The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-10-03
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stock man i.

With plenty of corn husking to be
done, there should be no excuse for
able-bodied men to apply for aid from
the city or county, the coming winter.
The corn-husking machine does
not appear to be coming to the front
as fast as it might be hoped. A year
or two ago I thought a practical
husking machine had been built, but
repeated trials still suggest needed
improvements. No doubt the perfect
husker is coming. =.
When hauling a short distance, it
doesn't take long to unload a spread
er. Nevertheless, two spreaders are
necessary to keep the work moving
right along when more than one man
works on the job. An exchange of
spreaders between neighbors is a
good idea.
Before finishing up the fall blowing
remember the garden. If the soil is
not too sandy, the garden is better for
being plowed in the fall, then spread
ing with manure to lay on top all
winter, to be plowed under in the
spring. l find it is less work to keep
a garden clean of weeds by following
out this plan.
never have fancied setting out
fruit trees in the fall, nor "heeling"
them in to set out in the spring. l
would rather let the nursery take
winter care of the stock, and buy
them in the spring when time to set
out.
No doubt harness should be we'll
oiled twice year, but l have personal
recollection of harness that has been
in constant use over thirty years and
is still strong. The old, slow process
of tanning leather was undoubtedly
better than the present process, which
is over with in short time. Some
of these old sets of harness mention
never have been oiled.
In Kansas, the other day, a motor
ist ran over farmers dog, the dog
running out in the road and lodging
under the auto. The farmer shot the
motorist with small rifle, inflicting
flesh wound. A jury found the
farmer not guilty. Without in any
way standing up for the motorist that
burns up the road" want to say
that such decision from a jury
shows rank prejudice rather than
justice. The dog that dashes out to
the road after every passing vehicle,
either auto or team, needs killing.
One thing to the advantage of the
work Of filling a silo is that light
showers or heavy dews need not him
der. 1t is often better that the corn
is dampened when going into the
silO, but to put it in the shock damp
too often means nodded and musty
fodder.
1t is now getting the time of year
when nothing but a road drag should
be used in road work, except as
washouts make fills necessary around
culverts. Grading any quantity of
dirt into the roadway at this season
of the year means mud through the
most of the winter if there is mud
1t is never good plan to cut corn
very green, but it is worst of all to
put it in large shocks if necessity re-
quires the cutting before it has reach
ed correct stage. The best plan l
know is to put an amount that should
go in one shock into two, placing
them close together, and when suffi-
GENTLY cured, to double them up.
This makes some extra work, but it
IS better to do it than to have spoiled
fodder due to building the shocks too
arge, or to lie. the fodder weather un-
luly because of greater surface ex-
,osure in small shocks.
If you have been having trouble in
!etting a good we'll near the barn,
lig spacious cement cistern at one
:orner Of the building, run a system
# troughs around the caves, and your
roubles on that score will be at an
md.
Many farmers telephone lines give h
cry inefficient service. Let every h
armer boost" for improvement in
his respect. L
Where the cane gets too ripe it will i
ct make the highest grade sorghum. =.