Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 168, Ed. 1 Friday, July 28, 1916 Page: 2 of 8
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DRUMRIGHT EVENING DERRICK
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IOWA ALFALFA FARMER CARRIES ON
MANY INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS
Owner of Magnolia Crest Farm, in Scott County, Iowa, of Wide Di-
versity of Interests—Believes in Rotating Pastures Wherever
Possible—Carefully Selects and Stores Seed Corn—Never
Was Successful With Potatoes—Profit in Sheep.
4By G. H. ALFORD. State Demonstration
Agent, Maryland.)
C. W. Lau, who lives on the
Magnolia Crest Farm, six miles from
tho city of Davenport, in Scott county,
Iowa, is a man of such a diversity of
ftiterests and carries on so many inter-
esting and valuable experiments that
we can learn much by a study of his
methods. Mr. Lau owns 160 acres of
land. Of tills 120 is tillable, while 40
ts left in permanent pasture and car-
ries about one head of cattle per aero.
This ground la low and has a very
troublesome ditch running its entire
length, making it diflicult. to maintain
fences and impractleablo to cultivate,
lie believes that ho can double the
carrying capacity of this pasture by
disking in the ground occasionally and
sowing in a mixture ot grasses. He
will try a mixture of timothy, blue
grass, white clover and sweet clover
seeded in a two-year-old alfalfa field to
produco a pasture of this sort next sea-
son. Mr. Lau believes in rotating pas-
tures wherever this is possible.
First Success With Alfalfa.
Mr. Lau maintains a rotation of two
years of corn, one year of barley in
which alfalfa is sown, followed by two
years of alfalfa. He can rightly claim
the distinction of having first gained
an unqualified success in the growing
of alfalfa in Scott county. He now
has on the place some 30 acres de-
voted to this crop. So firm is his faith
In the alfalfa plant that he lias dis-
carded red clover entirely and expects
to follow a rotation in which alfalfa
has a prominent part. He also has
placed his seal of condemnation on
timothy.
Charles Lau says that one year's
feeding is five yoars' weeding. To pre-
vent this he clips Ms stubbles with the
mower before the weed seed ripens.
This is bettor than plowing early and
exposing the land to parching suns
*nd leaching rains.
From 40 to 60 acres of corn are
grown and the average production is
about 55 bushels per acre. The seed
Is gathered early and the ears placed
1n rfeks in the open doorway of his
barn loft. In this way it is located in
Mr. Lau has 14 Red Polled cows of
high grade which produce from 2,500
to 3,000 pounds of butter annually,
which he Bells on contract delivered at
HO cents the year round. In 1914 the
production was 2,550 pounds. Each
cow returned him $73.65 last season as
follows: 170 pounds butter, $60; 4,-
000 pounds skim milk at 15 cents per
hundred, calf, $5, and 15 pints of
cream used in household, $2.65. They
are fed silage and alfalfa as the basis,
with a small quantity of corn grist con-
sisting of corn and cob ground to-
gether. These cows constitute the
largest factor in Ills total income every
year. He regards silage and alfalfa
as the very best feed.
He owns one of the oldest silos in
Scott county, having had it for 21
yoars. It holds 85 tons, has dimen-
sions of 14 by 25 feet and requires from
7 to 8 acres to 111. It is constructed
of wood staves and is built inside the
barn and has proved practically per-
manent there. The cost was $150.
Mr, Lau estimates the annual cost of
filling at $50. He always adds water
to his ensilage in filling and finds that
ho can get a good grade of feed by
putting it in when just beginning to
dent. To prevent spoiling on top it is j
thoroughly sprinkled with water and I
tamped down three different times.
He had never had any trouble from
feeding and values ensilage highly for
both cattle and sheep. In his opinion
every farmer should have a silo.
Cows and Steers.
He keeps, in addition to his cows,
25 head of young cattle. The steers
he sells as butcher stock. Purebred
Red Polled sires have been used in his
herd for 20 years, but the start was
made with common cows of different
breeds. Now their owner regrets that
he didn't use purebred dams as the
foundation.
