Pittsburg County Guardian (McAlester, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1920 Page: 5 of 10
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FARM AND LIVESTOCK
THE PITTSBURG COUNTY GUARDIAN
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•luii^i J. J5. JIa.'-o, (ti 1 i, \\a> in the
cit\ .Monday. Jlui/e Mayo says tile i
i- a lot ot cotton unpicked in "his .- c-
1 "n of the county, but that fjimoi-
aie doing their be i to gath
alio attending the show. She i= look-
ing especially after the interest- of I
| the Krirl club members and the poultry
judging tram from this countv.
It is i \ ported that tho local breed-;
oi - will haw an < nviable string of
prizes to tho ; Credit when tho show
is over.
Better Times Ahead
' Ui ill- county, uut that faimeiy FOR SAI.K N
Says Farm Authority '
' final outcome of th. proposed road 'ommunilj
improvement un<i. i ti., ...... > 1 - ■ Mel dl •
PI ! I i Ni, ( u i ION \\y
lOR S M.K NKVT
"ill have assets to go through with I?' , ,l Pr°j,:': • H.ther reason he
t ie next crop on when he might have rou'(' "Kct b> " bo nicely,
lot his money slipped through his) l^,,lpn come to making their
finger- if everything had staved free n1 J01"' delation on the
I,eei farm they will always get by. They
f " able to do it wh. n other folks
iuger.- if everything had stayed free
urnl easv,"
y. >r „ . , yv>,u l"" to <10 it Wiien Othi
mi. 3icr all, belongs to the class 0f!a'^ not able to get fii st base.
■\VI te cotton, while aot bringing pi«vent crop for .; t.-nanc and a
■n the market w hat should, will . taiue in th> coming crop, he .
re docbt he in much l etter demand by "Oklahoma is destined to lie r.:i
-in rig." write- tho head of the State of the four or five giea' agricultural
.'Him buirau of crops and crop esti- states," sa; tho crop .eporter, "and
Mates, in his ol fieifit letter released as ! am su o tlv Oklahoma I jittut will
>1 Nov :.u. "llollv and immature djust hiius If to the n . . con. mics.
not oe path led, he doubtless cutting down his produc-
•uri'iei a.1 Ues Oklahoma cotton- ion, .sr. einlly in cotton where m-
'
,'":tr'ttlJat "ii rh" State Mario hp Commission, it
•'1 v : <t ::^Xar.rmu '■ ■?%?datth
fe.'; 1 wouW ;.'• r.etc. iocfti
, butchering is suggested as a means
He points out that reductions in of market inir the hoi an I unrh rnt.
n rcham! ha-. t riot 1- ' pace with the need ar «l \v?r.i < f ]-eoplo who
•n the pi Cf of cotton. &re less fortunate! \ situated.
The re- vt h. a 11 :< nf optimistic
nt '•« t, ' v 'ci. declar w that "It
]'<■ : ite thu' 'hr ( ntr; i'f teem-
ing with an ai'.mdantv of • imod f < .
to livo upon," and :*it "there nev« •
. .. . was a hotter time to put awa our
• l"! found the 1-rudc- cheap ho and cr ' uff '.-i n
"v# ; ' ••*"•. 00- '' «'"••• T°\l ,p; amounts of e„ .1 „i ' .• —•
! v o are tr ng to haivo < , . .... . ,
ti • jind i-■..!:< -eeh pavm-nt |>n<l by-products -on top > . hav-
s tli -or onnMv ear. The farm- inff to go :nto tht ma ! . i ; n.| hie
' ould cor,-eree a large part of Irs the .. at an inci od • .,e 1
SPRING
\ II known
om the 1'eath-
the city
, ,. —"j« the thing
i tor tile farmt r to flo i- to quit wor-
rying about the low prices and do
W • C". Hamilton Ivn purclia . d the I 0Vt l/V'l,lnw: , 1 inc''1 the new
: III-, re tract of land I 1-2 mil's w, st i C0"r ,u>"' 0,1 f'" ' ou" ground.
oi ,-':u"rt, foini. rl\ owre l ' Ki| : .. one\ " lt >al of col
pati rk Jiios., of Okl.'.iium i i u Mi I ' ":l • J"all, "and onlv re-
ll'.vn; on i, alit ad v In'... •i c',>ntl> .:i sharer roppor turned back
around Stua. , ' | about .0 acres of cotton because lie
couldnt gather it. Now. I haven't
any notion of letting that cotton <-0
to waste, that is, th. rood ^ittor \V.
improvement uii.l. i the bonds vote,
some tim. ago for better roads.
