The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-13
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stock man.

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Farmer and stockmsn.
A silly smile is better than a phil
osopher's crouch.
Golden hours shouldn't be filled
with pewter proposes.
The back of opportunity is much
more familiar with many of us thar
its face. -. -.
Keep your courage up. A whipped
rooster will get off to one side and
crow as loud as ever
Cutting weeds before they go to
seed is one way of making stitch
lin time that will save nine.
Folks who think it is their particular
mission to keep their accomplish
ments upon display seldom accom-
plish much worth seeing.
Old Bill Williams says that the
shade of his cottonwood tree is so
glourious and beneficent that it seems
to him like going back on Providence
not to enjoy it all he can during the
good old summer time.
Spray the COWS to keep the flies
away from them, but don't forget the
calves especially the little fellows that
are kept in the barn. Spray them
and don't be stingy with the dope"
What ttrikes the pen and bedding is
not wasted.
notice that some folks are great
boosters just as long as there is any
hollering to be done. Talk never
blisters the vocal organs nor dimin-
ishes the gift of CAB. Real boosting
usually blisters the hands and lightens
the purse somewhat.
Ensilage is good feed and the silo
in itself has no drawbacks, but if
every farmer is going to build one or
more we can see where we must 60
some to get them all filled at the
proper time. Closer cooperation
with near neighbors is-the only way.
l don't mind a fellow to pass me in
the road if he is going faster than l
am, but for him to push by me just to
get ahead and shut off my outlook up
the pike is apt to give him a chance
to hear some of the things that come
into my mind concerning him.
To be possessed of a happy DISPOSE
ton is wonderful grace. 1t is better
than any amount of circumstances. 1t
brightens all life, it cheers and in
spires in every situation. 1t is a 4
fountain in the desert, star in the
darkness. And it is a little thing
which can plant and cultivate within
himself.
Moving the weeds along the road
sides seems to be more general this
year than before, but there are still
few who neglect to do this, and the
few stretches of lusty weeds stand
out like land marks on prairie. Cut
the weeds even though it is possible
to cut only one swath on each side of
the travelled track just for the looks of
the thing.
The hog cholera scare is with us
again this summer and with some it
might better be called a fright be-
cause they are disposing Of hogs that
are not fit for the market. If the
scare causes the hog raiser to spray a
good disinfectant about the hog yards
and sleeping quarters and keep them
clean and to be careful about feeding
it is good scare, but it is a mistake
to let the scare cause stampede.
Not everyone who undertakes to
make money out Of chickens sue
ceeds. 1t is a business one has to
learn by experience from the ground
up. The other day was talking to a
farmer who few years ago conclud-
ed he Would seed down his land and
turn his hand to raising chickens on
a large scale. He was young and
enthusiastic, and also quite well read
up in the poultry magazines. He in
vested in a stock of White Rocks at
fancy prices, built houses of the ap-
proved sort, and bought incubators. l
asked him how he was getting along
and if he considered there was money
in the chicken business. He replied,
"Oh, yeas; there's money in chickens.
l know there must be. l have put a
whole lot of it into them and have
never been able to get any of it