Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 9, 1909 Page: 6 of 8
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REGISTER.
ROCKrORD.iA
CORRCSPONDENCC
SOLICITED
The present output of wheat In
Canada is 28^.000.000 bushels annual-
ly. and this with but 7 per cent of
her available wheat land utilized.
The fall mouths are the proper ones
in which to start the bulbous plants
for next year's garden. The bed should
be made rich and mellow and the
bulbs s««t In place before the cold
weather conies on.
It isn't the fish and game a fellow
pets when on a day's Jaunt, but rather
the relaxation, exercise and fresh air.
that are of most value. He may not
think so at the time, but the delusion
is perfectly harmless.
Did he but realize It the farm or
ram h owner living along main traveled
roads Is Interested financially In keep-
ing hem in the best possible condition
in a far greater degree than the rural
carrier, the auto owner or any one else
who uses them.
{This matter must not be reprinted with-
out special permission.]
THE TIME FOR ACTION.
1 The most appropriate time to talk
about good seed corn is not March 1,
when the time for testing It i8 at
Stand, but the few weeks preceding
Oct. 15, during which time the choicest
and earliest maturing ears can be se-
en red and thoroughly dried and cured
tjefore heavy freezes take place. While
at the job it is well to secure more
Aban one needs for himself, for some
ihapless fellow in all probability will
not take the necessary precautions and
next spring will be anxious to get the
gurpHis seed and pay a good price for
It. The seed ears should be hung in a
well ventilated open shed, southern
exposure preferable. When thoroughly
dry it may be stored in a dry place, a
conventional arrangement being to tie
the ears In strings of about twenty
ears, each being fastened at the mid-
dle and crisscrossing the one above It.
The strings of ears should then be
hung up where the mice cannot get at
tliem and where tliey will not draw
'moisture during the winter months.
To be on the safe side it is well to
store the ears where they will not be
subject to severe cold. In the fall se-
lection of seed ears not only should the
time of maturity of the ear be consid-
ered. but its shape, outward appear-
ance of kernels and general thrlftlness.
It should be even rowed, and the ker-
nels should cover the tip as completely
as possible. A detailed study of the
kernels is best delayed until next
spring at testing time, when ears hav-
ing kernels which are not plump to the
germ end may be discarded along with
those w hich do not show enough vital-
ity. rrofessor Holden, the great corn
expert, holds that If all seed ears were
picked and hung up to dry by Oct. 15
more would be done to increase the
yield of corn than would be possible in
any other way.
HOW HE SAVED HIS CROP.
Last spring at blossom time, wheu
growers in many sections of the west
were having the time of their lives try-
ing to save the prospective crop of
fruit by making smudges and burning
fire pots and pitch pots and what not
in their orchards, a fruit ranch owner
near Medford, in the Kogue river valley.
In southern Oregon, having tried all
of these plans and failed, decided that
what was needed most iu his orchard
to keep the blossoms from freez-
ing was just plain heat, so he built
some fifty small tires of fir cord wood
in about nine acres nights when the
thermometer dropped to the danger
poiut and by this means succeeded in
keeping the temperature up some 12
degrees. The fuel and labor cost per
night of this protection was $T>, or
about 55 cents per acre. An interest-
ing feature of this ease is the fact
that the fires which were kept burn-
ing iu this orchard saved the blossoms
in orchards on three adjoining sides
from three to five rows back from the
fence. That the ranchman in question
was paid for his pains is shown in the
fact that there are now hanging on his
trees from 11,500 to 4.000 boxes of
choice Newtowns. Spitz and Ben Da-
vis. which will net him from $'J to
a box. So well did this simple plan
work that others should know of it.
SOME FEEDING EXPERIMENTS.
The Illinois experiment station has
been making some exhaustive tests iu
the feeding of steers. While the full
details of the experiments have not
been made public, some general results
have been announced. One conclusion
arrived at is that the quantity of the
feed given affects materially the pro-
portion of the feed digested by the ani-
mals—that is. the more feed given the
Jess proportionately was digested, one
lot, receiving 20 per cent less of the
same food than another, making 2 per
cent larger gain in flesh. Another fact
demonstrated was that beeves can be
fattened upon a relatively low protein
ration, which means economical meat
production. This one point of econom-
ical use of feed in fattening operations
is one that should be given attention
by every feeder, who without much
extra trouble could carry out much
the same tests as those indicated above
and prove the value of them from his
own experience.
