The Lexington Leader (Lexington, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1912 Page: 9 of 10
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FARMERS |
The Anti-Trust Gin f
Wants Your Cotton I
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We are prepared to &ive you the jr
best ginning possible. We bave over-
hauled and repaired our gin from top
to bottom. j|
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KAFIR CORN AND MILO MARKET
Demand (or These Cereals Will Be Constant, and
Ever-Increasing—Some Facts and Figures About
Their Inspection and Grading.
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By H. M. COTTRELL. Agricultural Commissioner Rock Island Lints, in Southwest Trail
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Chicago, Kansas City and Wichita i feeds sold for horses and cattle. They
have had for several mouths regular are marketed under the same restric-
sales on their boards of trade for kalir | '.ions of the pure food laws in regard
and milo, and the sale of these graifis J to registration and maintenance of a
is handled the same as the sale of uniform formula as are the poultry
The
NO TICE !
From now until December 15 1 am going to make
a special price on new shares for turning plows and lis-
ters. Bring them in now and pay for them for them
when you get them.
Walter Stevens
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Hits and Auto L,ine y
Answers all calls promptly. ''Dusty" Kel-
ley is in charge of our auto livery with a tine KJ|
seven passenger car. Call any time of the day if V
you want to go across, make any train, town or
country drives. Phone 56 and we are at your KJ|
service.
Purcell-Lexington Auto Line O
v Real Estate For Sale 1
SO acre farm with good 6 room house, good barn
and well near Corbett, Oklahoma. Consideration $3500.
80 acres excellent farm land, good improvements, 70
acres in cultivation. Consideration $3500.
KO acres |fine farm land that will produce the very
best of crops. Consideration $3500.
SO acres fine farm land. 20 acses in finest kind of
budded fruit mostly winter apples [12 years old.] A
bargain at $4700.1
In the city of Lexington Oklahoma. Good 6 room
bouse, 3 lots, choice location on hill. $2500 in trade or
$2000 cash.
Good 6 room house and 4 lots, good cistern and out
buildings, choice location on hill. $1600. Terms.!
Fair 4 room house, 2 lots, good location on hill.
$300.
Good 4 room house on hill, pleasant location. $450.
4 lots McKinster subdivision subdivision, east of
j Main, Kingman, Kansas. Sale or trade.
' 2 lots Capital Hill.
\ Three room house, four lots, garden, chicken park
f and baru lot all fenced in with woven wire, shed barn,
\ buggy shed, good water and good bricked oat celler. A
/ bargain for anyone wanting a little home, saves paying V^j
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)B. A. DENISONQ
Fof Sale or Trade.
8 room house on 4 lots, corner,
close in ,to center of Lexington.
Will trade for good team and farm-
ing tools, and balance on easy
terms.—Jack Ethridge.
Abernathy will buy a few
yearlings or calves. See him.
Regular services at the Methodist
church Sunday as follows:
Sunday school at 9:45, preaching
at 11 a. m., Epworth League at
6:45 and preaching again by the
pastor at 7:30. Prayer meeting
every Wednesday evening at 7:30.
To these services the public is cor-
dially invited.
Rev. A. M. Miller, Pastor.
corn, wheat, oats and barley.
For eight months, July 1, 1911, to
February 29, l'J12, there were in-
spected at Chicago by the Illinois state
grain inspectdrs 331 cars of kaiircorn
and 37 cars of milo.
The Illinois State Railroad aud
Warehouse commission have estab-
lished the following grades tot kafir
and milo:
Kafircorn.
No. 1 white kafircorn—Shall be pure
white, of choice quality, sound, dry and
well cleaned.
No. 2. white kafircorn—Shall be sev-
en-eighths white, sountl, dry and clean.
No. 3 white kafircorn—Shall be sev-
•n-eighths white not dry, clean or
Bound enough for No. 2.
No. 4 white kafircorn—Shall be sev-
en-eighths white, badly damaged,
damp, musty or very dirty.
