The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-09-12
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stockman.

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causing folks to take notice that il
may be question Of stock to eat the
corn, rather than the corn for stock
to eat.
It is best that every thing should
attain maturity without being stunted
whether it be stalk of corn or a hog
or a steer. This thing of roughinQ
stock at a certain time because
it is cheaper, l take no stock in.
If any animal is worth keeping at all
it is worth keeping well.
The hay business comes far from
being profitable this year as it was
last. Roughness besides hay is plen-
tiful everywhere, in fact it will 60 to
waste on farm after farm in every
locality. The scarcity of live stock is
going to cut quite figure in keeping
the price of hay down, too.
The modern farmer is realizing
that the cheapest way to farm is with
machinery rather than with muscle.
The other day l sold good sulky
pillow cheap and replaced it with a
gang. l made up my mind that if
the sulky had to be thrown aside en-
tirely it would pay to do it and get
the gang pillow, but the dealer al
lowed me ten for the sulky, so we
traded.
The county fair may be ''the same
thing over again" each year, but,
nevertheless, am always on hand at
least one day. 1t does one good to
get away for the day, even if the
folks from over the country are about
all that we care to see on the grounds.
l for one can forgive a country fair
organization if they will present one
good exhibition of baseball, if they
are able to put up no other creditable
exhibits.
There is no way to keep the boy on
the farm that thoroughly and actually
despises the work that must be done
on farm. 1t is not treating such a
boy right to compel him to stay on the
farm until he is of such an age that
he starts on unequal terms with 9TH
ers to learn a trade or profession.
l believe in keeping the boys and
girls on the farm all .ight-if they
like the farm. | would do all l could
to cause them to like the farm.
A hedge fence that you are trying
to keep nicely trimmed grows wheth-
er crops do or not. l have a few rods
of hedge that invariably needs a bar
bering just when l usually feel the
need of rest.
This is the season of the year when
cattle test the fences, particularly if
an attempt is made to grow corn
right up to the pasture fence. like
a wide turn row between the corn
field and the pasture fence. 1t is
when corn grows so close
that it may almost be reached between
the wires.
These dry, hard roads are severe
on the horses hoofs. so keep them
well-trimmed and shaped up.
Corn cutting will not be long in
coming now, but this is one job | do
not like to rush, that is, to rush othe
extent of beginning a little too soon.
| think more commence cutting corn
too soon than delay the work too
long. When corn is too immature
there is always danger of moulding
fodder, and if the weather is favora-
BILE to curing it perfectly, always
it lacks the feeding value it
should have when cut rather green.
The disk pillow is great dry ground
plow, but l notice that its sales are
not as brisk as a few years ago.
When the disk plow reached its pres
ent stage of perfection many of the
more enthusiastic were going to have
it quickly replace the moldboard, but
notice that most of the new plows
bought still have moldboards. The
disk plow is all right in it's place, but
it is not an all purpose pillow, like the
Succulent fodder or silage is what
counts. Get after them as soon as
possible.
Stake those rank tomatoes that are |
falling and bringing the fruit in con-
tact with the ground, thus causing |
the product to rot.
With the ripening corn 80 near