Garber Sentinel. (Garber, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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S* DRY FARM FACTORS 'METHODS FOR DRY FARMING
NERVE
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In the Sapphire Country
Certain Course of Tillage Neces-
sary for the Winter Crops.
By CRITTENDEN MARRIOTT
"Sencomb ;-at on a rotting log and
'stared hiinriy at the sunlight that sift-
ed do'in !brc:igh the century-old trees
that >>ood around Diana lay on the
fragrant pine needles at his leet. Her
scarlet lit'* were parted and her blue
cloudless. She was slender and
"very young One would have said that
the was utterly content.
Xewcooib was not. He frowned and
dug bic neel viciously Into the ground
He > nted to say something and did
Dot lind it easy. Manlike, be grew
tuigr* at this.
"D.. oa!" he burst out at last. "Do
you kdo* what month this Is?"
The girl smiled faintly. "Of course,
silly!" she answered. "It's August.
You can tell It by the droning of the
bees and the chirping of the beetles.
Look at me, \VU1!"
But New comb would not meet her
eyes "It was early May when I came,"
he muttered, slowly. "J met you two
days later. Since then I have seen you
every day. Four months—and every
day!"
"So long!" The girl spoke dreamily.
She bad lost count of time long be-
fore. What does it matter—since you
love me?"
"It matters a good deai. These
Tennessee mountains are not the
world. We have forgotten the world.
Now I am remembering."
"Yes, dear!" She dragged a black-
berry spray down to her lips and nib-
bled at the ripe fruit It bore. "Yes,
dear! What are you remembering?
Tell me!"
New-comb's brow grew darker. "I
am remembering that the world would
not regard these meetings of ours leni-
ently. You do not know—how should
you. shut away in your hills? Uut I
know!"
"And 1!" The girl sat up. A stray
sunbeam burnished her hair, and
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w armed the pink of her delicate cheek.
"I know! I have not lived here al-
ways! I know—and I do not care—if
you love me! Look at me, Will!"
Hut he was already looking at her.
"1 love you!" he cried. "I love you! I
love yju! That is why I must re-
member! "
"Remember! Remember! Now!
When I have told you I could not live
without >ou, Will! I should die!" She
was kneeling now "Listen, dear!"
she went on. "You found me here,
dressed in homespun, wearing a sun-
bonnet, bare-armed. You thought 1
was a mountain girl, a little better ed-
ucated than most, iierbaps, but still
a mountain girl. You were wrong
Hut I let you think so. I did not care.
1 was utterly reckless—anil I did not
care. That was at first; afterward 1
gave you my heart—and then I did not
care." The girl's breath came fast,
and her bosom rose and fell Irregu
larly. "Uut I am not a mountain girl,"
she went on. "1 have lived here only
a few months! You never caine to my
home. You never asked me about It.
I did not know why. Hut now 1 shall
tell you. I live here alone with my
father He brought me here by night
—hu-rieilly He brought a great deal
of mjney with him—a trunktul—bank
notes, bonds I do not know where
lie got it It frightens me. | fear—1
fear—but now 1 do not caro—If you
love me."
"You know I love you, Diana."
"Then what does it matter?" The
girl settled back on the pine needles,
as if all were said From her point
of view all had been said.
But Newcomb's face did not relax.
"It matters a great deal," he muttered.
"1 never thought you a mountain girl.
There is a grace about you that—No!
1 never thought you a mountain girl.
iix.Uted IJterary I'rtss.)
, Did you ever wonder why 1 came here,
1 Diana?"
"At first, yes. Afterward, no. It
was enough for me that you had come
You—you are the first man who ever
kissed me. You believe it, do you not
l Will?"
Newcomb nodded. "Y'es," be an
swered, hoarsely. "1 believe IL" It
was true; he <!id believe It.
"Then—"
"Stop! You must listen to me. Di-
ana. I came here because of your
i father."
The girl nodded. She did not seem
surprised or dismayed. "What had he
done?" she asked, quietly.
"Robbed a great many people—my
father most ot all. The police could
not find him. I set out to do it. 1
i as young and presumptuous. 1 tor-
sot that vengeance was God's. I fol-
lowed him here. Then I saw you."
"Well!" The man had paused.
"Then I forgot. 1 forgot more than
i one thing. I forgot to write home.
I They grew uneasy. Father put detec- j
: lives on my track. They traced me
and. tracing me, traced your father.
They are coming here. I learned It to-
day. too late to stop them. Probably
they are here now. 1 have brought
] this upon you." He stopped with a
gasp.
| But the girl rose. "Come," she said, 1
j serenely. "I will take you to my
] father."
