Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 5, 1911 Page: 2 of 12
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NO SPECIAL
THE OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE
Governor Lee Cruce Issues a Message
to the People
KILLING CATTLE TICK
Host of Insect Is Animals of Bo-
vine Species.
Declares There is No Reason Whatever For Calling Lawmakers
in Extraordinary Session, and Urges People to Return to
Their Pursuits in Conscious Knowledge That the
Burden of 1 axation Will Not Thus Be Increased
Where Large Number of *r
Maintained Spraying It Be «
do of Destroying lnJurlou
Little Paraalt*.
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other animals of the bovine species,
and If the tick can be kept from get-
ting on their hosts, th.;.v will alurve to
death. This being trus, methods of
eradication have been dsvlsed which
have proved very effective when put
Into practical operation.
Ono may pick the ticks from the
Atttmal* before they have obtained
shflr ttrowlh. This prevents a new
.'.vp from developing This method
< .nlv practicable where there are
>■« animals on the farm. Another
• , ituvl where a limited number of cat-
• < !t> tieated U to sponge or brush
with crude petroleum, cottonseed
i.' er equal part* of kerosene and
i J Where the pastures are badly
iwted this treatment should be
.1 every ten or twelve days, care
N--ut ..ikeu to smear the tall and
!«■* th.uoughlr When a large mini-
v'f cattle are umlutalned, spraying
■ hute is the best method of de-
the ticks. Any ordinary
It occnrs to ma that the time has
come for me to speak definitely upon
the subject of a special session of the
Legislature. The uncertainly that ex-
ists at this time Is disquieting to the
public mind and hurtful to the best
Interests of the State and its citizens.
Hardly had the regular session of
the Legislature ended Its labors and
Its members gone to their homes bo-
fore a well defined movement was set
on foot to Induce mo to call a special
•ession in fact, I was Informed while
the Legislature was still In regular
session that a special session would
be unavoidable. After Congress had
tardily acted upon and passed the
Reapportionment Bill tho demands
made upon me for a special session
became insistent, persistent und num-
erous. To all of these appeals I made
the one answer,—that to my Judg-
ment nothing had transpired that
made a special session either neces-
sary or desirable. I was then met
with the argument that the people
of the State wanted it. and that I
should bow to their will. To this 1
replied that while I was unalterably
opposed to a special session, yet If I
was convinced that the tax-payers of
the State, who would have to bear the
added burden, desired It, I would not
stubbornly stand In the way. There-
upon I set to work to acquaint myself
with the real situation in this regard.
First, I addressed a letter to each
member of the present Legislature,
asking his opinion upon the question;
•econd, I addressed a letter to each
newspaper of the State, asking in-
formation as to the desires of the
tax-payers In the State upon the mat-
ter, with the following result: Of
the Members of the Lower Branch of
the Legislature, who answered my re-
quest, twenty-nine per cent opposed
the call; of the Senators, forty-one
per cent opposed It; of the editors
who wrote me, seventy-seven per cent
were In opposition, while of the let-
ters that reached me from Individual
taxpayers, seventy-seven per cent
plead with me to refuse the call.
Prom this It Is seen that the per-
centage In tho newspaper column Is
Identical with that of the Individual
tax-payers, which certainly argues
strongly that the newspapers have
quite accurately ascertained and re-
ported public opinion upon this Im-
portant lssun. It also showB plainly
that my first determination in the mat-
ter was In harmony with the desires
of the great majority of tho tax-payers
of the State. In addition to all this,
the Federated Labor Unions of the
Btate In convention assembled passed
strong resolutions, urging me in the
Interest of the tax-payers and labor-
ers of the State, to issue no call.
Similar resolutions were passed by the
Oklahoma-German-American Associa-
tion, and various other organizations
of the State and transmitted to me.
Various reasons are assigned for a
special session by those who advo-
cate the call, but practically all who
favor the session agree that two prop-
ositions need speedy consideration,—
to-wit, the proposition to erect the
capitol, and the redistrictlng the State
Into Congressional Districts. With'
reference to tho first proposition,—
this Legislature hat already acted
upon the question of a capitol, and
that the building Is not now In course
of construction is no fault of the Leg-
islature. When the funds are made
available that were contracted to be
paid the State, the work will go for-
ward. I do not believe that the Leg-
islature could hasten Its payment, and
I am sure that there is nothing that
can be done In special session that
cannot be done equally as well In reg-
ular session.
