground.
Good pasturage for the calves
means a saving of milk, finer calves
and dairy profits.
Try to arrange so you can divide
the pastures into at least couple of
lots, using one of them for a period
then turning the stock into the other,
allowing the first pastured lot to rest
and grow up again while the second
one is being grazed. This will not
only enable you to secure more pas
turage from the same number of
acres, but it will keep the stock in
better shape through the entire sea-
son, tide them over the period at
which pastures usually are short and
dry, and leave your pasture-lands in
a better condition for profitable graz
ing next season-in fact, such man.
agement will place your pasture lands
on a basis that will mean permanent
profits at minimum cost.
If you buy new garden hoe let it t
be thin one, sharpen it so that the
bevel will be on the opposite side
from the way they generally |
come from the factory and keep it
sharp and bright. A good hoe is a
handy tool, but it needs better care
than mattock.
A lever drag laid flat makes fine
clod crusher and its use on the corn
field just before planting improves
the looks of the field and makes the
work of planting a little easier.
Squirting among the clods to see the
scribe mark is not pleasant when
there are so many other things to
look after.
1t is good plan to do as much
work as possible on the corn field be-
fore planting in order to make seed
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