The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 18, 1912, Page 2

The Dairy Barn Should Be Kept Well Lighted Simplicity of Fixtures Important Matter. One of the most important consid- erations in building a barn for cows, is to have plenty of light. There is no germicide on the market that can compete with sunlight, and it is a great help in keeping the surround- Dairy Barn at University of Missouri |dairy barn should contain as few fix- tures and as simple as can be used. The dust will settle on anything that is used, and it will be another lot of trouble on hand keeping the whole ; thing clean. i. A clean barn helps to make better cream in hot weather. inge sanitary. Just as important, is to have the floor and walls of the barn such as will be easy to keep clean. It is not possible for good milk to come from a dirty barn nor from dirty cows. If the air of the barn smells bad, the flavor of the milk is going to be a good deal like it. A mistake that has been made some- times is to have the fixtures of the barn too complex. The inside of the It is not necessary that a barn be expensive to be sanitary. Simple con- struction is cheaper than more com- plex. If there is plenty of light and ventilation, and a solid floor that will not become filthy, the requirements are about filled. And with these con- ditions the job of taking care of the cows and doing the milking will be a good deal less irksome, and the milk will be better. | Difference in constitution of chickens indicated by shape cf head. The smaller chicken has a “'crow-head,” indica’ ~~ THE STARTING OF ALFALFA; FALL PLANTING ADVISED By M. F. Miller, Professor of Agron- omy, University - of Missouri, The College of Agriculture of the University of Missouri has made va- rious tests as to the methods and times of sowing alfalfa. Thé& practice of spring sowing, either alone or with @ nurse crop, such as is frequently done farther north, has as a rule proven unsatisfactory. On the whole, when spring sowing is done it seems best to sow without a nurse crop about the last of April or the first of May. If the land is fall plowed bet- ter results will usually be secured than where spring plowing is done, The difficulty of all spring sowing arises with the inability of the young plants to reach a sufficient size to, withstand the weeds and grass of Bummer, Usually such sowing gives en early growth of fine dark green | plants which later succumb to weeds and grass. This is not always true, however, especially if the land is rich | and well adapted to alfalfa or if the season is favorable to its growth. Many successful stands have been se- cured throughout the state by spring sowing, but the experience of the Col- | lege of Agriculture and the farmers who have tried sowing at both times gives strong preference to fall sow- ing. : A Clinton county farmer reports: “I sowed alfalfa in the spring two years. Each time I secured a good stand, and as soon as it had made sufficient growth for the mower to clip I would cut it and leave it on the ground as a mulch and protection from the sun,, but each year the foxtail came so thick that it smothered out the alfalfa ; and by fall there would hardly be any | The next year I sowed! alfalfa left. the first of September—got a good stand, made a very good growth that fall and the next spring got ahead of the foxtail. I cut some little hay from it that summer, but next year I cut three crops of very good hay.” A> Bates county farmer, who has gown both fall and spring, states that spring sowing has always resulted in failure, but fall sowing has been a @uccess on his farm. As the condi- tions in both of these counties are unfavorable to alfalfa, such results would be expected. In Holt county and in counties of the southeast, where alfalfa is particularly adapted, very good results are obtained from spring sowing. Spring sowing with a nurse crop is Farely practiced in this state, and at the College of Agriculture has proven iting weakness and slow growth. sudden expesure of the young fa plants to the sun and heat is tsually fatal, Sp barley is also fan sates farther north and igs dered a better nurse crop than con oats, Fall sowing has the advantage over spring sowing in allowing the plants to get a good growth during the fall, thus giving them sufficient start to ithstand the weeds and grass of the following summer. In this case the seed is sown without a nurse crop, sometimes during the last half of Aug- ust. Sowing as late as the middle of September will give good results some seasons, but is not to be recommend- ed, on account of the danger from winter killing. For average seasons late August seeding is much to be preferred, espe- | cially on lands not particularly adapt- ed to