No. 1 red kafircorn shall be pure red,
of choice Quality, sound, dry and well
cleaned.
No. 2 red kafircorn—Shall be seven-
eighths red, sound, dry and clean.
No. 3 red kafircorn—Shall be seven-
eighths red, not dry, clean or sound
enough for No. 2.
No. 4 red kafircorn—Shall be seven-
eighths red, badly damaged, damp,
musty or very dirty.
No. 1 kafircorn—Shall be
kafircorn, of choice quality
dry and well cleaned.
No. 2 kafircorn—Shall be
kafircorn, sound, dry and clean,
No. 3 kafircorn—Shall be
kafircorn, not dry, clean or
enough for No. 2.
No. 4 kafircorn—Shall include all
mixed kafircorn, badly damaged, damp,
musty or very dirty.
Milomaize
No. 1 milomaize—Shall be mixed
milomaize of choice quality, souud, dry
and well cleaned.
No. 2 milomaize—Shall be mixed
milomaize, sound, dry and clean.
No. 3 milomaise—Shall be mixed
milomaize, not dry, clean or sound
enough for No. I.
No. 4 milomaize—Shall include all
mixed milomaize, badly damaged,
damp, musty, or very dirty.
Of the 331 cars of karcorn inspected
at Chicago during the eight months
ending February 29, 1912, 277 cars,
nearly 84 per cent, graded No. 3. The
buyers want No. 2, and the reason
that so much of the kafircorn was No.
3, was on account of dirt and the grain
being musty. The inspectors complain
particularly about musty kafir through
the winter.
The three largest buyers of kafir in
Chicago ars the Albert Dickerson Co.,
dwards & Loomls Co., and the Quaker
Oats Co., Somers, Jones & Co., grain
commission mrchants, are the largest
handlers of kafircorn on the Chicago
Beard of Trade. There are over 702
manufacturers of poultry feeds in the
United States that use kafircorn large-
ly in their mixed poultry feeds. Dur-
ing the past winter kafircorn has been
•old at Chicago In carload lots at $1
to $1.40 per 100 pound*—58 to 78.4
Dents a bushel.
The demand for kafircorn is lccreae-
lng rapidly throughout the United
States.
Kafircorn and milo, outside of the
territory where it is growing, is at
present used chiefly In miied poultry
feeds, and the poultry feed market is
taking this grain as fast as it is of-
fered. During the spring and summer
months, the buyers have difficulty in
securing a sufficient supply to meet
their trade. One manufacturer of
poultry feeds told me that he tritd to
start in the summer season with a
supply of 400 or 500 ton*. It is esti-
mated that the three largest Chicago
users of kafircorn for poultry feeds
Me an average of 20,000,000 pounds
of kafircorn par month.
The d#mand for kafircorn by the
masufaatorers of poultry feeds will
be oonstant. The national and state
pare food laws require that every
mixture of feeds ottered for sale must
have a statement on each bag of every
material used in the mixture and the
exact quantity of each material, and
that this formula must be maintained
from month to month and from year
to year. Each feed mixture Is regis-
tered separately In every state where
tt is offered for sale. Nearly all of the
mixed poultry feeds contain a good
proportion of kafircorn. The regis-
tration fees are high, one manufac-
tnrer reporting that his license fees
for poultry feeds alone in states east
of the Mississippi amounts to $5,000
feeds. Many of the manufacturers of
these feeds would use kaiircorn large-
ly in their mixtures if the supply was
sufficient, but they do not dare to un-
dertake its use now. When the sup-
ply of kafircorn is largely increased
an immense quantity will be absorbed
in this branch of the feed trade.
