The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-18

are TWO Ieet deep. Inc deeper the
tank the cooler the water keeps.
They are piped from Windmill
pump.
The gravel used in Elk Fork Farm
concrete is crushed on the place from
stone from pasture. 1t costs 81 a
ton as against $1.4O a ton at Adrian
and haul of 81 miles. Mr.. Argen-
bright had sixty tons crushed to give
him supply for future work. The
wings for his water gates, where
fences cross Elk Fork Creek, are
made of concrete. Mr.. Argenbright
and neighboring farmers formed a
concrete form holding company"
when they determined the kind of
water gates they were going to build.
They had a sheet metal company in
Kansas City build the forms and any
member of the company may use
them when he wishes.
Uses His Own Head
Mr.. Argenbright violates two of the
firmly founded rules Of successful
farming. He has no brood mares or
sheep, thus proving that no man or
set of men have patent on farming
that pays.
"A brood mare is a valuable piece
of property" he says. TT requires
careful looking after. l haven't the
time to give that attention. l keep
twelve work mules and two horses,
the latter for driving. buy young
mules when need them. Sheep are
mighty good things on the farm, but
I'm not a sheep man.
81 can't look after'too many things,
so stick to Poland China hogs and
Hereford cattle. The best sell for
breeding purposes. The others will
fatten quicker than the common stuff
and will bring better price on the
market. l topped the market on a
carload of hogs in Kansas City last
week. A whole lot of waste went
into those hogs, and it seemed almost
like finding the $l,501 they brought.
Mrs. Argenbright keeps standard
bred Barred Rocks. They make fry
ers quicker and more profitably than
a mixed flock. We keep two mich
cows, fall cow and a spring cow,
for our own use. We're too far from
market to sell milk or cream.
Married Men the Best Hands.
Hands? l have three regular
hands, counting myself. In a rush
we use fourth man. hire married
men. They're steadier. Give them
good house, feed their chickens or
other stock and usually give them a
couple of pigs. Each man has GER
tain teams to take care of, certain re-
sponsibilities that rest on his should
ers. You've got to encourage and
trust man to make him take an in
terest in his work, and he's got to
take an interest to be of much good
to you.
Gone of my men, an industrious,
steady man, came here from the back
platform of Kansas City street car,
two years ago. He could barely sup
port his family on the wages the
street car company paid him for being
a conductor. Now the chickens his
wife raises pay for their living. They
are more independent, live better and
have more of a chance to make
home of their own than they ever had
in the city.
another man that worked here
had been a motorman in Kansas City.
He came here with hardly anything.
Couldn't make it street earring in
the city. He worked here as farm
hand two years. Now he has little
place of three or four acres of his
own. He rents adjoining land and
some day he'll own good farm.
Prefers Alfalfa to Glover
'Alfalfa? Yes, prefer it to clover.
You get more of it. l cut it the morn
ing as soon as the dew is off. Then
get it into the barn as soon as pos
;ible, sometimes that afternoon. The
'irst load goes to barn No. l, the Sec
md load to barn No. 2 and SO forth.
IN that way each load is spread out
,ery thin on the barn loft floor and
loes a lot of curing in the barn. Do
lot dump hay in heaps in the barn.
spread it out always. Salt sprinkled
n it helps curing and adds to the
elish.
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