The Nowata Star (Nowata, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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nOWATA WEEKLY STAR
The Nowata Weekly Star
By NOWATA STAR PUBLISHING COMPANY
BAM p WILKINSON - President
T NORTON Editor and BuiineM Manager
Published Every Friday
Entered at the Postofflce at Nowata Okla aa second-daaa maiL
SUBSCRIPTION 1150 PER YEAR STRICTLY IN ADVANCE
The Only Democratic Newspaper
OSdal Paper of the Indian Agency at Muskogee Okla for Indian
Land Sales
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FROM OKLAHOMA STAhE
COVERNOR WILLIAMS
MAKES APPEAL
"Farmer! and stockmen of the state
are facing a crisis the outcome of
which is mose important to the live
stock industry of Oklahoma In
many sections of the west half pf the
state even forage crops are a failure
The farmers here must either obtain
feed or sell off even their breeding
stuff much of which has already
been forced to the slaughter pens
Good business demands that they pay
a high price for roughage rather than
lose their beef and daily cows and
their calves Roughage is not to be
had in this section so it must be ship
ped in
“Much corn and forage crops will
he raised in the east half of Okla-
homa more than will be required for
local needs But the reported ten-
dency is for these farmers to put up
only what they need for home use
permitting much corn and other fod-
ders to waste in the field
“Especially in this time of crisis
when every food-producing industry
must be kept to its highest efficiency
we believe every man should con-
sider it a patriotic duty to save all
possible forage products using for
himself that which cannot be trans-
ported prfitably and selling baled
hay etc products that can be shipped
to farmers on the west side of the
state
“It is important that Oklahoma
‘care for her own’ in 'this manner
The result will he that those who
must buy feed will have the smallest
possible amount of transporation
charges to pay and the money that
must be spent for roughage will re-
main in the stale
“Those of the east part of the state
who do this will be doing a patriotic
duty to state and nation and at the
same time they should reap a hand-
some profit for themselves” — Gover-
nor R L Williams
LET’S HONOR THE DRAFT BOYS
America is now selecting the men
who will go to France and Belgium
as the soldiers of the republic These
men come from every community
from every trade and industry from
poor and rich alike They will have
been selected from the entire popu-
lation as the men who are strongest
best fit 'and able to fight for their
country
These men will be in their homes
for a short time Soon they will be
in training camps then on the battle-
fields of Europe Although the pro-
portion of men killed on the battle-
fields now is declared to be but one
in thirty the chances are that at
least some of the young men from
each neighborhood will not return
It is fitting that these young men
receive the honors they deserve The
Oklahoma State Council of Defense
suggests that the completion of the
first draft be the occasion for a great
patriotic demonstration in each
county and community Let’s show
the boys that we are “all behind
them"
Some speaker of more than local
prominence should make a patriotic
address and the men who have been
selected to go should be the guests of
honor The names of the boys who
go should be deposited in the county
vaults to be preserved forever
County councils of defense local
chambers of commerce and other
organizations should see to it that
this is done
AMERICA HAD TO FIGHT
“Submission to the brute force of
Germany by France by Russia or by
England in the last two years would
probably have ended the democra-
cies of the world would have put the
United States in the most deadly
peril and for us to submit to her
brute force now would put both our
present and future in deadly peril”
— Senator R L Owen before the
Senate April 16 1917
SAVE IT NOW
Hundreds of thousands of acres of
corn in Oklahoma will not yield any-
thing at all to the planters unless it
is in the fodder or ensilage that can
be obtained from it It is impossible
to over emphasize the importance of
saving every bit of this feed
After experimenting on the farms
of the Oklahoma A A M College
' President J W Cantwell who is also
a member of the Oklahoma State
' Council of Defense is advising that
