The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-30
! FARM BURROWS.
Farner nd,steekrran.

Farmer and SeockmaA. an n re-
A vain woman is annoying, but
vain man is nauseating. d
~ Genius is q great thing, but pers,
= verance is surer Of winning in q
: long race.
When reputation and character u
not run parallel the make a might
is uncertain team. NE
er Some husbands, say what you wlll
Z, would never be- worth their salt
they were not hen pecked a goa,
Re deal.
y Oh, well, 60 ahead and blow you
;, own horn if you want to; it is probably
!" such bazoo as no one else woulf
wish to whistle on anyway. IA
81 People who think the white lie /,
harmless are perhaps a little color
blind. Most lies have fadeless dye.
and there is no use to try to bleach
: them.
, 1t is wise candidate for county Of
flee who makes his call as short 10
possible when extending the "Rlad
hand" to the farmer on almost any
pleasant day from now until June.
An old proverb says that the uses
of adversely are sweet, but good
many folks do not use them at All;
they merely submit to them, or waste
their energy bemoaning and COM
planning about them.
When a man ceases kissing his
wife it isn't because the bacteriolo-
gists have pronounced against the |
practice. A chronic crouch can beat
the scietists in stopping the osculatoryi
game every time.
There may be some truth in the
argument that hauling out fresh ma
nure will cause rank growth Of
weeds, but the thing to do is to kill
the weeds with the drag and cultiva-
tor and watch the rank growth Of
corn.
We may not have as large an apple
crop this year as we had last year,
but this should not prevent us FROM
doing what we can to make it a good ,
one. Try spraying few trees this .
year if you never have before. It may !
bring change of .luck" to you.
1t is pleasure to pull out the ma d
chinery in the spring and know that
all is necessary is to hitch up the v
horses and pull into the field and do a
good work from the start. Rust and G
rot put more machinery on the scrap 0
heap than wear and tear n lc
From the time that the feeling Of :
spring is in the air until grass grows :
is the hardest time TO keep the cows !,
and doing their best at the !
pail. The very best Of dry feeds seem :
o dull their appetites when they get !,
taste or even smell of fresh green I
grass. A {
The time is soon coming when the 4
nan who raises hogs and cattle to sell Y
will find that he must have reliable
arm scale even though he has sub y
line faith in the honesty Of the local. :
stock buyer. Guessing that live stock 4
$ laying on fat enough to pay for 4
heir feed and care is not up-to- date l.
'arming.
As soon as the weather gets nice at n
his time Of the year the agents and <,
of various sorts begin to
;ome around, It is often a sort Of j.
to have to stop and talk to Il
hem when you do not wish to buy d
heir wares. But you can treat them !.
With proper kindness, and good man.
lers cost little money. Agents are
'ften young folks with little expert
nee of the world out trying to- get a !.
title money to help in obtaining an y
ducation. One doesn't have to buy ii
rom them what he doesn't need, but II
Q be rude to the canvasser, as some q
'eople are. IS often very, very cruel u
Might isn't right especially when q
gu might have done the wise thing ri
nd didn't ri
Cd Blu Williams says that the job III
I the sitting hen looks to him like Z
be IDEAL one il she were only allowed e
D smoke. q
The promptness Of the dandelion to B,
praad IL golden banners a. soon as 81
lew warm days come shows what =.
means'to be well prepared before