Oklahoma Agriculturist (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1907 Page: 2 of 12
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THE OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURIST
TllC Oklahoma Agriculturist. clas8es Vegetation ill all its phases:
views on stock raising, poultry rais.
Published
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Entered as second-class mail matter,
March 20, 1906, nt the post-office In El
Reno, O. T., under tbe net of Congress
March 3rd, 1S79.
P. P. DUFFY,
I. W. MAHER.
T. W. MAHER,.
SUBSCRIPTION
Editor
Owner and Manager
Asst. Manager
50c per Year.
The OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURIST
is published in the interest of the
farmers, stock raisers, poultry
breeders and all branches pertain-
ing to farm life in the New State
of Oklahoma.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD
OF AGRICULTURE FOR 1906.
Secretary C. A. McNabb Sends out a
Full and Complete Report of the
Proceedings of the Board for the
Past Year.
ing and all branches pertaining to ag-
riculture in the territory. The re.
Oort uhows cnnclusl velv thnt OUlw
homa has a list of farm products
that can he grown in the north and
in the south, such as corn, cotton,
. wheat, oats, bai ley, rys, alfalfa
maize, kaffir, sorghum, millet, Irish
and sweet potatoes, peanuts melons
and fruits of all kinds.
Wheat has been the leading staple
farm crop since the opening of the
country and while a bounteous crop
for 1906 it is surpassed in value by
the corn crop, but the value of the
wheat crop does not lie exclusively
in the grain, but is almost of equal
value as fall and winter pasture. The
saving of feed through the medium of
wheat pasture affords Oklahoma far-
mers a decided advantage over his
less fortunate northern brothers. The
practice of turning under the wheat
stubble early after harvest, planting
to cowpeas and following with corn
the succeeding year, it’s not. only ad.
FARM LOANS
6 1-2 PER CENT
We are in receipt of the Second
Biennial report of the Oklahoma Ter.
ritorial Board of Agriculture sent
out by the secretary, Mr. C. A. Mc-
Nabb. In his introductory remarks.
Mr. McNabb dwells upon the results
obtained by the hoard throughout the
past and the general outlook for the ten < ays to tell years. Pre-
future; he says that since the en.
NO COMMISSION
Anv terms you \vant-=
forcemeat of the several laws en-
acted by the Eighth Legislative As-
sembly and made operative through
the Agricultural Department, notably
the ‘Ttlursery Inspection Law” and
the “Slock Food and Fertilizer Law”
have increased the burdens of the
office force to the extent that “fash-
ionable hours” are no longer recog-
nized. Mr. McNabb accredits the
Farmers’ Institutes as being the foun-
dations upon which the Board of Ag-
riculture stands and gives a glowing
account of their progress. He also
calls attention to the law enacted by
the Legislative Assembly of 1905,
which provides for an appropriation
for the Agricultural Department of
$1,800 per annum for contingent ex-
penses and the sum of $2,820 per an-
num for salaries of the secretary and
office assistants, which allows the
secretary’s expenses in attending in-
stitutes held at county seats only, but
does not allow traveling expenses for
attendance at Institutes held in
smaller towns or at country school
houses. He explains the necessity
of holding meetings at other than the
county seats as many of our counties
are large and many farmers who
would otherwise attend the institutes
are prevented from doing so by the
great distance necessary to travel
payment option.
QUICK MONEY; no delays.
Interest payable once a year at
your bank See
JOE BASHORE Manager.
VVINNE <& WINNE.
1:1 Reno, Okla.
McGrath Building.
ding to the wheat yield, but has in-
creased the corn yield and a better
grade, at the same time maintaining
soil fertility.
Statistics show that cotton is
grown in every county in Oklahoma,
but the south half of the state offer stock Oklahoma lias made strides see-
the most favorable conditions. It is ond to none in eliminating the long
gradually becoming acclimated to the horn cattle and the broncho Indian
extreme northern counties and soon pony and placing in their stead the
that part, of the state will produce standard breeds of beef and dairy
as good results ns are realized in the cattle and the different breeds of
and timothy proving unsatisfactory.
Through experiments it has been
proven that alfalfa is the standby for
Oklahoma In hay crop. Four or five
cuttings a year bringing good market
returns has demonstrated to the farm-
er that it is the most dependable
hay crop. Timothy has been out-
classed in Dotli yield and quality by
Bermuda grass. The station at Still-
water has made some valuable ex-
periments with this grass.
The standard crop of western Ok-
lahoma may be considered as Kaffir
corn. It never fails to make a good
crop regardless of weather condi-
tions, and the grain has a feeding
value about equal io that of corn,
while the stover far surpasses corn
stover.
Oats always has been quite a fa.
forile crop with Oklahoma farmers
and the average acreage has been
high. Sometimes too much moisture
has caused an injuring rust but this
has been exceptional. Some cases
have been reported where farmers
have threshed one hundred bushels
to the acre.
