The Republican=Record (Gage, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1916 Page: 5 of 10
ten pages : ill. ; page 20 x 14 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
k
r !£ v '
THE REPUBLICAN RECORD GAGE OKLAHOMA
v
Financial Statement and Estimate
THE BROADCAST SYSTEM
OF LOSING: MONEY ON
THE FARM
In the old days when what we wore
Was home spun what we ate was
home grown and what we bad to
enjoy was of the home variety it did
not make much difference what sort
of a system of farming we carried on
We had as much to enjoy and eat and
wear a9 anyone in the community
In the present time however all
these things have changed What we
wear and eat and enjoy is very likely
to be everything else but of the home-
grown variety Opportunities and
necessities that call for spending
money are Increasing so rapidly that
we naturally feel the need of making
more
And on the farm this Increase in
demand for more clear profits ckh be
worked out only in one way that is
by better farming methods - We have
the same amount of land from year to
year from which we can expect a con-
' stantly decreasing amount of crops
unless we follow certain perfectly
clear rules We must build up our
oil do a better job of plowing of
selecting seed of making seed beds
and of putting the seed into the
ground 1 I
x Not many of the present farming
' methods are Identical with the ones
used by the earliest known tribes of
man There is one however and that
is broadcast seeding From records
it is shown that the early Egyptians
sowed their grain broadcast by hand
and harvested it by crude hand meth-
ods It wasn’t until the middle of
the nineteenth century that the reap-
er replaced the hook and it was much
later still that the modern grain drill
was used and its adoption by the
farmer has been far too slow for his
own benefit It is a fact that by the
use of the grain drill many dollars
would be saved and made for the
farmer
Ey seeding broadcast the waste of
the grain is enormous In the first
Slace broadcast seeding is too Often
one upon poorly prepared seed beds
In the second place the seed is poorly
covered by use of such implements as
the disk the cultivator or the har-
row Some of the seed is placed too
deep some too shallow and some left
on top for the birds or winds to carry
away All this means a very poor
stand and in the end a very poor crop
no matter how good the seed may have
been
' Some farmers substitute the broad-
cast machine seeder for the old-time
band-thrown seeding system The
results however are the same The
seed bed the’depth and waste in cov-
ering coupled with the variation of
even spread from the effects of the
wind all bring out the inefficiency of
such a form oi seeding
On the other hand a good grain drill
has been known to pay for Itself in
one season on a fifty-acre crop of oata
—the most usual broadcast crop With
OF COUNTY OF ELLIS STATE OF OKLAHOMA as required by Section 7878 Chapter 72 Revised Laws of Oklahoma 1910 STATEMENT OF EXPENITUREES
MADE FROM APPROVED ESTIMATES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30th 1916 AND OF ESTIMATED RECEIPTS and AMOUNTS '
ACl’V ALLY COLLECTED FROM SOURCES OTHER THAN AD VALOREM TAX FOR SUCH YEAR f t ‘ 5
FINANCIAL STATEMENT— EXHIBIT “A” : ' : ' 5)
Statement of expenditures made from approved estimates during the fiscal year ending June 30lb 1016 and of estimated receipts and amounts actually collected from sources other :
than ad valorem tax for such year
EXHIBIT “C”— TAX ROLL ACCOUNT
1 County valuation as extended in Rolls for current year 1916 — - llllo45 255
2 Added to valuation since completion of Rolls — — 90821
3 - Total valuation on Rolls 1 - - til 736 076
4 Remitted from Tax Rolls since completion -$ 129747
5 Balance of valuation on Tax Rolls — — — 111600328
NAME OF FUND
Good (rain drill help to Bk farmiog prefitabll
s drill the oats was put in the ground
at the proper depth: one bushel less
per acre was needed by this economi-
cal system saving a total of fifty
bushels at the start A better stand
a hardier growth of stalks and a yield
of five bushels more per acre was the
result — all this from a field that was
in the exact condition as to prepara-
-tlon fertility etc of the year before
To sum up with fifty bushels saved at
the start and an increase of two hun-
dred and fifty bushels a total of three
hundred bushel s more could be credited
to this field The market price at this
particular time being 35 cents per
bushel the use of the grain drill netted
the farmer a total of 8105 over and
above what he had raised the year
before by the broadcast system of seed-
ing This amount more than paid for
‘ his drill in the first season
Nor is that the only saving A drill
with a grass-seed attachment can
handle the finer seeds such as timothy
clover and alfalfa where wheat or
oats is to be used as a nurse crop
Broadcasting by any system with these
small light seeds is taking a long
- chance usually to get a stand for the
wind blows it about and it undergoes
the same experiences that any other
broadcasted crop of uneven covering
is subjected to With an alfalfa drill
: for instance eight pounds of seed per
: - acre is quite enough to obtain a good
stand where with the old system
twenty pounds are needed to get the
same results This shows how expen-
sive and wasteful the broadcast method
really Is
There are no two fields and no two
seasons that require the same amount
of seed per acre It is therefore
necessary to select a drill that trill
- give a wide range of adjustment for
different quantities of seed per acre
Different kinds of soil also make it
Important to select a type of furrow
opener that will do effective work
under all average conditions
The single disk drill of the open-
- delivery type Is considered the best
' for general purposes It will do good
V work in stalk ground in hard clay
soils on stubble or reseeding old
meadows On the other hand the
closed -delivery single disk is best
adapted to wet and gumbo soils
The double-disk furrow opener type
has been found to do the best work on
muddy grounds and sandy or loam
soils DUt Is not so good for hard
trashy or rough ground Hoe drills
can be used successfully In well pre-
pared fields as can be the shoe type
of furrow openers -
The real point' however Is that
every farmer should discard the old
original broadcast Bystem of seeding
It represents the one lone evidence
remaining of the ancient crude system
of agriculture It represents one of
the wasteful systems which every
: farmer must get away from in order
to increase his profits When a diVl
‘ will pay for Itself by one season’s fy I
n a bettwJeW no farmer should
?
