Wewoka Democrat (Wewoka, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1913 Page: 3 of 8
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oM firalnrt la to to «ut»
•lad to glv* it • mw Inm of Ufa
I* a good doal to to doM to-
Cora the actual putting oa of the
•aainol. mad upon this preliminary
preparation depends the success. Be
hy striae each piece a tboroush
•°°d scruhMnt with hot water, soap,
and a stroas bristle brush. This
scrubbing brines away aay dirt aad
eklpa of palat. leartas a surface cleaa.
tot chipped where the Mu of palat
hare come off. Tbea take a piece of
flae sandpaper aad rub the furniture
•II orer with It. aad it must to a
•wally Ins sandpaper, as a coarse
ffl*ce would scratch aad spoil the sur-
face. Then If your furniture Is to he
enameled white the nest step la a
•®»t of white palat. not enamel but
lust flat white paint. Put this on (Iret
with a small brush, fllllac In all the
Management. United States Depart*
meat of Agriculture.)
It Is the Intention la this article U
discuss the cost of the equipment for
the rartous types of farming. The
reader will of oourae understand
that these estimates must to tak-
en merely as estimates. Par In-
stance,
getting aurted.
la tha shore estimates tha rani am
Ute la about 7# per cent of tha total
caplui; the machinery la about 10 per
cent.; lire stock 16 per cent, aad
miscellaneous. Including minor items
of equipment and working surplus, •
per cent. In four townships of the
sUte of New Hampshire, where Mr. B.
H. Thompson of the ofllce of farm
management made a careful study at
esery farm In each of the townships,
the distribution of the capital totweam
these Items was as fallows:
In tha types considered be-
low land haa. In all cases, been con-
sidered as worth |60 per acre without
buildings, foncea. etc. The price of
land eartes anormously In different lo-
calities. in using these figures,
therefore, the prdspectlre farmer
must substitute In them the proper
prioe of land. The farm will nearly
always hare a dwelling upon It. and
It will uaually hare fences, and fre-
quently a barn that will answer the
purposes. These Items are usually in-
cluded under the head of real estate.
It will therefore to necesaary, in sv-
•ry Individual car-, to substitute for
the real estate toms In then* figures
the actual raises obtained by Inquiry.
The remainder of the Items can to
depended upon with a fair dsgres of
certainty, an they do not vary so
much la different sections. The fol-
lowing is the estimated real estate
•ost of a slaty-acre dairy farm:
Land. <0 acres at ISO..........63,000
Dwelling .;.................... 7gg
Barn (for 16 hand at |T0)......1.140
Pences. $6 per acre............ $00
ft f ft I
S I II j
It will ho seaa that our figures
agree fairly wall with those figures,
actually takou from the term, tha
principal difference tolng that tha
percentage la real estate is larger oa
the New Hampshire terras than la the
estimates above, while tha percentage
la machinery aad miscellaneous to
smaller. A slight difference la the
prion paid tor real estate would make
these figures agree very closely.
Equipment for a 40-Acre Hay Pane.
40 acres of land at |60........63.000
Dwelling ...................... 760
Barn ......................... 600
Ponces ....................... 160
C least Room.
In planning a honss let tha women
of tha family have something to say
about the arrangement, number and
else of the closets. They know, or
should know, how much housekeeping
Is simplified when there Is plenty of
well-arranged closet room.
Closets should. If possible, to ven-
tilated and lighted by moans of win-
dows. In addition every closet In aa
electrically lighted house should have
aa electric light.
Have the llaen closet fitted with
•helves provider.' with drop fronts;
have the fronts hinged by means of
chains at the sides held at Just the
angle to transform the fronts Into ad-
ditional shelf room where they are
dropped.