Seven horses are k«>pt to do the
work on Mr. Lau's farm. They aro
fed alfalfa as roughage almost exclu-
sively. They are also given some silage
and oats and corn. Caro is taken that
the alfalfa and ensilage bo bright and
wholesome. No colts are produced.
Mr. Lau lias found sheep very profit-
various sales are given herewith: I>>
ducting four acres for roads lis gross
receipts for 1914 were $29.23 per acre
Record of Sales. 1914.
Hoifs $l.V.i.'9«
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Butter > " .42
CfrttU Iff
I fay 67 MW
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Poultry y.'.ll
rcKffs fill
Fruit
f'orn 203.17
Hi'fH 17.0'
Sundries 14.He
11,K 9.60
It is Interesting to note that Mr.
I^u realized $1,050 in cash from his
ISM4 crop of alfalfa. There was no
better field of alfalfa in Scott county
last year. He put up over live tons
per acre from these cuttings. In 1913
he cut five tons per acre and was of-
fered $20 per ton for all of it. He es-
timates that it costs $1.50 per ton to
put it up. The first cutting in 1914
he kept for feed and it carried 40 head
of cattle, 15 sheep and 6 horses
through the winter, while the second,
third and fourth cuttings returned him
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Method of Drying Seed Corn.
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Concreting the Barnyard of C. W. Lau Farm.
■ draft where it dries out very quick-' able, as they cost very little, clean up
ly. It is left until quite thoroughly the weeds and transform much rough-
dried out and then taken to the base-, age into money through the sale of
nicut under the house where the fur-; wool and mutton. He now has 17 ewes
nace completes the task of drying. He j and gets about ten pounds of wool
tests for germination in the spring. j at the average clipping. Before he J
Mr. Lau's corn tested In the county kept sheep, he had a great deal of
experimental plots at the orphans' rag weed in his pasture, but now a rag
home yielded at the rate of 85 bushels weed is a scarce article on his farm.
per acre.
From 25 to 30 acres of barley are
produced, Last year'ho threshed 756
bushels, or 36 bushels per acre, which
he sold at 75 cents. For two years
he treated the seed with formaldehyde
and had no smut in the crop. No oats
are grown ajul only ono acre of pota-
toes. Mr. Ijiu has never been very
successful with potatoes, hut his son,
Carl, raises from one-half to one acre
of popcorn and has gotten very satis-
factory returns from it.
Careful of Manure,
The production on the rolling farm
*incb Mr. Lau owns is maintained by
about 200 loads of manure annually,
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Experimental Alfalfa Plots,
i ;-n .d at the rate of r,lx loads per acre
< the corn ground. The hills are
given an extra dressing of manure
c. • ry two years. Mr Lau is very caro-
ful to conserve all his manure. He lias
b t a concrete cistern to receive all
t liquid' drainage from the cow
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Experience With Hogs.
Mr. Lau has had many and varied
experiences with hogs. He raises from
70 to 90 head of Poland China per
year. In the,34 years he has farmed,
ho had cholera three times. In 1912
it broke out and from some 50 or 60
head he saved about 25. They were
not treated, as Mr. Lau had no faith in
serum at that time, having made a test
the preceding year with some so-
called sermn which was being used
in the county. He treated with this
two of his hogs and put them In a
neighboring herd where cholera pre-
vailed. In a short time they contract-
ed the disease and died and Mr. Lau
was convinced that the serum treat-
ment for hogs was a failure.
However, tho success of the treat-
ment at the Iowa farms near Daven-
port soon set him to thinking again
and he secured three pigs in the fall
of 1912 from the Iowa farms which
had been given the simultaneous
treatment and placed them in three in-
fected herds In his neighborhood. All
throe pigs weathered the storm suc-
cessfully, although nearly all the hogs
in the three herds .lied. That put a
new aspect to the subject and in the
summer of 1913 Mr. Lau gave all his
pigs tho serum-simultaneous treatment
without any loss, although cholera pre-
vailed in tho neighborhood. He now
gives his hogs the serum-simultaneous
treatment every year.