Silently she led the way through the
forest, along dim aisles, across glades
where the sun lay white and hot down
gullies where water rippled underfoot,
and low-hung branches whipped
against their faces, to a flower-clothed
hillside where nestled an ancient farm- '
house. Through the open windows the
wind blew in perfumed puffs. Within
an old man sat and smiled at his vis- ,
itor, but did not rise. Newcomb spoke
to him, but he did not answer. He sat
and smiled and smiled and smiled.
"He has been like this since the day
wo came," breathed the girl, pitifully.
"Always like this! And he had all
that money—hundreds of thousands of
dollars' worth.! Do you wonder that
I was reckless—that 1 did not care?"
A step sounded without, and a man
stumbled through the open doorway.
When he saw Newcomb he nodded.
"1 thought you'd be here, Mr. New-
comb," be said. "I'll take charge j
now!"
But Newcomb shook his head. "Mr. ,
Maxwell's case has been carried to a
higher court, Grey," he said. "God j
has taken charge of it, and man is
helpless. The money you seek Is in
that trunk yonder, i believe. If It falls
short. I will make up the deficit."
"And the girl?"
"The girl Is my wife. Grey. You
shall bo the first to congratulate me!"
And although the congratulations
were one hour too soon. Grey never
knew It.
West Point's Proud Record.
Graduates of West Point have tilled
every important public office from
president of the United States to mu-
nicipal officials, including governors
j of states and mayors of cities; and as
I presidents, chancellors, regents and
| professors of universities, colleges
! and academies, they have exercised a
! powerful Influence upon education. In
| the industrial field they were the pio-
! neer engineers of our eastern and
transcontinental railroads, and presi
dents and chief engineers of many
completed systems; as civil engineers,
lawyers, editors, authors, clergymen,
physicians and architects they have
contributed prominently to science,
art, letters and ethics; as bankers and
bank presidents, manufacturers, farm
ers and planters, they have added
more than their share to the national
wealth.—National Magazlne.
A Much-Traveled Trout.
The death of a trout with a history
has taken place at Inverness, Scot-
I land. The fish had been landed at
i Milburn by the son of a Mr. McDon-
ald. engine-driver, was kept alive, and
soon became a great pet. Upward of
ten years agj the engine driver had
1 It transferred to the tank of his en-
J gine, and it had since passed a some-
, what curloin existence in the tanks ol
| three separate railroad engines. The
j trout was so tame that it would feed
• from the engine-driver's hand, and
when a pall was dropped into the tank
| to take it out would flop into it at
once. Occasionally the driver took his
pet home with him, and on the last
occasion that he did so an accident
happened—a box of matches had fall-
en Into the tank, with the result that
the trout was poisoned. The trout Is
lamented by all the railwayman. It
traveled during its stay in the engine
tank, thousands of miles.
Said by Cynical Frenchman.
Our virtues are most frequently but
vices disguised.—La Rochefoucauld.
Tillage and Cropping Operations Must
Be Directed in Such Manner'
as to Make Fullest Use of
Natural Precipitation.
Alfred Atkliiswf.. agronomist of
Montana Agricultural college. Boze-
man, Mont., and member of the board
of governors of the Dry Farming con-
gress. at the recent Dry Farming con-
gress held at Billings. Mont., dis-
cussed "Dry Farm Crop Production
Essentials." He said in part:
"Included in the aim of the Dry
Farming congress in an effort to
bring to the knowledge of the world
(he facts regarding the possibilities of
the non-lrifgated farming lands of
the arid and semi-arid regions, in or-
der that these lands may be brought
into a state of usefulness; and to as-
sist the farmers who take up these
lands to succeod and become perma-
nent contented home builders in the
communities.
"In the light of the knowledge so
far gained by farmers and investi-
gators, it would seem that there are
certain broad essentials which must
be observed if the farmers are to con-
tinue in this branch of agriculture.
I have chosen to emphasize two which
seem to merit the special considera-
tion of dry farmers. These are:
Proper moisture conserving soil till-
age, and due regard for the practices
which will maintain the soil in a pro-
ductive state.
"The name of this branch of agri-
cultural Bcience 'dry farming' Im-
plies an unusual condition in relation
to the supply of moisture. In fact
the only particular in which this class
of farming differs from the humid or
irrigation farming is in the matter of
limited moisture supply. The farmer
must, therefore, direct his tillage and
cropping operations in such a man-
ner as to make fullest use of the
natural precipitation. This is essen-
tial in order that the plants may
grow, and equally so in order that the
plant food supply locked up by na-
ture in the soil may be brought into a
soluble state and so become available.
