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Crop Improvement
TRACTOR SAVES LABOR.
Use of Annualt and Machinery In
Growing Crops — Machinery
Cheaper In th« Long Run.
■y Raymond Olney, M. Rumeiy Ce.
_ , [Watlo.ial Crop Improvement Service 1
Display Advertising per inch, 10c j One of the roost diaagreeable ob-
, „ , , atructlona Id the path of a farmer's
Locals per line 5c j happiness is the hired help problem.
  In 'be present day and age It la a
  difficult matter to aecure good, effl-
Cburch and lodge announcement* will , . ' * , ' euj
fee run free of charge except when they farm laborera. And thla state
are s'iv«-rtlaementa of aoma money mak of affairs la growing worse Instead of
lag affair, In wllch caae regular adver- h-,.„ u _
tMiig tataa will he applied. Lodge reeo- , b*U#r 11 P1*0** ">• farmer In a moat
Mtfons «r <j rar<J  of thanka win he run disadvantageous poaltlon.
"A&rannouoeeaaant^W aach. Cssh . Thl< ^Wdltton, however, Is being
le accompany order i Improved to a constantly Increasing
________________ degree by tbe Introduction of
farm tractor
tbe
One of the moat Im-
portant advantages of the use of trac-
tion power for farm work Is that It
saves labor This Is due to tbe fact
that one man Is abla to control more
; power An engine that will do the
work of fifteen horses, or one that will
. 1 to aa much aa thirty horses, can be
• driven by one man as easily as he can
TROUBLESOME WEEDS.
MHter* Dc Not Care to Handle Wheat
that Contains Weed Seeds-
By L. E Call, Kansas State Agrleett
eral College.
fWattonal Crop lss roieme«t Service.)
The greatest care muat be exercised
If fields are to be kept free from
weeds, such aa the bind-weed, smart-
weed, cheat, cockle-bur, etc.
It la practically impossible to elim-
inate bindweed from the soil once it
has become establish*-*! It gels Its
start from weed seeds Introduced In
grains of various kinds. It spreads
by means of underground stems
or root-switches, which grow eigh-
teen or twenty Inches below the
top of tbe ground and send
up shoots which make new vines.
These vines twine around and over
whatever may be within their rearh,
and In tbe case of planta usually
smother them out. The bind weed
resembles the morning glory but dif-
fers from the common morning glory
of the corn field In having white flow-
ers uaually. and leaves shr.ped like an
arrow h?ad.
Do Not Plant Weed Seeds.
Farmers cannot watch their seed
too closely to avoid planting seeds of
this plant. They should make spe-
cial effort to control Its growth If
present In their soil.
Smart Wesds.
Reed of smart-weed Is often found
In the grain after It <s threshed.
WHEAT IN ROTATION.
Winter Wheat Follows Oat — Wheat
Good Nurse Crop for Young Clover
—Wheat After Corn.
By F H. Demaree. Agronomist, J. k
Caae Plow Worn. Racine,
Wleconain.
Harry Brothers
month.
CHURCH AND LODOE
DIRECTORY
from wheat and for this reason milt-
ers do not care to handle wheat that
contains seed of this weed.
LOCAL SEED CENTERS.
Millers, Grain Dealers, Seed Men and
Farmers Should Work Together.
City Officials
Mayor—A. Lerick.
Police Judge—C. H. Deskeet
Treaaurer—Don Owens.
Clerk—T. E. Bryant.
Marsha] and St. Com.—R.
Jenes j drive a two-horse team. It would take
Councilmen—E. W. Brooks, J.; ft*® three to five men to handle flf-
M. Hdikel, A. M. Harry, Boyd j ,Mn hor«**.  nd from six to ten men are not easily separated
Young and II. Hodge ' ^*"dle thirty. Is this not evidence
Regular Council meetings 1st W10u*b of the *conorny of th* ,ractorT
and 3rd Wednesdays of each1 , , Feeding Horses.
i It Is doubtful if many farmers ever
| stop to consider the amount of labor
required for feeding and caring for
horse* According to figures of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, an average of 27 mlnutea per
day is spent on each horse the year
Tim VIntlwwltut t „ round. For fifteen horses thla would
til! .}£? JV ? MrV,C" 00 ""•nl «o 6.7B hours. During the
first and third Sunday mornings | working season, however, even more
and second and fourth Sunday time would have to be spent In .arln*
nights Sunday school every Sun for them
day.—C, S ('lark, Pastor. Aside from repairs, a IB h. p. tractor
can be kept In flrst-claHs operating
condition on one-third this amount of
The Baptist hns services on th<> tlme P®r day And then, too, the
first nixl third Sundays, morning 1 tractor is used only ion to 200 days
and night. Sunday school every ',er yT Durln« ,h® TMi ,)f the m
- - 1 days ft require* no attention. The
saving lu labor In this connection due
to the tractor la self-evident.
