The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 26, 1911, Page 6

Over One Hundred Thousand Dollars in the Surplus Fund The Walton Trust Co., of Butler, Mo., now has $100,902.87 in the surplus fund, made from net earnings over and above dividends paid. This makes the Walton Trust Company the STRONGEST financial institution in southwest Missouri. Will issue Time Deposit Certificates payable in six or twelve months, bearing five per cent interest, for any idle money you have. Loans money on farms on LONG TIME AT LOW INTER- EST RATES. We own and keep up with the records a complete Abstract of Title to all land and town lots in Bates county. Always have Safe Farm Mortgages on hand For Sale. Hundreds of investors have been buying our mortgages contin- uously for forty years WITHOUT LOSING A DOLLAR OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST or paying anything for expenses. DIRECTORS Frank Allen C. A. Allen Dr. T. C. Boulware John Deerwester C. H. Dutcher A. B. Owen John E. Shutt W. W. Trigg Frank M. Voris Max Weiner J. B. Walton Wm. E. Walton Walton Trust Co. Selecting and Judging Corn Principal Points to Observe jC. B Hutchinson, Instructor In Agron-| omy. College of Agriculture, University of Missouri. The same reasons that make it nec- | essary to select animals carefully in| Selection of Corn for Show. essary to select ears of corn care-| fully if one wishes to make better corn. A good ear of corn will pro- duce other ears like it if ccaditions are favorable and for this reason only good ears should be selected for plant- | thirty of the best ears to be found ing. If we should all take as much | and lay them out on a board side by care in selecting our seed corn as the | side. Then go over them with the breeder of animals does in selecting | characteristics of a good.ear in mind animals, the yield of corn in Missouri | and study them carefully. An hour would be greatly increased. | spent in picking out the good and bad single ear. is well to first select twenty-five or At fairs and other places where re i =..|corn is shown for premiums it is cus- Digeuins lye sock alee make) Uae |tomary to show ten ears together as ja sample, and consequently in judging such samples the ten ears must be considered as a whole instead of a In selecting a sample it seed one should have definitely in mind the characteristics of a good ear of corn. A good ear may be described as follows: The ear should be from 9% to 10% inches long and 7 to 7% In selecting corn for show, or for | points of the various ears one after another will help very much in decid- ing which ears will make the best exhibit. Finally pick out the most ideal ear in the lot and use it as a Standard in selecting the other nine. Bear in mind that one of the most im- A GROWING BUSINESS whether it be that of the farmer. or the merchant, should be associated witha bank that is both willing and able to meet its requirements. The Farmers Bank of Bates coun- ty has a Capital of $50,000.00 and Surplus and Profits of $38,000.00. It has efficient organization and unex- celled facilities for meeting the needs of its constantly increasing number of patrons. By establishing connect- ions with this well managed bank you are assured of co-operation in furth- REXALL Remedies r ~- Are far ahead of any line of remedies we have sold One for Each Ailment and the Formula of same The Rexall Drug Store WANTS YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS You always get the MOST ofthe BEST for the LEAST money and always secure prescriptions containing frésh pure drugs You select your physician with great care. Do you use the same caution in selecting the druggist to fill your physician's pre- scriptions? W. Hess The Rexall Drug Store, Butler, Mo C. inches around, measured at a point one-third the distance from the butt! portant points about a good sample to the tip. It should be practically | of corn is what is known as uniform- the same diameter from end to end; /ity of type. By this is meant that that is it should not be distinctly ta-| every ear should look as near alike pering. The rows of kernels should | every other ear as possible. They The Kind of Butt and Tip Which Is Desired, But Not Often Found. be straight, and the kernels should be should all have the same shade of | of such shape that they will fit tightly color, the same size, the same shape, | ering the interests of your business. Your account is invited whether large or small. Our Service Means Profit to You 1880+ 31=1911 For thirty-one years this bank has afforded the people of this vicinity the advantages of a secure banking institution. / MISSOURI \' { PACIFIC Low Rates One Way WEST AND NORTHWEST One-way colonist tickets will be sold every day from September 15th to October 15th to California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, British Columbia, Alberta, etc. Go via Scenic Colorado Through the Royal Gorge Stopovers allowed at many points. Excellent service. These tick- ets are honored in chair cars, also in Tourist Sleepers upon payment of berth rate. Our nearest agent will give you information, or you may address our Joplin office for complete details. Frank P. Prosser, D. P. A., E. C. Vandervoort, Agent Joplin, Mo. Butler, Mo. | IRON \ MOUNTAIN, terials like these, the better the sows together with no furrows left between the rows. The butts should be well rounded out with kernels evenly ar- ranged around a cupshaped cavity about one inch across. The tips should be well filled out to the end with deep, even kernels. The ker- nels of the ear should all be very nearly the same size and shape. They should be wedge-shaped but not point- ed; they should have large: smooth hearts or germs not blighted, nor dis- colored. The length of the kernel