Total .......................66,190
Usually one can buy land with the
above equipment os It by paying caab
from hue-fourth to one-third of Its
value and giving a mortgage tor the
remainder. Hence the necesaary cap-
ital for a beginner. In order that he
may start la and have his farm In full
operation within one year, would thea
to about as follows:
Oue-third of the value of the
»ual ••*•*• ..................H.7S0
19 cows at 650................. too
1 bull ........................ 76
6 horses at 9160............... 450
Harness ...................... 40
Wagon (farm) ................ 70
Wagon (spring) ............... 85
Dairy utensils................. 200
Implements and machinery, 65
per acre ................... 300
Minor Items of equipment...... 125
* Plgn ........................ g
13 hens g
1 hen house.................... 50
Working surplus .............. 350
Real estate..........
One-third of real aetata..
3 horses ................
1 mower............'....
1 rake..........*.......
1 two-horse plow.........
1 two-horse harrow......
1 wheelbarrow seeder....
1 wagon ................
1 set harness............
1 baler .................
1 cow ..................
3 pigs ..................
12 hens .................
1 hen house .............
Minor Items of equipment
Surplus .................
91.139
To Clean Vasea.
Glass flower vases are apt to be-
come much stained In time, especially
If such flowers as mignonette and for-
get-me-nots are left In them for a few
days without changing the water. To
remove the stains few methods are
better than that of placing a handful
of used tea leaves at the bottom of
tbs vans with a little vinegar, and
with the hand placed across the top,
shaking It until the marks have dis-
appeared If not completely elimi-
nated, this should be repeated, while
la addition a rag wound around a
•tick and pushed Into the crevices
will effectually remove the most ob-
stinate stains.
Total, one-third of real estate
doers ..................... 63,419
Total, all of real estate down.94.636
It will be seen from the above that
40 acres devoted almost exclusively
to hay can be equipped for consider-
ably less mon«*y than a 60-acre dairy
farm. The It con*, from the 40-acre
hay farm. In those states where hay
will sell for as much aa 616 a ton oa
the farm, will «2so be larger than It
will be on the 60-acre dairy farm. But
In regions where hay sells for only 63
or 63 a ton an exclusive hay term Is
not advisable. I would put 913 to tbs
ton as about the dividing line bet weed
hay farming and other types. Of
course It will be necessary. In con-
ducting an exclusive hay farm, to use
commercial fertilisers liberally.
Total .....................63.987
The amount of capital thus seen to
be neceasary In order to start off a
dairy farm properly, under the condi-
tions here assumed. Is about 64.000
(63.967); or, If the farmer desires to
pay cash, which Is always aafer, the
total capital required Is 97.447.
In starting such a farm It Is highly
Important not to buy the cows until
one has feed on hand for them. By
starting early In the spring the farmer
can usually be ready for the cowa by
September or October.
It Is. of course, possible to start In
with less equipment than above given,
but every Item omitted at the oegfn-
nlng simply Increases the hardships
might be wrenched loose or deranged
That test was entirely satisfactory *n
Its lessons, but the aviator and his
machine got a ducking.
The catapult lately tried at the
'Washington navy yard Is devised so
that the hydroaeroplane attains its
launching speed without violence, and
this insures the launching of the ma-
chine without fear of deranging any
of the apparatus or dislodging the
aviator from his seat. The runway
or starting track Is abort and can be
put in position In several places on
a fighting ship without Interfering
with the maneuvering of the guns or
impeding any other operation of Im-
portance.
Of course the
, Care of Matting.
Try sewing your new matting with
raffla. says a writer for the Modern
Priscilla. Dampen and split each
strand. This will make a fine seam
that will look well on either side.
When laying new matyng one can pre-
vent ridges and wrinr
lea If. after put-
ting down as smooth as possible, you
will wash with a pall of hot water to
which a cup of salt has been added.
Leave quite wet and in drying the
matting will shrink into place. The
wit toughens It. - Wash with the grain
sf the matting. Never sweep matting
with an uncovered broom, as It will
split the fiber, but cover the broom
with a soft canton flannel bag apd dip
In spit water to brighten It.
RAISE CORN CROP
FOR ENSILAGE
Careful experiments show that
where silage Is made from large Im-
mature corn It frequently haa but lit-
tle more dry feeding matter than la se-
cured from about half the bulk of
corn perfectly developeo.
80, mere tonnage does not count la
silage. 'It Is better to labor with lesa
In the harvesting and secure more la
the feeding.