The tractor shortens the fnrtner's
working day, by doln« awuy with the
, monotonous chorea before daylight
and after dark.
Farmer Benefited.
Not only the farmer Im benefited by
the tractor, It also relieves his wife
of the drudgery of preparing meals
and caring for a gang of hired hands
In spite of the fact that the gen-
eral purpose farm tractor In a com-
paratively new thing, Its popularity
aa a source of farm power Is Increas-
ing very rapidly. Farmers are find-
ing that It Is a practicable and profit-
able proposition, it is enpeclally
INatlor.. ! I'rop Improteinert ^ r\lce.|
With the needs and advantage* of
rotation recognized, the next question
Is is wheat a crop for corn-belt
farms?' The question is practically
answered when the profits of the crop
are figured Now, It costs practically
the same to produce a com and w heat
crop, so an easy way for every fann-
er to get at comparative profits of
each crop Is to figure total returns
from both. On the average, it will be
found that wheat brings nearly as
good, returns aa corn. In some sec-
tions it makea more, on account ot
greater adaptability to the soil.
Winter Wheat Follows Oats.
Winter wheat follows oat* splendid-
ly in rotation. Its growth then allows
the farmer to keep his ground covered
with a growing crop practically all
the time. Wheat also gives good re-
turns Just after corn, If the corn has
been kept clean.
Furthermore wheat Is a better nurse
crop for young clover than any other
crop. The young clover can be sown
at the proper time In tbe spring, just
when the ground is freezing and
thawing, and will be protected in the
spring and early summer until It has
gained sufficient root system to live
alone.
Sunday. .1 K. Rector, Pastor.
The Catholic has services every
third Sunday morning at 10:30
Father Van. Pastor.
The Nacarene has Sunday
School every Sunday at 2 p. m
and preaching scrvice every 2nd
and 4th Sundays at 3 and 7:30 p.
1 O.
night
R. R RICIJEY Pastor.
O V meets every Tuesday
O (I Neidigh N (i lld,li,,wl ,0 th« needs of the
R O CLARK, Secy' *row,nR slH,,on'
grain
Rtbckahs meet every Wednes-
day night
MRS. .10E 1IENKEL, N. 0
J. 0. CAKES Sec v.
A F. & A. M. meets first ami
third Saturday nights.
JONATHAN WHILES. W M
W. R DODSON Secv
Easier Star meets second and
fourth Thursday nights
MKS J. I. THOMPSON. W M
MRS .1 WHILES, Secv.
WHEAT 8MUT.
Treat Wheat Seed for 8mut With So-
lution of Formaldehyde.
I National Prop Improvement
To treat seed wheat for
Service.)
stinking
[National Crop Improvement Service.]
County grain dealers, millers, bank-
ers, agricultural Implement dealers,
seed men, farmers and land owners
In every county should get together
and establish a seed center Many
local grain dealers are now active
with this purpose in view. Those In-
terested In obtainiftg more and better
wheat should circulate the following
agreement and get all the signers
possible:
Wheat Agreement.
Whereas. The wheat growers In the
United St iten are growing a number
of different types of hard and soft
wheats, and
Whereas, Owing to the fact that
many farmers are Importing seed
wheat from other states or obtaining
mixed seed from various sources for
home planting, and ,
Whereas this practice greatly af-
fects the quality, yield and price of
the crop,
Now therefore, in order that all of
the wheat growers may gror a single
variety or grain best adapted to his
soil and climate, free from mixture,
We, the undrralKned 
county hereby agree to
co-operate with the Agricultural Depart-
ment of our stale rnllege and with each
otliei III growing and iIIhmi inin.itlng pur<j
bred seed grain*.
To attend a called meeting of all the
algnera heieto. and to agree one with tho
othei to how the number of acres set 6(>-
ooNite to our namm for thn aeaxon of
IM? of the kind type and variety ot
wheal l>e t adapted to the soil and climate
of thin county
To keep thla grain purs and unmixed,
and when harvested to demand a gradu-
ated price at the elevator, according to
the .|iinllt> Of the grain when delivered.
That we will apply to the agronomy de-
partment of our Mate college for Informa.
