The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-03-13
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and StockmAn.

| Il ANN TOn1tOV D.
Farmer and StockmAn.
After an unusually dry winter on
blanket of snow is not at all unwel
come, but it looks as though Old Sc
is going to make short work of it.
The increased yield on one acr
will pay the expense of sharpening
the disk. If the sharpening canno
be done at home it pays wellto give tn
blacksmith a job. Live and let liv'
is not joke.
Last year we cut our oats hay will
the self binder and liked it wei
enough to make this year repeater
1t was cured better than the oats ii
the swath and was easier to handle
especially since some of it had to bt
stacked. Iwould advise making small
bundles and small shocks and to see
that the shocking is we'll done.
A feed mill that brushes ear corr
and grinds other grain is a pretty gooc
machine to have for the farmer who
wishes to get the very highest price
for his grain, but it is a mistake tc
try to do much grinding with anything
less than four-horsepower engine.
It goes without saying that one who
wishes to get the highest price for
his grain must sell it in the form OF
beef, pork or dairy products.
The auction season is on again with
its usual hurly-burly of bills, noise,
free lunch at noon and "other articles
too numerous to MENTION" It is no.
ticed, however, that twenty tons OF
hay in the stack" does not draw the
crowd that it did year ago.
Many first-class nurseries are now
selling direct to the planter, which is
move in the right direction, because
it allows the one who wishes to plant
to use his own judgment in making
a selection. The old-time nursery
agent has seen his best days and has
received many well-deserved kicks,
but there are many groves and Or
chardS on our prairie farms that
show that this was not all to the bad.
If the early blowing is left a little
rough it doesn't worry me, for rains
are most sure to smooth it and pack
it before the time of planting, but if
| am blowing a short time before
planting, | want the harrow to follow
the pillow, unless a rain is in sight.
In a real arid country would likely
change this plan a little, and would
be particular about keeping a dust
mulch.
An incubator can be regulated so
a cold snap has no effect on the
Matching of the eggs, but | find it
doesn't do to get in such a hurry to
"start the thing going that the eggs
must be gathered during freezing tenn
perature. 1t is difficult to get eggs
that will hatch in cold weather, even
by gathering three or four times a
day.
AS a rule the cheap thing proves
the most costly in the end. On the
other hand, a high price paid for a
cheap thing adds nothing to its dur
ability. A cheap belt is a poor in
vestment at any price, no matter how
ow, for it is sure to give out and
cause delay just when everyone
wishes to rush the work along and
finish.
Time now to get busy with the
tanning mill. Putting it off until
seeding time may mean putting it off
A spring in the price of live stock
proves great boon to those making
public sales. Last fall shoats were
selling comparatively reasonable at
ales, but since prices have advanced,
bidders have put the selling price of
hoats away up in the skies. Fat hogs
will have to sell higher than they do
low if some of the sale-bought shoats
ealize their purchasers a profit, for
ONE have been selling three cents a
'ound higher than fat hog prices, and
hey have been l50-pound shoats at
hat.
Unless March gives us great ex-
ess of moisture. soil will work fine
his spring. l never have known it
D come this far through the winter