Mr. Lau raiBes about 100 head of
chickens each year, planning to sell
ofT the cockerels and old hens each
.. .ntor and kt'i ] ,j the pullets. 1 ie sells
them dressed at 20 cents per pound in
Davenport. Ho has had considerable
troublo with chicken cholera and with
blackhead in turkev, being compelled
to cease raising the latter fowl on that
account.
* Gross Returns. •
There are few farms in Scott county,
which give higher gross returns per
acre thfin that operated by Mr. Lau.
His kiomh returns for 1914 nm I,is
$1,050 in cash. He harvested 130 loads
from 26 acres in three cuttings and
7 acres cut the fourth time. He baled
and sold at $16 to $17 at home, or $18
to $19 delivered. Mr. Lau tried alfalfa
repeatedly for 25 years but had no suc-
cess until he applied some lime eight
years ago. Since then ho has found al-
falfa a very profitable crop. In 1914
a strip a rod wide through his field left
unlimed produced practically nothing.
Iron and Concrete.
Mr. Lau declares that this is an ag«
of steel, iron and concrete, and, where-
ever possible, these should be substi
tuted for wood in farm construction
He has concreted his entire barnyard
this year and will'keep straw in th
cow yard to catch all the liquid ma
nure as well as the solids. The cos
was 7 1-3 cents per square foot.
Mr. Lau's barn Is 40 by SO by 24 fee
I and contains 80 tons of hay and straw
j for bedding. He has an elevated tank
j supplying 10 hydrants, including S
j faucets in the house. He has sheltei
; for 40 head of cattle and 7 horses
| His hogh'ouse is provided with self-
waterers and self-feeders, the lattei j
for hogs on full feed. Thus the hogi
eat and drink at leisure, there is nc
sudden exposure and no wrangling, j
no rubbish to clean off but clean cobs
for the tank heater or kitchen stove. ■
Item of Chores.
In doing the work on the farm where
there is lots of stock, the chores be-
come a considerable item. Mr. Lau
has a two-liorsepower gasoline engine
mounted on a truck sufficiently light
for one man to easily pull around and
he makes this the chore boy for a mul-
titude of jobs. Ho regards gasoline
as cheaper than hired help. He is
careful that no feed shall be hauled or
carried in baskets to live stock and
puts the hay in a place overhead with
the feed bunks below for the cattle
and has a feeding placo for hogs ad-
joining the corn crib. Water is also
piped to the slop barrel and the table
is set before the hogs are invited to
their dinner. In this way no feed is
dragged through the snow or mud but
the animals come to their dinner them-
selves.
Another important point in the man.
agemont of this farm Is the dividing
and subdividing of the place with
fences which are hog and cattle tight.
In this way many weeds, volunteer
grains and shattered kernels of corn,
oats and barley which otherwise
would be wasted, can be utilized in
producing mutton, pork and beef. In
his experience a thrifty lot of hogs
with such a range will return froin SO
to 90 cents per bushel for corn when
fattened.
Vineyard and Orchard.
This discussion would not be com- j
pleto without a statement in regard
to Mr. Lau's fruit. He has a vine-
yard excelled by that of very few
farmers. It contains many choice vari-
eties of grapes. Ho has apples, pears,
plums, cherries nnd plenty of small
fruit as well as a good garden. The
orchard of one-half acre lias been*
sprayed each year for four or five
seasons and has always produced
fruit since tho spraying was started.
In 1913 he sold $217 worth of fruit.
Mr. Lau has raised a family of live
boys and one girl. He thinks the farm-
er has an opportunity of having some-
thing more than a farm. lie can have
an attractive home and It should be
the aniliitiofi of every farmer to make
his homestead beautiful as well ns his
farm profitable. ,'P6 render farm life
more attractive he lias installed a
'carbide plant outside tlkwMibuse.to4lfhl
all his building*, has t: ansformpd. ai
old well into u cold storagt plate t f
cren < and V'duals
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Every fullure tenehea a man some-
thing If tie wtll learn.
There Is no situation In life so bad
that it cannot be retrieved.
It Is a poor heart that never re-
joices.—Dickens.
DAINTY DISHES.