WHEAT IN ILLINOIS.
Record Yields of Wheat Should Set
the Pace for Farmers Below the
Average.
(National Crop Improvement Service.!
Illinois has some good wheat >it-Ids
to credit, and the records of the Top
Notch Farmers' Club sho the follow
lug acreage yields grown by the fol-
lowing farmers, viz.:
McLean County—8. .Noble King,
Blomlngton. HI bushels, 30 pounds.
Coles County—Lawrence Kiddle.
Mattoon, fi 1 bushels.
Tazewell County — John Throw-
bridge, 5fi bushels; John Ceachy, 53
bushels; L. H. Burns, 51 bushels; a!'
of Green Valley.
Logan County—William Mayfield
Lawndale, 3/7 bushels; John A
Hoblet, 52 bushels, Atlanta.
Iroquois County—Frank I. Mann
Oilman, 52 bushels, 20 pounds.
Morgan County—H. J. Johnson,
Jacksonville, 52% bushels.
Cass County—Qus Peterson, Beard*
town, 52 bushels; Charles McDaniel,
Virginia, 52 bushels.
Scott County—J. H. Hackett, Rood-
house, 5112 bushels.
Will County—W. E. Henneby.
Ritchie, 50 bushels 36 pounds.
Jersey County—Elmer Mayes, Jer
aeyvllle, 60 bushels.
This is where we do
business, and where
we have more bar-
gains to offer you
than any store in
Pawnee o r Osage
county.
We do business for
cash, consequently do
not ask you to pay
our losses in bad ac-
counts. We can and
HARRY BROTHERS
Double Store.
Harry Hardware Co., Cash Store.
H. E. TH0HP50N, {?<£AATEL
LOTS« LOTS <«• LOTS SU'fip
Good Alfalfa farms for trade or cash.
Write me at
RALSTON, or LAWTON, OKLAHOMA.
Did You Ever Run a Mower?
wk 1
RATE OF SEEDING WHEAT.
Rate of Seeding Regulated by Quality
of Seed Condition of Seed Bed
and Time of 8eding.
>mut before sowing the grain Is very tlon u* to whore the be«t available aeed
necessary
This smut Is caused by the spores
of the Htlnkiug smut fungus which
adhere to otherwise healthy seed-
grain These smut sporea may come
from amutted kernels broken open, or
from old bags or fanning mills
To treat seed wheat for smut the
method of sprinkling It with a solu-
(National Crop Improvement Service.]
The amount of wheat to be bowd
per acre must be regulated by the
quality of the seed, the condition ol
the seed bed, and the variety, and the
time of seeding.
Hard winter wheat of the Turkey
tvp#, as grown In Kansas, Nebraska
       and Oklahoma, produce more stalks
anJ1;*e from'inixtjjre wl" b# "n,,orm P«* P^nt than soft winter wheat, and
A ACRES " •
rrmv he ohtnlnod.
That we will do everything In our power
to 1 n<luce every farmer to raise the name
Hrlety no that eventual!) all the wheat
Did \ OU Ever, when quitting time came, fold up the cutter bar in
a hurry and start your team without throwing the machine out of
pear, resulting in a broken pitman or a strain tjiat caused yotf to
make some repairs when you should have been making hay?
You Can't Do That with the New Standard.
When you fold up the cutter bar the machine is thrown out of gear.
This is just one little feature of the
Ellicrsoil New Standard Mower
A Machine that is designed and built by men who make mower build-
ing a specialty; men who have for twenty-seven years held an un-
^ disputed record for building the best mower on the market, and
Why the Best? Because it is the easiest to handle: the lightest draft;
the most durable.
We Can Prove to you that these statements are facts.
C0MK AND SEE D8. IT'8 A PLEASURE TO SHOW THESE 00001.
LEVICK & DODSON,
Ralston, Oklahoma.
namks.
p 6.
water (I pint or pound of formalde-
—— hyde to 40 gallons of water) Is rec-
M \V a t: . j .i • , ommended and Is successful The
M \\ A mwt, first and thlr.l (om.id.kv<1. „„ „
Thursday nights. BtorM *
A. M. HARRY, V. (\ Bprlnkle piles of grain on tight
w II INTIRAIIAM, Clerk B"(>r or canvas with this solution by
means of sprinkler, meanwhile shovel-
ing the grain over so that every ker-
nel Is moistened -It will require three-
j , . .,  • foarths gallon to one gallon of soln-
t>rid and fourth Saturday after tlon per bushel of grain. When grain
'■ ao treated, allow to lie In pile 2 or
S hours or over night, then spread to
dry. After treating, handle the grain
In disinfected bags, fanning mills and
drills
To disinfect fanning mills or drills,
wnsh or sprinkle all parts well with
the same, or stronger formaldehyde
solution To disinfect bags for hand-
ling" treated see«l grain, aoak them
over night In same solution used to
treat seed wheat.