My practice Is to plant a corn that
In height of stalk and extent of foli-
age will produce me a maximum
quantity of fodder that will remala
green long, and each stalk produce
one or more well developed, good
sized ears.
It la a waste of time, .abor and
land to plant corn for ensilage only as
thickly as when planting for a cur-
ing crop. One may have twice aa
many stalks as In ordinary crop plant-
ing. if on good land, and make per-
fect silage.
The extreme of too thin planting Is
nearly as 111 advised as the other of
too thick. I want from 15 to 26 tons
per acre on my land under my term-
ing.
I strive especially for a corn with
extension blade system, as la the
blades I get protein.
First Know V’hat Land May Be
Depended Upon to Do in Way
of Ordinary Production.
demonstration at
.Washington over the Potomac rivor
under fairly Ideal weather conditions
la not a counterpart of what may con-
front tbs naval aviator at sea. but so
far as the actual getting away from
the ship Is concerned that function
can to promised under any circum-
stances which on shore would warrant
am aviator In trying to go up In the
air. The other side of the problem
Is that of returning to the ship again,
end here success is likely.
Glenn H. Curtiss has devised a form
of float or boat for his-hydros which Is
capable of sustaining the flying ma-
chine whea waves of considerable rise
fBy W. F. M'SPARRAN.t
Inexperienced silolsts are Inclined
tq^ think that a large bulk of green
matter Is the first thing to be con-
sidered In securing a crop of ensilage
com. with the result that from too
thick planting or cutting the crop
while too Immature, their experience
In feeding allege Is apt to to disap-
pointing.
We are desirous of course, of secur-
ing as much weight per acre In our
crop, compatible with highest feeding
vr.lue. but to secure the latter, which
fa the object In filling the silo, we
must draw a sensible, limit to mere
bulk.
A safe rule, therefore, to follow Is
to first know about what one’s land
may to depended upon to do In way
of production under ordinary weather
conditions. Having this
•and Tarts.
One cup sugar, one-half cup butter
mixed with sugar. In a separate dish
put one egg. one-fourth cup sour
cream, one-third teaspoon soda, a few
drops mapallne and a pinch of salt.
Mix together, then add the sugar and
butter mixture and two cups flour.
Roll thin and over the top spread the
beaten White of one egg. then sprinkle
with sugar and chopped nuts. Pass
rolling pin over lightly and cut In any
shapes desired. Place in moderate
oven and bake, but do not let brown.
Old Right Renewed.
“My old barber has left the city."
"Ton seem very regretful."
“Yes; he had been trying to sell me
a bottle of hair tonic for the laat 15
years, and so ter I had succeeded In
standing him off. Now I shall havs to
start the battle all over with a new
Training Vines to Grow.
It is sometimes Impossible to use
string to train vines up a brick wall,
aad In that case adhesive plaster is aa
excellent substitute. Cut narrow
stripe of the plaster and fasten over
the young tendrils until they cling to
the brick or plaster.
CUT OUT FOR A DIPLOMAT
you knew nothing." was the reply.
“But year manner was so free from
constraint under what to come people
would have been peculiarly embar-
rassing circumstances that we said
to each other. That’s the very man to
stake a diplomatist.’ So we gave yon
a start on your career.”
knowledge
one’s choice of seed should to of a
corn that will grow the largest
amount of fodder with a good yield of
ear*, the whole plant bqlng capable
of maturing In the neighborhood.
When the crop must to cut to save
It from being frost-bitten, while the
grains are yet In the thin milk stage
It will not make as good silage as the
crop being cat to save 4 from cur-
ing. J
Cause of Wilt.
If you observe a strawberry plant
suddenly wilt, you will generally And
a nice fat grub at the end of the
roots when you dig It up.
Si is, vigor and activity of both
cockerels aad pullets srs tbs ssssatlak
to good breeding fowls.
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Harrison, Luther. Wewoka Democrat (Wewoka, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1913, newspaper, June 12, 1913; Wewoka, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1136952/m1/3/?q=central+place+railroads: accessed June 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.