POOR SCHOOLS AND BIG BARNS.
It ought not to be so, but in all too
many instances the country school-
house and grounds are the most ill
kept and slovenly In api>earance and
the teacher the most ill prepared for
her work and poorly paid in districts
where one sees the biggest barns, the
most hogs in lot and cattle in pasture.
It might U> added, too. that It is usual-
ly in districts of this description where
If the gasoline engine is to be sta-
tionary the best possible foundation
for it is one of stonework or cement
laid deep enough to give needed sta-
bility. Iron rods with large clamps
should run to the bottom of the foun-
dation and extend high enough so
that the base of the machine can be
anchored to them.
The annual loss to live stock In the
United States from the ravages of
predatory animals Is placed at $ 1.' <),-
(MX).(KM). In the face of these figures
it is not surprising that a campaign of
extermination is being organized by
state and federal anthorltles.
An orchard plow has recently been
devised with which it is possible to
un close to the trunks of the trees,
yet allows horses to work two or three
feet farther from the tree. It is some-
thing that has been needed and is high-
ly prized by those who have used it.
RAINS COVER KNTIRK STATE.
Good rains fell throughout practi-
cally the entire state Tuesday, the
central, eastern and southeastern
parts receiving the heaviest precipi-
tation. Late cotto nis benefited most
' among the crops ami alfalfa growers
are assured of ap roll table last cutt-
tlng. Plenty of stock water has heel
supplied and pastures that have dried
up during the last thirty days will he
revived. Late corn in many localities
now has a chance of producing u fair
crop. Preparation of the soil for fall
wheat planting is made possible and
fall gardens have fine prospect.
The tomato vines may be counted
n to produce fruit which in size will
be in an inverse ratio to the number
allowed to mature. The best and most
perfect fruit is produced where but
two or three stems are permitted to
carry fruit, the pruning being done
gradually during the growing season.
However, where the vines have been
allowed to grow at will much can be
done to increase the size of the fruit
set as well as to hasten maturity by
cutting off a good share of the grow-
ing shoots with some kind of a sharp
knife.
A man who some years ago mored
Into a neighborhood where yellow mus-
tard was thicker in the fields than hair
on a dog's back writes a leading ag-
ricultural paper that the way to get
rid of the pest is first to clean the
seed grain and not sow mustard seed.
As a second precaution he recommends
plowing the fields as soon as the
shocks are off, which will germinate
the seed the same fall and prevent it
living through the winter. Lastly he
suggests keeping tlie roadsides and
fence corners clean. This program of
extermination would seem to be pret-
ty good.
The forest service bureau has on ex-
hibition a number of two inch sections
of several varieties of wood which
have been put through tests for
strength, and the showing which the
eucalyptus makes is remarkable. The
sample of this wood broke down un-
der an end strain of 43.200 pounds
the fiber stress per square inch being
13,580. In like blocks of oak and
hickory, generally supposed to be the
strongest and toughest of our native
woods, the figures for the two strains
were respectively 17.000 pounds and
4.S7W pounds and 3G.2H) pounds and
8,800 pounds.
The writer recently had opportunity
to put some questions to a civil en-
gineer who bus had charge of private
and government irrigation projects
iu the Yakima valley. Among other
things, his opinion touching pumping
plauts for irrigation puri>oses where
the land did not lie right to receive
water from a gravity system was that
they were quite practicable and satis-
factory and for a forty acre tract ought
not to exceed $800. lie held that even
better results could be secured, includ-
ing greater economy iu operation, if a
group of from three to six neighbors
were to unite in the construction ami
maintenance of such irrigating plant.