Some of these delicate concoctions
would not wear for every-day living,
but an occasional slip-
ping from the beuten
path makes these sweets
all the sweeter.
Ne?selrode Pudding.—
Take three cupfuls of
large chestnuts, shell ami
remove the brown skin,
cover with water nnd
simmer until thoroughly
tender. Drain and press
through sieve. Take a
fourth of a pound of candled fruit, eut
In pieces, cover with a half cupful of
pineapple sirup. I'.oll a cupful of sugar
und a half cupful of water until It
spins a thread. Add to it the beaten j
yolks Qf four eggs, stir until the mix- 1
Hire Is thick, then beat until cold. Add
Hie chestnuts and a teaspoonful of va-
nilla nnd one pint of cream whipped. ]
Put into a freezer nnd half freeze, then j
ndi the candied fruit. Pack and stand
u' least two hours to ripen.
Frozen Cheese and Preserved Figs.
—Kent two good-sized cream cheeses
with half n cupful of stiff cream until
smooth, sweeten to taste and put Into
a covered mold. Pack in ice and salt
for four hours. When ready to serve
slice in pieces two Inches thick, then
cut in rounds, or, better, pack in bak-
ing-powder cans and it will be all ready
when sliced. Make a slight depression
In the center and put in a preserved
fig, stem end up.
Biscuit Glace.—Put two cupfuls of
sugar and one cupful of water In a
saucepan over the fire. Cook carefully
until the sirup spins a thread. Beat
the yolks of six eggs very light; potir
the sirup upon them slowly, beating all
the while. Return to the fire and cook
one minute. Strain into a bowl nnd
beat until cold. Add a teaspoonful of
vanilla, one-fourth of a cupful of or- i
nnge juice and very finely chopped
nuts. Turn into tho freezer, and when
thoroughly chilled add one pint of
cream, whipped stiff. Fill paper
boxes, sprinkle with chopped nuts or
macaroons and pack nnd freeze.
Plain ice cream is far easier to pre-
pare (linn most cooked puddings, nnd
the large mnjorlty of diners would
much prefer them.
Mexican Hash.—Chop or grind meat
left from a roast. To each pint of
meat add half a can of corn, three- :
fourths of a cupful of bread crumbs
*nd gravy to make it moist. Season
highly with paprika and bake In a but-
tered dish twenty minutes. Fine
served with baked potatoes.
In Woman's Realm
Of All Articles of Clothing, the Tailored Costume Should Be Chosen
With the Utmost Care, for Obvious Reasons—Dainty Things
Innumerable Are Offered at This Time for Wear
in the Morning.
The tailored suit Is of perennial In-
terest, for it Is much the same and
must reach the same standards in nil
walks of life. Nothing that women
wear meets so many critical eyes, and
women step down nnd up to n com-
mon level when they wear correct
street clothes. Therefore the tailored
suit Is to be most carefully selected.
Wherever else she may be forced to
practice economy every woman should
give us much as she can for good ma-
terial and good style in her tailored
suits. Thanks to manufacturers there
wild rose, nere Is one of them,
made of the very palest shade of pink,
In cotton voile, with n narrow satin
stripe running through It. Scattered
over the surface of the cloth, the small-
est of roses, about as big as a pencil-
head, are set in equally diminutive
leaves. The roses nre in pink, deepen-
ing to the American Beauty shade.
This Is about the simplest of nil
morning Jackets and it doesn't take
much calculation on the part of tho
least calculating woman to convince
her that its cost is next to nothing. It
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Effective Tailored Suit.
In order to love mankind, we must
not expect too much of them. It la a
rare gift to be able to choose and be
satisfied.—Frank Crane.
USES FOR MARSHMALLOWS.
Marshninllows ns n confection,
dipped In peppermint fondant, are n
delightful after-dinner
mint. A marshmallow
dropped In n cupful of
hot cocoa at the chil-
dren's parties will filease
them better than
whipped cream, and is so
easy to do.
A marshmallow placed
on salted wafers, the small, round ones,
and put Into the oven to brown, makes
most attractive marguerites.
