The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-22

10 90 tnat TINS season.
A dirty cream separator never does
efficient skimming.
Where a stovepipe is erected
through the roof of the shed kitchen,
ii should be raised high enough that
the extreme top Of it is above the
highest point Of the adjoining roof.
This not only guards against sparks
striking against the roof where the
pipe is too low, thus setting the house
on fire, but the stove will not draw
well if the top of the pipe is below the
line of the roof, especially when the
wind is blowing against the slant Of
the roof.
Throw open the barn doors and
keep the building dry.
The way to sharpen a disk is to
pare off the blunt edge until thin and
sharp. A neighbor of mine once took
his disk harrow in to be sharpened,
and the blacksmith, having no sharp
ener, heated each disk in his forge and
pounded it out. There was no temper
left; in fact, most of the disks fairly
turned over when put to use. Thus the
price of a disk harrow went in "find-
ing out.
You wouldn't hesitate to work the
hired man a few hours overtime in
case Of an emergency. Don't be.
grudge him an occasional half-day's
outing for fishing, hunting, etc.
We have just read where some fel-
low presumably a farmer) advises
using strong brine and soap-suds for
lice on the cows and calves. He sure
ly meant to use it in taking their hair
off, for such a concoction would do it
without fail. Strong soap-suds, a
quart of kerosene (coal-oiD and a
half.gill of crude carbolic acid added
to twenty quarts Of soft water, would
sound more reasonable. We use it in
these proportions, and it is fine for
lice or as fly-repellant. Also death
dealer for lice and mites in the poul-
try buildings.
When the COW kicks, siton the milk
stool till you count ten and you may
not use the stool for a club.
When the housewife takesupadusty
germ-filled carpet this spring it ought
to encourage every farmer in buying
clean, sanitary rugs for the home.
They are not only more conducive to
cleanliness and good health, but they
are easier to handle and, being revers-
ible, are just as attractive and eco
nomical as carpets.
A clean, sanitary hog-wallow, with
a good inlet and outlet, forms an ideal
place for the hogs to fight lice. A
generous sprinkling of reliable dip
added to the water occasionally, will
render the wallowing more effective.
One should make close inspection
Of all drains about the farm at this
particular season. Small animals
crawl into the thing and
become lodged there, dying and COM
pletely choking the drain. Often a
Tile gives way and crumbles into the
drain, closing it against the passage of
water. Then, small animals often
nest in the thing, which soon checks
The flow of water. Again, changed
of the earth s surface some
times made it necessary to move en-
tirely or materially alter the drain.
dope" your hogs with a handful
Of wood ashes for each animal, tea
spoonful of soda and half-handful of
salt. This will strike at the root OF
about all ailments in the swine herd
worms! Mix the above ingredients
in mill-feed and feed in slop.
Too many of us bury the Ratchet,
but leave the handle sticking out for
4 good hand-hold.
If you try to nail or tie old, dead
sned bark back to the tree, it will
10 more harm than good, as it will
not only fail to grow back, but will
END to deaden more bark, and per-
maps the tree itself.
Take an idle hour or two one of
:hese days and dig the borers out Of
he young orchard trees. They soon
:ut the life out OF them.
N. E. Church, South.