The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-02-01
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and STOCK man.

The recent International Peace Con-
ference required the services Of one
hundred policemen to preserve order,
according to daily newspaper dis
patches. l am sure that is worse than
can be said of a farmers institute
that is discussing good roads. +"
It is now time to look up the seed
corn grader and termination box.
The man who wanted to see some
real winter weather this winter, and
has stoutly maintained all along that
person doesn't mind below zero cold
after he gets used to it, has had very
little to say lately. Perhaps he hasn't
vet got used to this frigid temperature
and to pulling corn shocks out OF the
snow drifts.
Don't arm the kicky horse with
another ugly and most dangerous
weapon by shoeing him.
The mice must have known it was
coming; anyhow, they have congregat-
ed in the fodder shocks in greater
numbers than ever before, and many
string has been cut by them, making
the feed hauler say uncomplimentary
things about mice in general while
loading the loose bundles.
The irregularity in milking during
these short days and long nights
knocks out the dairy profits.
It seems to me that too many farm
ers are deluding themselves in the be-
lief that they can buy many things
cheaper than they can raise them. |
recently heard one farmer say he
would raise no more potatoes, except
few for early use in the garden,
claiming that he could buy them
cheaper than he could raise them.
Another farmer mentioned some other
farm product he thought he couldbuy
cheaper than he could raise, and so
on until about everything produced on
the farm had been mentioned except
straight grain crops and live stock.
Even then one cattle feeder mentioned
that he could buy corn cheaper than
he could raise it.
No two milkmen handle cows alike,
and no two milkmen will obtain the
same amount of dairy products at
milking time. Don'tselect your milk
men until you have tried them.
Although alfalfa is dormant during
the winter, two years ago l had proof
that the plant must not be smothered
while in it's dormant state or it will
die. A neighbor had fine field OF
it, Just started the spring before,
which was covered with "a sheet OF
ice for at least two weeks. In the
spring not one plant in thousand
was alive. am sure the alfalfa
smothered under the air tight crust
of ice.
A dealer advertises that he will
show all who call at his place OF
business on certain hours of certain
day how to shell $50 bushels of corn
in an hour with three-horsepower
, gasolene engine for power. should
like very much to see the job done,
under ordinary conditions.
One year put off thrashing so late
in the season that the thermometer
showed zero all day the machine was
at my place. Another year thrashine
was going on at my farm when the
weather was so warm the work hao
Ito be stepped frequently for us att t
"cool off," 1t is about as bad tt
thrash at one extreme as the other.
Il Butchering day should not be put Of
too long. Snug winter now may NEAR
an early spring q hope SOY, and ii
that case it will be we'll for the mea
to be nicely cured before warn
| weather. remember one year whel
winter stopped right short off ant
: there was hardly any intermediate
= spring weather following it. 1t wa
summer many days in March, and al
meat put up after the first days o
February was lost in cure. Thi
taught many of US lesson.
= If snow in the mountains has any
thing to do with the rainfall OF tn
summer following, then look out TO
A Luna Cor in I'll