Ian,
I I VDING POILTRV
liHKKHKKS M|| -KOGRK
thoring it, having ginned, and
1 '■ away. 1'lui is the only
• do with cotton now, and the
picldir.
> that w. "unnot pay $1.
' 1 . lu. n.1 od for cotton
." he remarks, "but the sra-
. > i ni good ana conditions
iduallv grow . ns'i r to get ai
I am stinff the crop," h
I ittshui fount, is well j-epresoa. - i storir
State Poultrj* i how. in Mas- thiie
kogee this week, among the exhib- , , ullnir ro Ito
jtui.!'. theiv from this city and section' "it ;
being A. n. Taylor, Allen ,v l!,irt„, . h„, i )' " to ho
(.eorge Kieser, \V. ('. Tippet I p,vs'-' ... ? k ' ' '' tur"'
non, s. Child, is and ot'hei V , 1 "eP'ng the cotton >t...■ .1
Mrs. l.vle Breckner, secrotarv of U v ^n'inT i",' 'T' "" Kl" il
ti
on -tration
MONCRIEP FARM
GEORGE VV I0NCRIEF, Prop.
IDE HOME Of l': .i T.PE POLAND CHINA HOGS .
Call and ;oe ui herd or write lis your wants
I'hone 21
Canadian, Okla.
count \
COUNTV 10 BE AWLS
1 S6.00 ahd ?;T.()0 common to fail • alve i
I ' o and 0.
| STOthi.R.v AND FKKIMKS- '
Idem 800 to IM O lbs. S(i,2.j a,ld I
d a00 and TOO lbs. stockers '
ind $0.25 I >.it whitoface feed-
is $6.50 and .$7.00 medium to . ood
} yearlings s l.nO and i£5..'.() eommoii to
plain yearling- and •• l.aO < oice
"Fully half the cotton acreage jn(stock calves .so.f'O and sr.00 plain
ii. rotten," declared f'ountv .choice stock heif. n :...!) and >5.00
nt N. 'ni- tie w—i-k, after a ca**.- medium to good h : s V 0
the si ntiment toward • ' '• "S tork <• •. 1
in Pittsburg County.' /•'•OO .: . d stock . w ■
that, v will be able to meiiiuni to good stock
:ii"! I-. "i cotton staple, -0 and i.00.
ha
pre:
a.Id
ful survey o
rotton-.u rowii
This m. am
.
a thing that
of the b". •
' \ ' ti ■ .
about .-i.iiinjf- on
and i's advantage I >
; e Of ,i Vi • ■! i.nol
cotton Iie ■ lo i n it
ev. !■ l.o- il wji\ i
varvtio the i;,.j \
Afr. Nel n
the
hith. i to liern
•m or another
i Mr. Volnis.
ai 'age in a
:.o .luestion
lo thereaftrr.
. grower \i ill
1 order. Acala
- ii'oriority in
'■ the common
and it i rntain to be
'rtv in this count\'.
i.'pial .'a\ n. t year
ii ala cotton at ail e ns
rom pres. nt
red can be
rh<
throughout the count
kept pi i
^l1 Nelms dates that a car-load'
ol cotton ..•( d from the p'antation of ;
-'!«• '■ '■ Conno's. off Canadian,
rioneci advocate of this cotton m
Pittsbui r (bounty. w;i sold last v. -ek
to an Ardmore seed firm for nearly
1000, th ■ largest price cvr paid for
a iai ef cooton-.-fod po ibly in the
-tato. ii shows a'lot', -r important
phase to l' 'owing this var-ty of cot-
II O !. S.
Hog receii ts we • light, but
it\ was of presentable averag
tli. top.- wcie good eough to brin
•'.';5 lead. " w i i '■ .'Ik st).2."> and
' his is practically the same
has a a week ago. Stockers were
stead' . v.-itli few here.
$9.05 good to cho. e lira i . $! .50
'
' I oc Ik. f.7,00 and -i.
I i"lit stockers $6.00 and *7.0(>.
■J'T
.i i
CALLS FARiILR^
ton.