farmers do not fail to fill all silos in
the country even if they must buy
the com “Even at this late date"
declares Mr Cantwell “many farm-
ers can ’ yet construct pit silos and
fill them at a profit Lack of suffi-
cient forage in the drouth stricken
regions makes it imperative that this
be done where possible Full in-
structions for making pit silos can
be obtained from our county agents”
GERMAN ATROCITY IN KANSAS
It may be that German agents
were not behind the selling of court-
at Nowata Oklahoma
PahUahed la Nowata Comity-
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
plasters containing tetanus germs in
Kansas and lllinos The chances
seem to be that they were Certain
it is that the government that as a
military policy has slaughtered the
children of Belgium Poland and
northern France pillaged homes and
enslaved men women and children
will not hesitate to bring plague to
the citizens of America if they are
able to do it There are no new
atrocities for Germany to commit
none they will not commit in Ameri-
ca if they ever reach our shores
Thousands of families must de-
pend on gardens for food next year
The boys and girla of Oklahoma are
an “army” that can help whip the
Kaiser by laying in a great supply of
garden seed
The draft is a necessary part of
America’s war organization It is
essential to the safety of the nation
The man who opposes it is a traitor
In times of war treason is punishable
by death
THE HIGH SCHOOL SITE
With the withdrawal by G A
Martin of the sale of the Martin pro-
perty to the school board the ques-
tion of a location for the new high
school building resumes the same
chaotic state that it occupied when
the location question came up On
account of the delay in having the
bonds approved and as the time had
expired for closing the deal Mr
Martin withdrew the offer of sale of
his property
It is rumored that the board of edu-
cation will circulate a petition asking
that the free site offered by E B
Lawson be accepted but as Mr Law-
son withdrew his offer some time ago
that appears to be another obstacle
in the way
It seems to be the desire of the
people to have the high school build-
ing located within “three blocks of
the city hall” as promised by the
board of education The Star be-
lieves the board should live up to
that promise if possible ' and if the
Mhrtin property cannot be purchased
the board should immediately call for
offers of new locations In other
words we believe the board should
keep its promise to the people There
has been an attempt to put the re-
sponsibility for the “three-block
limit” statement upon the shoulders
of the former superintendent E B
Gardner but Gardner in no uncer-
tain terms told the members of the
board that each and every one ap-
proved the publication of that state-
ment and none denied it The bond
issue was voted for upon those
promises and we believe the board
should live up to its promise
DISTRICT DRAFT EXEMPTION
BOARDS PREPARE FOR WORK
Oklahoma City Aug 9 — Membprs
of the three Oklahoma district ap-
pellate boards met with Adjt Gen
Ancel Earp here and discussed their
duties and conditions relative to their
work of finally passing on the fitness
of the men for army service' None
of the boards has actually done any
work yet but will begin hearing with
in the next few days
The board of the eastern district
which meets at Muskogee will begin
tomorrow and the Oklahoma City
district board probably will meet Fri-
day It is not necessary for the dis-
trict boards to wait until all men have
passed through the preliminary ex-
aminations before beginning work
CHINAMAN CLAIMS EXEMPTION
Claremore Okla Aug 9 — George
Hing of Collinsville the only China-
man registered in Rogers county ap-
peared before the Rogers County Ex-
emption Board Tuesday morning to
claim exemption on the grounds of
being the only Bupport of a widowed
mother who is over 60 years of age
and who is now residing in her native
land China He claims to send
money regularly to supply her neds
Hing is an American born China-
man being born in California 29
years ago He was drawn reported
for examination and was passed Al-
though of alien blood he was an Amer
ican citizen and to get exemption
had to claim it and submit proof of
his claim
BOOTED A GAME AWAY
Mike Regan pitched for Cincinnati
against Boston Wednesday and al-
lowed only five hits The game was
booted away by three errors back of