Surface cultivation must be practiced
at the proper time, and early matur-
ing, hardy strains of the different
crops must be planted.
"As new farming communities are
opened up, the tendency is for those
who first take up the lands to start a
skimming process. By this I mean to
grow soil reducing crops like wheat
or other cereals year after year, and
return nothing to the land to com-
pensate for the food elements re-
moved in the crops harvested. If dry
farmers make this mistake it will be
in spite of the warning of past ex-
periences. The community, the state,
the nation and the world have an in-
terest in the store of plant food held
in the soil as this is a great treasure
house, from which future generations
must get their supply of life's neces-
sities.
"The dry farmer cannot grow wheat
cont' lously without inviting disas-
ter. he must include soil improving
crops such as alfalfa and peas to keep
up the humus content and nitrogen
supply, and must grow live stock in
order that the valuable plant food ele-
ments may not be needlessly shipped
from the farm."
A Finely Balanced Ration.
An Iowa man states that he always
feeds his brood sows as follows during
the winter:
Two eai ^ of corn each, twice a day;
one quart of oatmeal, one quart of
ground barley, one quart of alfalfa
meal and a bucketful of beets at noon,
together with a handful of ollmeal to
each in the slop twice a day. He says
that his sows are always sleek as
moles and just fat enough on this
finely balanced ration.
Transplant Pansies.
It is not too late to transplant pan-
sies to the cold frames. The very
best plants may be secured at three
dollars per thousand. Plant them
four and a half or five inches apart in
deep rich soil. Water immediately,
place the sash over the frames and
give them no further attention until
spring unless the ground should show
the need of water. These plants, which
w ill begin blowing in April usually
sell at five cents each, or 50 cents per
dozen.
Amount of Moisture Which Will Rise
to Roots of Plants Depends on
Soil Below.
In the United States the history of
dry farming may be said to date back
t io 1S4!>, the year of the gold discov-
ery in California. Several years after
! Hilgard of California called attention
to the vast potentialities of the arid
*ands of the west, and by his brilliant
researches in the laboratory and in
'he field he clearly proved that they
IKjssess certain distinct advantages
iver the more humid soils of the east
He has always laid special stress on
i the two fundamental principles of dry
land farming, namely deep, initial
preparation of the ground and con-
>tant shallow after cultivation. He
has also observed that in selecting
virgin land for dry farming the farm-
er should not rest content merely
vith the chemical analysis of his soil,
but should cerafully examine the na-
inre of the native vegetation and |
probe or dig to a depth of five or six
ieet before passing final judgment on
j lie capability of good ground for this
•ype of farming. For in dry farming
i the amount of moisture which will
rise to the plaut roots depends upon
1 what sort of soil is below and its
; depth. Gravel will effectually hinder
water from getting from below.
Further, if the water table—that Is.
j the point at which water is found by
digging—is too shallow the roots will
be prevented from feeding properly
and may be drowned.
If the practices, necessary in many
parts of the west, were followed more
generally in th? east, with only the
machinery, already on the farms,
droughts would entail much less dis
astrous results than now. There is
little in the Campbell system not fa-
miliar to eastern farmers except the
special machinery devised to meet
the peculiar conditions of the semi-
arid lands. It was not until the year
1892 that any definite results were
obtained with the Campbell system.
This was a period of great activity in
the study of the soil and Campbell
was able to make use of the investi-
gations of Hilgard of California, of
King and Goff of Wisconsin and of
the illuminating writings of Roberts
and Bailey of Cornell.
Value of Corn Crop.
The farm value of the grain alone of
the corn crop In our country is more
than twice the value of the cotton
crop, seed and lint included. If the
value of the fodder on 100,000,000
acres of corn were added to the value
of the grain the total would prove
beyond a doubt that corn is king of
our agricultural empire.
Average of Water.
The average Is two acre-feet of wa-
ter upon each acre of land per year.
That is the equivalent of 21 Inches ol
rainfall over the entire surface.
DRY FARMING WILL SAVE U. S.
Hundred Million Acres of Land Not
Now in Cultivation Soon Be Rais-
ing Good Crops.
Mr. John T. Burns of Denver, secre-
tary of the Dry Farming congress,
was In Baltimore tne other day. Mr.
Burns knows a vast deal about the
possibilities of making good crops
grow in regions where there is but
scant moisture.
He said: "Mr. James J. Hill takes
a too gloomy view of the future of the
I'nited States as a grain-producing
country. He thinks the time is not
distant when the United States will
have to import wheat. This bad situ-
ation will be saved by dry farming.