(■eorge
Canadian
acre ■■ of :
gath
Brown, a fanner in the
community, cultivated 12
■a'a cotton. By Nov. 10 he
I 18 bales of cotton, averag-
poun.! • to a bale that oh! at
a nrenh Hi of from ?8 to $::o over
other cotton at (he same time. T •>
other men, cultivating ]0 acres of
age of 12 "tandard bah = of cotton
'• 1 T'
w that ti' cotton is not
in qualit ond market
of in est !y maturing
• "'id -it Coodson, of the Pitts—
■ i:g 1 ounty banners' Union, has
i.-.-ued a formal rail to the members
oi the or-an aation and to the farm-
ei - of- the coumy iierally ti. mi ot
' icAii . on ui. morning off Tues-
1 ,l." I)l ■ 21, to consider ways and
means oi meeting tho new crop and
■ . kol situation and to plan for next
'•'■ai'. croppp, market ng methods,
'•!<■. 1 In* meeting s of the highest
;and I'le.-ident Goodson
mphatic ;u his appeal to all con-
•ti tictiv
iieetin
a.ldl
rnier
.Speaker
ath<
★ Ol.l;
! Nelms.
TI;.
' VTTLF. A : > HO' >.
to attend th..-
oi prominence
vill he here and
ting. It is believed
: -t wa s to meet
to oonfi and plan
looting will lit held
Count; Agent E. I!.
od. V
Company.
II ro:,ed Wo liv
Ii. C. Lundy, v or.
1' owin." day,
[£. . the., will ht ... m. tir.„ ,1 ...
i arcali st m, n:' jnee to faniers.
1 i;
men from the state A. & \[.
1 ,1 ti . CO .ilt\ it: ents from
.
' l l 'e. and bu-''ni men ...;en-
■ >-or. rate in this conference
1 nsion work a ehts.
'lu re's a I? ■
Oklal inn!-'- one of the bso
••I'owin in population of any ante in
■ ' liion for the past ten years ao-
■ no to thi i . i i.'deial census. It
; .11a d nearly '10 per rent in tho
I; t dorado, with a population now of
lore than 2,000,000.
Konie record!
■\nd, '. et— there.'s reason.
No state exceiu it ill natural ad-
1 11 1' .-'. ail the VII1 roin geographi-
|| h: .' on to climate aa.l rainfall.
,f 1 " ts people of the thrifty class
as naturallj as tho magnet attracts
nr. die. The most casually trained
eye ran see at once the advantages of
a homo and a loration in a land locat-
ed as is Oklahoma, varied as it is in
resource, and devr-lopim* at -noli
rate that it is almost splitting the
C A T T L R.
Oatti- receipts were light for ti,
two days this week. Several loan-
al medium to >-ood wai:acd tlp cattl"
.-old for $7.60 and #8.00 and the top
v.-oie a i ht nice dressing lot of
"•'eves. While steers are showin" a
' t'.hor trend for the two davs, she
-tuff is just steady. With New Mex-
cow s lling at .i6.00 in carlots
odd choice lots as high as $6.7e, the
cow market is penny for penny as
gli as in the north. Just pretN
good butcher cows sold $4.75 and
S5.25 and heavy cutters $2.75 and
'.75. ( alva s were steady for tho
i wo day - with choice v ealers around
S10.0m ,md .'>10.50 and best heavies in
;''e S7.00 circle. There is just a hi.ieat every corner
modest demand for stockers and And when thev come, thov STAY
ti «c :o |" - 'rs are holding to 1 here is no back-tracking a there
the $G..',0 and S..00 basis, while stock * w !h the thousands that cross
e s must be choice to boat $5.75 and far western states. Tho promise of
anything common around $4.00. Stock satisfaction has been made good The
c~ n "J® •-'•ale. horn- -seeker has found the full inoa-
ei''';LR& ;.<,00d corn-fed $9.50 and ' of his anticipation- and more
Vo? T00'1 gmin-fed !,e ha- found a clean-cut industrial
• 8 „o and $0.2-) meal and hull-fed and social enterprise. There are no
'Jnil i • '"I °" pra-es S7,5° "!f'",1stoms- f''i"''tions and what-nots
*<TVandV ^'n medlum kill('ls ^ V'rna.r n9.wcomer or to restrict
" $7-25. h ■ old. Thei'o .s a freedom and full-
COWS AND HEIFERS—Grain- !l( -' "f hfe that inspires, and there is
fed cows and best Texas-New Mex. "^'.T , P','n a ,iv,'nJf nroof of pro-
and $0.50 medium to good ;.„w i i't1.I>r0SpI" /, needs no
butcher cows $4.00 and $4.75 good of:mph0d literature to ex-
butcher cows $4.75 and $5.50 babv- , . . ,
beef heifers $7.00 and $8.00 medium te, "tod l 'n 'o°d stX pla,n'
to good heifers $5.50. and $6.50 fair w„>,! n 1 ted States—
to medium heifers $4.50 and $5.25 reason for°Oklrfhnm0" S' Thp,'fi',s thf>
strong cutters $:1.25 and $4.00 can- prnwtl tV Kl',/U?ria s unprecodenteil
ners and low cutters $2.75 and $3 25 E12 population and unsurpass-
good to choice bulls $4.25 and $4.75 ateml pr0prPSS'
medium to good butcher bulls 75 n.- T u n ,n ~7T r*
and $4.25. * „ V o ■ M' R™akpwtz, formerly 0f
aSS i
!1 OG VYOUNG BO A RS
The Me it
Marl.i 1 Ki;;bt
al ^ i,i i Hour.