him and Mike lost another game
which he should have won
SUSPEND INCREASED
RATES ON CEMENT
Washington Aug 9 — Proposed in-
creases in the rates on cement on
the Katy from Kansas points and from
Dewey Okla were ordered sus-
pended today by the interstate com-
merce commission
ALL AROUND
THE FARM
SELECTING THE STALLION
Ire’s Influence le Predominant and He
heuld Be Cheeen With Care
Prepared by United fltatee department at
nartcnlture)
The stallion la tba key to successful
bone breeding and therefore should
he cboeen with the greatest cere The
Influence of the sire la predominant
because he directly effects a greater
number of offspring than does the sin-
gle female Horse breeders should
recognize tba fact that It la not a pay-
Draft stallion showing welsbt
long croup short smooth coupling
and woll sloped ahouldart the head
denoting Intelligence and reflna-
ment ing proposition simply to breed mares
to any stallion that may bo available
A sound pure bred atalllon should be
used If the best results are to be ob-
tained The stallion selected should conform
as closely aa possible to the breed and
type of the mares that are to be bred
Stallion of pure breeding are by vir-
tue of their unmixed ancestry possess-
ad of greater pre-potency than are
grades or scrubs and will therefore In-
variably impress their offspring with
their breed characteristics and Individ-
ual merit
A low service fee la too often the
deciding factor with many farmers and
mare owners in the selection of a sire
A low service fee ought never to be a
temptation but rather should be tak-
en aa a warning A low fee la usually
a sign of an inferior atalllon Colts
from Inferior or scrub a Ires will sell
for much less than those aired by the
sound pure bred atalllon ' ' -
Bound high class horses are the ideal
farm power and good mares bred to
pur bred sires of tbe same breed and
conformation pay good profits not only
in the colta they produce as baa been
shown but also In tbe labor they per-
form Poor horses render poor serv-
ice and often cost more to keep than
they are worth The loss In feed con-
sumed and lack of labor performed by
tbe Inferior and scrub horses of the
country Is enormous This expense
can be greatly reduced if fanners and
mare owners will breed their mares
to the right sort of stallions and pro-
duce the kind of horses the farm re-
quires and tbe market demands
The time to begin la now All In-
ferior pure bred colts §nd all grad
and mongrel colts should be castrated
Only tbe best mares should be retain-
ed and these bred to sound pure bred
sires One of tbe best ways to stim-
ulate interest In the breeding of bet-
ter horses is to arrange to bold a fall
colt show A string of promising colts
will afford striking evidence of the re-
sult of breeding the best and prove a
splendid advertisement for tbe com-
munity REARING SPRING PIGS
Youngsters Should Havo a Dry Bod and
Bo Carefully Fod
A comfortable house with dry bed-
ding means much to the spring pigs
writes J Coleman In tbe Farm and
Fireside In fact all other conditions
may be perfect and yet If this point is
neglected failure may result
Tbe pigs will soon learn to eat The
amount of feed can be increased as
they advance in age but they shouldn't
be fed more than they will clean up
nicely An occasional scalding and
sunning of the trough will keep It
clean
The first four months of a pig’s life
determine largely wbat his after suc-
cess Is Never let him lose his pig fat
during this time Prepare for ample
grazing aa soon as the soil la warm
enough by sowing rape or rapo and
grain mixed This can be grazed by
the pigs within six to eight weeks aft-
er sown Allow them to run on any
green crops especially clover or vetch
as soon as they will graze
A succession of field grazing crops
maturing through tbe summer end fall
wlu supplement their dally grain ra-
tion and will enable them to produce
their gain at a profit Pigs fed on
grain alone with little or no grazing
crops will return little or no profit
Cleaning Alfalfa ef Woods
Alfalfa which Is two or more years
old should be thoroughly disked or har-
rowed after tbe first cutting Fields
which are absolutely weedless do not
need much disking or harrowing bnt
the ordinary field where blue grass
red top or similar grasses have come
In should be given a thorough disking
or barrowing On the average farm
the disk la the best available tool which
