The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 2, 1913, Page 8

WE REFER YOU to the man who has found by actu- al experience that the service of the Mis- souri State Bank is “made to order” for the citizens of this community. He will tell you that whenever an officer or em- ‘ployee of this reliable institution can furnish any information or advice of val- ue to him he is ready and willing to do so. : He will also tell you that he is treated with courtesy and his wants promptly attended to. In a word, he will tell you that in every way possible officers and employees combine to make the account of every depositor of the utmost value to him.and make him feel thoroughly ‘‘at home” in this Bany. 5 Why not come in and become one of the host of satisfied patrons of this Bank ? MISSOURI STATE BANK “The Old Reliable” In the east and in tropical coun- tions is greatly dependent upon the tries tomorrow is made use of in an proportionate adjustment between indlent way. It is for us tc make use land, labor and other forms of capi-, of it in a way that is scientific. Hur tal. Production is limited by the one Tied legislation, rash enterprises, poor- that is deficient, whichever one that iy constructed buildings—superficial may be. With too little land, produc- Work of all kinds—is due to our mak- tion cannot be iarge, no matter how ing a sort of fetich of haste. We are much labor and capital may be avai! overhurried, overburdened. overanx- able. With a deficient labor suppiy. ious. It is the broader vision of life Jand and equipment avail little. tand that takes into consideration tomor- and labor together, with insufficient row and the day 4 , ‘hat enables us equipment, are likewise ineffective. to do well the essential work of today. The success of our farming opera Care of Ewe and Lamb To Raise Young Sheep Successfully Great Care Must Be Taken to Properly Nourish the Mother By C. E. Brashear, Student in the College of Agriculture, University of Missouri There is no time in the year when)naked arm will stand. After 10 or 15 the shepherd has better opportunity |minutes it is rubbed dry and fed. of showing his skill than when the The secret of feeding a young lamb first lambs come in the late winter or jis to feed a small amount often and to early spring. It is not hard to add to/feed fresh, warm milk. When possi- the percentage of lambs quite mate-jble, the first milk that a lamb re- rially by giving a little attention at/ceives should be from its mother. Just the right tine. In a few minutes the jafter lambing she gives a thick fluid herdsman is often able to give service /called “colostrum,” and the digestive that means life to the young lamb, for|system of the lamb needs this in or- it often lacks strength enough to getjder to start right. When cow’s milk its first meal alone. jis used it may be fed naturally or di- One of the first requirements for ajiuted one-half with water. There is. good crop of lambs is that the ewes|no reason why it cannot be fed whole. “Well Begun Is Half Done.” shall have good feed. This is reces-| By carcful attention the lamb may be sary not only for the best develop-| kept going until it has gained suffi- ment of the lamb within the ewe, but/cient strength to stand and get its also for the proper nourishment of the | dinner alone. lamb up to weaning time. Personal; ‘ 4 most perpiexing problem that the observation leads me to believe that} shepherd must meet is the ewe that this is one of the most common mis- will not own her lamb. The case is takes made in the care of sheep in| handled in a number of ways. Some} Missouri. Nothing will cool off a per-| hold the ewe regularly for the lamb to son’s admiration for his flock quicker |sucl: and some rub milk from the ewe than a bunch of ewes that ere unable} on the lamb’s head and rump. A plan to case for their young. Sn often the} that often works well is to confine the lambs are too weak to get their first | ewe and lamb in a very emall pen, meai, and unless assistance is at hand | the sides of which are lined with gun- they in many cases chill and die./ny sacks or something to keep the Then, of those which start strong &/ewe from looking cut. This tends to large number never develop into; Keep her atteution on the lamb, and healthy lambs of good size because; within two or three days she usually the ewes are not giving sufficient |claims it. Another method of confin- milk. * ing the ewe is by fastening her head At the Missouri Experiment Station | between two upright pieces. The lamb some of the feeds that have given | will usually learn to get its meal if most excellent results ir wintering |she is held in this way. ewes are clover and alfalfa for rough-| The orphan lamb is another prob- lem, and here again the skill of the shepherd is a determining factor. If such a lamb must be raised by hand it will seldom pay for the time and milk ; It may, however, be the F a f¢ be 2 a4 Ht lambs are EE i ge The most effective methods of han- dling the Hessian fly are: (1) Late sowing, (2) rotation of crops, (3) burning wheat stubble, (4) -sow:ng strips of wheat early as baits, to be plowed under as soon as the eggs} have been laid. Of these, the first two are to be especially recom- mended. Late Sowing. Late sowing of winter wheat avoids to a large extent Hessian fly damage, although on poor seedbeds, where a severe winter follows, this benefit is | overbalanced by the large number of The Hessian fly resembles a mosquito, and is about half as large. plants which are winter-killed. The damage in the fall is done by the sec- ond brood of flies. These disappear with cold weather, so that the later the wheat is sown the fewer flies, there are. Trouble will usually be avoided if sowing is put off until about the last of September. Rotation of Crops. It is a matter of common observa- tion that when any of our cereal crops To Combat This Pest of the Wheat Fields the Most* Effective Methods Are Late Sowing and Rotation , least. The varieties with small stalk: ; and but few tillers are the ones whicl feeds to a slight extent upon rye and barley. A rotation of corn, ‘wheat and f clover, or corn, oats, wheat and clover, ; should prove effective in freeing land | of Hessian files. | Burning of Stubble, One of the first things to be done at this time of year in clearing the farm of Hessian flies is to see that all wheat stubble is burned or plowed {under, This should, if possible, be done by the middle of August. Preparing an ideal seedbed for win- | ter wheat does not prevent infestation by the fly, but it does, by giving the young wheat plants a good start, pre- vent severe damage. On most soils continuous discing will secure this seedbed at the minimum cost. The use of fertilizers are to be rec- ommended in this connection. They help to carry the plants tHrouth thc pericd when they are young and wea) j and most Hable to injury from the fly Sowing Strips of Wheat as Cait. Early planting of trap or deco; crois will aitract the flies, and afte: jthe eggs are laid these crops shoul ‘be plowed under. Wheat is the bes tcroy for this purpose, It should b i sown in August. | Besides these methods of- combat ting the pest, it may be said tha while there are no varieties of wher | which are free of Hessian fly damagt ; there are varieties which resist the | damage better than others. Those va rieties having large stalks and thos: which stool out heavily are damagec suffer most. The “Mediterranean” is one of the least injured, and is also a variety are grown year after year on the! well adapted to Missouri. The “Tur- same ground the enemies of that crop abound in the soil until the crop is no longer profitable. So it is with wheat. Land that is badly infested with the Hessian fly shouldbe sown-to—spring+ crops, such as corn and oats. Wheat is about the only cereal severely at- tacked by this pest, although the fly y Red” is also fairly resistant to Hessian fly. image to the wheat may be large- ly prevented by (1) burning or plow- |ine—under the stubble of infested fields, (2) by preparing a good seed- bed, (3) using fertilizers, and (4) by seeding with strong, vigorous wheat. BARA RRR nnn nee eee es ease SWING CORN FOR SEED SELECTING EARS BEFORE GATH- | ERING TIME MOST SATIS- FACTORY METHOD. | By C. B. Hutchinson, Assistant Pro- fessor of Agronomy, Univer sity of Missouri. | The same reasons that make it nec- essary to select animals carefully in breeding live stock also make it nec- essary to select ears of corn carefully if one wishes to grow better corn. A good ear of corn will produce other | ears like it if conditions are favorable, | and for this reason only good ears should be selected for planting. If we should all take as much care in selecting our seed corn as the breed- | er of animals does in selecting ani- | mals the yield of corn in Missouri would be greatly increased. This matter of “corn breeding,” as it has come to be called, offers great opportunities to the wide-awake man or boy who knows good corn when he sees it. The time is rapidly coming when we shall have corn-breeders in be handled in such a manner as to dry out thoroughly before freezing weath- er. This can be easily done by mak- ing racks in which the ears are placed | and swung up in the granary or