The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, August 20, 1915 Page: 21 of 23
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THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE SECTION
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to both Expositions
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by eating at Santa Fe-
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That alone is worth expense of
entire trip.
You will be surprised to learn how
little money it takes to make the
trip. .
Four daily transcontinental trains
Ask for picture folders of trip.
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What Is a Weed?
In Farmers' Bulletin No. 560, recent-
ly issued from the Department ot
Agriculture, a new definition tor a
weed is suggested. 1 he an to>
this bulletin in discussing a defini-
tion of a weed, says: A ^et ias
been ddfined as a plant out ot place.
This definition is not entirely ^ ^
factory, for two reasons. (1) Because
a plant may be out of place and still
not be a weed in the popu ar :sens*
as rye growing m a wheat fie
Kentucky bluegrass in an alfalfa field,
and (2) because a plant may not be
out of place and still, be a weed in
popular language, as is described in
a subsequent section of this buHetin
on the good points about weeds, in
reality a weed is a wild plant that has
the habit of intruding where not
wanted." . . , ...
The old definition by which a weed
was called a plant out of place, while
a very catchy phrase, does not clearly
represent usage. The hundreds of
wild plants which inhabit a field which
is not planted to crops are in common
usage called weeds; yet the V,IS
majority of these plants are decidedly
in place and are serving a useful pur-
pose through adding organic matter
to an impoverished soil. While ordi-
narily all these benefits may be real-
ized through proper rotations, in the
absence of-the practice of such rota-
tion these wild plants serve a useful
purpose, and are "in place, yet usage,
which invariably determines a defini-
tion, decrees that they are weeds They
are weeds through the fact that they
are wild and have the habit of intrud-
ing where not wanted, even thougi
they may at some time serve a useful
purpose.
"The Sooner"
E. E. Dale.
Both Bill an' me wuz campin'
Along the Kansas line,
Both seekin' Oklahomy land
The spring of eighty-nine;
An' on the twenty-second,
When they told us all to "Go!"
I give old "Buttermilk" the rein
An' led the bloomin' show.
I knew the best location
An' headed for it straight;
I waved the crowd "a fare ye well"
But kept the same old gait.
At last before my eager gaze
The chosen spot appears,
An' there wuz Bill a-plowin'
With a yoke of spotted steers.
Fer Bill he wuz a sooner.
He had riz before the day
An' sneaked across an' staked the
promised land
An' kep it, too, by ginger!
Spite of all that I could say,
So I took a farm of rocky hills an
sand.
A little further down the creek
Old Johnson had a claim.
He had a mighty pretty gal,
Rebecca was her name.
An' she an' I wuz sweethearts,
But Johnson donned his gun
An' said she couldn't marry me
'Till she wuz twenty-one.
So since it meant a year to wait
I worked most awful hard
An' fixed us up a dandy home
With posies in the yard.
An' then one mornin' early
Her dad rode o'er the hill
To tell me Becky had eloped
With no one else but Bill.
Fer Bill he wuz a sooner,
He had riz before the day
An' promptly carried off an wed the
gal.
An' they lived together happy
'Spite of all her dad could say,
An' I married Smith's red-headed
daughter, "Sal."
Now Bill an' me are older
Than back in eighty-nine.
Perhaps another score of years
Will see us o'er the line.
An' now I tell my neighbors
About that Land of Light,
Where is no pain or sorrow,
But all is fair an' bright.
But when the Judgment Morning
At last comes rolling round,
An' we our narrow prisons burst
When Gabriel's trump shall sound,
I know that when we pass the gate
To claim our rich reward.
We'll find the central mansion staked
An' Bill a-standin' guard.
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Hoosier—Empire—Kentucky
HOOSIER, Empire, and Kentucky drills will
produce grain crops of better quality than
any other known method of planting.
Why? Because, seed planted with a Hoosier,
Empire,"or Kentucky drill has these advantages:
1. No expensive waste of seed. ,
Every kernel planted at the right depth, fully covered.
Every seed has the best possible chance for a strong start.
There is not so much danger from drought.
Each seed has sufficient ground to support it.
The crop all ripens at the same time. .
Growing conditions being most favorable, the grain will
fill out fully. , ... .,
8 The crop will be as heavy as weather conditions wil l permit.
You will agree that these are advantages worth having. No
matter what grain crop you intend to plant, you will do the best
thing for yourself by owning a Hoosier, Empire or Kentucky
drill. See the dealer who sells one of these lines. \\ i ite us and
we will send you a catalogue, and also for a copy of our interest-
ing booklet, "For Better Crops."
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Fer Bill he is a sooner;
Just before the Judgment Day
He'll rise an' stake the tree of lite in
haste,
An' keep it, too, by ginger.
Spite of all the Lord can say,
An' make us pawn our wings to buy
a taste.
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In view of the anticipated condition,
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