Salary 1
Court
Road and Bridge
Staate Highway Construction
County Road Construction
Poor and Insane
Widows and Orphans Compensation
Supply --
Contingent
TOTALS
EXHIBIT “D”— BOND AND JUDGMENT ACCOUNT
Purpose of bonds or name of
Person holding judgment
Current expenses
Total accrued Liability to
June 30th 1916 '
Amount required by law to
be raised to June 30th
1916 to retire bonds and
judgments at maturity
Amt Coupons interest paid
1200000 600 00 11200 00 11200 00
Funding 4 12 1911 4 12 19316 " 2535200 1521 12 7605 00 7605 00
— Totals 3735200 2121 12 18805 00 18805 00
- FINANCIAL STATEMENT EXHIBIT “E”— WARRANT ACCOUNT
Warrauts outstanding J 30 K 03 and trarrsnt issued sius ha date again j 7
Issued Principal Interest - Total outstanding
Salary a 16019 23 11423 89
Court 5665 75 1944 73
Roadcnl Bridge 11173 04 8348 74
State Highway Construction 1915 46 594 10
previous year or years estimate
Warrants Outstanding Warrants Paid
June 30th 1916 Principal Interest
8302 61 7758 51 203 80
944-54 I '744 18 12 89
3190 75 3190 75 3310 75 ! County Road Construction 2584 54 952 66
878 60 tw 752 69' 17 25 769 84 126 01 “
1156 97 850 90 850 90 85096 306 01
1401 34 1220 23 ' 1220 23 1 76 11
57 23 57 43
15932 24 -14523 22- 353 94 14877 10 1409 02
101 89 11525 78 4595 34
1944 72 3721 03
141 57 -8490 31 2824 30
594 10 1321 38
952 60 163188
90150 -34 50
2828 67 137 20
405 92 228 24
2186 26 824 57
' 4083 08 916 05
830 27 57 43
TOTALS 50802 71 34509 81 243 4684763 27 16292 90
County Road Maintenance 996 00 961 50
Poor and Insane 2965 87 2828 07
Widows & Orphans Corap 634 16 405 92’r
Supply 2900 83 2136 26
Contingent 4999 13 4083 08
Sinking 87 70 830 27
GENERAL SUMMARY GF FINANCIAL STATEMENT— EXHIBIT “F’
NAME OF FUND
Salary
Court —
Road aud Bridge
State Highway Construction
County Road Construction --t
County Road Maintenance
Poor and Insane
Wjdows and Orphans Compensation
Supply :
Contingent
Sinking '
TOTALS
Liabilities in Ex-
cess of Assets —
Deficit June 80
th 1916
987 42
987 42
Estimated by Board for current
expenses 6000 00
Estimated Amount to be received
from sources Other Than Tax Levy
— i — 2300 O0
Estimated by Board for Current
Expenses 5000 00
v:t - ’ V -
State of Oklahoma County of Ellis ss: 1 - :
We the undersigned members of the Board of County Commissioners and County Clerk of Baid County and State do hereby certi-
fy that at a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Ellis County State of Oklahoma held on the first Monday in July 1916 pur-
suant to the provisions of Section 7378 Chapter 72 Revised Laws 1910 the within and foregoing statement of the fiscal condition of said
County was prepared aud that said statement shows a true and correct condition of the affairs of said County for the fiscal year ending June
80th 1916 Dated at Arnett Oklahoma this 10th day of July 1916
D C Ihwin Commissioner
Gxo H Baldwin Chairman Board of County Commissioners
S S Mann Commissioner
A A Bennett County Clerk
idl
tit himself in readiness for W
m season - - —
I
jx
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Hawkins, Maude F. The Republican=Record (Gage, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1916, newspaper, July 20, 1916; Gage, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1793703/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.