One of the surprises for the visitor
at the Seattle exposition is the re-
markable display of agricultural prod-
ucts to be found in the Alaska build-
ing. The climate of southern Alaska
is greatly modified by ocean currents,
which have much the same effect that
the gulf stream has on the countries
of northern Eurojie. As far north as
latitude 04 degrees grains and grasses
are grow n successfully, as well as po-
tatoes and other root crops. The last
til be added to the list Is the festive
watermelon. Considering the fact thai
this great domain was for many years
viewed as a resort for seals and polar
bears, the showing referred to Is not
bad.
The cutting of the roadside weeds is
to be urged for two or three very good
reasons- first, to keep them from ma-
turing and scattering a big crop of
seed; secondly, to prevent their becom-
ing a catch for drifting puows aud thus
a serious hindrance to winter tratiic,
and. thirdly, the improved appearance !
of the highway from the standpoint of j
those who drive over it. While the i
first two reasons given an"* perhaps the
most practical, the third is Just as im-
portant, for. whether they will or no.
the character, public spirit and enter-
prise of the residents of a community
are often very accurately shown by the
care they give the highways for which
they are responsible.
As soon as the tops of the onions
are ripe and the roots sufficiently dead
to permit of easy pulling the crop
should be raked Into convenient rows
with a round toothed rake, care being
taken not to bruise the onions. They
should then be allowed to dry until
the top Is completely shriveled and the
outside skit) rattles, when the topping
may be done with a pair of light,
sharp scissors. If dry enough to store
they may be crated or sacked when
Secretary Coburn of the Kansas
Itate board of agriculture refers iu his
book ou alfalfa to fields of this legume
In Mexico which have reached an age
of 200 years, to fields In France that I
are 100 years old and to some iu New-
York which have <10 years to their
credit. In the face of such figures al l
falfa well deserves its designation. !
"perennial." i
L. V. WILSON >m ENTER RACE.
Alva, Okla.—Announcement is made
that L. Y. Wilson will probably be a
candidate for the Republican Congres-
sional nomination against Dick Mor-
gan in this, the Second, district. His
platform is anti-Cannon and favors for
speaker Victor Murdock. editor of the
Wiiehita Ragle, and for many terms a
member of Congress. He also opposes
the new tariff law.
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W ILK INS' SENTENCE COM-
MITTED BY (iOVERNOR.
The Montana experiment station has
been making some investigations with
a view to learning just how great Is
the effect of alkali In the soil upon
different kinds of cement work.
Cases have come to the uotlce of the
station officials where cement founda-
tions in moist alkali soil have almost j
entirely disintegrated. While the tests was recommended by District Judge
have not been completed, enough has Johnson, who was attorney for the
been learned to make out a pretty jnegro during the trial, and by S. M.
Governor Haskell granted a com-
mutation of sentence to Jim Wilkins
a Comanche county murdered, who
! was sentenced to hang. The a< tion
case for cement work set In alkali soil.
There are today In the Tufted States
about 42.000 rural mail routes, served
by some 40,000 carriers, who receive
on the average a salary of $1*00 per an-
num. Many of the routes are not self
sustaining and are largely responsible
for the annual deficit which has exist
ed for the past two or three years.
Patrous on such unprofitable routes
ought to realize more fully than they
do that after being given a fair trial a
good many of such routes will lie dis-
continued. It is up to the |Mitrons
whether the service they have shall lie
kept up.
An old codger we read an account of
the other day got his name into the
newspapers by swallowing the claims
of a smooth stranger without so mUch
as winking and paying $10 for three
little bottles of dope which it was
claimed would cure any ailment of
man or beast of however serious char-
acter. The item did not go on to say
whether the stuff in the bottles later
turned out to be plain water, vinegar
or machine oil. The important thing
is that the fool was parted from his
money. This kind ought to take the
next dollar or dollar and a half they
get and subscribe for and also read
their local paper, in which skin giines
and swindles of this and other brands
are exposed every day.
Cunningham, former county attorney,
who secured the conviction.
SWEAR INGEN
S
Made on Cloudy D«y« • •
hb when the «un ■bine*.