Marshmallows cut In quarters with
sharp shears and mixed with pineapple
and whipped, sweetened, flavored
cream, and served in sherbet glasses,
Is a dainty dessert.
A most delightful fruit salad may be
made with pineapple, strawberries,
marshmallows, and two or three table-
spoonfuls of a good boiled salad dress-
ing stirred Into a cupful of whipped
cream. Serve very cold in n pretty
glass dlsli.
Marshmallows cut up nnd added to
the boiled frosting while It Is hot Is
a favorite filling for a cake as we
as n good Icing.
Marshmallows.—Dissolve one pack-
age of gelatin In 14 tablespoonfuls of
water. Roll together four cupfuls of
sugar nnd 14 tablespoonfuls of water
until It forms a thread. Pour the sirup
over the gelatin in a deep dish nnd
bent until thick; flavor ns desired, and
put Into a pan of powdered sugar to
cont each marshmallow.
Marshmallow Frosting.—Melt one
cupful of white fondant, add the white
of tin egg. beaten stiff, nnd stir over
the lire two minutes; remove from the
heat nnd beat for two minutes, or until
stiff enough to spread; flavor with any
desh .|| flavoring. This ts especially
good op chocolate cuke.
Marshmallow Paste.—Put a fourth
of n cupful of sugar and the same
amount of milk In n saucepan, henl
•dowlv to the boiling point, and hoii
six i mutes, cut a fourth of p pound
of in .ridiinnllnws In pieces and melt In
a double holler; add two tablespoon-
fills of hot water and cook until the
mixture Is smooth; then add the hot
*1rnp gradually, stirring constantly
lii ni until cool enough to spread, then
n'lil ii half tenspoonflil of vanilla. Use
-Itli-r for Oiling or frosting.
are ready-made suits of moderate
price that command the respect of the
most discriminating of women. The
most effective suits follow current
modes with so much reserve that they
are not out of date with the passing
of u single season. This is especially
true of the materials of which the
best tailored suits are made.
The suit shown here is an excellent
example of a standard suit, made of
black and white checked material,
Which Is never out of fashion. The
skirt is plain and rather full anil
flares sufficiently to be in the mode.
The coat is plain cut, with an easy
adjustment to the figure, which is
always smart, and has a full pepluin
only takes about three yards of voile a
yard wide to make the body and
sleeves. Any oth^r sheer fabric will
answer the purpose as well as voile,
and there are numberless cotton
weaves, including challle, organdie,
lawn, batiste, mull nnd crepe, that are
printed with all sorts of flower pat-
terns.
The jacket pictured is plain with
long shoulder seams and three-quarter
length sleeves. It is cut to hang
straight from th* shoulders, and gath-
ered In at tile waistline by a ribbon
run through n casing. The casing Is
made by stitching a strip of the mate-
rial to the under side of the jacket.
The neck Is trimmed to a V shape at
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Trim and Neat for Breakfast Tii
and wide bijt of the material. Pin- li
pockets, oed band cuffs, and high
plain colicr depend upon neat ma-
clilne-sHtc'iing and bone buttons for
an always correct tailored finish. The
buttons are white, bordered with a
rim of oluck.
White washable gloves, black and
white shoes, and a tailored hat faced
with black belong in the company of
tills model suit. They complete the
equipment of tile wearer for the hap-
penings of the day.
There ;are many dainty jackets de-
signed for morning wear that go to no
gieat lengths to make themselves at-
tmctlve.J They are, In fact,.brief little
garments whose story Is soon told. Hut
•lie} lire as ::tire of pleasing the eye
e aood tuste of worien as Is the
the front and finished with a nnrrow
facing, and the sleeves ure fuced also.
All the seams are felled.
A row of val lace Insertion nnd
ci ting trims the bottom, having tho
edging whipped to the insertion with
a little fullness, to form a scant frill.
A wide collar and cuffs of white or-
gandie are finished with lace In tho
same way, and they nre busted to the
neelc and sleeves as a finish to the
jneket. Collar and cuff sets nre
nought ready made nnd mny be had
lor so low a price flint It is .hardly
"oi,"I n hile to make them. The Jacket
fastens at the throat with a snap
fastener.
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