The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-06
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and stockman.

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Farmer and stockmsn.
A mild temper is a great blessin
of a hot day.
Better the nose always on the grind
stone than always in other people
business.
The bottom ofan empty pocketbool
, affords a mighty cherries view I
; contemplate.
Some folks would as lief be bin,
: as to have eyes that wouldn'tmagnif.
the faults of others little.
J It is rather inconvenient to hav'
} an automobile on hands when yol
can't get little gasoline on credit il
a pinch.
Rolling stones gather no moss, bu
there is money in rolling them of
your fields and converting them into
building material.
It looks as though the guesstima'
tors will have to revise their figures
regarding the yield of small grain.
Hot muggy days are not the kind
that make heavy heads on the grain.
1t is not too early to plan for at
tending at least one fair this year.
Even though nothing is learned the
new scenes and the change from the
grind" will put new life into any
man or woman.
Pastures are holding out well in
spite of the hot spell we are having.
1t may be that the rain we had in
June is great help in keeping them
green, but where themanure spreader
was used the grass seems to have
even a deeper shade of green.
The first step toward waterworks
system on the farm is never.failing
we'll that will exclude all surface wa
ter and impurities. After that the
pipes can be laid to carry water
where it is wanted and they carry it
easier than<any man or woman.
These are hot days for working in
the fields, but when there is breeze
we get every advantage of it. 1t is
cooler in the fields than in the house.
We can only imagine what real hot
day is like in the larger cities, but
our imaginations are rather lively at
times.
A shadeless pasture is but only a
little better than a place of torture
for the cows when the "johy red sun"
gets down to business on still day.
Box elders will stand as much tramp
ing as any planted tree and make a
dense shade. Plant a few on a knoll
in the pasture for the benefit of the
cows and your pocketbook.
The prevailing color of the field
flowers will soon be yellow, possibly
symbolizing what the harvests will
mean to the farmers. The sunflow-
ers, the wax plants, the niggerheads,
the goldenrods, and many other way.
side flowers wave their yellow ban.
ners to the passing automobiles. 1t
is a golden season in golden year OF
a golden age, even it the sun does
shine hot and the dust gets into our
eyes.
Uncle Bob is pretty we'll along in
years and is somewhat decided in his
opinions. He has never felt friendly
toward automobiles, but few days
ago when l thought to joke him by
asking when he was going to buy one,
he said he had been thinking that
when he could afford it and he could
see it to be an advantage to His bust
ness he would get one. But" he
said, there are a mighty lot Of farm
ers around here who would be better
farmers if they put their automobile
money into better Improvements and
their automobile time into doing their
farm work more thoroughly"
A bald head is not always proof
hat a man is not led around by the
Foretop.
Some farmers retire to take life |
Easy, and then proceed to take the
faults Of their neighbors good deal
harder. /!
An old song says, kind words new
n die, never die, never die" but
when folks talk to me
lbout their neighbors l wonder if the1
most Of them aren't comatose. II
While making a visit a few days
lgo passed a farm on which there
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