The Brinkman Courier. (Brinkman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 28, 1911 Page: 3 of 4
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Some Facts
for Farmers
A Compilation of
Oils Kuril* A A M Coiivga
merit Hm,|. (tapir to 1^—liona
Aaied by Oklahoma Kmimh
Calves on Skim Milk
\AOtlD HAVC TO WAIT.
I would Ilk
)(Mi M III bO<
fully n ahii
Kay fount)
Tl>* n*ih
•tale farm I
to to allot*
milk Just
ttklsbo
hba.
Mi which •* employ ai lb* <
•r in the raising of • al*ee j
ihem lo take the mother ■
nee. IB order t.p |i>l the
rulloairum milk, a bleb la essential lu
ih«- health of iba young animal It >
should not r*rtl« anxhlni mora for
twenty four in thirty u hours. and
by thai time II will be so hungry II j
will drink from the pall readily with- J
uui hating to give II the Unger, al
leaat not mora than one* or twire. un
, , III II get a n taale of lb* milk Our
about three mll*a of very windy roa.l g)v# on|) wholv
GOOD ROADS
Please seud m* a hat data and In-
formation >ou hate rotating to tba
building of good ruada W bate
lhr*e |M>unda I a lee per day for ths
first aeek The aeeond week Increase
11 a pound or ao and tia* half a hoi*
milk ami hair aklm milk The third
a**k give all aklm milk with a table
loading to thla loan, whleb we want
lo make C* It Sherwood. l ov*r.
Oklahoma
I would aiiggaat that you writ* a i
card lo ihe Hureau of tiood Koada. I apoon of llnaeed meal added to lake
t'nlled Htates Department of Agileul llh* plaee of the butler fat whleh has
ture, Waahlngton, mid they will for j !>**n removed by the separator Aa
ward reliable dalu on th* subject. th* young ealf Inereaaea In «t«e up to
Tbey will alao do thla for you If you I eight or l*n weeks. I would Increase
maku the pro|i*r application Send j th* amount of feed gradually until yon
for a blank to lie tilled lu and algned
by your County C'ommlaalonera. and
Ihe Good Honda Offlre will aend you
a government engineer fro* of eoat
to th* eounly or elty, who will auper-
Intend the building of a few mi lea
of model roada juat aa an object lea-
ami In the county. I note that these
throe mllea of roud are aandy and
will auy In cloalng that doublleaa the
are giving a ealf two month* old auy
ten pound* of milk to a feeding, or h
little more aa your Judgment may die
tatn with regard to the Individual ua
lure uud requirement* of the animal.
There la no necessity of feedlnjs whole
milk to ealvea after they are two
weeks old uaiug butter fat that la
worth twenty-five centa per |>ound
when linseed meal that coat* only
advice given you with regard to thla, about a cent or two per pound will
road will be that a certain proportion j supply the needa Juat aa well There
of line day be mixed with thla sand jnothing In butler fat that bullda up
probably with a dink harrow and than body tiaaue. ao that you can aee the
smoothed up ao that the ralna a ill I business aide of It from tliia illuatru ' i,Vhed
cauae the clay and Band particles to tion. After the calves are two or three j ..We (1|
adhere closely and rigidly together, weeks old, they will begin to nibble at
This makes about the flneat road that j good, clean, well-cured, palatable hay,
Is possible to build In a country of alfalfa being about the beat, as it con-
that kind Sand roads are absolutely (Mains a large umoutit of protein lo
hopeless either to build or maintain build up the muscular and bony tissue
Without this Intermixture of the clay, of the body. He careful to feed young
People sometimes temporarily fix up calves in clean vessels; do not over
a randy place by hauling coarse straw feed, neither of the milk nor the lin-
which helps to solidify for a short seed. More calves are either hurt from
time, but the experiment with sand over feeding at an early age than from
and clay is absolutely sure, and If under-feeding.—J. A. Wilson. Director.
the road bed is made oval from the
sides and hard, you will have an ideal PUTTING LIME IN SOIL
thoroughfare that will be a great I have a good stand of alfalfa on
treat in comparison with the shiftless *bout eleven acres that was seeded
Lady—How much for children a pic-
tures''
Photographer—Throe dollars a
iotas
l«ady—Why—*r—I'v* only got
tight
ECZEMA DISFIGURED BABY
"Our littl* boy Cllbert a as troubled
with ecrcina whan but * few week*
old. His little face was covered with
sores even to back of his esrs. The
poor little fellow suffered very much.
