The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-10-17
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stock man.

most of these jobs cannot be dor
after the corn harvest, because
the condition of the weather, grount
etc. Late fall blowing, repairing {
fences, setting all posts for any buile
ing or fencing, repairing the cor
cribs, lacking up cracks about tn
barn-these and dozens Of othe
odd pieces of work about the farm
if cleaned up now, will save yo
much time, labor and patience whel
| you get right down to business il
corn husking and don't want to stop
Be neighborly, and you will hav,
neighbors.
Blinds on the nervous horse are a.
fuel added to fire.
Borrowed tools that are not worth
taking home the minute you are
through with them are not worth
loaning.
Save much valuable grain and fur
nish the stock with a cleaner, more
wholesome feed by making every
crib and granary rat and mice proof.
Exposure to chill rain is Just as
detrimental to any ailing dumb ami
NAL, especially the horse, as it is to
an ill human being, but how many
consider it so?
1t is just as sensible and profitable
for every farmer to keep good sires
OF his own from year to year, as it is
for him to raise and select his own
seed oats, wheat and corn.
See that there are no leaks in the
water troughs leading to the cistern,
so there will be bountiful supply of
water caught and stored away in it
by these fall rains for winter use.
Just because you have some sur
plus products, is no reason why you
should waste them. Many people
are waiting the opportunity of buying
such things, and you owe it to your
self to save the money they would
bring in.
A library of good books pertaining
to every branch of farming and stock
raising, should have place in every
sarmer's home, where the whole
'amily, especially the boys and girls,
IAN have access to them for pleasure
md profit at all times.
You wouldn't have horse on the
'lace that you couldn Head anywhere
'ou wished, and the same rule ought
o apply to tie cows. There are
lines without number when lot of
ime, patience and labor could be
aved if the COW were only halter
wise.
Where any of the stock have made :
raid on the cornfield, one should
AXE sack and 90 through that part ,
hey raided, gathering up all the ears i
hat have been knocked off and not
aten, as these soon mold and be- c
ONE unfit for feeding if left in con- +
act with the ground very long.
Secure neat design of oilcloth
nd line the kitchen walls and ceiling f
nth it. This will not only econo- Il
lize by making it unnecessary to pa o
err this room so often, but it will c
ender the housewives labors much r.
ghter, by enabling her to take a b
cloth and keep the kitchen IL
can with very little effort and at al
ractically no expense. c;
People are coming to understand
ore and more that it is the many h
tile things which count up and total S,
e big things; so you, Mr.. Farmer II
N realize neat saving by taking in
e wife and children into the garden fe
lie OF these fine, fall days and Sc &C
citing all kinds of seeds for next tn
ar's planting. There's no Use in tn
nding away for these seed sup
les every spring, when the money bi
i'd out for them had as we'll be ex
we'd. Gather the various seeds, th
e that they are properly cured be- in
put away, and store them in clean II
'th bags or glass jars. Inspect en-
EN- occasionally during the winter, an
guard against the worms, bugs or tin
9TH stealing a march on you and no
stroying them.
Prices OF all kinds of grain are fiji,
YER than they have been for some sid
lie, but this does not worry the sa,
mer who has stock enough to eat do
the grain raised on his farm. II flo
he farmer who will not have anv Wi