Edmond Enterprise and Oklahoma County News. (Edmond, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 98, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 15, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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Edmond Enterprise.
Pabluhad b, Mr. En _ r.:i
Edmond, - . oklahoma.
Good Team Pays
Well on Farm
a planter
is lagging
new state news
"ow many farmers nop to consid-
er the real difference in ralue be-
tween a good, heavy, well-mated
prompt team of bones acd then an
average one. not to «ay a poor one.
Almost erery day In the year the
farmer tas to drlre some kind of a
team. In fact, hi* out-door life Is
-pent largely in their company and
tow much more satisfaction he cat
sr. driving a teim of horses that
are not only pleasing to the eye and
handle pleasantly, but one that will
■j vastly more work and do it better
•in an inferior one. Almost ever}'
ieee of machinery on the farm works
when drawn by a well-mated
| prompt pair of movers. This is par
; ticuiarly true when drilling grain and
j j lantini' and cultivating corn. No man
i 'an drive a drill or
straight when one horse
j behind.
"Generally speaking, I think our
farm horses are far too light to do
their work profitably and pleasantly,"
writes Forest Henry in the Northwest-
ern Agriculturist. "Nearly all our
farm machinery is much heavier than
in the past and requires stronger
teams. We not only plow deeper, but
take a wider furrow than we did
twenty years ago. Our harrows are
made much wider and dig better. We
also do vastly more cultivating, all of
which reqnlres more horse power
Every engineer will tell you it is not
only easier on an engine but less
"able to accident to have an engine
large enough to do Its work without
crowding its firebox. It is equally
rural route No. 5 out of Chan^ wul | K 2? J S
load with their weight, so to speak,
and that does not have to work on
their nerve, will not only keep easier
but last longer and be less liable to
accident than a smaller one."
The executive single statehood
tommitte* who had planned to go to
R ajhingt/>n !n December have post-
poned ther trip until after January
lit
I* Is said that la his coming tses-
tige to the le^risiature Governor Fer-
r:son will recommend that the herd
laws be extended to as to inc.'ude
3^a*°*r corjaty. The present statute ■
the territory the advantage of
ie herd law eiceptng Beaver county.
Mayor Turner cf Lawton last week b<
JiSmi-s%d his entire police force and
will, he vays, appoint men who will
wforce the anti-gambling aid dUor
ttrly house ordinances.
Mrs. Calhoun, who brought su't
igainst the Santa Fe for |25,Or.O
damages for the loss of the leg of he
ion, who is a mere chid, was award-
ti 110,000 by an Oklahoma county
rand Jury last week. The child lost
its leg at Edmond aobut a year ago.
The following po«t offlrei will be-
me domestic money order offices
*n January 1st: Carbon Cumberland,
Franks, Gans, Hughes, Konawa, Max-
well, Minnekah, Garvin and Tullash-
*ge. In Indian Territory, and Alden,
Fay, Fletcher, Henderson, Lucien
N'ewall, Reading. Sickles, Skedeo and
Spencer in Oklahoma.
The postofflce at Clematis, Lincoln
county, was discontinued the 1st and
tupply the patrons.
Helena Is crowing over her success
In securing a county high Bchool.
Shelter Stock
in Bad Weather
ventlve cf rust. In conclusion, the
far.* should be rinsed with water weir
Soiled, and afterwards inverted on a
raised platform, exposed to the sun-
ght, out of range of any objection-
3fjle odors, and where there Is no
floating dust. Sometimes the cleans-
ing can be done by steam at the fac-
tory where the milk is delivered, and . .
