The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-05-01
FARM 'FlJRROW VS.
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Try putting some sheep AZ II
rough, untillable land, and watch
!. pay you immense dividends from III
! start. /, WA NJ,
Most farms could be made inuc
| neater in appearance and consider
/ able value added to their building
/ and fences by the use Of the pain
, brush about this time of the year
E How about your own farm?
Il Have things all ship-shape aroun,
r the poultry yard; SO the hens viii ID
; bringing in the profits from thei
) eggs while you are making the fielt
crops pay. E
Look out fer sudden changes in thu
weather. They injure the stock more
now than when the animals are &C
customed to severe weather. See
that nothing stands out in cold or in
clement weather.
These are the days when the pn'
wise farmer damages his meadow
lands by pasturing, crossing them
with heavy loads, especially when
the wagon is narrow tired, and al
lowing the washes to cut great bitches
in them, carrying away his surface
and best soil.
Scrubby brush about the pasture
lands shade the grass and kill it out
when they should be cut and hauled
into some damaging ditch somewhere
about the farm.
Have an eye for the small fruit. Il
is easily tended to and harvested, and
by careful handling at canning time,
it will greatly ass st in cutting down
the living expenses. It is more con-
ducive to good health, too, than SO
much greasy meats, GRAVES, etc.
You must help the hog lift by CIV
ing him good care and feed, if he is
to be a mortgage litter. 49, 80
Notice the effects of fall blowing,
done by you or some Of the neighbors
last autumn. Since it works up easier,
forms more ideal seed bed for any
and all kinds of planting, is easier
kept free of weeds, and will prove
of great value in the conservation Of
soil moisture, you surely will be in
favor Of trying fall blowing again this
fall.
The buying Of a single pieceof SIS
machinery may aid you $l00worth in
the production of your crop.
We put an old door knob in the
turkey nest when taking the egg
from her nest She is very sensitive
about having all her eggs taken away
and none returned, and is very apt to
seek out another location for nest
if one persists in robbing it without
leaving anything resembling an egg |
there. If you risk good eggs, for
nest-eggs, the crows are almost sure
to get them.
Cobs make manure unhandy to
handle. Have a barrel in trout Of the
stalls to toss the cobs in at feed time. f
One good reason for continuing to
feed the dairy cows small quantity (
and roughage after they
can turn to pasture is that the ami
mails teeth get sore Tor rather, their
gums, and by supplying the soldier
feeds, the teeth will be kept in better /
for chewing and grazing the /
grass.
The failure or success of many
farmers depends very much on
whether they always are grumbling
at their hard tuck, or whether +
they prefix the letter .'P" to it and
tack their faith to that word-E
''Pluck!"
Hook up the team when the sum-
mer evening is rainy and stormy, /
and 90 after the school children. 1t is
not only dangerous for them to be
out in an electrical storm. but it is
most disaqreeable, especially for the B
girls, to trudge home through the
mud and wet grass. Il
Book farming Is Q. K. only when
actual experiences backs up the theo- 4
retical conclusions of the mathods ad. n