The Butler weekly times., 1912-10-10
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stockman.

while travelling along the road. Thi
means the end of the old plank GU
verts and bridges that are unsaf
even for ordinary travel.
| The man or boy who can 90 int
an orchard and pick the apples o
other fruit that he wishes to eat an
walk out again is a gentleman, bu
the vandal who shakess all the tree
in the orchard and perhaps breaks OF
| few limbs should be treated lik
| any other thief.
| You never thought of keeping th'
| dairy cows hoofs trimmed and shap
| ed up? Why not?
! The reports of bumper crops from
| all over the country is being rather
tiresome reading. 1t seems tina
some one might speak a word o1
praise for the farmer for raising such
crops after the scoring they received
for raising such poor crops of the
| past few seasons, or will some pro.
fessor pat himself on the breast and
say, II did it with my little speech
es. +" -
Wrap the young fruit trees early to
prevent the rabbits from gnawing
and killing them.
The silo must still be in its expert
mental stage in some sections, but
they are numerous enough in the
corn so that the farmer who cannot
hear the roar of one or more silo fill
ers from his home is an exception.
A little clover or alfalfa mixed with
the silage when filling the silo will
prove profitable mixture.
1t sometime happens that stack
bottoms are very wet and when this
is the case it is mistake to thrash
them so that the wet grain is mixed
with the dry. They should be thrash
ed so that all the wet grain can be
kept separate and taken care of or
not at ALL
Considering that geese will live and
thrive almost entirely on grass after
the first few days of their lives, it is
a wonder that we do not find them
on more farms.
AT this season while you are haul
ing the crop to market, is good
time for you to reflect on the advan-
tages of good roads, and how much
time and money are lost by poor
ones.
Try to have short names for all the |
dairy cows. Nobody wants to go
through "Polly-wolly- y-doodle-um-a-
day. name every time he speaks to
of COW; besides the long names are
hard to remember.
A hog trough jammed full of
crowding, squealing hogs means that
some of them will get cheated out of
their share of the slop, which is but
another way of saying that you are
also being cheated by such misman-
agment.
Don't let the pears get too ripe,
else they will drop off and be de-
stroyed. Pick them rather green,
wrap them in thin, clean paper, and
put away in cool dry place, leaving I
them there till mid-winter, when
they will be delicious eating.
Study individual tastes in the COWS
and feed accordingly.
After corn passes the proper stage
at which it should be converted into
silage or fodder, it deteriorates very
rapidly in quality. Many of tender |
succulent blades will be blown away
and lost; the husks and all remaining
blades will become dry and almost
flavorless; while the stalks will lose
most of their Juicy succulence thru
Good fences help make good neigh .
oors.
With corn at its present high price
t will pay the farmer well to grind
up one part oats and two parts wheat,
mixing the two in a slop for the hogs.
Using skim milk as the liquid part of
his ration will carry hogs almost to
o the finishing point in the fattening
zen, it being especially conducive to
o the formation Of bone and muscle
rame, on which the load of fat will G
'e built in granting the animals for
market.
All fruit should be graded and T
rated, especially for private market d
ng. Y