The Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1913 Page: 3 of 16
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
I
t
(
r r
A
Pcli Estsea
"Wkjr do you suppose he hot such
vacant expression?"
‘‘Well lie thinks of himself a good
deal-
Enough Elasticity
“Don’t you think that we should have
more elastic currency?" asked the
Old Fogy
“It is elastic enough" replied the
Grouch “Why don't they make it
more adhesive?"
Lot's Have It
“This high cost of living is a seri-
ous question" bawled the campaign
orator “It Is a great question a very
serious question indeed"
“We know it's a question" yelled
a coarse man in the audience “Whet's
the answer?"
Couldn't Get Away
“I understand that after waiting
twenty years she married a struggling
young man?"
“Yes poor chap He struggled the
best he knew how but she landed
him"
Not So Strange
She — Sometimes you appear really
manly and sometimes you are effemi-
nate How do you account for that?
He — I suppose it is hereditary Half
of my ancestors were men and the
other half women ‘
8ure Proof
Bill — Why are you so certain that
Jones is a truthful man?
Will — He had a black eye one day
and when I asked him how he got it
he told me that a man hit him
Vi-
f A Personal Question
At Denver a few weeks ago a col-
ored woman presented herself at a
registration booth with the intention
of enrolling and casting her first vote
in the ensuing election
She gave her name her address and
her age then the clerk of registration
asked this question:
“What party do you affiliate with?"
The woman's eyes popped out '
“Does I have to answer dat ques-
tion?" she demanded -“That
is the law" he told her
“Den you jes scratch my name offen
dem books" she said “Ef I got to
tell his name I don’t want to vote
Why he ain’t got his divorce yitl”
And she stalked out
Fatal Defect
The glib-tongued agent was trying
to persuade Mr Wipedunks to buy a
dictionary
“It’s the latest thing out" he said
t “up to date in every particular con-
tains more words than any other has
all the technical and scientific terms
that have come into use in the last
' ten years and there isn’t a feature
missing that goes to make a first-class
work of the kind"
“Let me look at it a minute" said
Mr Wipedunks
The agent handed it over and he in-
spected it briefly Then he handed it
back
“Young man” he said “you can’t
work that book off on me"
A “What’s the matter with it?"
I’ “It hain’t got no index"
Collectors Pass On
“During the recent epidemic of spi-
nal meningitis in Dallas Secretary Paul
Casey of the health department and
a sanitary inspector went to the shack
of a negro to raise the quarantine"
says Representative Burleson of Texas
“They started to remove the big health
department sign when an old negro
mammy came to the door
“‘No sho’ly boss you all ain't
gwine ter take dat sign down?' she
asked
“'Certainly' answered Casey 'You
are all well again and we are going
to remove the quarantine Don't you
want the sign taken away?'
