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

1t by preventing it.
Plan to have a number of STAG
\, yards; then, should the lightnin
strike a stack, the loss will not be S
great.
With the prediction that dollar:
bushel wheat has come to stay,
seems that more farmers would so,
this crop as rotation, which not onl
brings in big profits, but greatly a:
sists in resting and upbuilding tn
soil.
Keeping the colts feet trimme
prevents large and ill-shaped ankles
Are those veneers or building pa
pers still wrapped about the youn!
orchard trees to protect them from
rabbits? If so, be careful how YOU
remove them suddenly, thus exposing
their tender bark to the clustering
sun after it has been protected from
it so long.
A small boy at little cost will re-
move those unsightly milkweeds and
others from the grain fields, thereby
improving the quality of the grain
when thrashed. Besides, you'd be
amazed to learn the amount of mois-
ture these pests rob from the soil
when it should be given to the ripen-
ing grain.
With all kinds Of eatables so high,
it will pay big for the farmer to give
special attention to the canning and
storing of various fruits and vegeta-
bles. Get the wife a canning outfit
and greatly lessen this heretofore la
bcrious job Of canning. Aside from
your own canning, you could can suf-
ficient for your neighbors often to
pay for the outfit the first season.
Get busy now with shaping up the
live stock you will exhibit at the fair
1t is a mistake to lose the knack of
swinging the scythe. 1t does not take
long to cut hay enough to last two or
three days next winter in hooks and
corners that can not be reached with
a mower and it is about the only
weapon that can be used against the
weeds.
Veal calves bring a good price
when they have had the right kind of
feed and care, but they do not bring
a higher price per pound than the
finished steer and it is doubtful if
they make better profit on the feed
consumed. 1t is the scrub that gets
scrub care that brings loss and disap-
pointment to its owner.
If grown person who has lived in
a large city all of his life should see
field Of flax in full bloom he would
realize that all Of the beautiful things
are not crowded into the cities. If he
should express unbound admiration
at the sight of a field of blooming
wild mustard he would be pretty
sure to get into dispute with his
farmer friends.
Three pairs of bundles set up in
the form of long shock with one
pair on each side makes a very good
round shock and if heavy rain
makes it necessary to turn" the
shocks it is easily done by moving
the side pairs to the ends.
The part of the corn plant that is
below the surface Of the earth is not
Of any value in dollars and cents, but
we must learn to handle it with care
because that is where pork, beef,
corn syrup and hundred and one
other good things come from.
Now is the time to prevent a whole
ot of snow shoveling next winter by
cutting the weeds along the roadside,
you know where.
Oats in stack that have been mown
or roughage will require covering
If good meadow grass to protect
hem from rains, as the oat hay will
ldmit water more readily than the
'ther grass. Long, slough hay makes
he ideal covering in such cases. Il
Brush the sweat and CRIME from
he horse collars.
A taste of lemon occasionally, pre-
'ents excessive drinking of water.
Remove the hot, sweaty harness
rom the horses while they rest at
oon.
The dry, hot weather causes the !,
ence posts to become loose in the
round and lean or fall down, which
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