Nor do I think the redistrictlng of
the State will warrant me In calling
a special session. The three addl
tlonal representatives In Congress, to
which the State is entitled, can be
elected from the State at large, and
while it may work a greater hardship
upon those who become candidates for
these positions, It occurs to me the
larger Interest of all of the people In
the matter should have the first con-
sideration. At the next regular ses-
sion a redistrictlng bill can be passed,
and In the meantime the three repre-
sentatives who will be elected from
the State at large, will, I am sure, be
representative citizens who will prop-
erly represent our people and their
Interests at the National Capital.
Where Fools Are Plenty.
"Most people," says the Boarding
house Philosopher, "as soon as th<;y
are married and Eafely launched on
the stream of life, begin to rock the
boat."—Toledo Blade.
SOt'l K. UrKuHuml
Cotta* *
It 1 unnev-vssary to detail to the
thoughtful farmer the material *d ai
tattes which the south fwr li>x>
stock production In the '.•.taller ol a
desirable climate, an abuud*JST k*!
suitable fe<-d. and a well w*:*r*xt
country. The avers** u *n the *(n>ym*
Many other matter* have been pro- north and west on h:j tout*! visjt to pump iu y be used On large
posed for submission to the Leilslo- the south is astonish,a to f.tul so tuanv
p' v . . a dipping %*t should l««
ture which are thought by their ad- advances for the industry evuteuomJ ,vl.,UUvl*d If built of concrete It wtll
vocates to be sufficiently Important to on every hand and to witness so lit u« udertaltflly au.l It may be built
justify speedy action. In fact. If alt tie progress in Its develop meet Tte t> otdic.arv l.tvtu labor. Probably the
of the proposition* advocated should e*uM la not far to seek. Large sum- Ul04, complete and satisfactory ninth-
be submitted, it is impossible to fore- be™ of the cholc-M animals brought
ed of destroying ticks Is by rotatloa
Into the Vnlted States In early tluie 0( (<a*tures or feed lots Ticks may be
came directly to the south, but they all dc-'vo*#d !u four and a half month*
suffered a rapid and almost complete (,v dividing a part of the farm, say
extermination. Finally It was definite-
ly determined that the trouble was
due to the Infestation of the animals
by what is uow known as cattle tick.
Nearly all of the states are fighting
the tick, and Georgia has already
cast when the session would end.
However, it does not occur to me that
any of these questions nre of 6uch ur-
gent character as to Justify the ex-
pense of a special session of the Leg-
islature at this time.
But there are other and stronger
reasons for holding no special ses-
sion. Since Statehood the Legisla-
ture lias been in session, exclusive of
Sundays and holidays, three hundred
and seventy-two days, at a cost to the
taxpayers of the State of $667,177.01.
According to these figures, our Leg-
Islafure has been In session practic-
ally one-tliird of the entire time in-
tervening since Statehood, and since
the framers of our Constitution
deemed one-twelfth of the time ample
to pass all needed laws, It cannot be
said that sufficient opportunity has not
been given to pass all such laws In
this State. No session of the Legisla-
ture, special or regular, has ever con-
vened In thl* State that cost the peo-
ple less than $100,000. It Is quite
certain that a special session at this
time would cost, at the least, $100,000
and possibly much more. This is a
burden I am unwilling to place upon
the bending backs of our taxpayers
without a greater necessity therefor
shall come to pass.
DEVELOPMENT OF CALVES BY
HAND FEEDING IS PROFITABLE
One of Most Desirable Conveniences In Connection With This
Work Is Handy Stanchion Shown In Illustration
Herewith—Built Into the Fence Sur-
rounding the Pasture.
tr. four lots Field V should be a
permanent pasture, field It Is cultl-
cleaned up some of her Infested couu- Those desiring to secure details of
ties, and it is believed others will be (hts plan can do so by applying to the
released from quarantine in the uext Georgia College of Agriculture ror bul-
few years. j ietln 147. If the cattle are removed
What the destruction of the tick | from permanent pasture A on'June 15
means to the llvo stock Industry few : and kept oft until November 1, It will
vated In farm crops and sow n In ce- 1
reals In the winter, field 0 should he
used for soiling crops, aud field 11 Is
Bermuda pasture or velvet beans.
can picture. It is costing our state
In the neighborhood of $5,000,000 an-
nually. We cannot build up a cattle
business until the tick Is completely
vanquished. The tick Is the real cause
of bloody muraln, Texas fever and red
water, names locally given to the
trouble resulting from Infestation of
cattle by this parasite. The Investiga-
tions made relative to the relation of
the tick to the destruction of cattle
have been so thorough, complete and
exhaustive as to leave no ground for
further doubt.