' 'No sah boss 'cause dar ain't been
nary collectah 'round heah sence dat
sign was put up'
“And they went away without the
sign"
' -V- V "f
—4 io
The quest loe bos Is kerowltk opened tor the benefit of the farmers of Okla-
Tbe Vbrmor-Ctoekman Invites Its readers to ack questions about all
' matters pertaining to agriculture and lives took Such quest Ions will bo answered
by experts who have spent a lifetime In mastering tbe problems in connection with
plant life and In tbe raising of livestock Don't be afraid ef asking too many
questions We can handle a thousand n week and It will be n pleasure to do eo
COEN
What has been the incresse of corn
in Iowa due to the corn campaign and
bow has the increased production been
accomplished?— H If
According to the government sta-
tistics the yield of corn in Iowa tor
the last eight years was 34J bushels
and the average yield tor the previous
eight years was 314 bushels making
an average increase for the last eight
years over the previous eight yctrs of
s9 bushels per acre
Each county in Iowa puts In ap-
proximately 100000 acres of corn an-
nually This would be an Increase of
290000 bushels each year For eight
years this would amount to 2320000
bushels This is for one county For
the 99 counties it would be 99 times
this amount or 229680000 bushels
which is the total increased production
for the last eight years over the previ-
ous eight years ' '
This simply represents the increase
in yield Probably this would be dou-
bled if we were to take the real value
cf the crop into consideration Many
of the chaffy and poorer varieties and
types have been eliminated so that
the corn which is fed to the stock or
shipped out from the elevators eon-
tains more feeding value
These figures were taken from the
United States Year Book ' The Iowa
statistics show an even greater yield
than is shown by the United States
statistics The Iowa statistics we find
are much more reliable than the
United States statistics for the reason
that the state bureau has a very much
larger body of crop reporters We
might say also that the grain dealers'
figures bear out the statistics of the
state more closely than the govern-
ment statistics
To tell you how this was done would
be a long story but it might be sum-
marized as follows:
1 — By the introducing of the varieties
of corn which give better yields of a
better quality
2 — By introducing methods for test-
ing each ear of corn before it was
planted thus enabling the farmer to
discard moldy frozen and weak corn
also by advising better methods for
storing seed corn during the winter
and by planting the best seed on one
side of the field from which to secure
the next year’s seed
3 — By holding short-course schools
of a week’s duration in different parts
of the state where we could demon-
strate the better methods for testing
harvesting preparing the corn for the
planter preparing seed bed etc
4 — By demonstrations on the county
poor farm with the farmer's corn and
actually finding out which were best
adapted to their particular conditions
These results were then used at farm
ers' institutes short courses and on
the corn trains etc
5— By literature such aa bulletins giv-
ing the results of the county demon-
stration tests posters sent out by the
colleges and especially by the rail-
roads commercial dubs etc urging
people to test their corn and to har-
vest it before frosen etc
BULLETINS FOR TEACHERS
Please send two or three copies of
bulletins on seed corn corn cultivation
and corn culture and spray calendar—
J M J Keefeton Okla
We are pleased to know of your in-
terest in the teaching of agriculture to
your pupils Your plan of having the
pupils read and exchange bulletins Is
a good one and we are sure the re-
sults will be quite satisfactory ' The
information thus received will be of
practical value to them
Under separate eover we are send-
ing bulletins on seed corn corn cul-
tivation corn culture together with
others that will be of practical use The
experiment station is sending several
copies of its spray calendar Bulletin
No 92 Your -name has been placed
on the mailing list in the department
of agriculture for schools to receive
bulletins and also on the mailing list
to receive “The New Education" -
It is hoped that many rural teachers
will send for these helpful bulletins
and keep them where their pupils can
get hold of them frequently — S A
MINEAR Department of Agriculture
for Schools Oklahoma Agricultural
and Mechanical College K Stillwater
ALKALI WATER IRRIGATION
Would alkali water lo to irrigate
with?— W R G Woodward Okla
It depends on the amount and kind
of alkali present in a water whether
it may be used for irrigation or not
Usually if water Is not fit to drink
it will be found unsuitable for irri-
gation The term “alkali" covers a number
of substances such as calcium sul-
phate (gyp or gypsum) calcium chlor-
ide (lime) magnesium sulphate (epsom
salts) magnesium chloride sodium
sulphate (Glauber's salts) and sodium
chloride (common salt) these as a
whole are known as white alkali
Black alkali is the term applied to
sodium carbonate (salsoda) It is not
safe to use a water for either domes-