Th* sores began as pimples, his little
face was disllgured very much. We
hardly knew what he looked Ilk*. The
face looked like raw meat. We tied
little bags of cloth over his hands lo
prevent him front scratching, lie was
very restless at night, his little face
sand.— J. A. Wilson, Director.
this fall. It is situated In Mayes
County, Oklahoma, on low prairie
that is well drained. However I am
told that alfalfa does not do well
onsulted two doctors at Chi-
cago, where we resided at (hat time.
After trying all the medicine of the
two doctors without any result, we
read of the Cuticura Remedies, and
at once bought Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. Following the directions
carefully and promptly we saw the
result, and after four weeks, the dear
child's face was as fine and clean as
any little baby's face. Every one who
saw Gilbert after using the Cuticura
Remedies was surprised. He has a
head of hair which is a pride for any
boy of his age, three years. We can
only recommend the Cuticura Reme-
dies to everybody." (8lgned) Mrs. H.
Albrecht, Box 883. West Point, Neb.,
Oct. 26. 1910. Although Cuticura Soap
and Ointment are sold by druggists
BEETS FOR FEED _ _ __
In the dairy business, and there, and I imagine It may be the j and dealers everywhere, a sample of as large a profit as the farmer has
COSTS LESS THAN 55
CENTS A BUSHEL TO
RAISE WHEAT IN
CANADA.
A FREQUENT QUEST ION AN-
SWERED
Western Canada probably suffered
| to** from a vat her londltlon* during
I th* .tear of 191 i than did almost any
other jiortlon of the country Reeding
*aa moat •Mcersaful and the growing
conditions up to July a*r* never bet
l*r Crops of all kinds showed won
d*rful growth at that time and wet*
Universally good but there was not
Ihe usually estellenl ripening weather
In Minimi and the effects of ihl* were
f*lt Many flelda that late In July
promised 40 and f>0 bushel, yield of
wheat were reduced to ?.'• and 30 bush-
els, while aom* of course gave tho .
full e*|«e« -fancy and others som*ah«t
lean Th* quality was also lowered
In far* of theae londltlous. It Is found
that during the months of September
and October, th* total amount of con-
tract a-heat marketed and Inspected
wns about 20 million buahels. which
realized a total of IHtfc million dollais.
tb* average price for this wheat be
Ing 97\ cents; that below contract
for the two months was a little over
15 million buahels, which at an aver-
age price of KUty cents per bushel
realized a little over clc.cn million
dollnrs, or a grand total for all wheat
of 3f million buahels, which realized
a total of a little over thirty-one mil- j
lion dollars.
Oi: the first of November, there
was In the hands of tbe farmers of
Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta
for sale and seed about 130 million |
burhcla of wheat, from which fart
•omc idea may be had of the valuo
of tho wheat crop of 1911.
A careful canvass made by the Win- j
nl|>eg Free Press made of a number I
of men farming in a large way indi-
cates tbaf even with the extreme ex-
pense of harvesting the crop, which
has been caused by tho bad weather
and difficulty in threshing, wheat has
been produced and put on the market
for less than 66 cts. a bushel. Tho
average freight rate is not over 13
cts. |XT bushel. This would make tho
cost of production und freight 68 cts.
and would leave the farmer an actual
margin on his low-grade wheat of
17Vs cts. and for his high grade wheat
of 19>4 cts.; and though this is not
Heasant,Refreshin$,
Boneficiaf.
Gentle and Effective,
NOTE THE NAME
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
In the Clrrte.
on ever^ Padtago of tlio Gonulne.
DO NOT LET ANY DEALER
DECEIVE YOU
rmup or rid md cuxia or wwu ha* civex
UNtVUUAL sa tut ACTIO* roa MOM THAN THIN tv VIA :
fast. ano its woMXRrui sucrua has lid un
aenvnaous manui actum** or imitations to orria
iNruuoR nor as a i ions unotb mmilab namis ano
COSTING THE OSAUB UJA TMtMIOM. WIUN SCIVINC.
Note tfio Full Nnme of tho Gompani
nUNTU) STRAIGHT ACROSS,NEAR THE BOTTOM. ANO 1*11
THE CIRCLE.NEAR THE TOT Of KVfRV PAJ KAI.r.Or THE I
CLNUINI RLCULAR PRICE SO. PI R BOTTLE. ONE SIZE
ONLY. rOR SALE BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS.
gvRup or rica and rtntw or senna the most pleasant, whole.
iOME ANO UFIXTIVk MSICOY FOH STOMACH TROUBLU. HEADACHES
AND BUJOUSNUS DUE TO CONSTIPATION. AND TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL
gJTECTS IT U NECESSARY TO BUY THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY GLNUINE.
WHICH MANUFACTURED BY THE
California Fic SvbupCo.
pmra^iaiM
Ullt.MRin"
IN THE BARNYARD.