when «o it is undoubtedly the best j tke adTect of winter, it is im-
*ay. Not enly should milk cans thu« I P01"1301 'hat ear'y preparations be
be cared for, but the interiors should ! ^ade to sheI,er the stock from the ef-
frequently be examined to detect any ^cts °' '*•' weather. Particularly
j laws in the seams, which, with dents ! should be true of the colder sec-
are as dangerous to the sound keep^ ! tl0tS ot our fara3ing country. The
ng qua ities of milk as rust or dirty ! , ™.al is so constituted that
rags around the lids. Even in cleans- ; w:?hin ce"am limits the normal tens-
ing a can, the use of a cloth or rag of the body ma>' be main-
is not commendable; much better is I x>! 'f 3u®cient 'cod is supplied,
it to have a good, sound brush for k connaI temperature of cattle is
with that all the difficult places, both 1 ? 101 deSrets F • but the stable
inside and out. can be more effectual- < temperature ought not to be much
!y reached.—Massachusetts Plough- ! mcfe ,thaa seveety degrees f. With
man. animals on simply a maintenance ra-
tion, the aim to carry them with
the least amount of food and hence
i in as warm quarters as will be health-
, ful.
year. Rut whenever one attempts to
handle larger flocks than these, the
care and expense of handling creeps
:n as a disadvantage or drawback to
J largf- profits.
Whenever one attempts to keep
arge flocks of poultry that necessi-
tates having hired help and assist-
ance, you cut away from that natural
ability of handling poultry for profit,
and get into the hands of Inexperi-
enced labor that usually have little
interest beyond doing their daily rou-
tine work and gaining compensation
therefor. '
Value of Skim
Milk for Pigs
Alfalfa Beats
Mammoth Clover
Davenport, In Day county, is talk-
ing incorporation.
salt the stock.
a report from Cordell says wheat Many farmers religiously attend tn
In that county will not be within fifty Halting all the stock every Sunrlav
per cent of what it was last year. | during the rummer
1 nfavorable conditions
the cause of shortage.
while at pasture,
is given as | but neglect that most important work
In winter. More salt is needed for
good digestion and assimilation of
foods In winter than Is required in
summer. Stock, except it may be the
Beatrice Russell, the thirteen year-
daughter of a farmer near Shaw- . _ ue
Sent..! an. acci- I .?!c"la.tor8'..k,n,i- ■<* • ■* ^
dental shooting by an older brother...
The business men of Porter have
petitioned Marshall Bennett, asking
'.hat a deputy marshal bo located
'here until the town Can bo incorpor-
ated.
Superintendent Benedict received
(he school exhibit which was placed
in the Indian Territory building at
'he l ulslami Purchaase exposition
and will return the various specimens
of work to the schools that contribut'
sd them.
the water they need in winter. Salt
stimulates thirst, which Is satisfied
>vlth water that greatly assists the
inimals in producing milk, growth
nd flesh.
Don't be stingy with salt in the
family or barnyard. Have the secre-
tary of your local creamery buy and
distribute the same in car lots. It is
cheaper and better than high-priced
patent stock foods, which are so much
'ised and popular Just now
t rank T. Shutt, the chemist of the
Ottawa, Canada, Agricultural station,
furnishes the following analyses of the
forage plants above mentioned in an
experiment recently made at that
station:
The organic matter In the stems and
leaves of mammoth clover Is 2,269
pounds; In the roots, 1,409 pounds;
total, 3,678 pounds. In the stems and
leaves of common red clover, 1,842
pounds; In the roots, 1,394 pounds,
total, 3,236 pounds. In the stems and
leaves of alfalfa, 2,664 pounds; in the
roots, 3,120 pounds; total 5 784
pounds. These figures are for acre
plots.
While the yield of organic matter in
the stems and leaves of alfalfa Is
about 20 per cent greater than mam-
moth red, the yield in the roots Is
more than double. Therefore, alfalfa
furnishes 60 per cent more organic
matter, or material that goes to mak-
ing humus, than the common red.
i"he greatest difference, however, is
in the ash content. While the mam-
moth red furnishes in stems and
leaves 727 pounds of ash per acre and
common red 653 pounds, alfalfa fur
nishes 1,123 pounds.
The content of nitrogen in both
stems and roots does not differ very
widely; in mammoth 130 pounds, com
mon red 117 pounds, and in alfalfa 136
pounds.—Western Farmer.