Are you sufficiently interested In
the wheat situation In your own vi-
cinity to obtain signers to this agr*e-
tlon of formaldehyde (formalin) In J*""*0' *« >•!■ Information ad-
„  dr,'H" 0r°P Improvement Committee.
Chicago, 111.
Koyal Neighbors meet everv
MRS \\ K WEBSTER. Oracle
UKK .JESSIE I NOR All AM. See
OVIR 65 YEARS'
experience
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SEED QRADERS.
(Natlon.il Crop Improvement Hcrvto* |
Many people think It not worth
while to run the grajn through the
seed grnder mill, hut In recent years
Its favor is spreading rapidly In fact
It Is an Indispensable requirement of
•very well kept farm, and, If not al-
ready part of the equipment, it should
be added as soon hs possible flood,
clean seed Is one of the requisites of
a good crop, and of late farmers are
beginning to awaken to the fact.
Weed Farms.
Uulte often we see large fields of
weeds growing In profusion where In-
variably wheat, oats or corn should
be growing. Rvery weed that grows
crowds out some plant that would be
of value, therefore the yield of ths
crop Is lessened to an extent Weeds
tend to propagate coming up yesr
after year, of themselves, on soil
where the grain crops must be sown
annually; consequently, lu tho end It
will be found profitable to add a
grader to the equipment.
SEED BIO POR WHEAT.
Wheat Should Have a Firm, Well-
Compacted Soil—larly Plowing
Frequent Cultlvstron.
By Prof. W. M. Jsrdine, Agronomist
Kansas State Agricultural College
(National Crop Improvement Net-vice )
Experience has taught ux that an
Ideal seed-bed Is a firm, well-compact-
ed soil.
A Arm seed bed Is absolutely neces-
sary If the subsoil water is to he util-
ized by the young wheat plant On
loose, poorly packed soli there Is such
poor connection between the soil par-
ticles that moisture cannot be raised
by capillary attraction from the sub-
soil. Under this condition the soil
uiav be well supplied with subsoil
moisture and the wbent fall to ger-
minate because of the loose conditio#
of the soli, which prevents the rise
of water.
Conserving Moisture.
A Arm seed-bed Is only one of a
number of benedts that result from
the early preparation of the soil.
Moisture Is conserved and plnnt-fcod
is made available In this way The
ionservatlon of moisture results from
the killing of the weeds that sap the
nround of water. The cultivation of
the soli after packing rains forms an
hence requires less seed per acre
With an Ideal seed-bed and a good
quality of Turkey wheat, sown at the
proper time, three pecks (45 pounds)
per acre will produce an abundant
stand.
Under the same conditions soft
wheats, because of larger kernels and
lack of stoollng power, may requlri
from four to six pecks of seed pel
acre.
INSPECTING AND GRADING
WHEAT.
fNatlonal Crop Improvement Service.]
Most wheat that Is shipped to largs
terminal grain markets Is graded and
classified Into different groups. Th«
principal classes provided for on most
markets are: Hrrd winter, soft
red winter, hard spring, durum,
white and mixed wheats. The differ-
ent grades are usually referred to aa
No. 1, 2, 3, 4, rejected, and no grade.
In determining what grade should h«
given to any lot of wheat the follow-
ing polnta should be considered:
First-Plumpness, maturity, tru 
ness to type.
Second—Condition.
Third—Test weight per bushel.
Fourth^Amount of seeds, dirt and
foreign material or other grains.
Fifth—General appearance.
Grading Is usually done by a Htate
Grain Inspection Department, created
by law, ar.d a fee for Inspection li
charged for that work.
In advnncp.^a/AdfAi.and a||()W TEN oAYS FREETRIALHmw
FACTORY PRICES,,;; furnish tho hlghfst'gra'te'b'cyd' "Vt Is
TOU WILL BE ASTONISHED qMSSSSKX'KSSr
— SIC '
ti _
$1_0._ JfcjHi-rlpttTn Iwrgalii li tnmalWr'i^.'