Broom com is a staple crop all over
western Oklahoma. It is a crop that
must be properly handled to bring top
prices. Mr. McNabb suggests that
not over ten per cent of the crop is
shed cured, which fact alone means a
loss of many thousand dollars annu-
ally . Large crops may be success-
fully handled in small and in.expen.
sive curing sheds which would be
paid for many times each year by an
increased market price. The 1905
crop amounted to 22,500 tons,
while this year it will be exceeded
by about 1,200 tons.
Irish and sweet potatoes are
among the best crops grown in Okla-
homa. Thousands of car loads of
these commodities are shipped an.
ncally to northern and eastern mark-
ets. Two crops of Irish potatoes are
grown on the same ground in one
year, which supercedes the northern
grown by nearly one-half. Melons
are right at home in Oklahoma, as
has been proven by the product ex-
hibited at home and abroad. Fruit of
Oklahoma rivals that of any country
in size and flavor and abundance;
any variety of fruit that can be
grown in the United States flourishes
In Oklahoma. In the breeding of live
replete with good wholesome ideas
for the up-to-date farmer and would
be of great benefit to every farmer
and should be placed in his hands.
There are thousands of good features
in the book that want of space pre-
vents us from dwelling upon, but
taken as a whole it is a volume of
invaluable facts.
DO NOT FAIL TO ATTEND THE
BIG LIVE STOCK SHOW AND
CATTLE MEN’S CONVENTION
TO BE HELD AT ENID. OKLAHC.
MA, FEB. 4 TO 10, 1907. THERE
WILL BE OVER 300 HEAD OF PURE
BRED STOCK SOLD AT THIS
GREAT SHOW. NO STOCKMAN
SHOULD FAIL TO ATTEND.
Professional Directory
John J. Carney
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Room 3 over El Reno State Bank
El Reno. Oklahoma.
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H. L. Fogg,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
El Reno, Oklahoma
Office first stairway south of El
Reno State Bank
J. N. Roberson
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Will Practice In All Courts
El Reno, Oklahoma.
DR. .THOS -LANE
Physician
Office of Ricker & Saxey
Citizens Bank Building
Di. R. F. Koons
PHYSICIAN
Office over Crow Mercantile Co.
El Reno. Okla.
south. Oklahoma for years stood
at the head of the list of states in
point of yield of cotton per acre, and
in sixth place in total production.
For some time corn was considered
fine horses. The raising of sheep has
become quite an industry here, also,
while the hogs raised in Oklahoma
cannot be surpassed anywhere. The
raising of thoroughbred poultry is not
VETERINARIAN
Dr. Walter H. Martin,
* El Reno Oklahoma
Office at Kerrick’s Undertaking
Room
Graduate Iowa State College.
a very unsafe and unprofitable crop an infant industry, as the farmers as
in Oklahoma. Conditions have clmng. well as the pure-bred fanciers have
ed and it has been proven that the taken quite an interest in producing
annual production has been doubling the best strains of poultry found any.
to Teach "the" county 'seat.' A pressing each year for several years. In 1905 where,
demand Is made to the secretary to the crop amounted to sixty million
bushels, and this year the crop
amounted to over one hundred mil-
lion bushels. The lessons taught by
The report embraces the noble
work accomplished by the farmers’
institutes, irrigation bureau, the full
report of the last meeting of the ag
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Office Hours 8:30 a. m. to C p. m.
Phone 23.
DR. A. O. CROMER
Dentist
108 S. Bickford. El Reno, Okla.
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assist in holding at various points
other tlinn county seats, but he has
to turn them doW”’n^"'ancT^utho^ the farmers institutes have been of ricultural board, including the ad.
diversification, crop rotation, im. dresses before said meeting, and a
proved seed-bed preparation, more lengthy discourse by Prof. E. E. Bal-
frequent cultivation and consequent comb of Weatherford upon the Im.
conservation of the soil have brought provement of our Rural Schools and
about better farming with better re. their surroundings, which gives many
suits in the culture of corn. excellent ideas in beautifying our lit.
The hay crop in Oklahoma in form, tie temples of learnng where the in-
er years, in fact up until very recent ciplent education of American youth
years, was confined almost conclu. Is carried on day by day.
sively to native prairie grass, clover The report of Secretary McNabb is
account of lack of
ity to use them, and the pressure of
office work. At present the secre-
tary devotes about three months a
year to the institute field.
Glancing through the book we
first observe that it is neatly arrang-
ed and embellished with half-tone re-
productions of views from the Ex-
periment farm at Stillwater and from
other farms In Oklahoma, showing all
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Duffey, P. P. Oklahoma Agriculturist (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 31, 1907, newspaper, January 31, 1907; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc911350/m1/2/: accessed May 2, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.