When the tick attacks cattle germs
enter the blood and Increase In num-
ber until they destroy the greater
part of the red corpuscles. This low-
In addition to all this, we have our | ers the vitality and restricts the
remedy through the Initiative. There ) growth of the animal, and In the case
Is not a single measure that has been of milk cows, the flow of milk is ma-
proposed to me for Legislative action | terlally reduced. Milk represents the
that could not be Initiated by the peo- j surplus energy and vitality of the
cow, and any agency which reduces
these lessens the ability to give
be free of ticks, and in the meantime
they should be maintained on fields C
and D. The simplicity, efficiency and
practicability of this plan, which may
be so easily adopted on the greater
part of our farms, renders It one of
the most desirable methods of destroy-
ing ticks, and It does not involve much
expense. It Is worth while making the
effort needed to free our lands perma-
nently from this menace to our live
stock Industry.
FARM GATE WITHOUT HINGES
Very Practical and Durable Article
May Be Put Together at Small
Cost—How It Is Done.
CALF STANCHIONS.
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Home Made Calf Stanchion.
There Is money In calves raised by
hand. If one Is equipped for It or will
equip himself, It Is believed to be
more profitable In every way to raise
calves by hand than to let them run
with the dams. This has been dem-
onstrated over and over, but because
of the slightly additional amount of
work necessary it Is not practiced so
often as would really be profitable,
says the Kansas Farmer. There are
many cases, of course, where emer-
gencies demand that the calf be raised
by hand. There are more cases
where this could be done profit-
ably If It were undertaken In the right
way.
One of the conveniences which Is
desirable In the development of calves
by hand feeding is the stanchion
A verv practical and durable gate Bllown ln the accompanying cut. It
may be put up at small cost without 'does not re1ulre long...to tral? .,he
pie; and since no effort Is being mads
by the people to Initiate any of thesa
measures, It Is evident they see no
pressing need for immediate action.
Some have urged as a reason for
calling a special session the Interests
of the Democratic party. My answer
milk. The loss to the dairy Industry
on this account Is very great, and has
done more to hold it in check than any-
thing else. When ticks attack fat-
tening animals, they lengthen the time
to thlB Is: My first and supreme duty required for development and for ma-
Is to the entire citizenship of the turlty, and hence Increase the cost o.
State. No Governor can Justify htm- j production. The cattle tick prevents
self in entailing additional burdens ! effectually the bringing ln of good pure-
upon the taxpayers of a State for the
bred animals for the Improvement of
sole purpose of subserving the Inter- °ur natlve stocl[. for aH anlmal wl^h
ests of a political party. In adhering ,s brought Into a section where ticks
to this policy I am deceiving no man
In this State. As a candidate for Gov-
ernor I repeatedly stated that if elect-
ed I would bo Governor of all tho peo-
ple of the State, and that if Democrats
were supporting me upon tho theory
are found, and has not had the fever,
will Buffer an attack, and the chances
are It will die. At least this has been
the history of Importations up to the
present time. Our native animals are
of a low grade, giving but a compar-
that, if elected, I would use the office atlve'y Bma11 yield of mllk' maturlnS
to build up the Democratic party at slow'y. and not Producing the quantity
tho expense of all the people of' the luld 1uallty of meat ^Irable ln anl"
State, they had better not elect me, Iuals of the beef-type. These char-
for 1 would certainly not be that kind acters can onlj' bo changed through
of Governor. Since I have been Gov- he 1180 of Pur«-bred B"'e8- a"d «>ey
ernor, In the face of violent criticism cannot bo freely, lmP°r,ed until the
and tremendous pressure, I have kept *'cli 19 destroyed. At presen t me
animals from the tick country are put
In quarantine pens, where they com-
mand lower prices than animals from
the north, because of their poor qual-
ity. This often amounts to as much
faith with the people, and I expect to
pursue this policy to the end of my
term of office. I have no apprehen-
sion of Democratic disaster as long
as we deserve the support and confi-
dence of the people.
What the people need, what the peo-
ple want, what the people must have,
Is legislative rest. Give us a breath-
ing spell. Let us take an Inventory
and see what we have done ln a leg-
islative way slnoe November 16th.
