The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-05-16
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stock man.

Farmer and Stock man.
Now is a good time to bear in mind
that the real hustler is not always the
one who gets field seeded or plant
ed first. The real hustler "stays on
the job" until the work of putting in
a crop is finished and is the one who
harvests the bumper crops that we
read about every fall.
"All work and no play makes Jack
a dull boy does not mean that all
play and no work makes Jack bright
boy. A iudicious mixture of work
and play for the boy will be pretty
sure to make him better man and is,
no doubt, the reason why the country
boy "makes good" where his ap-
parently brighter city cousin fails.
1t will not be necessary for any
cornbelt farmer to 60 many miles to
see what silo is like next winter.
There have been many mistakes made
in building silos and putting up and
feeding silage in the past, but now
nearly every user speaks we'll of his
silo and we may be sure that there's
a reason"
A good way to save a lot Of hard
work is to drag the fall blowing that
is intended for corn early, so as to
give the weeds a splendid start be-
fore the disk goes into the field. In
addition to the weed killing the disk
will do finer work, because the
ground will be loose and level.
Next to good feeding the thing that
will make the horses look sleek and
comfortable is elbow grease and a
curry comb and brush. If an extra
polish is desired a stable blanket may
be used to advantage, but with work
horse this polish is liable to come out
with the sweat
If your neighbor is fool enough to
sell his best cow it may be good in
vestment for you to buy her, but be
sure that he is fool and that the COW
is a good one before buying. The
best way to get good herd of dairy
cows is to raise them from heifers,
keeping the best ones and selling the
others, but if you are good neighbor
you will sell the poor milk producers
to the butcher, not to your neighbor.
Planting deep to reach moisture is
often risky. | have often done it and
regretted afterwards, a heavy rain
coming along soon after and poor
stand resulting. A pretty safe rule is
to plant medium depth, whether
wet or dry.
A kernel of corn will stand consid-
cradle chilly weather and Still grow,
if the germ is strong to start with,
but the tale is soon told when the
weather is warm and the soil moist.
The sprout soon comes right along or
the kernel rots without sprouting.
1t is better to raise two good ears
to a hill than four nubbins. The man
who plants too thick invaribly raises
the nubbins instead of the ears.
1t isn't that a man gets up before
sunrise and works until sunset, but it
is what he accomplishes in day that
counts. Poor tools, poor methods
and too much puttering uses time to
no purpose.
In case of bad storm coming up,
and there's a storm-proof cellar Or ,
cave handy, l am always willing to
side in with the man who would
rather be live coward than a dead
hero; but do not call "hiking for
the cyclone cave" a cowardly piece
of business. The bravest man in the
world stands no chance in fighting
back when twister comes along. /
To harrow when you pillow has
been a good rule to follow ever since
those old time wet springs have
hing of the past. have seen the
time when narrowing directly behind
he pillow has proven detrimental, but
never so when the weather turns dry
md windy.
The grass in the pasture is half the
ience. When cattle have enough to
eat they are contented, and contented
:attle never are around testing the
'ences, unless they are natural snoop-
,rs and fence crawlers.
Years, ago when settlers were few