In order to be successful in dairy-
ing. the stable should be neither too
warm nor too cold, but well ventilat-
ed. A mistake often made by dairy-
men, is in turning cows out doors
from warm stables in the morning im-
mediately after they are fed and leav-
ing them outside, exposed to rainy,
snowy and sleety weather during the
remainder of the day. Frequently, bet-
ter results could be obtained in the
flow of milk, should the dairy cow find
shelter on such days in suitable sheds.
It is true that dairy cows need exer-
cise and the benefit of sunshine and
liberty. But if the dairy cow is not
protected from cold and wet she
shr/nks In milk, end when once the
mi,k flow is stopped, it is exceedingly
costly to bring her back to a full flow
again.
Steers and beef cattle and such as
are fed for the market, do not require
as warm quarters as the dairy cow.
They need considerable exercise to
maintain good appetites and bodily
vigor. Yards that are well sheltered
by trees on the northwest and south,
with sheds open to the south, to pro-
tect cattle from early spring rains and
wet snow fall, are invaluable.
tree seeds per pound.
Many farmers in the Chickasaw na- |
lion are holding their cotton for
raiso In price. The Chickasaw coun-
try raised a big crop and most of it
has been picked.
Digestive Organs
of Fruit Trees
A call has been Issued for a meet-
ing of tho Territorial Teachers'
People who do not know much about
horticulture are often mystified to ac-
count for the distinctive flavor of dif-
soclatlon at Ardmore, December 28- 'erent fruita growing on tho same soil.
I Tfyoy can not understand how we
William T T K . I Kr7 apples on crab seedlings and on
w Ulam J. Lamberton of Zellne- apple seedlings from all varieties
has leased 500 acres of oil land near whcn graft Ben Davis we expect
Ochelata and will help develop tho ,ho samo fruit on the crab root that
rlol;lB ln tho Indian Territory. we do on the root produced from the
nu. , u , n.ctl I,av'8 Ree(1- Now> the fact is that
hickashas officials recently round- a" varieties of pit fruit will grow on
M up a gang r,f gamblers and l.e | tho same stocks and produce their
while the same is
dwarf pear orchard.
An orchard of dwarf pears trained
in pyramidal form is a beautiful sight
When planted with adapted varieties
it can be made quite profitable in the
hands of a specialist. The ground for
the trees should be thoroughly pre-
pared by plowing and harrowing,
checked off ten or twelve feet apart.
Varieties known to do best on the
quince should be planted, such as
Duchess, Bartlett, Anjou, Louise
Bonne and others in smaller lots that
may be grown for trial. The ground
can be planted for several years in
low growing crops of any fcind, then
let to rest—cutting down the grass
and weeds for hay or leaving as a
mulch. In planting, the trees should
be formed, roots trimmed, the soil
well firmed upon them and very little
pruning done afterwards except to
bring the straggling branches into
shape. The aim is to retard exces
slve growth, and to induce a larger
number of small limbs and twigs
This will be largely a safeguard
against blight by diverting the sap
into many channels.
sides a heavy fine they were put
ander peace bonds for throe years.
Tho amalgamated territorial bar as-
sociation will hold its first annual
meeting In Shawnee December 27th
and 28th.
respective fruits
true of fruits that have a core. It is
a fact and has been many times dem-
onstrated that a peach root can be
budded to each variety of plum in
turn, leaving only one stem to grow
and then placing on another bud till
we run through the plum list, then
rt Is very interesting to know the
number of tree seeds in a pound.
Nurserymen grow thousands of seed-
lings each year for stocks and for
budding and grafting. In collecting
and gathering seeds of the various
fruit trees the following numbers of
seeds have been found to constitute a
pound: Six hundred plum, 200 peach
1,000 cherry, 12,000 apple, 15,000
auince. Thousands of forest tree seed-
lings are grown each year, and bv
count the following determinations
have been made: Butternut, 15; hick-
ory nut, 78; black walnut, 25; Ameri-
can sweet chestnut, 90; silver maple,
2.421; honey locust, 2,496; black
cherry, 4,311; black ash, 5.C29; bass-
wood, 6,i37; box elder, 14.784.
