The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-03-12
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer .snd Stockman.

4 If farmers who have less than car
4 load of cattle to sell would club to-
Igether they could sell their stock al
] the large markets instead Of dicker'
1 ing with someone who is trying to
make as much as possible BY buying
up a load. If each man cattle has a
different mark when loaded they can
be sold separately and the account oil
sale returned by the commissioncom-
pany will show just what each LOT
brought. This is cooperation and
those who try it must remember that
the chronic kicker is never cooper
Sator.
/ People who snoop are disappointed
when they fail to smell out bad odors.
One of the experiment stations is
sues a report to the effect that the hog
that eats the most greedily is the
most profitable. 1t is good thing to
find out that somewhere greed is
worth while; and now if they will dis
cover some method Of combining it to
the family of hogs we will hail them
as benefactors indeed. ...
"A few days ago neighboring farm
er told me that he had just lost $3.50
per head on ten steers in trying to out
guess the buyer on weight. There are
thousands of others that make this
same mistake and never find it out.
The only safe way is tonever lump"
with the buyer who is weighing cattle
every day.
The farmer who never makes up
his program Of the days work until
after breakfast loses half the day.
We had just snow enough for an
excuse to pullou the "bobs" and hunt
up the sleigh bells. Auto drivers are
taking their vacation together with
the ground hog. Some are mean
enough to say that the ground hog
and the road hog will both take a long
look at the weather on the ninth day
of March.
Don't tell other folks your marital
troubles; they probably have enough
of their own.
Don't blame the ground hog for the
wintry weather we are having. Give
him credit mark for telling us what
to expect, also still longer mark for
staying out of sight. If he were like
some other long-distance weather
prophets he would bestanding around
with II told You SO" sticking out all
over him.
One reason some of the men oppose
the equalization of the sexes is be-
cause it goes against their grain to be
refined.
A great military man is reported to
have said that a married man makes
the best fighter. Does he mean toim-
ply that practice makes perfect, ordid
he get his information from the police
court records?
The fellow with cold feet runs, but
not to make them warmer.
The trouble with too many of us
when we find ourselves in bad" is
that we think something or somebody
somewhere needs to be changed and
begin to raise howl about it, with
sut ever giving any thought that the
wrong may be altogether in ourselves.
Men who brag too much about be-
ng self made are apt to show the de-
'ects in the architecture.
The scoop.shovel method of feeding
logs is still quite common and this
:areless method is also used by some
n feeding corn to colts and horses
hat are not stabbed. The only one
Who profits by this kind of horse feed
ng is the "hoss doctor. ,
No man ever got as much fun out
II spending his money as he dreamed
le would. :.
A great many become dissatisfied
With farming because they do not
now how much money they handle
trough the year unless they keep an
ccount. When a checking account is !
ept the farmers salary will gener- /,
lily compare favorably with that of ;
ny other business man.
Sleep isAndoubtedly one of natures q
cry greatest blessings, but that is