There are 100,000,000 acres of land not
now in cultivation that will, ere many
years, be raising splendid crops of
wheat. This plan of making the soil
produce well in regions where the
rainfall does not go over 18 inches per
annum has been successfully demon-
strated and every year sees it yield
better results.
"Even on a 14-inch fall, by Uighly
scientific farming, plenty of grain can
be harvested. A ' over the world dry
farming has been taken up as the so-
lution of the bread problem of the fu-
ture, and at our next congress, to bo
held in Spokane, there will be dele-
gates from every civilized nation.''
Best Laying Pullets.
Pullets which are coarse 1n the
head, thick in the neck, broad in the
breast and heavy in the legs are rare-
ly the best layers. Fine head, rather
slender neck and a rather wedge-
shaped body, widest at the rear, indi-
cate the layer.
Fuzzy Frank—Lady, kin I have a
drink o' water?
Lady—Certainly; there's the tum-
bler and there's the pump.
Fuzzy Frank (insinuatingly)—An'
now if you will please work de handle
for a tew minutes?
Asking Too Much.
' Why, Willie," said the teacher, "I |
am pained to hear you speak so slight-
ingly of your parents. I am afraid you
have not been properly instructed con-
cerning the respect you should pay to
your elders. That is one of the sad
*gs about our scheme of civiliza-
tion. We do not insist strongly enough
on having the children accord to their
parents that deference and respect
which is so common and so beautiful
in most of the European and orieutal
countries. In China and Japan, for in-
stance, the children always look up to
their parents as to superior beings. I
am ashamed of you, Willie. You should
have the deepest veneration for your
father and mother."
"Well," Willie sniffled, "how's a fel-
low goin' to have veneration when his
ma puts on a bale of hair every morn-
in' that she bought at a store and his
pa wears a yellow plush hat?"
Fair, Fat and Tide-y.
A Kansan sat on the bench at At-
lantic City watching a fair and fat
bather dlsportlDg herself in the surf.
He knew nothing of tides, and he did
not notice that each succeeding wave
came a little closer to his feet. At
last an extra big wave washed over
his shoe tops.
"Hey, there!" he yelled at the fair,
fat bather "Qjjit yer Jumpin' up and
down! D'ye ant to drown me?"—
Everybody's Magazine.
No Nonsense to Him.
"John," she said, "don't you think
this talk about trial marriages is just
horrid?"
"Oh, I dunno."
"Why. you don't believe In them
yourself, do you?"
"Have to. If there's any marriage
that ain't a trial you just show me."—
Stray Stories.
The Selfish Hunter.
James R. Keene, apropos of the
jumping contests at the New York
horse show, talked about fox hunting.
"Hunting," he said, "develops a
race of Very savage, selfish men.
There was, for instance, Jones.
"Jones, on a bitter cold day, was
riding hard at a brook, when he per-
ceived the head of his dearest friend
sticking dismally out of the icy water. I
Did Jones go to his friend's assist-
ance? Not a bit of it.
"'Duck, you fool!' he shouted, and
Jumped over him."—St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
A TRAIN LOAD OF TOBACCO.
Twenty-four Carloads Purchased for
Lewis' Single Binder Cigar
Factory.
What Is probably the biggest lot of
all fancy grade tobacco held by any
factory in the United States has just
been purchased by Frank P. Lewis, of
Peoria, for the manufacture of Lewis'
Single Binder Cigars. The lot will
make twenty-four carloads, and is se-
lected from what is considered by ex-
perts to be the finest crop raised in
many years. The purchase of tobacco
is sufficient to last the factory more
than two years. An extra price was
paid for the selection. Smokers of
Lewis' Single Binder Cigars will appre-
ciate this tobacco.
—Peoria Star, January 16, 1009.
Truth "Sassier" Than Fiction.
Most southerners are gallant. An
exception is the Georgian who gave
his son this advice:
"My boy, never run after a woman
or a street car—there will be another
one along in a minute or two."—
Everybody's Magazine.
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CALIFORNIA
Fig Syrup Co.
SOLD BY LEADING DRUGGISTS 50'ABOTTLE
WESTERN CANADA
What Governor Deneen, of Illinois,
Says About It:
.Governor Dent-en, of Illint X own« n
find iu Saskatchewan.
Canada. Ho baa said io
an interview:
"As en American I am
delighted to see the re-
aS"
plearo flocking am _
the boundary in thou-
sands. and I have not yet
met one w'io admitted
he had mn la a mistake.
They are all doing well.
There is sc.nro.-lv a com-
inanity in the Mid lie or
Western State* that has
not a representative in Manitoba.