OppositePostotfice. Guthrie. Oklahoma
the boys and girls are kept from school topped If not they should be given a
on almost any pretext and from which
they dig out for more congenial sur-
roundings just as soon as they can
fflrD their own way. This condition
referred to is a wretched and short-
sighted perversion of the relative 1m-
ew d iys more curing. Before being
sacked or stored the crop should be
thoroughly dry, and this Is a point
\ iiich any careful buyer will insist
on. The crop should be secured as
rly s possible in sections where
A leaflet recently published by the
Wisconsin experiment station places
the annual loss of phosphoric acid in
that state at 15.000,000 pounds, worth
$750,000. and attributes the loss chiefly
to the sale of animals and grain and
the improper handling of barnyard
manures, two-thirds of tlie loss being
traceable to the last named cause. U
Is estimated that on an average 100
acre dairy farm there is an annual
loss of thirty pounds of phosphoric
acid, while on a 100 acre grain farm
the loss is <115 pounds. In fifty years'
* uitivatiou it is estimated that one-
third < f the available soil phosphates
are removed. Experiments with phos-
phate fertilizers showed that the ap
plication of 300 pounds per acre great-
ly Increased the crop yields.
It uouhl seem reasonable to assume
that much might be done along the
line of keeping boys and girls on the
farm if more pains were taken to make
the rural neighborhood more attrac-
tive. In one respect particularly do we
believe a great Improvement might be
made—that Is, In the building of more
attractive and commodious school-
houses and the keeping of the grounds
in bettor shape. There is little reason
to wonder that the young people of a
community aren't particularly impress-
ed with the educational and social life |
of the district when the school facili-
ties are so meager and so poorly main |
tained. They argue, whether rightly j
or not, that this state of things points •
to a virtual disregard for cducatiou f
on the part of patrous and directors j
aud that a development of the head j
isn't worth while whyu it cornea to
achieving success in agriculture. The
net result of this attitude is that those
who have got the brightest minds and
most energy light out when occasion
offers for some place and type of work
where their capacities will be given
opportunity to develop. We do not
hold that their action is wise. There
is great provocation for it. It Is be-
coming more evident every day that
there is no field of effort where brains
energetically directed will bring uni-
formly larger or surer rewards than in
agiculture. The great need of the clay
is to get the boys and girls to appro-
bate this fact. A more wholesome and
wide awake attitude ou the part of the
Did folks who are taxpayers would help
to bring this about. It is time agri-
cultural communities appreciated the
opportunities at hand and put on a bet-
ter front.
GUTHRIE
NATIONAL BANK
"united states and state depository
Prudence andConservatism
This bank was established in 1889 and has there-
fore had twenty years of successful business experience.
Its depositors have entrusted their funds to this bank
with the knowledge that they would be absolutely safe
under our conservative management and Federal
supervision and secured with our large capital and
surplus fund.
THE OLDEST BANK IN OKLAHOMA.
l'ttsitiou Hauled.
Graduate Emerson College of Ora-
tory. Boston, Mass., five years experi-
ence In teaching and recital work, de-
sires to go to Oklahoma. Piano ac-
companying a specialty. References
giveu Address 51, Louis a, Va.
10 per cent discount on all ladies'
and misses Tan Oxfords at Robin-
son's
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
O A S T O R 1 A
Get mj rate and terns and job will
get your farm loan of me. Dont for-
get. T. A. BAGGETT
You will always find bargains on
my J1.48 and $1.98 tables. See them
at Robinson's, the Shoeman.
fflfl FRENCH FEMALE
PILLS.
A S*P«, CkRTUN Rei Il.K for SrPPKKMKD Mb«.rtrcat«o*.
NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL. *nf.- ' Su« l sj-f-iy! Satis-
fartinn i.uar.-mimt or .Vl-.nev Reftondrd. S-nt prepaid
>r $1.00 per box. Will si i.J tinmen irial,tu bf paid for
■hen relieved. Eam| '< I'ree. If jour druggist does not
e the in stud your order* to the
•4ited medical co., box 74, Lancaster. Pa.
Sold Guthrie by C. R. Renfro and The
Stafford Drug Co.
Very Serious
It is a very serious matter to ask
for one medicine ar.d have the
wrong one given you. For this
reason we urge yon in buying
to be careful to get the genuine— „ .