barn in a dry and well ventilated place where the mice will not get at it. Another convenient way of storing corn js to take a board, say 10 by 20 inches, and drive 12-penny casing nails through it from both sides, three inches apart each way, and stick the ears on these nails. A board of this size is convenient and will hoki good seed corn, which will plant sev- en or eight acres. Bore a hole in the top of this board and suspend with a wire. If corn is stored in barrels, or piled up, it will not dry out as well as if stored in racks, and when freezing weather comes on it will be injured. any appreciable extent. His Opinion. “It seems to me,” ventured the skimpy little Mr. Henpeck, “that Pro- fessor Peekhead’s article advising men to be very careful in their choice of every neighborhood from whom we must buy our seed corn, just as we now have breeders of pure-bred ani- mals from whom we must buy our breeding stock. There is great oppor- tunity for the right young man in every neighborhood to be a leader in the improvement of corn. Seed corn should be selected in the fall, preferably from the field after it is well matured and before any heavy frosts have occurred. One of the best methods is to go through the field with a basket or sack and select the best ears from the best stalks. An ear of corn may be a good one be- cause it has had special advantages. It may have been produced in a hill with only one stalk and have had more than its share of plant food. On the other hand, it may have grown in a hilt with two or three stalks and made a goed ear in spite of these con- ditions. Such an ear is a better one I have ever known the man had no more to do with chosing his wife than he has with getting his photo- graph taken—he just keeps still, looks as pleasant as he can and accepts whatever is given him.’—Judge. Wild Rice a Valuable Food. Wild rice, according to a consular report, is “the most nutritjous cereal in America.” The plant has a long black grain, and hence is sometimes called black rice. It has been used from time immemorial by certain In- dian tribes as their principal food. In recent years it has come into the white man’s markets, selling for con- siderably more than ordinary white Pastime for Youth Only. ~ A 62-year-old Sydney man is dead as Checks are Preferred Most business men prefer to re- ceive checks from their customers in payment of accounts as they are easier to handle and eliminate the necessity of making change. An account subject to check increases your prestige with merchants, evi- dencing as it does that you are sys- tematic in your financial affairs. We invite deposits subject to check, small as well as large. OUR SERVICE MEANS PROFIT TO YOU | BUVALL-PERCIVAL TRUST C0. CAPITAL and SURPLUS, $100,000 FARMERS BANK BUILDING, BUTLER, MO. | Farm Loans W. F. DUVALL, President, Arthur Duvall, Treasurer. We have money to loan on real estate at a low rate of interest with privilege to pay at any time. “have a-complete-set of Abstract Books and will fur-- nish abstracts to any real estate in Bates county and examine and perfect titles to same. Investments interest on time deposits. We will loan your idle money for you, securing you reasonable interest on good security. We pay a J. B. DUVALL, Vice-President,, W. D. Yates, Title Examiner. 5 { 84 ears, enough to make a bushel of || Capital and Surplus 6 If thoroughly dry, a severe freeze will H not injure the vitality of the corn to || est rates on five or seven years time. wives lack—er—well, versimilitude,| and and town lots in Bates County. or—ah!—some such word. As far as], mortgages to sell to investors. John Deerwester John E. Shutt for seed, and when planted will be| @ result of injuries received while more likely.to produce good ears than| trying to “skin the cat,” after watch- one that has had special advantage3.| ing his grandson perform the feat. Again, the ear may have been pro-| “Skinning the cat” is one of the most duced on a weak stalk has blown | fascinating of youthful pastimes, but too high or] let us remember, as we contemplate The position of | our gray hairs, that it is a youthful the ear may be erect, so that the fall} pastime only, and govern ourselves rains enter the husks readily, or it] with commensurate dignity. Unbelievable. |» Of course we have all heard many strange tales and unbelievable stories, any one ever hear of a woman ept boarders and had a husband THE WALTON TRUST CO, BUTLER, MO. Having the largest Capital and Surplus Fund. makes the Walton Trust Co., the LARGEST and STRONGEST Financial Institution in Bates County. 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