The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-04-10
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and stock man.


| bear can wrest an exceedingly smal
amount of reliable information on tn
subject from me, since l have SOM
of the same kind, and, for the life o
| me, don't know why they do no
bear fruit.
Provide ample and snug shelter fol
the early pigs these chilly nights, bu
plan sun bath for the little fellow:
every day. Without open air sun
| light, no animal can do its best.
1t does beat everything what lot
of things are bought each year with
the egg money, to hear some women
tell it. | sometimes feel ashamed OF
Gus men" when hear some of the
stories told by certain women regard
ing the size and amount of their pur-
chases, made wholly with the egg
money.
AS far as field work was concerned
the wages paid the hired man for the
month of March drew very nearly a
blank.
A day spent in taking the disk
apart and cleaning out the oil holes
and boxes with kerosene will mean
easier work for the horses and more
satisfaction to the driver. Not only
the disk, but all the machinery should
be thoroughly overhauled before the
work season begins.
The idea that seed corn is almost
perfect seems to be quite general this
year. We hope this is true, but in
order to be sure it might be good
plan to test at least few ears before
Smelling.
The makers of gas tractors are
trying their best to perfect machine
to take the place Of the horse and to
tell the truth they are doing quite
well as far as the machine is con-
cerned, but until a cheap substitute
for gasoline can be found the breeder
of draft horses does not need to wor-
ry much.
Letting things 90 usually results in
folks being unable to make things go.
In this part of the country the sim
gle disk grain drill gives the best
service because all the small grain is
put in on cornstalk ground and very
few care care to rake and burn the
stalks.
The farmer whose COWS do not
average $50 pounds of butter fat in a
year should do some studying to find
out whether the cause is with the
cows or with the feeding, especially
if he is patron of a creamery and
makes dairying part of his bust
ness. Keeping cows at loss will
never build barn.
Grain cleaners now do their work
so well that there is no earthly excuse
for planting or sowing a dose of weed
seed. The best of us have weeds
enough to contend with without SOW
ing more.
A heavy jack knife with sharp
blade is the only tool needed for
pruning young apple trees, but with
older trees the saw and pruning
hook are sometimes needed. 1t does d
not matter much what tool is used, i.
so a clean, smooth Job is done. ..
What are you expecting from the !,
orchard this season? Your efforts in
putting it in productive condition
will answer that when the fruit crop =
S harvested. !,
A spring sign of a poor horseman: i
letting his horses 60 for days at q
ime with the mud sticking to them
hat was splashed there while travel
ng on the roads or in the fields. :,
This is most propitious time in y
which to brighten up the cultivator ;c
hovels, thus making sure that you ;,
re ready for the rush work that will :,
woop down upon us when the corn "
blowing season opens up.
Somebody please tell us why hog 9,
hould be compelled to eat any filthier r.
eed than the dairy COW or the horse. h
+ no one can do it, most of us could .,
urn new leaf in the care of our r.
will barrels from which we feed the -,
logs. r,
Go carefully over the nuts and -,
'olts of the carriage occasionally, es- "
'ecially those of the tongue, double
rees and the shafts, to see that all