the crop. When fall sown, two to four crops can usually be harvested the next season if -the soil is fertile, while in spring sowing the first year’s crops are very light. “AUTUMN PLANTED APPLE TREES ARE THE BEST | Investigation Shows Superior Growth of Fall Planted Trees. The department of horticulture of the University of Missouri has con- ‘ducted an investigation to determine | | the comparative merits of autumn and ! spring planting of apple trees. The results have shown that autumn plant- | ed trees have, in the last three years, ;made uniformly a more vigorous growth than spring planted trees. In one year autumn planted apple trees made double the amount of new growth on all their branches which was averaged by the spring planted trees. In another season 50 per cent more growth was made by those planted in the spring. These experi- ments, carried on over three years, indicate that at least in the majority of seasons hardy trees like apples will do better if autumn planted. Stee Hogs weer made to run around on clean ground and hunt for their food, just the same as chickens were. Neith- er hogs nor chickens, nor for that matter, any of the farm animals, will do so well if they are cooped up tight or kept in a little bare ben. Hogs are healthy when they are running on for- age, and hens lay more eggs. And the interesting part is that there is more profit in the forage method of feeding. Professor H. L. .Kempster, of the Poultry Department of the University of Missouri, says that shade is one of the most important things for growing thickens during the hot weather of vummer. “If the chickens have plenty shade better,” he says," FARM FURROWS. - Farmer and Stockman. The silo makes the best crib on earth for soft corn. The lateness of this year’s crop makes it seem prob- able that more than usual of the late corn will be caught immature by Jack Frost this fall. Such corn may be rushed into a silo and the silage is as good as any, in fact, it is likely | that frost will catch much of the late corn when it has just about reached the silage stage. The silo is a great | thing to cheat Jack Frost out of doing us an injury. If the new low-down manure | spreaders are as good as they look | they will make manure hauling seem. \like a little odd job that can be done while resting up after a siege of real |work. It is a pretty safe guess that ;no “horny-fisted son of toil’ is going to lift a stack of heavy manure a foot |higher than necessary just for the j fun of the thing. | A disc from an old pulverizer | makes a good anchor..for holding the lend post of a wire fence, provided it is well weighted down and greased. A No. 9 wire is needed to connect it | with the post, and if four strands of |this are properly twisted on it will ;make an anchor that will hold any reasonable strain. It sometime happens that the brood sow will not occupy the place pre- pared for her, even if we do our very best to please her. This is when the individual house that can be moved and placed over her in the place of her own choosing comes handy. It must be remembered that a certain great man of olden times also found it easier to move himself to the moun- tain than to have the mountain moved to him. Doctors say that most of us keep | our living ard sleeping rooms too warm. Without doubt this is true. In case of summer showers we often | close our windows to keep the rain out, then drop off to sleep and awake | in the morning with the room stuffy | and our heads feeling as if we might have been on a bum the night before. | Lack of fresh air and an overheated temperature has gotten in its work. It is best to make haste slowly while plowing corn, especially the jaway visiting, unless West Side Meat Market PHONE NO. 74 we started in business. Square Deal Meat Market PHONE NO. 165 Adrian Meat Market, Phone no. 187 Meat Was High When the cow jumped over the moon—but that was long ago, before We have reduced prices on roasts and steaks. Special attention will be given to all ‘‘Harvest’’ orders Just a trial order is all we ask BULLOCK & HARPER in the nets, besides. I have not yet | seen a device that successfully pre-, vents this. | It is not an easy matter to pick out the poor cows from a herd, even with a Babcock tester and 4 set of scales, unless one knows the value of the feed that each cow consumes. There is also a great deal in the way a cow is cared for and housed. Quite often the cow that loses money for her owner would be a money-maker for his neighbor. Do not expect the hired man to jteel satisfied if you leave him alone rith all of the chores while you are you are willing to do the same for him occasionally. {Hired men are human beings and will, asa rule, appreciate fair treat- ment. first time