The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-03-06
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stock man.

Farmer and Stockman
Any dehorning of cattle should b
done early, as it is an unpleasan
task at best, and if delayed till "a warn
day or two comes on Immediately al
ter the dehorning, serious result
are apt to follow.
Don't neglect for another day thu
breeding of the cows you are count
ing on being winter mixers mex
season. If they should fail to ge
with calf the first time or two, il
would throw them to come fresh in
midwinter.
Always arrange the rubber boots
so they will dry out after being worn
as they usually are damp inside,
which results in their being rotted
out if they are left in that condition
for very long at time, and theyj are
too costly to allow them to be waste
fully ruined in that manner.
If the we'll for house use is bored
but six inches in diameter there will
be no danger of any of the little fell
lows falling into it. There are only
one or two drawbacks to the small
bore we'll, and they will not even
compare with the safety such a well
insures in the respect mentioned
above, while the lower cost is an
item to be considered.
! If the automobile will require over
hauling before it can be brought into
active service again in the spring,
now is the time to turn it over to the
repair shop. The repair men are
not rushed at this time as they will
be in the spring, so will do you
better job; while you will be sure of
having the machine ready for eff
cient service the very first day it is
needed.
Use the thermometer in the dairy
summer and winter.
Arrange to coop every brood of
chicks separately. Where more than
one hatch is confined in the same
coop, the smaller ones are crowded
underneath; often smothered or killed
by being trampled on. Then they
cannot be expected to secure their
share of the feed, if fed with the
larger chicks; so that the coop of
mixed sizes will turn out most un-
profitably. More coops will be need
ed later in the season, anyhow, as the
chicks grow in size, and by cooping
each hatch separately, the trouble
of moving the chicks around will be
avoided.
Buy feed grinder, and do your
own grinding of grain, thus saving
the time you lose in going to the mill, l
At the same time cheating the miller
out of his toll.
Few of us, even we who preach an Y
abundant water supply for the poul- r
ry, realize its vast importance. In $
he first place, an egg is 60 per cent $
water, which goes to show how i'm n
'ortant it is that the layers have $
'lenty of water at all times. Then +,
lfter eating meal of dry grain, S
water relieves the thirst of the bird
md promotes ideal digestion. Again !.
when the layer is about to deposit an = =
Egg, she feels the need Of a drink, ~
md after the work is done, a cooling a
lraft of water lowers the tempera- =
ure of her egg-producing organs
md soothes her entire system. ii
often hear it argued that manure II
will return more put on the best land y
# the farm than on the poorest. Per- al
laps this is the truth, but no good "
armer will let his poorer soil be- II
ONE still poorer at the epense of n
making big showing where the soil 81
) naturally richer. v
Don't let the word automatic"
Dol you into neglecting the incubator. a
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