Old children’s book about a boy putting butter under his hat

My great aunt used to read me a book during childhood about a boy who I think worked on a farm? He was quite dumb in the sense he was like Amelia Bedelia. All I remember is he put butter under his hat before taking it somewhere and it melted all down his head in the heat

This was 20+ years ago now and was likely a book from her children’s childhood (1960s-1970s) but possibly older. We are in the south. She’s been gone 15 years now and none of us can find or remember the book