1907. Give us the opportunity to put
Into operation the laws we have and
study results. Then If changes are
needed or new laws desirable we can
set ourselves to the task of rewriting
them; but let us not be too hasty In
casting reflection upon what has been
done by saying that the carefully con-
sidered work of 372 legislative days
so soon needs to be supplemented or
corrected.
To sum up, there will be no special
session of the Legislature as the neces-
sity therefor does not exist. So let '
the farmer return to his field, the bus- I
iness man to his business, the profes-
sional man to his office, while tha dls- j
appointed politician continues to In- j
dulge in what seems to be with him j
the very pleasant pastime of trying to
embarrass the Governor and discredit
the administration.
I shall go forward serving the people
the best 1 can conscious of the fact
that, while I have Incurred tha dis-
pleasure of a few self-seeking polit-
icians, I have thereby saved the
already overburdened taxpayers of
this State not less than one hnndred
thousand dollars,
LEE CRUCE, Governor.
Foolish.
"That heiress is going to marry a
struggling young man." "If she is a
sure enough heiress what's he strug
filing for?"—Houston Post.
hinges, as shown ln the cut. The too
piece a. should be strong enough not
to bend with the weight of the gate
and the counterbalance hung upon It.
says a writer in the Farm and Home.
It must project about 6 ft. over the
A Hlngeless Gate.
top of the post, to which it Is secured
by a large pin or bolt, b. On the
short end of a box made of boards is
placed, which is filled with stones or
other weights until it is almost as
heavy as the gate. When closed the
gate Is held In place by a notch at c,
and if it is desired to fasten this se-
curely a pin may be placed in a hole
bored through the top of the post.
calves so that they will go of their
own accord to their proper places and
the stanchion is so easily and so
cheaply built that It does not pay to
do without it.
As shown in the cut, It Is Intended
to be built Into and as a part of the
fence surrounding the calf pasture.
The materials necessary are some 2
by 4s for the frame work, and some
barrel staves for the upright pieces
which enclose the calves' heads.
These barrel staves are placed In
such a manner that one of them which
fits about the calf's neck Is movable
at the upper end. The lower end Is
held in place by a 20-penny nail driven
through the center of the stave so
that it may act as a hinge and allow
the upper end to move freely for the
Insertion and removal of the calf's
head.
On the outside of the stanchion
which Is a part of the calf's pasture
fence, Is placed a rack as shown ln
the lower part of the engraving,
which is Intended to hold ordinary
mllk crocks for feeding the calves. In
these crocks can be placed the skim-
mllk for the calves and with it any
grain ration that may be desirable to
give them. The particular stanchion
from which this picture was taken
was owned by a man who had great
faith ln Kaffir corn as a grain ration
for his calves. His custom was to
place the feed of Kaffir corn ln the
crock with the milk, and let the
calves do the rest. These crocks are
easily emptied and easily cleaned,
while the calves are not using them
they can be left ln place for the sun-
shine to purify and cleanse.
The estimated cost of this calf
stanchion where all materials must be
purchased, Is about $2.50. This pro-
provides for a stanchion large-enough
to accommodate six calves, though
the cut shows provision for only four.
Of course, the stanchion can be made
as long or as short as may be desired
and on most farms the material nec-
essary is already at hand. In such
cases the cost would be nothing more
than the labor of construction. The
drawing is so clearly made that per-
haps no further details are necessary
about the method of building, and any
man who Is handy with tools can con-
struct this stanchion In a very short
time and have It ln operation.
The results of experimental work
In calf feeding at the Kansas ex-
periment station have been pub-
lished in the form of bulletins, anJ
may be had by addressing that Insti-
tution.
Feed for Milk.
To get the milk it is necessary to
stuff the cows. Find out what Is best
for them, then stuff them with feed.
Garden Is Valuable.
There Is no farm so small that a
liberal garden spot cannot be afforded
ln It. A good spring, fall and winter
furnishes greater return for the time
and money expended ln It than any
other piece of land of equal size on
the farm. Let us keep something
as three dollars a head, or anywhere good to eat growing ln the garden at |
from $60 to $90 a car. all times. Let us give the garden ]
The host of the tick is the cow or j careful attention.
QUEEN POLKA iS A WORLD-FAMOUS COW
TRUE FRIEND
OF GARDENER
Toad. Consumes Anglo Worms,
Snails, Sowbuzs, Spiders,
Ants and Various
Caterpillars.