< tarter* i
a.nU«3 !" la" N*onr CblcMonSflSToi^"rtoii""",'hllt
 >n%9 U>$tpr9l0. lie^rlotim haftain hate ^ Ttaeaewecloar out promptly at prtewt
80
■ Vi u i .'11";" i«rir«m lint* mailed free.
B R A K E S, ^
Hcdgcthorn Puncture-Proof $ M
Self-healing Tires iL
Yhi 'tiularrnail prlftfthtinlm tlj
„ „ . «0.90 fr fair, tut u lulnJun u
" •" « ""ft HI'firt4.IOUaih u>HhvJ,rt4 SS.
NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES
NAILS, Tacka, or Olaaa will not lot «h« air out
A hundred Uioussnd pairs sold last year,
DESCRIPTION: ^'i.-inaiuLs. It'
w"" Is li\( ly and easy
rtdlnor. wrv rtnmhle end lln^d IriM.lo with
a HiK-clal Quality of rubber, which never be-
comes porous and wlil.-h clones ui  smal
piuictnn-a without allowing tho sir to
^ |,i V! °f letters fmin satlsflod
statliigthnt ihHr tireshaveonly been pumiierl up once
or twice In a Whole season. They weigh no more than
sp ordinary tire, the punctureresLrtlng qualities h«-lng
r.'J!!.i'.y.?,Jv,i'ralthin, aju'clally prepared
specially prepare
is 9IO.nupair, butforsdvertlslng pnrposeswe'are — m t kiding
makmir ii ^Peclalfactory price to the ritler of onlyM 80 nor mi r an , '
day letter fa received. Vo ship C o. D. on approvalor'lor ablppedsail
have, examined nnd found them strictly as I*nnp*nted U d0 Mot P#J' a ,:,"l 111,111 **
 h discount .if r. i.. rr .-t.t > ih«Mi.v  .. v
Notice the thlek rubber!read
A. and puncture strips
and '0" also rim atrip "H"
Jo prevent rim cutting. This
tire will outlast any other
eioV5CrT' ELASTIC
EASY RIDING.
BUYING GRAIN ON GRADE.
[National Crop Improvement Service.)
"In Justice to the farmer who exer
clses care In selecting good seed and
earth mulch whlVh prevents The'losa ,n [r0perb' preparlnf bi" «rflln fo«
of moisture bv evaporation | nll rk',,• mftuy *rain elevators are now
j buying grain upon its grade merit.
The prevailing full market value It
   m ■ pay a cent until you
wiVi.™"ihlT  '""K'-rand |n..k finer tlian anr tlreTnu hl'.I." * V ,h"t th'> "HI ride
IU«hat haa ▼..<! «.nt a McVSa SSn .m' or ""■"•t .nr nr,™
r^^mluy^rjalqnlgratonoa, beneet"larrroar1iat.ii.tiwotrSJ.'7®* you wl" «'ve "  J"'uror,i0r. Wo w^i
mTlte i
^an^ata.WhjiMbj.
DO HOT WAIT'"" *Tit 
Itoulyou.Uap,.^ tok«rn evfr"m •"
'.'3
TRYING NEW VARIETIES.
(Netlonal Crop lmprovanu<nt Kervtca]
1)0 uot wsate your time In sowing
new varieties (except on a small tract
as an experiment), unleas your state
experiment station recommends them
You cannot afford to take the chances.
I^t the state experiment station do
the testing of new varieties, and learn
tbe results from them
paid on standard grades, and Inferior
grades are handled upon their rela
tlve merits.' said J. C. F. Merrill,
president Council of Grain Rxchances
J.
quotca all
a pn«tal tolar, DO NOT THINK OF euviMn ,
WMU?1 kuo"-SfeX"
a ' mmmitSnSZEiV- ^r""t  
L. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL.
Dear Reader, please notice the
r.™et, .b.„id know ,h„ Mjiui,. (i?ur« following Tour nam,, they I'ml^eif " ^ pr'"cl"ne th'
rian church every 4th
ments of the grain markets. In nc  u < v'v''
other way can they expect to meet ca*€ "me yout" Wbscriptio l "n('ay rooming aud evening;.
the demands of the buyers and re expires, and have Dromiserf
celve the highest prices Quailtt TJncle Sam *r it
make- tte price for the miller aLd 0 ftl1 PaP^r« TOt
manufacturer.
paid in advance, for his kind one
cent per pound portage rate
Pleaie renew at one® and oblige tf
Ration Hum, Hfat, Pedestrian
Rose « f K. ('., solid comfort, Men'H
and women's Kz Shoe. A large
stork at The ('omet.