Help liiiild it up
i !M .- 1 I;1:1 "DING Alii; WITHIN YOUR
REACH, MR. STOCKMAN.
or m"r! e!' 01 fine -V0llllff Pedigreed boars,
0 Mil t)ad, them lor hay. oats or corn. They are
01 top I oland China blood-lines. Call on or address.
•'Ve Give the
SERVICE
I liousands of
('attle Are
Needed to Keep
These plants
Iiusy.
R. b.
Stop One IIo^; Farm,
ELLIOTT
McAlester. Oklahoma
CAL1
«.*"• ju i cxas Lumber Company
A f.ivrsiock Market Thai Stands The Test of 'In,lc
Dependable Efficient Serviceable
EASTKRN OKLAIIOMA-the
I.and of Plenty and 1'ro-
Mress, is doing its bit to
make Oklahoma City :t greater
market. We are developing a
home industry that is second to
none. ^ ou make no mistake
when you hill them to your own
market.
-Plume No. 9(i-
I-'OK ni'ILDINti MATITtlAL
"" M-! Si I II
OKLAHOMA
Short Hiiitl
Means Les>
j Shrink, Less
I'reight and
Creator Profits
OKt/SHOMA NATIONAL
SIOCHVARDS COMPANY
I lie l'lace to
Buy Stoclcer
Ai Feeder Cat-
tle and Hogs.
7vr
Uc.
fher
-nrtry Yards
^ 1 won
birds, good deep i'i il Write mo p^eislf Wjf
A few cockerels for sale
A D. TAYLOR, Owner
McAlester, Okla 1233 So. Second St.
Phone 1541
A LIFETIME SPENT
IN ONE BUSINESS v
Our Salesman have all done this.
Do you wonder that our custom-
ers are pleased?
We Buy Hides
Get our
40'
prices before selling your hides.
•speci.'ii attention given consignments.
Oklahoma Iron and Metal Co.
B. Glatstein, Prop.
South Main Street Phone-1307
mHERSftp V rw
ULLEN
POLAND CHINA HOGS
' K!lmiat ?!ake raoney for •V0U1' stockfarm.
„f , ,e> toPP> offerings yet available for the benefit:
, feeders who want to build up their herds front the
eejratcQ blood-lines that are making Uoss Poland
Chinas popular till over this section.
siredVlSlt °Ur fam' °r W1'ite for ai)y information de-
s W A 5TIK A FARM
C. C. Ross and Lottie lioss, Proprietors.
Route 1, ,, ',
McAlester, Okla.
Our Own I louses at
OKLAHOMA CITY KANSAS CITY
FORT WORTH
WICHITA
ST. LOUIS
C H It I s T M A S
WE PAY TOP PRICE
AND
WE ARE ALWAYS HUNGRY
FOR YOUK
Poultry and Eggs
A. M. Seward Produce Co.
309 South Main phone 473
I U
We Pay Highest Cash Price
ey s
429 s. main, Mcalester, okla.
See us before you Sell
McAlester Poultry & Egg Go,
D. BENNET f, Manager
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Garrett, Forrest A. Pittsburg County Guardian (McAlester, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 9, 1920, newspaper, December 9, 1920; McAlester, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc141826/m1/5/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.