Kafircorn and milo are worth 90
per cent as much as the same weight
of corn for feeding work horses, beef
and dairy cattle, hogs aud sheep. The
limited supply on the markets and the
strong demand for these grains J^jr
poultry feeds has kept the price at or
above that of corn. This has made it
impossible for stockmen to buy these
grains for the regular feeding and
fattening of livestock. A number of
grain men stated that whenever the
supply ol' kafircorn and milo became
so large that it assumed an important
place in the markets, that it would be
absorbed just the same as corn, oats,
barley and other feeds, selling at a
price compared with the price paid
for other grains proportionate to it*
feed value.
When the germinating season
comes in the spring, there is a strong
tendency in kafircoru and milo to start
the growing process sufficiently to de-
velop heat enough to injure the grain.
Kafircorn harvested in a dry fall,
thoroughly cured before being thresh-
ed and kept apparently "bone" dry
through the winter in a dry and well-
protected bin will often, in warm, wet
weather in the spring, become bo hot
that one can hardly bear his hand in
it. This heating often occurs in a dry
bin where there Is no opportunity for
extra moisture to reach the grain, ex-
cept that contained in the air in the
building. Thoroughly dried kafircorn
and milo shipped from a dry country
into a moist country will hoat
in the ear, when the car reaches a
point where the weather is damp and
warm.
When kafir begins to heat, it must
be moved at once and air allowed to
play around the grains. This will stop
the heating for several days, and
when the grain begins to heat again,
the aerating process must be repeat-
ed. In small bins the heating can be
kept in check by shoveling the grain
over as often as it begins to get warm.
It is the custom in elevators to take
kafircorn when It begins to heat and
move it from one bin to another, the
grain getting sufficient air in this
movement to kep it cool for some
time. If the tendency to heat Is very
strong, the kafircorn is passed through
a blast of cold air as it Is changed
from one bin to another.
A firm whose trade demands kafir-
corn that has never been heated has
houses at Denver, in eastern Kansas
and in central Oklahoma. At the Kan-
sas and Oklahoma houses a constant
watch has to be kept over the kafir-
eorn in the spring to keep It from
heating, and In some seasons it has to
be aerated frequently. At Denver
there has never been the slightest
trouble from heating In any season
or year. The extreme dryness of the
air and the cool climate seem NJ pre-
vent all trouble in this respect.
It seems that It would be a practi-
cal plan for millers and grain dealers
In western Kansas, eastern Colorado
and New Mexico and the Panhandles
of Oklahoma and Texas to erect mod-
em concrete elevators and store large
quantities of kafir and milo where tt
could be held until needed for imme-
diate consumption In the rain belt.
One of the largest handlers of kafir-
corn in Chicago told me that he could
sell Bix months ahead on contract for
regular and large shipments of kafir
and milo stored in modern bins In the
dry western country, where the alti-
tude is sufficiently high to keep the
air cool and dry. Large Btorage
centers for kafir and milo can be es-
tablished profitably at Amarlllo, Lib-
eral, Fhllllpsburg, Norton and other
western points.
Kafir that is thoroughly dried before
threshing and thoroughly cleaned be-
fore storing does not heat nor mould
nearly so quickly as that which Is
mixed with trash and dirt. These ab-
Borb the miosture that makes the
grain heat quickly in the spring The
bulk of these grains that Is received
at the grain markets grade No. s on
account of the dirt. Nearly all of the
kafir and milo would grade No. 2 If
the farmers would clean It with a
fanning mill as soon as threshed. This
cleaning would Increase the price, 1m
prove the keplng qualities and save
the freight charges on the valuseless
Shoes!!
Our store has just bought the most com-
plete stock of men's ladies' and children' shoes
ever shown in Lexington. They will arrive in
eight or ten days. It will pay you to go bare-
footed until that time. They are the celebrated
standard brand Barton Bros. Every pair is
guaranteed. Your especial attention is called to
our work shoes, their quality and looks.
We Are Receiving
New Goods
Every Day
Wall Paper
Biggest Stork in Cleveland County, Per Hull 5c
Watch This Space
Weekly and when you come to Lexington go to the
big store to do your trading.
