The Butler weekly times., 1913-11-06
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FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stookman.

Hauling the children to school in
storm is not pleasure trip, and wher
the health of both children and drive,
is endangered by the trip ! believe
in staying at home that day. @s
We are all up against the problem
Of making a little corn 20 long ways,
and some of us are solving the prob.
lem in a most marvellous way. The
horse that winters sleek and fat GER
tainly can be called an easy keeper.
Hearing that want to buy a milk
cow l have been offered many chances
to buy by folks who have "a good
one" to sell. notice no cow is ever
over seven years of age and that all
give surprising amounts of milk. For
the purpose of pulling down long
price it seems easy to make good
milk COW out Of almost any "critter."
After each storm the wind brings a
chill with it that feels more and more
like winter, reminding us that there
is still much to do before we are
ready for winter. It reminds me that
l still have my winter supply Of coal
to haul, and that there is much ma
nure to be taken out of the cattle
yards.
The automobile with water in its
radiator and the gasoline engine used
to run the feed grinder must soon be
drained of water, or there will be an
expensive freeze-up one of these cold
nights. 1t doesn't take much freezing
to burst the pipes of the automobile
radiator, so good habit to get into
is to drain the water out every night.
Fodder still in the shock should
either be stacked or shredded. If
there is room under roof, fine idea
is to shred, then the feed is safe from
storm and is likewise put in better
shape for feeding. Letting fodder ;
spoil in the shock is a practice that
lever did appeal to me, nor do | fancy
pulling it out of a muddy field.
have had considerable experience
With hedge fences and | find that \
vhen you want to get rid of them the n
est way to do so is to get a stump
uller and just naturally take the Il
'hole thing out by the roots, then .
eep the ground plowed the first sea- Il
on afterwards. NJ
Good, bright oat straw is very I, Il
ood substitute for hay for winter q .,
eeding. If there is not too much
lust about it, horses will do we'll on :
for the roughness part of their ra-
ion. Those who failed to stack their
at straw we'll this year will have rea- I
on to be sorry for it before spring.
One can spend good many useful 0
ays attending public sales. l 60
OCCASIONALLY, but never have formed O
le sale-going habit, as have some, -
Tho take in every sale held within
irving distance of their home. l
now of men who never buy at sales, E.
ct they attend every one for miles =
round. They have formed what l N
all the sale-going habit, just as some -
ave the going-to-town habit.
1t is all right to make practice Of
ogging down corn ifthe hogs and the
orn belong to the same man, but if
lie hogs belonging to one man get to
ogging down another mans corn it -
leans trouble that quite often results
! lawsuit that will cost more than
mile of hog-tight fence. Be on the n
afe side and build the fence first, two N
lilies if necessary. 1t will pay for it. dl
slf-a lawsuit between neighbors -
ever does.
The question Of fencepostshas been
obbing up quite often lately and some E
ay it is coming home to roost. In
lis vicinity we can still buy our oak =.
osts at fifteen cents. Ten years ago
e could have bought fully as good
osts at eight cents. Isn't it about
me for us to think seriously of the
ost question of the future.
The road hog has made it necessary "
pass some laws covering the pass
g Of vehicles on the public highway.
he road hog, as a rule, knows the
W, but will not obey it unless he Il
ust. 1t seems that when he is on the u
'ad he loses respect for the law, for
e persons he meets or passes and -.