can be used or the spring tooth har-
row will do The object la to tear out
the grass— American Agriculturist
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Don’t km the fin ewe lambs 4
4 Borne on will want them to re- 4
4 enforce his flock 4
4 Should a bona aeem weak or 4
4 show difficulty In rising suspect 4
4 feed at once and let all aoft or 4
4 unsound com bo rejoctod also 4
4 musty bay 4
4 A man who con fines bis pigs In 4
4 a wet dirty pen is robbing him- 4
4 self Glvo tbe pigs or porkeia a 4
4 chance and they will always keep 4
4 their beds clean - ' 4
4 Boots turnips especially are 4
4 almost a necessity to tbe profits- 4
4 ble handling of sheep 4
4 Bklmmllk le always valuable 4
4 Middlings end some tankage am 4
4 also valuable for pigs 4
4 Teach all colts first to walk 4
4 fast A fast walking bores la a 4
4 Joy 4
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RAISE MORE SWINE
Heg Is the Most Important Animal ts
Grow For Moot and Msnoy
Tbe quickest end surest way of aug-
menting the meat supply next to tbe
raising of poultry Is by raising hogs
tbe United States department of agri-
culture points out Tbe bog Is tbe
most Important animal to raise for
meat and money He requires less la-
bor less equipment less capital makes
greater gains per hundred pounds of
concentrates and reproduce himself
faster and In greater numbers than
any other domestic animal As a con-
sumer of by products tbe bog has no
rival No pther animal equal the lard
hog In Its fat storing tendency The
most satisfactory meat for shipping
CHisnca whitz sow
long distances on train boat or wagon
and for long storage after reaching Its
destination la mess pork There is no
animal which produces more meat and
meat products than the bog
Pork finds ready sale because packers
have discovered many ways of placing
pork on the market In attractive and
highly palatable form combined with
most excellent keeping qualities There
Is no other meet from which so many
products are manufactured Very near
60 per cent of the total value in dol-
lars and cents of tbe meat and meat
products slaughtered In the packing
houses of the United States Is derived
from the hog Our country leads by far
all countries in the production as well
as In the consumption of meat and
meat products Three-fourths of tbe
world’s international trade In pork and
pork products originates in the United
States In normal times and the war
greatly has increased this proportion
According to the estimates there was
an increase of 9680000 hogs between
1010 the census year and 1916 Inclu-
sive The increase at the end of 1918
was 8148000 over tbe preceding year
while It la estimated that there was a
decrease at tte efyj p 1219 of 813000
hogs compared with 1915
If we expect to continue to provide
meat to foreign peoples as well as out
own people every farmer must put
forth the best effort to produce more
hogs Hogs can be kept profitably upon
many farms wbere they are not found
today Farmers who already raise hoga
can produce many more for there Is
not much chance of producing meat
this year In excess of the requirements
More dairy farmers should raise bogs
for they fit In especially well upon
dairy farms where sklmmllk butter
milk or whey Is fed upon the farm A
man who has sklmmllk Is In a better
position to raise pigs than n man who
has none
CURING ALFALFA HAY
Careless Handling Reduoss Value by
Shattering Off tha Leave
Saving tbe leaves and preventing
leaching of nutrients by rains are giv-
en by tbe Ohio agricultural experiment
station as tbe two essentials in mak-
ing tbe best alfalfa bay Curing tbe
hay in bunches under covers is given
as the most efficient method to harvest
the most nutritious hay
Careless handling of alfalfa may re-
duce the value of the hay considerably
The leaves contain nearly three times
as much nitrogen and calcium as the
stems chemical analysis made at the
experiment station show Handling the
crop so that the leaves ore not broken
off will save these most valuable nu-
tritive constituents
Exposure of tbe hay to rain Is an-
other source of loss of nutrients in bay
Dried alfalfa over which water wash-
ed lost 60 per cent of Its nitrogen 76
per cent of its phosphorus 90 per cent
of its potassium and 40 per cent of Its
calcium This represents tbe common
loss In tbe value of hay exposed to
tbe weather for considerable time when
rains occur