should be about one and onehalt times as great as its width at the widest part and it should be of the same thickness from one end to the other. The kernels shoyld show no mixture with corn of the opposite color. The cob should be of medium size, neither very large nor very small. A GOOD MISSOURI CROP. Soy Beans, Used in Connection With Corn, Furnish Excellent Hog Feed. As a grain crop to use in connec- tion with corn for crowding the spring crop of pigs to market, the soy bean is a very valuable crop. It is! essentially a grain plant, very rich in protein, and while the hogs are running on soy beans they should have access to corn to balance the/ ration. While the corn does not con- tain enough protein for ¢he best re- sults, soy beans contain more than is profitable to feed, and the com- bination of the two grains is there- fore much better. The soy bean matures about the same time as a medium early corn, like Reid's Yellow Dent, and the two crops could be grown in the same field, so that the hogs could have ac- cess to both without further labor. If this is not feasible, the corn should be thrown to the hogs every day. The early yellow variety is recommend- ed, sown in drills about thirty or forty inches apart, using about three Pecks to the acre, and cultivate shal- low until the plants completely shade the ground. The hogs should be turned in when the pods first begin to ripen. : The soy bean is regarded as some- what better for finishing a buach of hogs than the cowpea; at the same time, if one does not care to bother with so many different crops, the cowpea may be used instead with satisfactory results. For brood sows in winter and early spring it is always advisable to give them access to a piece of early sown rye or wheat and to let them have a limited amount of nicely cured clover, alfalfa, or cowpea hay by way of variety of feed. Sorghum stalks. grown as is customary for the production of syrup, in Mmited quan- will do. nnnnrrnnmnrwmnnmnrrrrrrreereemnnnnenes | the same color of cobs, the same char- acter of kernels, whether rough or; smooth, wide or narrow and be true | to the type of the variety. Each ear should measure up to the score-card | standard for the variety in both! length and circumference and should | be solid, well matured, free from dam- | aged grains and all indications of | mixture. Keep in mind the idea of |“mates” as if selecting a show team of driving horses or a herd of cattle ;or other stock. Show corn is seed }corn and all of the ears should be | alike so that the product may be uni- form. For the purpose of determining the depth and shape of kernels, the char- | acter of the germ and the size of the cob, two kernels may be removed from the same side of the ear but no other kernels should be missing. CARE ‘OF BREEDING’ ,EWES. By F. 8. Mumford, Director of Ex permient Station, Missouri Ag- ricultural College. In handling successfully a flock of breeding ewes it must never be for. gotten that they are breeding ani- mals. and that the kind of treatment most successful for the production of strung, healthy lambs is not necessa- rily the best for a flock of fattening lambs or wethers. A prime essen- tial for the successful handling of} breeding ewes is abundant exercise throughout the year, and especially during the winter. It is a grave mis- take to confine the ewe flock to lim: ited quarters during winter. Shelter is necessary, but warm shelters are to be avoided. An ideal shelter for sheep of any kind is a shed tightly built on the north, east and west sides, but entirely open to the south. Sheep suffer more from cold wet rains than from any other cause ip the winter. If they can be protected from such rains and given a dry Pace to lie down in, they will have been supplied with the best possible conditions for such animals. Organized 1880 Open Your Account Now Identify yourself with a bank whose record has stood the test of time, and whose suc- cess is the result of correct banking principles and conservative management. Missouri State Bank Capital and Surplus over $70,000 | Farm Laas | Abstracts Investments nish abstracts to an: examine and perfect titles to same. | W. F. DUVALL, President, - Arthur Duvall, Treasurer. DUVALL-PERCIVAL TRUST C0. CASH CAPITAL, $50,000. FARMERS BANK BUILDING, BUTLER, MO. We have money to loan on real estate at a low rate of interest with privilege to pay at any time. We have a complete set of Abstract Books and will fur- y real estate in Bates county and We will loan your idle money for you, securing you interest on good security. reasonable interest on time deposits. J. B. DUVALL, Vice-President, W. D. Yates, Title E: We pay Sheep often suffer from external parasites as well as from internal troubles. The most common exter. mal parasite is the ordinary sheep tick. The pest is nearly always pres- ent, especially in flocks of open wooled sheep. Fortunately it is not difficult to check the ravages of this mite. All sheep should be dipped in the fall before they are put into winter quarters. A dipping tank should be used in order to accom: plish the work with the least ex- pense and labor. Many of the dips which gre on the market have been used successfully. The addition of lye to the solution will make it more effective. After dipping, the sheep should not be exposed to the cold wntil dry. , Clock-like regularity in the feeding @nd watering of cattle on full feed fs of the utmost importance. If pos sible the same man, even, should / MISSOURI \ (PACIFIC IPON Was ON SALE DAILY. WINTER S TOURISTS RATES Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Cuba, Georgia, New Mexico, Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Mexico, South Carolina, etc. Homeseekers rates on 1st jand S34. Tuesdays of every month to ee cee