R
m
Owing to the dislike of the creat-
ures for new and unfamiliar surround-
ings, it Is advisable ln many cases to
provide a breeding pool for them ln
order that the young may establish
themselves where they are wanted.
A shallow pool of cement, having a
small but constant water supply Is
sufficient. Stagnant water Is better
than running water from the stand-
point of the toad raiser.
The young toads will leave the
water by midsummer or before mos-
quitoes become abundant, and the
pool should then be drained to pre-
vent mosquito breeding. A small In-
door acquarium protected from mos-
quitoes by screens, may prove more
satlsfactroy than an outdoor pool.
Supply with fresh water plants and
clams, and feed the toads with bits
of dog biscuit or chopped fresh meat
as needed. Do not feed more of any
, ,, , , . Miit ' food 'han the toads and tadpoles will
and a small per cent, of beneficial in , consumflt 01. the water ^
Beets go in with its customary ration. | contamlnate(1. The outdoor po(), can
be screened against mosquitoes, if
. . desired, provided the toads are fed.
Upon the basis of stomach examin- i
v i l or garden Bhelters, make shallow
holes ln the ground and cover with
fiat stones or boards. The toads will
retlro Into these in the daytime and
come forth at dusk for their nightly
forays.
Toads are especially valuable to
greenhouse men, keeping down slugs,
snails, sow bugs, plant lice and such
destructive Insects.
(By H. A. GOSSARD.)
The toad is a very valuable friend
to the gardener. Toads live for sev-
eral years and by preference remain
on the same feeding grounds from
year to year. About 98 per cent, of
the toads' food consists of animal
matter.
Among the forms regularly eaten
are angle worms, snails, sowbugs,
thousand-legged worms, spiders, ants,
grasshoppers, crickets, cutworms, bee-
tles and various caterpillars. From
60 to 80 per cent, of injurious insects j
The stomach is filled and emptied 1
about four times ln each 24 hours.
English Walnuts for America.
The secretary of agriculture de.
Clares that the beautiful forest tres that 0f any other cow in the world,
that bears the English walnut would a9 does her 30-day butter test—-145.13
DeKol Queen La Polka 2nd, pro-
duced 124 pounds of mllk ln a single
duy. 848.8 ln seven days and 3,376 in
80 days.
Her record ln milk yields for one,
seven and thirty days, is said to beat
Not So Straight.
Hewitt—"What do you think
Gruet?" Jewett—'"He's so crooked <lo well in this country. It spreads poUmis.
that the only way for him to get a like an oak and baa a fine feathery j Thls wonderful cow consumes no
night's rest Is to sleep on a spiral ! foliage that fills the air with frag, j moro feed than a scrub that will not
*talr'Ji e." I rune*. , produce enough milk and butter to
The Garden Toad.
atlons, It has been estimated that dur-
ing the 90 day period extending over
pay for what she eats, and in that fact | Ma> ' Jlln0 and 9J"'y' a ,grown ,,oad
lies the great advantage of owning;'111 consume 2,160 cutworms. 1,800
well bred cattle of large producing I thousand-legged worms, 2,160 sow-
qualities. Queen Polka is owned by
Clayton Sisson of Shirbume, N. Y.
Save the Hay.
Save ail the hay possible. It will
be needed on the farm this winter. A
surplus can be sold for fancy prlcee
within a few months.
bugs, 3,240 ants, 360 weevils, and 360
ground beetles, the last being ben-
eficial insects. The total sum there-
fore, for the 90 days is 360 beneficial
Insects and 9,720 injurious ones de-
stroyed.
English and French gardeners ap-
preciate the value of toads and as
high as $25 per hundred Is said to be
oft^n paid for them.
Government Hog Tonic.
The United States department of
agriculture recommends the following
mixture as an excellent hog tonic:
"Wood charcoal one pound, sulphur
sodium bicarbonate two pounds, Bodi-
um hyposuiphate two pounds, sodium
sulphate one pound, antimony sul-
phide one pound." These substances
are thoroughly powdered and mixed.
A dose is a large tablespoonfui for
each 200 pounds of hog flesh. It Is
most conveniently given in a thin
slop.
Mule Fifty-Two Years Old.
The oldest mule in Tennessee is
owned by Robert Mitchell, near Cam-
den. The mule Is 52 years old_ and
still does a little work. He "helped
to pull the first steam flouring mill
Into the country 40 years ago.
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