The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-03-28
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stock man.

1t may not seem necessary to tes
every ear of seed corn that was pick
ed early last fall and thoroughly drie,
before freezing weather came, bu
strange as it may seem the ones WIN
take the best care of their seed ar,
the ones who give it the most careful
test and they usually harvest crol
that pays them for their work.
High priced barley last year createe
a demand for seed barley this spring
that is hard to satisfy. Those of u.
who must do exchange work al
thrashing time may look forward to a
few pleasant (?) days next fall. Pitch
ing barley bundles on the dusty side
Of the machine on a hot day is not the
kind of work that keeps the boy on
the farm, but like all other hard jobs,
it is not quite as hard as it looks.
Kerosene is better than machine oil
for limbering up machinery that has
been standing idle since last spring.
This is especially true where the ma
chinery has not been shielded. Rust,
gum and dirt make hard pulling for
the horses and prevent the oil from
doing its work if not thoroughly
cleaned out before starting the ma
chine.
City dailies and country weeklies
are having their annual seed corn or
is it corn seed attack. 1t seems that
they are running a sort of educational
campaign to save us millions of dol
lars for which we should be duly
thankful. Now if they would train
the teeming population of their cities
to do some useful work in order that
they could gather few million dol
lars to buy our produce with, we
would be doubly thankful.
If the ears are sorted as to size of
kernels when the tips and butts are
removed there will be little use for
the sorter after Smelling. If the small
Ter sized kernels are planted on the
part of the field that is to be cut for
fodder it may not be necessary to
change the plates in the planter. This
may be considered haphazard meth
cd by some, but it is at least long
step in advance of planting tips and
butts, large and small kernels togeth-
er using one set of plates and trust
ing to luck.
Ensilage is generally regarded as
an expensive feed, especially by those
who have never tried it and wish to
show their superior knowledge about
something they don't know anything
bout. Perhaps it is expensive, but
or otherwise, it is the cattle
eed of the future and the sooner we /
earn the real facts about it the better.
The zip of the circle saw as it cuts
stick of wood makes many of us
ark back to the good old days when :,
re used to bend over a buck saw or II
wing an ak in getting up a supply of
rood for the kitchen stove. 1t was d
OF the kitchen range at that time,
nd does not bringmemories that are n
II unpleasant, but at the same time &
re feel entirely satisfied to let the
Id woodpile 60 and use kerosene for n
lmmer fuel and we are entirely sure s
lat those who do their cooking share
lie feeling. =,
The soles of the choreman's over
noes should be half soled with leather .
they are to stand the hard wear and =,
ar Of late winter and early spring. 4
It would almost seem that the many
acking plants that are springing up Z
| the smaller cities all over the coun- -
y will make hog raising more profit y
Die to the farmer. The shorter hauls y
ill, no doubt, be Of great advantage !. !.
} both the consumer and the pro- IL
lcer.
Turn one of these blustry days into Z
profit by getting all of the ma
linery and implements in prime
orking order for the rust work that
,mes with the opening of spring.
II necessary repairs should be made;
issing bolts or parts replaced; taps
ghtened; all bearings, chains and
earrings well oiled, so that there will
; no delay in moving right off when
le implements are needed.
If every seed bed were entirely free
ON weed pests at the time of seed
g, we would experience less trouble
fighting down weed pests through
le whole season.