The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-08-14
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and stoekman.

! Now is the time to investigate the
merits Of deep and shallow cultiva-
ton Of corn. Take hoe and dig for
moisture in fields worked both shall
low and deep. See where you find
the most. ''
Short pastures put more pressure
on the fences alongside of cornfields.
want the best fence along cornfields
for there is where the tests are made.
It's good idea to look after them
occasionally.
A man is safer to carry insurance.
Whenever l have considerable grain
or hay on hand have it insured, then
if lightning strikes or fire starts lin
any other way l know the loss will
not fall on me.
The time when grading roads
should be done will soon be here for
this year. After the first Of Septem-
Der any amount of fresh dirt thrown
thrown together hasn't time to settle
sufficiently before freezing weather
so there is "softness" all winter.
A good many of the bread bakers
think new wheat flour is not as good
for bread as the old, consequently
there is a demand for all the old
wheat flour at this season of the year
"a fine idea from the miller's stand
point and it gives him a chance to
work off his old stock of flour.
Folks are finding that there is no
cause for hurry about filling a silo,
and that filling it at the rate of few
tons each day day makes just as good
silage as to make shorter work of the
filling. You can take your own time
to it if you want to.
A friend of mine who owns an en-
gine-plowing outfit thinks hecould do
better work and do it easier if he had
gangs of disk instead of moldboard
plows. He says when it is dry
enough for the engine it is dry enough
so disk plows pull much easier. and
pulverize the soil much better.
With a good crew, the modern
baler makes fast work Of putting hay
in the bale, and where man owns
his own baler, am not sure but
what it is the most economical way
of taking care of hay, as it can be
quickly handled, requires small space
for storage, and in case there is
surplus, it is instantly ready for the
market.
Raising or lowering the draft on
collar often relieves Sore that is
starting to form on horses shoulder.
If everyone should see this and keep
the names snug tight on the collar
there would be less shoulder trouble.
Mail carriers are getting autos in
which to carry the mail. Of course,
there will be many days in the course
of the year when autos cannot be
used, but right now, with the Their
mometer close around the 100 mark
and the road is hot and dusty, the
auto is certainly great saving on
horseflesh.
When the cultivators are put away
don't forget to grease the shovels.
When we start fall blowing we begin
the making of our next years crop.
Let us see that the plow is sharp and
bright and that each furrow is as
near perfect as we can make it.
Hens that must fight mites day and
night are too busy to pick up feed
and lay eggs. 1t is no pleasant task
to go into a mite-infested hen house
and fight them, but it more unpleas-
ant to get along without hens and
''hen fruit"
Kerosene seems to be taking the
place of gasoline for furnishing power
for small farm engines. Will this
lower the price of gasoline or will it
raise the price of kerosene? Time
will tell.
Whether to haul the manure and
spread on the plowed fields or spread
it on the stubble and plow it under is
a question that is still being discussed.
If in doubt, try both ways, but
don't let the discussion of this or any
other question interfere with the
work of getting the manure hauled
to the field and spread. A manure
pile is a nuisance as long as it is a
manure pile.