through. If only one hill to the row is covered up or gouged | out it makes one row less crossways| of the way the plowing is done, and ; it does not take a very long row of, corn to pay for a little extra time. | | There are times when it would be/| money ina man’s pocket to have no stock to fat, as the corn would bring more sold upon the market. I know _that I have lost some money on feed- ing a bunch of shoats this spring, but |we must remember the times when |it has been very profitable to use the /corn on the farm and also remember | that the salvation of our soul lies in feeding as much as possible of what | we raise on the farm. Those who have them say the pat- ent high speed tool grinders with ,carborundum grinding wheels are the | handiest things on the farm, atid ill sharpen anything from a’ saw fo a ;mower sickle, as well as polishlng jrusted surfaces. I am unfortunate jin just having boughten a new ball- bearing grindstone, but it might pay jme to throw that aside and get the {atest and _best.._The.— enthusiastic ‘praise of those who have these toul 'grinders would lead me to think so, anyhow. Doctoring up an old mower so it : “cuts like new”’ usually consists in | putting in new sickle sections and ‘guard plates, in lining up the cutter | bar and fitting new clips and boxings |at either end of the pitman. After a ; mower has seen four or five years of ; hard usage the cutter bar lags back at ithe outer end. Nearly all mowers | now have “‘linable”’ bars, and to give | best results they should be kept well lined up. The world keeps finding new uses | for corn and corn products. The lat- lest is a tire-filler for autos, to take the place of compressed air. It is manufactured from corn into the form of a vegetable oil and cooked until it takes on the form of a rubber compound. This is crowded into the casing, no inner tubes being used and the motorist is not bothered with punctures or blowouts. I wonder what next they will manufacture from corn. A fly net, weighjng but a few ounc- es in all, added to a harness makes the combined weight seem heavier by pounds and pounds. I always dread the time when the nets must be pui ‘on and glad of the opportunity to dis- pense with them in the fall. They make the work of harnessing and un- harnessing almost twice as hard, and the line buckles are always catching Twenty or more head of English Guernseys have lately been added to the Westmoreland herd owned by M. | H. Tichenor, at Oconomowoc, Wis. The importation was selected from among the leading herds of England by the veteran importer, Franklin S. Peer, of Ithaca, N. Y., and repre- sents some of the best families cf the jbreed. A number of the importation | have been exhibited successfully at | some of the more important English | shows. The major part of the herd will be consigned to a ‘show type | sale’ which will be held at West- moreland in August. | In 1816, so the records have it, there was frost every month in the year in all of the territory which is now comprised in the corn-belt States. In the New England states snow fell nearly every month of that year. Crops were practically a fail-! ure; except in the far south. When you get the blues, think of 1816 and become satisfied with conditions as they are. | DON’T BE MISLED j Butler Citizens Should Read and Heed | This Advice. | Kidney trouble is dangerous and} often fatal. Don’t experiment with something new and untried. Use a tested and proven kidney remedy. | Begin with Doan’s Kidney Pills. | Used. in kidney troubles 75 years. Doan’s have cured thousands. Are recommended here and every- where. A Butler citizen’s statement forms convincing proof. It’s local testimony—it can be in- vestigated. M. T. Duncan, 620 W. Pine St., Butler, Mo., says: “For several years I suffered intensely from kid- ney complaint. There were severe pains in my sides and the kidney se- cretions bothered me. After using several remedies without benefit, I procured Doan’s Kidney Pills at Clay’s Drug Store and they benefited me in every way.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo New York, sole agents for the United States. > Remember the name—Doan’s—and take no other. 39-2 “A good leather purse, bill book, card case or bill folder cafi be found at Hess Drug Store. Two Cars Old Wheat FLOUR Just received two cars old wheat flour One Car O ld Glory One Car Indian Girl We guarantee both —old wheat flour. Hay forks, harvest kegs, mowing ma- chine repairs. Can save you from 20 to 50 per cent on all we handle. Can order extra parts—give us a trial on your repairs. If you want a Hay Fork outfit for your barn let us figure with you. We handle the pure manilla 4-strand hay fork rope. 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