1 am
want to raise beets for feed.
sugar and stock beet the same?,
Would like Information In regard to J Plication of ground limestone and
raising them.—J. S. Adair, Cleveland abo>" how much do y°u thil,k would
Is tbe 80il is acid-
How would it be to give it an ap-
County, Okla.
The sugar beet and the stock beet
are entirely different varieties. The
«g£ar beet makes very good stock
be necessary? Also, what is the best
way to apply it.—J. S. Langley, Mayes
County, Oklahoma.
each, with 32-page book, will be mailed
free on application to "Cuticura,"
Dept. 14 L, Boston.
Baltimore French.
A Baltimore boniface tells of a
waiter in that city who lately an
tiounced that he had taken up the
study of the French language.
"Do you find it necessary here?"
asked the patron to whom the man
confided this bit of Information.
"Not here, sir," explained the wait-
er; "but I've been offered a steady
job in Paris at one of the hotels if 1
can learn French."
"But Paris is full of French wait-
ers," said the patron. "I'm afraid
If you have a good, healthy start
of alfalfa on your soil, there is little
food, but for the dairy business the danger of it being acid for alfalfa will
atock beet is very much to be pre- not grow well on acid soil. A healthy
ferred for two reasons: First, you growth can be told by a dark green
get a third or more yield per acre, ! color of the leaves. The county in
end, too, they are less expensive to j which your alfalfa is located has a
raise and furnish so much more sue-1 good deal of limestone in it and I
culent that they are a more econ- believe you will find a sufficient sup-
omieal variety to use. Sugar beets ply already in the soil. However, you
containing large percentage of sugar can easily try this out by scattering j you'-r«fbeing deceived"
are not especially a dairy food, inas-, anywhere from 1000 to 2000 pounds
much as the sugar content is more of lime to the acre on a small portion
fattening than it is in stimulating and note results. Lime may be ap-
milk production. The best variety of piled in the form of ground limestone
the Mangel Wurzel is the Golden j or burned limestone, or in the form of
Tankard. You can buy it on almost I gypsum. The burned limestone con-
any seed market and it costs about tains more lime, is more active and
fifteen to twenty cents a pound; about gives quicker results. It may be seat-
twenty pounds per acre will be suf- tered with shovels from a wagon, but
flcient. Plant about corn planting it is also applied with a lime drill
time in fall plowed, well tilled fertile especially made for this purpose. If
land in rows about three feet apart you wish to apply the lime, it would
and cultivate and thin out as you be best to scatter it in the spring a
would ordinary beets or turnips. You short time before the plants start to
will have great satisfaction in this grow and then harrow the field once
crop as a supplementary feed for or twice.—O. O. Churchill, Dept. of
dairy cattle.—J. A. Wilson, Director. Agronomy.
"No, sir," said the man, with much
earnestness and absolute simplicity.
"The proposition's a straight one. The
proprietor of the hotel says that the
waiters he has can't understand
French as we Baltimoreans Bpeak It,
and that's what he wants me for, you
see."—Lippincott's.
SALT LAND
I
FOOD FOR FORMING BONE
In what forms can mineral matter
I have a piece of land well adapted be supplied to hogs for the building
to the growing of alfalfa, but 1 have up of the bony frame? What is the
best way to start a bermuda pasture?
—Bert B. Bradley, Tillman County,
With regard to forms in which min-
eral matter can be supplied to hogs
a streak of salt land running through
it. This grows stuff for a while when
It disappears or falls to mature crops.
I want your suggestion how to handle
this land profitably, if it can be done. .... „ .
-M. E. Wells. Alfalfa County. Okla- to*the building up of the bony frame,
ma will say that charcoal supplied in the
° form of corn cobs burned in an oven
or even a hole in the ground where
You can correct the salty condition the air 1s excluded is a very desirable
of your land you refer to through pari of ihe ration. Alfalfa and any
drainage. This salty area will al- green food contains mineral matter
ways remain injurious to alfalfa and to quite an extent and some of the
most other domestic plants, until the packing house preparations that are
salt is dissolved in water and car- on the market are also valuable, es-
ried away as mentioned above. These pecially bone foods.
salts are soluble and in the spring The best way to start a bermuda
of the year when there is plenty-of pasture is to cultivate the soil thor-
water they are held in solution, mov- oughly, get a good deep seed bed, and
ing up and down in the ground, but by taking a double-shovel p'ow or an
later in the seasons when the dry implement that will throw out a fur-
weather comes, the water evaporat- row four and five inches deep, plant-
ing from the surface in large quan- ing the sods or roots about eighteen
tities leaves these salts collected on inches or two feet apart in these rows
the surface as mineral substances will that are about thirty inches part, and
be diffused through the air. This is covering them with a two-horse corn
why the crops dry up later in the cultivator or any way that is conven-
season on that soil. If you can run ient to get the sods Into the moist
ditch down through this piece of earth and propagate. During one ses-
good land. I feel quite sure you will 8on. the ground will be covered with
retake it and have a very valuable irnners from the roots.—J. A Wilson,
Wonder What Whistler Said.