Grape Culture
Will Pay Well
The experiment station at Cornell
University, New York, has recently
made a test on the feeding of skim
milk to growing pigs with a view oi
determining its value for pork produc-
tion.
It shows that skim milk when fed
| with a ration of grain is worth tc
the feeder about 33 per cent more
than using it in cheese-making.
The pigs were fed in addition to the
skim milk, pen No. 1, cornmeal only;
pen 2, cornmeal and gluten feed mixed
half and half; pen 4, cornmeal and
wheat middlings half and half by
weight. The pigs were fed twice a
day morning and evening. The grain
was put dry in the feeding trough and
the milk poured upon it. The pigs were
given all they would drink up clean.
In the test it was shown that milk
was worth about fifteen cents per hun-
dred weight, fed to pigs from weaning
up to a weight of 125 pounds.
It was also shown that clear corn*
meal is perfectly satisfactory as a
single grain fed, when in connection
with skim milk. It was also shown
that weanling pigs in close quarters
during the cold weather can be made
to gain a pound live weight per day
for three months.
Skim milk can be fed economically
at three pounds of milk for one pound
of grain. Skim milk makes a balanc-
er and increases the value of the grain
as well as the milk upon combining.
profit in small flocks.
Zack Mulhall, stor-k ngent of tho I lal<e UP the apricot and bud it in the
Frisro, will ship Into Oklihoma 2 000 sam<' w'ay until all the varieties are
Texas steers and feed them for
St. Lous market.
tho | Browing in the peach tree top. Then
bud cherry on the plum limbs and we
can have cherries in the same tree.
Tho peach root produces the water
and soluble matter from the earth for
each of those varieties of fruit but
each particular fruit has an action
Regulating Cream
Temperature
Tharles Roberts, a youth fourteen
years old, who mysteriously dis-
appeared from Washington, D. C.,
eight months ago, was located at
Shawnee last week. The lad ran away I I'eeuliar to Itself going on chemically
from homo to lead a tramp life and through the leaves and digestive or-
np to this time had succeeded in Kans w'hich produces the certain kind
evading every effort to locale him. | of fru" to which the limb belongs.
Corn will produce hair on the back of
Scottish Rite Masons of South Mo- a cnlf' ,,ut when fed to a goose feath
Alester hive purchased a building ers aI'P®ar instead. It is the digestive
site and will erect thereon a $100,000 orKanH ot the tree that produce the
Masonic temple. Work on tho build- different fruits and not what variety
Ing i to commence at once. | of fo°d is furnished by the ro6ts.
A postofflce has been established nt
Blckford, Blaine county, with C
Howell as postmaster.
care of milk cans.
A.
For prolonging tho useful age
the can, one of the most
of
effective
Zack Miller, owner and operator of "K<'n,H ,H ,ho URo of a boiling solu
101 ranch, ono of tho biggest farms In llnn °f on,,r,ary washing soda, In tho
'ho southwest, was convicted by a pJ°',nrllon of 1 lb. of soda to 20 gals.
i"" !n u,° """• t - I
... city th„
or microbe killer, and also aa a pre-
Wlth the very best treatment the
cream of cows long in milk refuses
to churn Into good butter and about the
only way is to dry them up or use
the milk for purposes other than but-
termaking. When more than one cow
is kept and difficulty is encountered
in churning, the cream of each should
be kept separate in order to find whicJi
ono Is causing the trouble and then
deal with her accordingly. In case a
lot of cream has been churned for ovei
half an hour with no signs of break
ing. the temperature should be taken
If it does not correspond with that of
the previous churnings or that recom
mended for the season of the yeat
and kind of cream, it should be regu
lated by the addition of water, hot
or cold. If the churn is too full, either
from having too much In it in the
first place, or through the cream hav-
ing swelled, a part of the contents
should be drawn off. Sometimes the
butter comes in very fine granules
which will not gather. If the butter-
milk is thin enough the butter will
float, and some of tho buttermilk can
be drawn off, after which the butter
will gather easily, if the buttermilk
will not separate, a little war^u watei
should be cautiously added.
