The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-12-11
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and stockynan.

Farmer and stockmAn.
If everyone would observe the
rules Of the road, accidents would be
fewer in number. l am surprised.
however, whenever / 60 to town on
''big day" to see how many ',jay"
drivers there are, meaning those who
are driving on the wrong side of the
road or street or who turn wrong
when turning out.
The public sale season now seems
at its height. Those who plan on maxi
ing change before spring are selling
now. There will be another grist
of sales just before the first of March
no doubt. All property is selling well.
am impressed with the galvanized
steel culvert when it has been put in
right, but when it is thrown on top of
the ground and little dirt rolled
over it l am likewise impressed with
it, but in a different way. Such
humps also impress automobile driv-
erS.
The civet cat Small skunk is not
the pest that it might be when the
crib are filled with corn. They can
60 where a cat cannot, and they are
just as good mousers. They will suck
eggs and kill small chickens, but l
have observed they do not when
there are plenty Of mice around the
premises.
This has been a great fall for every
thing sown since early September.
Some of the wheat is getting rather
large. In fact, it should be pastured
rather more than most of it has been.
Too great a growth made before Win
ter is just as detrimental as not growth
enough. Those who have wheat and
have it fenced so it may be pastured
are saving much feeding.
l have been watching those who
have done considerable of it in the past
two years, and am convinced that
manure cannot be used to better adj
vantage than on alfalfa. 1t makes a
wonderful difference in the hay crops
really making more value by increas-
ing this crop than if used on corn
land. Of cou.se when person has
enough it is enough, but few Of us
have too much alfalfa.
The cost of maintaining good
fence is greater than most of us real
ize. Posts are rotting all the time
and some along the line usually need
replacing every year. Where a fence
is not needed it is better to have none
that is, if you want to cut down ex-
pense bills. Fields divided too much
by fences often cause extra trouble
in farming.
When the wood frame in farm ma
chinery was discarded and machines
were made almost wholly of steel and
iron, it was said that sheds for ma
chinery were no longer necessary, as
being of iron and steel, machinery
would take no hurt if it did stand out
in the weather. This has proven a
great mistake. The all-steel machine
loses strength by rusting and rotting,
not as rapidly as does wood, but to
greater extent than most of us think
possible.
The catalpa is certainly great tree
for quick growth and for post nlateri-
al of lasting qualities. Most quick
growing timber is worthless for post
material, but the catalpa is an except
ton. While very light catalpa is
very strong, and it has lasting abili-
ties in the ground.
The road-dragging season should
not end the first Monday in Novem-
Der just because the township trus-
tees settle with the road supervisors
on that day. The dragging just be-
fore the ground freezes up is the best
one of all.
hauled two ton load on a low
wheeled, broad-tired wagon, the
other day, and few days later haul
ed similar load on common narrow
tired farm wagon. ! have kindly
feeling toward the low wheels and
broad tires for use about the farm,
but this one test convinced me it is
not the combination for heavy hauling
nm dirt roads. The load on the com.