Robert Henri, the New York paint-
er, was talking about those million-
aires who buy merely to show off,
doubtful "old masters" at fabulous
prices.
"Their knowledge of art," Mr.
Henri said, "is about equal to that of
the sausage manufacturer who said
to Whistler:
" 'What would you Charge to do me
in oil?'
" 'Ten thousand,' answered Whist-
ler, promptly.
"'But suppose I furnish Ihe oil?'
said the millionaire."—Exchange.
every right to expect, it is a profit
not to bo despised, and which should
leave a very fair amount of money to
bis credit when all the expenses of
the year have been paid, unless tho
value of low-grade wheat sinks very
much below Its present level.
Great Scheme.
"Dear me," Bald Mrs. Housewife,
with a deep sigh, "I can't manage to
keep a cook a week.'1
"You should copy me," observed her
friend. "Since my husband learned
French I can keep one a year."
Mrs. Housewife looked surprised. "I
don't see the connection," she said.
"It's simple enough. He now swears
at her In FYeneh Instead of English,
It gives him a vent for his temper,
some valuable practice—and the cook
thinks he's making love to her!"—
Satire.
It Was No Porterhouse.
"How did you find your steak, sir?"
inquired the expectant waiter, as he
held out his hand to receive a tip.
"Only by dogged perseverance." re-
plied the guest. "The chef hid It un-
der a Brussels sprout to keep it hot."
—Youth's Companion.
Important to Mothern
Examine careiuliy every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and Burt remedy for
Infants and children, and see that It
Bears the
Signature of
In I'se For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Modern Methods.
Moliere had written many plays to
ridicule doctors and medicine. I uiB
XIV. heard that the author had, how-
ever, a doctor at his service since he
became famous and well to do, so the
king one day called upon Moliere and
said to him:
"I have heard, Moliere, that you
have a physician. What Is he doing
to you?"
"Sire," answered the author of the
Malade Imaginaire, "we chat together,
he writes prescriptions for mc, I don't
take them, and I am cured!"—Life.
Both Sides.
She—Just look at the trouble
money can get you Into.
He—Yes. but look at the trouble It
con get you out of.
A man has reached the age of dis-
cretion when he Is willing to admit
that other men may have opinions
different from his without being fools.
Mrs. Wtn !ow> Soothing Syrap for Children
«*~tbluir. Moftenn the gum*, reduce* Inflamma-
tion, *Uavn pain, cure* wind colic, 26c a bottle.
tiisNOVBl'
Duck—What did the fortune-teller
tell you?
Chicken—Told me I was going to be
mixed up In an affair with a dark
lady—and warned me to look out
for a country looking guy with
an ax.
Exact Description.
"My brother has just got a snap of
a Job."
"What is It?"
"Setting traps."
SHIP YOUR COTTON TO
H. KEMPNER
of Galveston, Texas
Rcc-mise
lliry art) oirluatvvljr cotton factor*
Reciiuse
tlicy hand If more cott.n on conalgtimcaB
than any factor lu Hie l ulled Hialaa.
because
their warehouse fucllttlffii nrt un#srrll«4*
Because
their ralea are low • ant ■
Because
they mlvmice money on cotton con«lj;fi«4
on the uioet lll ernl IiabIn aim! term*
Because
they can with ronflilrnce refer to Any on#
who liaa ever atijp|>«4 to tUeiu In the
Because
their long experience In hAtirihiijr cutton9
their fAir (IcaIIiijih aihI their excellent Con-
nectloiiM In All Aectlonn of the co"on-N|>ln-
tilntf world, render them AlwAyft Abie Ui
obtain the very hlghewt prlcea on < otto*
I coiiaitfiied to them.
Because
cotton la going tip anil every bale aiilppe4
and held ought to nell at rery inuolt htgaar
price*.
of this paper ]
desiring 0
buy any thill®
advertised in its columns Bhoufll j
insist upon having what they ask for,
refusing all substitutes or imitation*.
TightncH* acrons the cheat means a cold
on the lung*. That'* the danger msna).
Cure that eold with IlamlitiH Wizard Oil
ltefore it rung into Coiuumption or l'neu-
monia.