One of the least cared for and best
producing fruits on the farm is the
grape. The tender plant is often set
out beside an old rotten fence post
and left to grow as best it can. it is
expected to attach itself to the post
and in due time bring forth fruit.
Seldom, if ever, does the farmer trim
the vines, and usually the calves and
chickens find shelter around
ander them.
The people of Erivan are the cham
pion grape growers of the world
They plant their vines in a peculiar
yet a most successful way. When-
ever they intend setting out a row of
grapes they dig a trench from two to
three feet deep. On one side of this
trench the vine is planted, while on
the other the water is permitted to
stand to keep the roots well watered.
As the vines grow the ditch is filled!
not with clay that came from the'
trench; but with fertile soil. At all
stages they are careful that enough
moisture is at the roots to ensure a
healthy growth. When the ditch is
filled the soil between the rows is
heaped up around the vines to the
height of eighteen inches or two feet,
as needed. The vines can be irrigated
by running water in the depressions
between the rows. This gives them
from five to six feet of root depth,
which ensures hardiness and produc-
tiveness. Travelers tell us that they
have seen vineyards there fifty years
old that seemed to be just in their
prime and bearing abundantly.
small flocks pay best.
The most profit is made in the keep-
ing of poultry in small flocks. We
know personally of a number who are
handling from 300 to 500 laying hens
and making from $1 to $1.50 each as
a return for their labor during the
year. The thrifty, careful individual,
either man or woman, who thoroughly
understands the care of Uy'.cg hens,
can manage as many as 600 profitably
and be able to do this throughout the
Those who have had the least ex-
perience in raising poultry are the
ones who figure that if ten hens will
yield a profit of $10 a year, 1,000 hens
will yield a profit of $1,000 a vear.
This looks very attractive on paper,
but it is one of those things which
does not work out well in practice. It
is hard to say just where the limit
should be placed, but the recorded ex-
periences of men who have tried show
that not all who have made $300 a
year from 300 hens have made $600 a
year from 600 hens, yet there are
those who have done this and but
very few who .have done better with-
out- being not. only experts, but un-
usually fortunate. The number ol
fowls that can be properly cared for
by one man depends largely on the
man, but whatever may be the profit,
the minute the work gets beyond the
power of one man to handle properly
then added expense begins, and al-
ways with a corresponding decrease
of profits. There is no better way of
carrying on the poultry business than
by gradually working up to the point
where one is busy caring for his poul-
try and then stop any addition the
moment it becomes necessary to hire
help.
Buying Milk
on Fair Basis
rn Pearson, in an address
recently said: "Milk for the market
should be bought from 'tho producers
on a basis of its fat content and its
sanitary condition; its value as a sal
able product depends upon these twe
things. Every one knows that 4 net
cent milk is worth more than 3 pCr
cent to the dealer, and milk that ha'
been carefully handled is worth more
than that which has not. Why should
not these two desirable factors b<
paid for at a fair rate? Almost everj
argument in favor of paying for milk
delivered to a factory, on a fat basis
applies with equal force to market
milk, and there are just as strons
arguments in favor of having the
value governed also by tho sanltarj
condition. The Babcock test shows
Hie fat content quickly and accurately
An occasional examination of the pro
(lucing premises supplemented by tast
ing and smelling the milk when deliv
ered and the simple dairy industry is
rapidly developing in their sections
showing that their methods are wise
The president of that company tolo
me recently that most patrons delivei
the higher price cream, or soon pat
ronize another creamery where there
is no discrimination between good ani
bad. If a creamery finds it profitablj
to differentiate between good and pool
cream at the rate of six to ten centi
per hundred pounds of milk the buyei
of market milk would find it profit
able also to adopt such a plan.
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