BUCTKkiHT i
Liver Medicine -
The reputation of this old, relia- S*
ble medicine, for constipation, in- p
digestion and liver trouble, is firm- fa
ly established. It doe s not imitate £
other mtdicir.es. It is better than B
others, or it would rot be the fa- p
vorifca liver powder, with a larger jgj
sale than all others cc mbined.
SOLD IN Try/ff TI ri
W M BRONSON LC BRONSO
BRONSON & BRONSON
Abstracts, Loans and Insurance
Oldest and Largest Insurance Agency in Oklahoma
Fire and Tornado Insurance. • Only complete and correct Ab<-~-ac*
Books inLogan county. 20 vears' experience in compilingAbstiaccs
of Title. Monev to loan at lowesi rates on farm and city property.
118 W. Oklahoma Ave.
Headache
NEURALGIA
BACKACHE
of the Little
Tablets
and the
Pain is
I have used Dr.
-Milt* Antl-Paln
PilU for year* and
find that they ar* the
one thing that
ceruinly fl « a
ferer ibe desired
reiki.N
Mr*. J P Brlucll,
Tonapah, Nev.
AND THI. TAINS Of
RHEUMATISM
ind SCIATICA
McAlester,
Canon City
Wier City,
Piedmont,
Hontreal,
Anthracite.
COAL!
J. B. FAIRFIELD,
TRANSFER, COAL and STORAGE.
Established 1889
Office and Yards: 407 VV. Harrison Avt,
DHONE NO 70 PAST OF CFrf T
25 Doses 25 Cents
Your Druggist Mils Dr Milci Antt-Pain Pillt
and be is authorised 10 return the pr ct of the flr*i
pat ft age tonlt tf 11 fails 10 benefit you.
Bunch of Bargains
Four months ago I placed the Lyon Bankrupt Stock on
the market and hundreds of my customers were fortun-
ate in getting sonic excellent bargains.
Again, hating an eye single to the good of my people,
I took advantage of the Underwood failure and bought
his entire stock of fine, fresh goods. Buggies, Wagons
and Farm Implements, which must be sold in thirty days.
A "Bunch of Bargains." \'es, and then some. Come and
profit by them. ,
W. D. PACKER
Corner Division and Cleveland
portance of things and ought to b« trusts occur, sb a hard freeze will
righted. gjgH gM> la sweat and sprout.
■+++++-H
Patterson
Purniture
p|ain.Artistii
H.t.n Furniture,
Carpets, Etc
1'mhnlmera tao-iasW t1arr<ion*w
nd Funeral Director* Outhrla.
Residence Flione ISM Phone 8C
KILLthc COUGH
AND CURE TKC LUNC8
WITH
Dr. King's
New Discovery
FIR C8"g?8 ,.MM.
AND AU THROAT AND LUN8 TROUBLES.
GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY
OR MONEY REFUNDED.
The Postoffice Drug Store
214 West Oklahoma Ave.
Has just received an elegant assortment of jewelry,
to be sold on the small profit quick sale plan. Every
piece is guaranteed to be just as represented. You
must see the line to appreciate it.
We also carry a complete line of Kodaks and
supplies.
Our Prescription Department is stocked with
only the purest and best of durgs, and is in charge of
Mr. Richard B. Wolgamot, a graduate in pharmacy
wth large experience.
This store is now under the direct management
of F. B. Lillie, and its business is rapidly growing.
. If you have not been a patron of this store in
the past we shall be pleased to make your acquaintance
and solicit at least a trial, with the assurance that we
shall ?ive vou our best jn the basis of "live and let
live."
We are direct importers of Post Cards and carry
the largest line of local and fancy Post Cards in the
city or State, for -fitter. Send local views to
your frienoa >nd advevtise i/ur city and State.
We are closing out a line of #ancy goods and nov-
elties suitable for holiday presents at prices less than
cost. Come and make your selections. They are on
display in our windows.
the postoffice: drug store
F. B. LILLIE, Propr tor.
Opposite Post Office. Phone B20.
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