Curing alfalfa In bunches or cocks
preferably under caps tends to elim-
inate such losses The hay may be
cut one day bunched tbe next and
then cured In the cock for two days
or more Shattering of leaves Is thus
prevented tbe hay retains lta green
color and little of Its value is lost
Duck or heavy unbleached muslin cov-
ers are frequently nsed to cap the
cocks so that the hay in not wet by
dew or rain
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4 POULTRY NOTES 4
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4 Feed less corn daring the 4
4 heated months and mom wheat 4
4 or buckwheat and onto Hens 4
4 will eat freely jot oats If started 4
4 so oats early la tbe season 4
4 Tbe Toulouse and tbe Embden 4
4 are tbe beeriest of the goose 4
4 family 4
4 The oftener we gather eggs the 4
4 leas apt they are to get dirty 4
4 Nobody ever mad n mistake 4
4 by locating bin bouses on good 4
4 dry well drained land Not half 4
4 ao much danger of sickness 4
4 Do not fall to separata the 4
4 malee and females ns soon an 4
4 yon can detect tbe sexes aspect- 4
4 ally If yon are keeping tbe light 4
4 er breed 4
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ORCHARD FOR POULTRY
Ideal Plae In Which1 to Keep Fowls In
Hot Wsothoe
I never place more than fifty chicks
In one colony house When they ar-
rive at broiler else and weigh one and
one-half to two pounds I am ready to
put same upon tbe market writes a
correspondent of tbe American Agri-
culturist As soon na tbe sex can be
distinguished I separate the cockerels
from tbe pullets An orchard Is one of
the best locations for growing stock
It offers sunshine and ebade tbe two
great essentials in poultry raising Fur-
thermore the fowls will be beneficial to
the orchard They eat bags and add
fertilizer
When natural shade cannot be ob-
tained I substitute with artificial shade
for protection in necessary In the hot
month Where chickens have not ac-
cess to free range great care must be
taken of tbe rune end yards It will
be necessary to plow them often If
thin Is not done tbe ground may be-
come Infected
Keeping things clean cannot be too
highly recommended On a fair sized
plant a boy employed for Just this pur-
pose Is money well Invested Cleanli-
ness is tbe keynote to health and suc-
cess with poultry All the fixtures In
tbe houses such as roosts nests and
drop board are preferably portable so
they can be taken apart cleaned and
SEED HOPPKB FOB POULTRY
frequently placed In tbe sunshine Sand
on the floor of tbe colony houses will
save much labor when cleaning
A mixture of one quart kerosene and
a tablespoonful of crude carbolic add
applied with brush or spray to the
roots and uprights will kill vermin and
disinfect premises Even with nil pre-
cautions some of tbe fowls may be-
come sick In nine cases out of ten the
best cure Is tbe hatchet This may
sound barsh but It is far better than
spending time and money trying to
care tbe ailments of one chick
I find a mash before the growing
youngsters will produce the best re-
sult A good formula Is: Two meas-
ures bran one oat meal one corn meal
one alfalfa and one beef scraps This
is fed in hoppers In addition I give a
grain ration morning and night of two
measures cracked corn one oats one
wheat aud a half buckwheat
Squab Raising
In selecting squab producers It must
be remembered that weight and size
are largely Influenced by tbe ben pi-
geon Wben a small hen pigeon is
mated to a very large male tbe squabs
will not mature to aa large a size aa
when n small male and n large female
are need Large vigorous hens in their
second year are the most valuable pro-
ducers and they will continue so as
long as their strength and vigor bold
out Half cared for poorly fed breed-
ers never did and never will bring any-
thing but disaster to their owners On
the other band large strong thrifty
sqnabe Invariably sell quickly at a
good price and give n profit for the
owner— Farm Journal
Feeding Poultry
The only rule for feeding is the rule
of appetite Keep the appetite good
To do this Is the first art of feeding
Ib cannot be taugbt It mast be learn-
ed by practice Fowls do not eat the
same amount of food each day Those
that are laying eat far more than
fowls of tbe same age and breed not
laying Pullets not laying eat more
than tbe same weight of old bens not
laying - Some breeds eat more than
others all other conditions being equal
