The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-09-26
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stoeh IMAM.

Farmer and Stoekmsn.
We farmers have much to be thank
full for. Good rains continue comm,
at just about the right time to kee]
our corn growing. think half tn
farmers troubles are imaginary. Tn
remedy for these imaginary trouble
is hope and work. Hope makes Ia
Dor easy, and work will give us hope
Brooding over our troubles will pa.
| no debts, and does no good. Worl
| will make creditor wait. It is wis
for us to continue blowing and sow
ing. Why need farmer fear? Hi
products will never go out of fashion
Bread, milk, butter, beef, mutton
pork, poultry. eggs, fruit, and pota
toes are wanted every day Of the three
hundred and sixty-five days in the
year. Work and hope, for the end i.
not yet.
f. l like to see corn shocks setin rows,
instead of hit or miss. It may no,
make the fodder any better, but il
one wishes to manure the field with
a spreader it is easier done. Besides,
the element of ''looks"' counts for
something.
As usual thing corn cuts easier to
cut it low than it does to cut it high.
l find that stub not over four inches
tall also plows under better than one
that is taller.
September is a good month to clean
up all the trash growth. Now and
burn now and there'll be no more of
it this year.
For year or two everything pos
sible had the word "auto" hitched on
before or after it. After wearing this
out the word aviation" was substi-
tuted, We now have aviation beef
and pork, all right.
"Soon be school time" When boy
| used to hate to hear that. It seemed
that school always had way Of COM
mencing just when something inter-
esting to boy was going to take
place in the work at home, such as
thrashing, the erection of some new
building, etc.
The best tool for digger l ever
have found is thing spade with a
16 to 18-inch blade. One can take a
spade of this style and fairly pare out
soil that is almost immovable with a
regular style spade. There is a knack,
too, in using even a spade to advant-
age.
Letting a piece of clover ground
seed itself is questionable practice. |
1t usually overdoes its reseeding or
does it unevenly, and sod of some
thing else forms. Sod bound clover
seldom pays expenses.
The reason why much of the cement
work that proves defective is at fault
is because the foundation for it is not
sufficient. A cement walk, for in
stance, must have good foundation,
one that is not only solid but that
provides plenty of drainage. l find
that the foundation of first layer put
down in the building of cement floor
Or walk is best made of rock about
the size of doornobs. Pound this
down well, then start the cement
work on it, and there'll be little trou-
Die with cracking if seams are allowed
sufficient for expansion and the work
S correct otherwise.
Why not have some musical enjoy
nent for the farm boys and girls, the ,
same as for their city cousins? 6
am convinced that it doesn't pay |
o take off the last bit that meadow
produces in aftermath growth. Some {
tut meadow close, then have stock {
'eady to eat the growth that late fall /
aims make. This is making grass do l
louble duty and its continuance for t
ong soon tells. L
1t has been years since have raised S
such pumpkin crop that it was pos l
'ible to haul them in from the field by G
he wagon load. Years ago l handled c
hem in this way, and it was a regular t
,hore to ''bust" them for the cows and a
logs. do not know that their daily S
eed of pumpkins did the milk cows t
much good, but they do make pigs I
yrow. Since so much corn is cut with S