The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-01-15
FARM BURROWS.
Farmer and Stock man.

II is NOT the man VINO nuSrleS
around the most excitedly who is get
ting the biggest crop out Of the land;
nor yet the man who tells the biggest
lies about his yields per acre.
| If sweet clover will put the ground
in shape to make a good "catch" of
alfalfa it is enough to put it in the de-
sirable class of plants. l have failed
in.two trials to get a stand Of alfalfa.
! The third trial will be to follow sweet
clover. If | fail then will put alfalfa
in the "sour grapes" class and sow
only the common red and alsike.
| A western literary man who edits
an eastern farm paper, took his pen
in hand and advocated the extermina-
ton Of dogs in favor Of an enhanced
sheep crop. AS a result the friends
Of the dog have gotten into his wool,
and those friends are legion. Dog
and man have been on intimate terms
of friendship from prehistoric times.
He is bold, and by many he would
also be called bad man who would
put the sword between pals of such
long standing.
A mighty attempt to keep up to date,
right jam up to the very latest min
ute, sometimes gets a fellow away
ahead of himself.
The use of gasoline is becoming
very common on the farm and as a
rule farmers are careful in handling
it, but recent newspaper reporttells
of one who poured gasoline on cob
and touched match to it intending to
heat up the carburetor of his engine.
1t would have been about as sensible
to have used gun powder.
The most of the fellows along past
middle life who keep harping about
the good old times having been so
much better than the present very
likely were cussing them right along
as they passed through them.
The practice of heating gasoline in
order to start a gasoline engine in
cold weather should be discouraged.
The only safe way to warm gasoline
is to set can or bottle of it in pail
of hot Water. The combination of a
fool, fire and gasoline is pretty sure
to start something.
Contentment looks so blamed dull
to some folks that they wouldn't have
it for anything.
Old Bill Williams says that he
thinks rest is about the sweetest
thing there is, but that sometimes he
gets so dog-goned tired of 1.-THE doesn't
know what to do.
Joy cometh in the morning, and the
Joy rider cometh home just a little be-
fore morning.
Since January first the weight limit
of parcel post packages is fifty pounds
in the first and second zones. 1t was
"some fight" to get the parcel post
law passed, but it is making good"
as far as farmers are concerned.
The winter wheat has already been
damaged by the green bug, the Hes
sian fly, by too much growth last fall
and toe" little snow this winter.
The most of the borrowers are lend
ers of bother.
Give some men the scent ola dollar
and they are better than blood hounds
to keep on the trail.
Do you want to hear of paradise?
Talk to the first land scheme promoter
you run across.
Two men just love the farmer who
neglects to shelter his machinery and
protect it from the ravages of the
weather; one of them is the junk deal
err, and the other is the manufacturer.
Some men are so mean that they
can even enjoy their own stinginess.
Nobody knows how good the day is
until he sees how splendidly it begins
in the morning.
An empty mind gets filled up with
mighty foul lot Of trash. About the
most putrid spectacle to be witnessed
on earth is occasioned by a few folks
of that type Of mind coming together.
In this day of scientific sanitation what
a rare blessing it would be if some
body would discover specific to
cleanse the thinkpots of some men.
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