Breeding & Ward
Clioap Osk-.1i Stoi't1
We have been making an earn-
est appeal each wyck to our subscri-
bers in regard (o the payment of
their subscription to the Leader.
We have been meeting with very
good success. Every subscriber
who comes in to pay us convinces
us that he is satisfied with the paper
and we feel the same way about it.
The home paper is worth a dollar a
year because it keeps you in touch
with the doings of people with
whom you are acquainted and in
whom you have an interest. A dol-
lar a year is never missed when
spent thusly because each week it
furnishes you a little food for
thought and tries to make things
seem a little bit livelier than they
are to the man who, when you ask
him what lias been going on, ans-
wers "nothing doing at all, every-
thing quiet,"
We want you to keep everlasting-
ly looking at that date at the top of
the paper and when you come in to
pay us let us renew you for a year
and give you our clubbing rate with
The Dallas Semi-Weekly News and
the Leader for $1.7.r> a year, a com-
bination of papers that will give
you all the news at home and
abroad. Remember the next time
you are in town to call and see us.
Farm Loans
1 represent Bartlett Bros., Land
ifc Loan Co., of St. Joseph. Missouri
Branch office at Guthrie. Lowest
rates and best terms.
E. A. Denison.
There are millions of tons of mixed trash
Raising
"Will you please advise me wliich
▼arlety of turkeys is moat profitable
on the farm? Would be pleased to
have your advice."—Mrs. B. B., Osage
County, Okla.
Generally speaking the Mammoth
Bronre turkey la the most popular
variety we have. They ar« large
sized and vigorous if properly handled.
The White Holland turkey has been
developed to such an extent that It
closely approaches the Mammoth
Bronze in size and la considered bet-
Turkeya.
iter for some localities, because of the
l fact that it does not require so wide
a range as a bronse. I think you will
find either of these varieties profll-
able and there Is no question but that
I the turkey-growing industry is being
: neglected in Oklahoma. yTutkeys on
! the farm destroy large numbers of
harmful Insects and other foods re-
quired are not expensive. ■ Therefore,
'the profits ordinarily are -large where
I carefully handled.—H. A. Blttenbend.
| er. Dept. of Animal Husbandry, Okl
| homa A. A m. College, Stillwater.
MULES FOR SALE—Land for
rent.We have four spans of good
mules and Jour farms for rent to
parties buying the mules. See
Chas. Greemore, Pres. Farmers
State Guaranty Bank, Lexington,
Oklahoma, adv
Ess Tee Dee; I guarantee 10 ap
plications or $1.00 bottle to stop
dandruff or falling hair.—1'. W.
Booker, adv
The Lakes of
the North
Invite You
Why not take a trip this sum-
mer to one of the many Lake
Resorts of Michigan and Wis-
consin, You'll find it delight-
fully cool. Get away from
the Oklahoma weather for a
while.
Low Fares
Daily (ill September .'i0; re-
duced rates apply to all north-
ern, eastern, mid-central and
east central resorts. Return
limit .extends to October 31,
with stop overs at all princi-
pal points en route.
Let the nearest Frisco agent
plan your trip or write to the
undersigned. We will gladly
give you detailed advice.
C. O. Jackson
D. P. A. Frisco Lines
Oklahoma City
Found—A Cotton pickers weight
book. Owner can get same at this
dice.
We want as many subscribers as
possible, so if this is a sample copy
you are reading, look the paper over
closely and send in your name; of
course the dollar will put you in
good standing for a year.
Kidney Flush for Kidney and
blader diseases.—adv
New Barbe Arrives.
T. R, Hardy will open the Star
I Barber Shop today for busines, he
is also agent for the New State
Laundry. \\ atch next weeks pa-
per. Mr. Hardy ir recently of Deni-
son, Texas.
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The Burkett Garage
All kinds of repair work substantially
done. We also make drives. Agents for
Buick automobiles, the best car on earth.
See us
MONROE BURKETT
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