Pericles wore his hair pretty close
to his eyes—but nobody ever called
him a low-brow!
WESTERN DETECTIVE AGENCY
Omieral detective hunlnwii trammeled In all parteot
thewor""
oharaei.. _
Individual*.
lierakov
W. N. U., Oklahoma City, No. 51-1911.
Housework Drudgery
rork Is drudtfery for the weak woman. She hruih-
i and scrub*, or ia on her feet all day attending lo
,iy details of the household, her hack aching, her
temple* throbbing, nervea quivering under Ihe itress of
pain, possibly dizzy feelings. Sometimes rest in bed is
not refreshing, because the poor tired nerves do not per-
mit of refreshing sleep. The real need of weak, nervous
women is satisfied by Dr. Piercc's Favorite Prescription.
It Makes Weak Women Strong
and Sick Women Well.
Thla " Preucrlptlon" remove* the canto
ot women'* weakneaaeu. heala Inflam
motion and ulceration, and curea thoao
weakneaaea ao peculiar to women, ft
tranvnlllzea the nervea. encouratea tho
appetite and Inducea reattu/ aleep.
Dr. Pierce is perfectly willing to let every one know whet
his " Favorite Prescription" containa, a complete list of
ingredients on the bottle-wrapper. Do not let any unscrup-
ulous druggist persuade you that his substitute of unknown
composition is "Just as good" in order that he may make
a bigger profit. Just smile and shake your bead I
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellet* cures liver ills.
A cheerful liar Is more entertaining
than a gloomy truth teller.
Special Otfer to Printers
This paper is printed from ink made in Savannah, Ga. by
the SOUTHERN OIL & INK CO.. Savannah. Ga. Price 6cents
per pound. F. O. B. Savannah. Your patronage solicited.
^^putnam fadeless dyes
Hoodsbrighterandfaitrrrolomthan any other dye. One 10c package colors all fiber*. Ther dye in cold water better than any other dye. You can
dye any rarment without ripwng apart. Write for free booklet—How to Dye. Bleach and Mix Colore. • WONBOf PBtlO COMPAMV. Qnlecy, III.
As a man grows rrttler he sees some-
thing In himself every day that Is cal-
culated to make him a little less con-
ceited
alfalfa field -
A. Wilson, Director Director.
rti privk orr haukia
AMI Ml I LI) I r THE HTNTF*
Take the Old frK.nd.nl i.W'Vk. TVTai.anS
?1 II I. 'IKSII I * know aba! >va are tafei^
Tbe !<.nuuia 1* primed oa every *• tile.
|H< ritf it 1% fcivply Vu'mn* kbd lr<>n .n a imuIcm
f«irn. fend in* HTfrtntJ ft>im fror gru>B
PICKED UP POINTS.
Plant kaCr com nest ye«r
r dry you are safe.
Even io tbli
(wijqa acre* i
Bet return r f rc
dry :
f alfa!
ear. Oklahoma
SELECTING SEED CORN
Is corn rateed In lows better to plan*
on upland In Oklahoma than nativ*
com?--A. Palmer, Comanche County.
Oklahoma
Awful.
"The cry of Potts when he found
: the state of his boot waa harrowing."
"Why so?"
"Because it was the cry of a loat
sole."
A woman who beats the street car {
company out of a nickel and puts ft
In the church pla'e may believe In
the eternal fitness of things.
One rugfllst never
other juat for fun.
tffers to ftght an
Lrwia' Single
You pay 10r
Binder etraii
' ifart sot s
CI0U.
Don't try to
And one touch of faahlon makes
ft of womea look like freaks
PARK PR'S
HAIR BALSAM
— *3 th. hair.
| i—a
Seru rail* U> JlMtcra 9rnr
Hair to |ia Toatkfm| palor.
a t ua U
LIVE STOCK AND
MISCELLANEOUS
Electrotypes
IN GREAT VARIETY
rOK> SALE « AT THE
LOWEST PRICKS BY
WUTIM NCWSTArU UNION
Kanaa* Ctty, Mtaaoun
1 Thompson's Ejrs Wafer
pr
Okkhrma Is thia year picking either
Is Itrwm or Ita aeeond large** cotton
Op—Iks figures are not all 1* ret
This wtater will be a good time to
aik over plane to get more oat of the
Is not i
cora shipped t<
so rank and do<
enough to eecape
wklch we have I
tbe
•eed cora
ern latitude
ion in Okia-
reas'T. that
o far grows
years—J. A. Wtlaoa. Director.
Death Lurks In A Weak Heart
Vsa Visit MsasWiK Drag Co..
U
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