Saskatchewan or Alberta."
125 Million Bushels of
Wheat in 1909
Western Canada field crops for
18U9 will easily yield to the farm-
er «:70.000.000.00 in rash.
Free Homesteads of 160 acres,
nml pre-emption* of 100 acre*
nt 93.OO an acre. Railway and
Land Companies have land for sale
- M in y t ir in-
tra have paid for their land out
of the prixtMiIs of one or« p.
Splendid climate, good w-hooN.
excellent railway fucllit le«, lo-.\
freight rates, wixxl. water aud
lumber easily obtained.
For pamphlet "Ln-t Best Went."
particulars as to suitable locution
and low settlers' rate, apply to
Sup't of Immigration. Ottawa.
Can., or to Canadian Gov't Agtnt.
J. S. CRAWFORD
No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo.
(Ose address nearest you.) (11
Celery-Blanching Boards.
Take care of the boards which have
been used in blanching celery. They
will last 15 years or more if given
good attention. Keep them under
cover or stack them in the open with
strips between. Half-inch cleats at
each end will help prevent warping
and splitting.
Free to Our Readers.
Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chica-
go, for 4S-puge illustrated Eye Book i-'r.
Write all about Your Eye Trouble and
they will advise as to the Proper Appli-
cation of thQ Murine Eye Remedies in
Your Special Case. Your Druggist will
tell you that Murine Relieves Sore Eyes,
Strengthens Weak Eyes, Doesn't Smart,
Soothes Eye Pain, and sells for 50c. Try
It in Your Eyes and in llabv's Eyes for
Scaly Eyelids and Granulation.
A noble life, crowned with heroic
death, rises above and outlives the
pride and pomp and glory of the
mightiest empire of the earth.—Gar-
field.
a Tsmnio cough will become «i perma-
nent one unless stopped. Allen's Lung Balsam will
surely stop it. A 2fw bottle islatye enough for that.
Bold by a'a druggists, 2oc, oOc and 91.00 bottles.
Absence of occupation is not rest; a
mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
TO < PRE \ ( (ii i) IN ONE I) \V
Tnk* LAX ATI VK JiltoMO Quinine Tablets
li.- iec ,1s r. Kind money if it fails tu cure. ti. W
('Hu\ ti d s nnature i.s on each box. 25c.
Don't Persecute
your Bowels
Cut out cathartics and njrgabrea. They art brutal
—harsh—unnece ary. lijr
CARTER'S LITTLE.
LIVER PILLS
Purely vegetable. A& j
gt-Dlly on tta lirer,
eliminate bile, and A
•oothe the delicto A
membrane ot
of llie bowel. A
Cora Co«-
Bdr>uj- .
DHI,
Sick Hcadacka uJ Indigestioa, u miHioni know.
Small Pill. Small Dose. Small Pricv
GENUINE must bear signature :
Carters
ITTLE
k'.VASTOCK AND ELECTROTYPES
MISCELLANEOUS
In great variety for sale at the lowest prices by
wK>rKKN WSPAPKU | MOS, Khiii tilt, «i ,onrl
Sometimes a man's wisdom is due to
the possession of a clever wife.
DEFI1NCE STARCH
New Fodder Plants.
The more one studies and tests the
new fodder plants, the more one ap-
preciates the merits of good old corn
and clover. If anybody believes there
is anything to take their place in the
great middle belt of the temperate
zone let him arise and prove it.
Gas Engines.
More than 50,000 gas engines have
been purchased by farmers of the
United States in the last two years
and the demand seems to be growing
steadily.
Stable Vices.
Most stable vices are vain efforts
of naturally kind, active horses to re-
lieve the wea-lng restrictions of their
lives.
Stomach Blood and
Liver Troubles
Much sickness starts with weak stomach, and consequent
poor, impoverished blood. Nervous and pule-people lack
good, rich, red blood. Their stomachs need invigorating
for, after all, a man can be no stronger than his stomach.
A remedy that makes the stomach strong and the liver
active, makes rich red blood and overcomes and drives
out disease-producing bacteria and cures a whole multi-
tude of diseases.
Get rid ot your Stomach Weakness and
Liver Laziness by taking a course ot
Vr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
the Hreat Stomach Kestoratlve, Liver
Inrljorator and Blood Cleanser.
ou can't afford to accept any medicine ot unknown
composition as a substitute for "Golden Medical Discov
ery, which is a medicine oh inown composition, having
. complete list of ingredients in plain English on it, bot-
tle-wrapper, same being attested as correct under oath.
Pl""" W'te .nd Invltor.,. Stowch, Llnr sad Bon-el^
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