Moreover Individuals of tbe same va-
riety and age differ In their capacity
to consume food Therefore hens can-
oot be fed by rule of weight or mensem
STARTING WITH POULTRY
Beginners theuld Chase rood ef
Fowl to Suit Their Purpose
The person who starts out with 1
fondness for s particular breed ef
chickens should capitalise eo that fond-
ness If it Is at nil feasible says H A
Roberts In tbe Philadelphia Ledger
For example we will say that a per-
son is partial to Light Brahman That
person should make bis specialty 1
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' Burr WYAKDom coon
and not eggs If on the other hand he-
favors Sliver Camplnes to the exclu-
sion of all otber breeds he should mak
his specialty egga and not meat Tbe
Light Brahma la one of tbe best meet
breeds either for soft roasters or ca-
pons The Silver Camplne is essential-
ly an egg producer and Is not desirable
for table poultry When we say “not
desirable for table poultry” we mean '
that it is not In popular demand and
not particularly profitable a such
Tbe person who starts out with a
specialty firmly fixed In his mind
should make everything subordinate to
this end If be has bis mind made np
on a broiler plant well and good H
will do well to choose tbe Wyandotte
all otber things being equal He might
also select the Plymouth Rock or tbe
Rhode Island Red or numerous others
but be would be beading wrong to pick
out let ns say the Hamburg or tbe
Polish
On the contrary if this man wanted
to establish a specialty In fancy eggs
for n select trade and the trade called
for white eggs be would do well to
raise Leghorns and not Cornish or Red
Pyle games If the market require-
ments demanded brown shelled eggs
be must forget about Leghorns and
turn to one of tbe American breeds or
English breeds New York for in-
stance Is very partial to white eggs
They command premium prices over
brown eggs Whereas Boston favors
brown eggs as do otber New England
cities :
We now come to the person who has
few If any convictions as to breeds or '
purposes He will be Influenced by his
circumstances of course tbe amount of
available capital tbe amount of labor
he Intends putting into the project and
the locality in which he hopes to mako
a start
In extremely cold climates where the
winters ere long end severe It Is some-
times best to adopt one of tbo heavier
breeds such as the Plymouth Rocks
for these are hardy birds If tbe loca-
tion is adjacent to water ducks should
be considered If there Is an abund-
ance of pasture land geese would be
profitable Where there is wide range
In n wood lot turkeys and guineas do
well
HENS FOR BREEDING
Pullets Should Not Bo Foreod For Egg
Production
Tbe age at which a hen la moet prof-
itable for egg production depends
largely on the method of feeding and
the purpose for which the bird is kept
in the opinion of N L Harris superin-
tendent of the poultry farm at the
Kansas Btate Agricultural college
If the object Is heavy egg produc-
tion without expectation of using the
bird for a future breeder the forcing
method is adopted By this method
tbe bens are kept In a small yard or
house and are given a ration which In
high In egg producing elements By -this
method tbe reproductive system
Is worked to its highest capacity It
Is seldom that a bird will be able to-
stand up nnder such feeding conditions
for more than one season This sys-
tem of forcing is followed by large-
commercial egg plants the object be-
ing to get tbe greatest possible Income
from tbe bens In tbe shortest time
Tbe forcing habit has given rise to-
the statement that the pullet year ts
the most profitable of the life of the
hen Aa the great majority of bens
are kept on the general farm where
the production of eggs la merely a side-
line forced feeding la not practical
tbe general plan being to allow the
hens free range and feeding them so-
ns to produce only the normal amount
ef eggs Cared for in this way bens
ef the small egg breeds will produce-
aearly but not quite as many eggs the
second season as the first Those
breeds which have a tendency to put
on fat readily usually become unprof-
itable the second year
Hens that are kept as breeders '
should never be given highly concen-
trated feeds - If this should be the
case the hens will not be In a good
physical condition to produce the best
of chicks ‘
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