The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-10-31
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and StockInsn.

As you improve your herds an
flocks, improve your methods of cal
ing for, feeding and keeping then
or results will be unsatisfactory.
You will feel more than repaid fo
pulling and burning those few remain
ing burrs that were missed and al
lowed to go to seed in odd hooks an
among the corn.
A carefully kept account book save
your head, your hands, and your hard
earned cash.
This is good time to plan for al
ice house, and it will not only furnish
much enjoyment and comfort for thu
whole family through the summer
months, but by supplying the neigh
bors with ice at a moderate price, il
will prove a source of profit.
The roofing hog needs something
besides rings.
A good cobbler's outfit will save
many times its small cost in single
season by repairing harness, shoes,
etc., during odd hours. Then the re-
pairing need not be taken to town
to have it done, which means a saw
ing of time and insures the work be-
ing done right when it is needed.
Anything short of three grades of
apples packing, is Improbable grad
ing.
If the storage pits can be arranged
under some shed, so much the better,
as it will not only furnish protection
from the cold, but that dreaded foe
to the preservation Of all stored prod
ucts, dampness, will be avoided. Also,
one will have snug place to work in
when opening or using out of the pits.
Trying to run dairy without
cream separator is like attempting to
steer ship without rudder.
Don't be afraid of storing too many
farm products for winter use. Ifyou
do the work correctly, and have more
than you need, they will keep we'll
along in the winter, often till spring,
and such products soon get to be
good price during the season at which
they are so scarce, as neglect, i'm
proper storage and wastefulness limit
the supply.
Seed corn is an expensive luxury
if placed where the birds, poultry,
mice and rats can get to it.
A farmer out in Nebraska careless
ly left gate open the other day, and
nine of his fine dairy cows slipped
into a patch of second growth cane.
That farmer was nine cows poorer
within four hours, most of the ami
mails expiring in less than an hour.
The scientific name for the poison
contained in second-growth cane is
ong one, and does not matter, any
way, so it is there, but beware of
citing the COWS reach such feed.
The fright side" of a COW should
re both sides.
For the farmer with little ready
money, there is no season during the
Whole year when farm tools can be
ought so cheaply as now. They
an, of course, be profitably bought
n credit, but cash will secure them
luch cheaper. Dealers had rather
acrifice their profits on these sup
lies than carry them over till next
eason, as they need the room, and :
:yles are always changing, so that =
lodels of this season just past will !.
Of be in as good demand next spring
) those freshly ordered.
Careful handling and feeding of =
e weaving colt will mean dollars 8
your pocket.
Will some intelligent farmer please =
IL us why so many farmers hire -
cir hay baled every season, when :,
baler will pay for itself right on the
rm every year or two? Many
rmers, with only few acres of r
nall grain to reap, own a self-bind- ?
;, but when it comes to baling hay, b
ey pay some other man 81 ton to b
it, when they had as well do it y
then slip out and do :.
Tough baling among the neighbors q
pay for the baling outfit. A hay O
ller is lasting piece of machinery,
ID with proper care, will last and
efficient work for many seasons.
We will soon know how much our N
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