The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-01-29
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and steekman.

n When a man fails he swears it is
luck; when he succeeds he knows it
is pluck. =
\ l suppose that all of us who have
farmed number Of years have no.
ticed what a lot Of tracks we make
around the yard while doing chores
the first day after snow. 1t shows
how many steps we take and each
! track is a mark Of health. / rather
like to make tracks in the new snow,
but when come into the house and
begin to make tracks, it sometimes
raises rumpus. How is it with you?
/ When man perfumes himself, he
probably thinks he needsit in order to
be passable in company.
A few days ago two neighbors drove
by my place. One had load of fiji
ty-centy corn, the other had two cans
of cream. The two had about the
same value in dollars and cents, but
still there is a difference. In a few
days the corn mans crib will be emp
ty while the other will still be haul
ing cream. And in few years, un-
less they change their methods, the
corn mans fields will be empty and
the other will be hauling cream and
raising bigger crops than he is rails
ing now.
1t is probably worth while to keep
peace in the family even if it doesn't
lead to Nobel prize. -.
The tank heaters that are heavy
enough to stay in place without the
use of hold-down rods are better
than the sheet iron kind. They will
longer and can be used in any kind
of tank. When using a heavy tank
heater in a galvanized iron tank, it is
a good plan to lay some thin pieces
of board under the heater. Iron
against iron is liable to start rust
spots.
Corrugated roofing should be nail
ed on the ridges instead of in the val
leys. The failure to attend to this
has cause many swear words and re-
grets, also many leaky roofs. The
little extra time that it takes to put
the nails where they should be is
nothing compared with the years
that must be spent under the roof.
Paying as they 60 doesn't allow the
speed some folks are bound to go.
The man with more money than he
knows what to do with never adver-
tises for information on the subject.
If it is true that fool is born every
minute, some of US are foolish enough
to be quite confident that there must
have been more than one person born
the minute that recorded our advent
into the world. -
He who teaches an easier way is
surer of an attentive hearing than he
who teaches better one.
The hen and the cold storage men
seem to be in "cahoots"' in keeping
the price of eggs out of reach of the
common people," Some years they
have falling out and the hen begins
to "shell out" without notice to her
partners in trust. Just at present
the greater majority of people are
wishing that she would begin to- "shell
out"
In backing out of a tight place, bet
ter look out behind or you might get
stuck worse than ever.
The first fall of snow always seem
to sharpen the edge of the wind and
makes little extra work around the
yards, especially to those who don't
have a "big red barn" that covers
all the stock and feed. But the cows
will milk as we'll in a stable as in
barn, like everything else, will come
to him who waits. |
Some of the politicians are discov-
ering that it is better to be a current
Wilson man than an original one.
Old Bill Williams says his wife took
him for better Or worse, and, by
gracious, he thinks he could have
been whole lot worse and he is
willing to swear that he has been. a
good deal better than she makes him
out, whether folks will believe, it or
not.
It is rather hard to keep the work
bench in the shop from becoming all