The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-08-28

Farmer and Stockman :

These are the days when Old Sol
and the crop killer both shine. The
daily reports from such large area
Of the corn belt must almost make
the pessimist feel good.
Folks are again talking about
blessings in disguise. They say
the present drouth is causing many
farmers to secure a more permanent
water supply, thus they secure a
blessing they otherwise would not
have. How about the man who has
dug dozen wells and found no wat
err?
Hay is going to be hay this year, so
cut up plenty of roughness to take its
place. Plenty Of corn fodder is
good thing to have any time and
especially when high-priced hay may
be saved by its use.
Anticipate your wants in the way
Of corn binder repairs. Remember
that the boxing that is worn may need
replacing before the end of the har-
vest and certainly before the start of
another harvest, so get the new box
ing and have it ready the instant it is
wanted. When possible, like to
make repairs on machinery before
breakdown comes.
The corn shock is best tied around
the top as soon as it is made, not aft
er it has time to settle crooked or the
winds have blown down some of the
outer bundles. l find the shock that
is tied rather close to the top keeps
best-the top hasn't a chance to fall
apart then.
The children should be kept away
from the silo filling machinery when
it is in use. have seen mere chill
dren playing around flapping belts
and rapidly revolving wheels. The
wonder is there are no more acct
dents than there are.
The market page is the popular
part of the daily paper these days. A
neiQhhnr,s mail box is near Hear t,ftr1e,
and l notice when he comes for his
mail he reads the markets before he
leaves the box. AS the saying is,
every man is up on his toes.''
The dry summer is proving hard
on the vine crop. l am afraid my
Yankee appetite for pumpkin pies
must be satisfied for the year to
come out of cans instead of from
pumpkins raised around the old stack
yard.
l believe in the deep we'll, the one
so deep surface drouths do not affect
it. Of course when deep water is
unfit for use, then the deep we'll is
not worth trying for, but where deep
water is good it is the only water that
can be depended upon in dry seasons.
Heat expands and cold contracts.
Heat expands the air of the auto tire,
and those who carry high pressure in
hot weather, over hot roads, are
quite likely to have blow-outs through
castings that would otherwise hold.
Remember to cut down about ten
pounds on the air carried in tires this
hot weather.
1t is not so much a question of hav-
ing to feed milk cows that are on pas
ture, but a question of its paying to
do so. 1t most certainly pays when
the grass is so short there is shrink
in the milk, and very often it pays to
feed before the shrink is noticeably
as it is easier to keep up a
flow of milk than it is to bring it up
after it has gone down.
When pastures are short and brown
like they were a couple of weeks ago
it becomes necessary to furnish the
COWS with green feed in order to
keep the milk flow Glowing" For
this purpose there is nothing better
than a nearby field Of growing corn.
If this corn is cut and thrown over
the fence into the pasture the fence
must be a real fence or the cattle will
soon be in the field helping them
selves.
Trying to keep too many cows has
discouraged more dairymen than any
other cause. With our present
knowledge of the corn plant the feed
problem is practically solved, but the |
labor question is still with US. No
man feels satisfied if he must work |