The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-23
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stock man.


bumper crops.
1t is to be hoped that the major
portion of the seed corn was careful
ly selected and stored in safe places,
but no place is so secure that it will
not be we'll to look after it occasion
ally. Mice and other vermin will dc
things to seed corn in a short time
if given half chance.
1t is pleasing to note that neither
the farmer nor his work is copy"
for the .jokesmth for the city dailies
at the present time. The farmer of
today is business man, and his farm
is his place of business, and the best
part of it is that his business is be-
coming more pleasant and profitable
as the years 90 by.
A square rod of alfalfa we'll cared
for would be of more benefit to the
learner than a whole library of alfal-
ia reading matter and no real expert
ence.
They tell us that the price of butter
is on the toboggan and that the slide
is creased with oleomargarine. This
may be true, but it is safe guess
that the appetite of the butter-loving
public will stand the slide so that the
ride will be neither swift nor danger
Gus.
Those who are holding their breath
for fear that the markets will be
flooded with beef and pork when our
present corn crop is fed out might as
we'll hunt up something else to worry
about. There will be no flood, be-
cause stock hogs and cattle are too
scarce.
A short time ago, noticed handy
device in farm paper for skimming
ice out of the stock tank, but it struck
me that it would take more work to
make it than to install tank heater,
also that it would take less work to
keep the heater going than to cut and
skim the ice out. Ice is all right in
its place, but it is out of place in the
stock tank in the winter time.
So far the weather prophets have
missed it bad, as none that know of
predicted all this fine weather. am
glad the goosebone men proved false
weather prophets.
The weather makes great differ
ence with all of us, in fact it pretty
nearly rules the universe. The pros
perity of the farmer depends upon
the way the weather treats him, and
the prosperity of all else rests with
the farmer
They are sending bricks by mail
since parcel post went into effect, {
one Indiana manufacturer sending ,
six tons of bricks as samples, each S
brick wrapped and going to a differ f
ent address. They'll soon be send
ing gold bricks that way, no doubt. O
A lone tree is a nuisance out in the '
field. 1t can be farmed around with O
40 great bother with everything but a
1 corn planter, but |, for one, will v
tut the tree before | will cut the d
;heck row wire every time | plant e
~ tree. O
Motorists complain that much of
he gasoline now refined contains too Y
much kerosene. Kerosene in limited /,
mounts is good thing fora gasoline tt
'ngine, for there is nothing to beat it F
S carbon removal, but too much of y
mixed with gasoline kills the power, n
in cold weather. An o.
uto can be run with kerosene, but h,
he engine must be very hot when al
tarting to use it and must be kept e;
OF or it will not ignite readily. 1t is h;
OF best to use kerosene in the place al
+ gasoline, however, as all kerosene OF
DON fouls an engine. tv
1t certainly has been fine fall sea- a,
on for getting through with the
'ork. heard a neighbor say yes
,rday that he had one little job left
e expected to do before real winter
lme, but he has been trying to re-
lember what it is for the last three
avs and cannot, so it must not be
cry important. Aside from the
1ores, for farmer to be out of
b is something very unusual.
Malcolm Ross Dead