The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-01-22
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stockmsn.

Farmer and Stockmsn.
About the meanest man going is
the fellow who is stingy and tries to
make his wife think he is merely
practicing economy.
Lost treasure may be found, and if
it cannot be restored to the loser it
may be of value to somebody, but
lost time is total loss for aye.
overheard farmer hand his hired
man compliment. last week. After
briefly reviewing the latter's career in
language that was somewhat pictur-
esque, to say the least, he said: "Bill,
if knew as little as you l would get
sheet of paper and write it out so
could have it to refer to any time. A."
Bill, being of a sensitive nature, is
now working in the adjoining county.
The idea that corn will be unusually
high in the spring is leading quite a
number to be too close with their feed.
ing. They have one chance of win
ming to two of losing in doing this. 1t
also is we'll to remember that the lib
eral feeder seldom loses money, while
the grain Spectator seldom wins.
Some of the retired farmers we
have known had become so lazy that
they wouldn't help their wives wash
the dishes on wash day.
Money may not be everything, but
some men straightway forget every
thing else just as soon as they get
hold of a little of it.
The young calves should not be
kept in small pen all the time. If
they cannot be turned out when the
weather is fine, they can at least be
given the run of the barn while the
older cattle are out. There is no ami
NAL on the farm that needs exercise
more than the young calf.
The apples that rotted on the ground
and that were fed to the hogs last.
summer would taste mighty fine now
and would not 90 begging for buyers
if they could only be saved. The saw
ing the things that 60 to waste is one
of the great things we have to learn.
We have had so little real winter
weather that it is hard to realize that
Old Sol is already on his way back to
us with the birds and flowers; also
the flies and the ''is this hot enough
for you" fiend.
Purchasing a secondhand automo-
bile is more like buying pig in
poke than anything that has come
along lately.
The worst impeachment to reform
movement is the sort of men who try
to get themselves on the salary list.
No matter whether the corn fodder
is in the shock, stack, or in the NOW,
the rats will find it and proceed to
make themselves at home. Extermi-
mating weeds and discriminating rats
is easy for the fellow who does his
exterminating with pencil, but those
who go to work with cultivator and
a gun find it impossible. Quite likely
in this case, as in many others, the
pen is mightier than the sword.
Business men say that an open win
ter is hard on business, but it saves
money>for the poor folks, and also for
the farmer; and therefore it keeps
money in the country, which oughtto
be good for everybody in it.
The donkey never will understand
why fool of a man should be called
an ass.
In pasturing alfalfa with cattle the
danger of bloating is great. In fact, it
is never safe to turn cattle in on an al
falfa field when lis wet with dew.
After frost the danger is not so great.
The large stems, chiefly to blame for
this condition are wilted.
If folks would essay as much inter-
est in the welfare of others as they do
in their business affairs, how much
happier this old world would be!
It is easier to stick to the land than
get back to it again after cutting
loose from it. But good many folks
appear to be unable to close their
hearts to the lure Of the things on the
distant horizon. As long as the bright
lights shine in the city and only the