The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-12-05
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and StockInan.


huskers lack in both ways of being
clean huskers.
AS a rule, trash plowed under al
this season of the year rots enough
before spring to not give any trouble
in cultivation, yet an extremely dry
winter often preserves trash about as
the pillow turns it under.
1t seems that the old oak plank in
all bridge construction work has to
60. l am glad of it. The concrete
floor is becoming the only thing for
large bridges, and concrete or stone
is the only thing to use in the use of
culverts. 1t is too bad we didn't bid
goodbye to the oak plank years ago.
When boy | was always pleased
when the first snow of the season
fell Nov, as man, am sorry, and
grow more sOrroWful the more that
falls. Snow costs this country lot
of money every year, but they say
our soil is helped by it. The winter
wheat grower, however, is the OILY
man who is real glad to see it snow.
A little bit of neglect and little
bit of snow and zero weather starts
the small calf down hill pretty fast.
In this case down hill means to be-
come poor in flesh. This English
language of ours is capable of many
meanings.
A friend of mine found his wind
mill pump on top of the windmill
tower the morning after Halloween.
Before noon a conversation with a
neighbor boy disclosed the "guilty
ones,' and the boys said taking it
down was not half as much fun as
putting it up, although they didn't
have to lift much to get it down. A
prank makes fun out of hard work.
Most farms are now "posted'
against hunting. | don't blame the
owners a particle, yet, at the same
time, | never object to neighbor boys
to come in to hunt rabbits. There are
circumstances that demand an i'm
partial barring of all, however.
When it comes to milking fifteen or
twenty cows everything depends up
on the facilities for caring for them,
whether the work is a drudge or a
comparatively easy chore. Trying to
milk in an open yard, with only a
barb wire fence for Il shelter, soon
makes a man feel that clarifying don't
pay"
The first snug freeze of winter
usually catches about SO many in a
state of forgetfulness. In some cases
it is fruit or vegetables that are froz-
en-, again it may be a pump that has
vent closed Sometimes, among
auto owners, the water is left in the |
radiator and that is bursted, if not
the water jackets around the cylin-
ders. Operators of gasoline engines
that are water cooled should also re-
member to let the water out.
Santa Claus will not have the priv
ilege OF taking advantage of the new
parcels post law this year, an it does
not 90 into effect until the first of
January. The express companies
are preparing to meet the rates, "
an indication that they can and still
leave large melon to cut each year.
The way the express companies have
been piling up money in years past
beats any gold mine that ever existed.
Not one man in 100 can build corn
shocks that will stand up any length
OF time without being securely tied
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left that way the fodder and good
share of the corn will be spoiled. If
shocking corn is worth doing at all it
is worth doing well.
1t is time to look after the seed
corn that has been drying in the out
buildings. 1t may be well dried, but
it will gather dampness on wet days
and these wet days are pretty sure
to be followed by a cold snap at this
time of the year. Seed corn may not
be damaged by cold weather ii it is
perfectly dry, but it is not the proper
thing to risk any mays" or ''ifs' in
the care of corn.
A corn shock that is down or part
ly twisted down soon spoils. Pick
them up first and feed them, or take
half a day off and haul them up.
There's no profit in letting feed spoil
after If has been MT in the shock.