The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-02
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etc, so as to reap the first benefits o
the parcel post, which goes into effec
January |. Several pounds of any
of these articles then can be sent by
mail at a cost of only few cents
which will put a neat extra profit into
your pocket, at the same time giving
to your customer a strictly fresh pro
duct at a much lower price than he
possibly can secure it for in the retail
markets. That's benefiting both con.
sumner and producer.
Salt not only promotes digestion
and assimilation, thus keeping the
dairy herd in good health, but it is a
big factor in causing the butter ia
come at churning time.
Most of us have learned how to
keep our cream cool and sweet in the
summer time, but how to keep it cool
and sweet in the winter without hav-
ing it freeze is a harder proposition.
Where no better method is used il
will be found that part of the stock
tank can be used for this purpose,
especially if tank heater is used.
Ventilation means fresh air-not a
draft.
This is the time of the year when
the fool killer is shopping around
looking for the fellow who uses an
overdose of kerosene in getting a
roYSing fire started on cold mornings,
and'it must keep him pretty busy, be-
cause throwing kerosene on tn e
smouldering embers of last nights
fire is quite general and it is pretty
sure way of starting something.
Scrub" breed" scrub" care and
feed" scrub" profits.
We hear less about the high cost of
living now than we did some time
ago, but the discussion lasted long
enough SO that we learned that the
real cause of the high cost of living
was the cost of high living on the
part of those who handle produce
from the time it leaves the farmers
hands until it reaches the consumer.
1t was, and is still, a case Of too many
fat profits.
Snow-how l hate the sight Of it
now! Time was, when was boy,
that snow tickled me, but now it
means something besides sleigh rid
ing, snowballing and the making of
snow houses.
Well-matched teams are the ones
that command the big prices.
There are a great many things
made in imitation of the genuine
these days that no one but familiar
person can tell from the genuine,
and they tell me the better grades Of
the imitation wear better and are bet
ter to all intents and purposes than
the poorer grades Of the genuine.
One-third oats and two-thirds corn
make a fine ration for the horse.
Renters who find they will have to
change places next spring are already
on the lookout for the new location.
By the first of the year all the better
farms will be contracted for. Rents
are generally higher each year and
the poor renter finds it little harder
pull to keep his end up.
Experiments prove that beets
should be fed very sparingly to preg-
nant ewes.
The concrete feeding floor for hogs
soon pays for itself. Although corn
is cheaper, it never will become so
cheap that feeding in mud pays.
Try burying apples in sand. A
good plan is to use box holding two
bushels. Commence with sand about
an inch deep, put in a layer OF ap-
pies, pour sand on until covered, then
another layer of apples and more
sand. find apples will keep in the
cellar packed in this way better than
in any other way, altho they will also
keep we'll wrapped in paper.
Did you ever know a man to plant
a grove around the buildings or in
some waste corner of the farm, and
regret it afterward? The only regret
is usually because the planting was
not done sooner.
A banked shed is warmer than one
not banked, even if there are no