tic use or irrigation if it contains 1000
parts of white alkali or 100 parts of
black alkali per million (multiply by
0058 to change parts per million to
grains per U S gallon)
While the composition of a water Is
the first consideration soil considera-
tions will often decide whether a cer-
ANY PERSON who is the head of
a family or who is 21 years old
and is a citizen of the United
States or has filed his declaration of
intention to become such and who is
not the proprietor of more than 160
acres of land in any state or territory
is entitled to enter one-quarter sec-
tion (160 acres) or less quantity of un-
appropriated public land under the
homestead laws
The applicant must make affidavit
that he is entitled to the privileges of
the homestead act and that the entry
is made for his exclusive use and for
actual settlement and cultivation and
must pay the legal fee and that part
of the commission required 'as follows:
Fee for ‘160 acres $10 commission $4
to $12 Fee for eighty acres $52 com-
mission $2 to $5
Within six months from tbs data cf
entry the settler qrast take up his resi-
dence upon the land and cultivate the
same for three years continuously At
the expiration of this period or with-
in two years thereafter proof of his
residence and cultivation must be es-
tablished by four witnesses The proof
of settlement with the certificate of
the register of the lan4 office is for-
warded to the general land office at
Washington from which a patent Is
issued
Final proof cannot be made until the
expiration of three years from date of
entry and must be made within five
years The government recognizes no
sale of a homestead claim After the
expiration of fourteen months from
date of entry the law allows the home-
steader to secure title to the tract if
so desired by paying for It in cash
and making proof of settlement 'resi-
dence and cultivation for that period
Farmers bulletin No
United Statca department cf
culture baa recently sent out n bulle-
tin on comb honey that will be cl
particular interest to beekeepers It b
by George S Demuth agricultural as-
sistant bureau of entomology and
treats nt considerable length of the!
comb product analysing the best prse-J
tice and pointing out some essential)
to the production of maximum crca
of the best grades j
The bulletin is mainly an argument
In favor of the production of attrac-j
tive high-quality comb honey and!
since this combination can only be as- J
cured in rather limited areas it is urged f
that those only who are so favored b7
location will find It profitable to run
to ' comb honey I
The bulletin also calls attention to’
the fact that the tendency in beekeep-
ing is decidedly toward the production
of extracted rather than' comb honey
and it says if the general public fi-
nally becomes convinced of the purity
and wholesomeness of extracted honey
it will become a staple article of food I
“Present tendencies therefore empha-
size the ‘ desirability of comb honey
of the most attractive appearanco
possible"
tain water can be used for irrigstloo
with safety A heavy water may bq
used on an open well-drained land
yet it would not be at all suitable on
a compact and poorly-drained soil
In many parts of Oklahoma freq
gypsum is present in the soil and thin
may rieutralize the black alkali (sodium
carbonate) ao if a water containing
this substance in an extensive amount
is to be used on such land or wherq
gypsum is applied it might be a mis-
take to condemn the water becausq
the neutralizing action of the gypsum
would be sufficient to destroy the sodi-
um carbonate — C K FRANCIS De-
partment of Chemistry Experiment
Station Oklahoma Agricultural and
Mechanical College Stillwater '
r
RATIONS FOR LAYING HEN8
I would like a formula of ratioAa
for laying hens— Mrs A T Kiowa 1
county Oklahoma
We do not have any data or pub-
lished material that is available for dis-
tribution at this time on formulas of
rations for laying hens' However I
will be pleased to give you the rstionf
that we are using at the present time
for winter egg production The grain
food is composed of equal parts by
weight of kafir and wheat The ground
feed which is fed in the dry form in
a large galvanized hopper is' made up
according to the following formula:
7 pounds of middlings of mill run
7 pounds of corn meal
2 pounds of ground alfalfa
In addition to this we supply ant-
mal food in some form At the pres-
ent time we are feeding buttermilk In '
connection with the above feeds We
think that the buttermilk will supply
the animal food If green cut bone or
fresh beef scraps can be secured they
can be substituted for the buttermilk
or skimmilk It is essential to have
animal green and grain foodstuff if we
are going to secure a profitable egg
production Whether you supply this
animal food in the form that I have
stated or with the feeding of com-
mercial beef scraps it makes but little
difference so that the chickens get aa
much animal food as they desire Some '
arrangement should be made whereby
green food will be supplied At the
present time we are supplying green
food in the form of sprouted oatsu
Steamed alfalfa leaves may be used'
beets cabbage or material of this na-
ture— H A BITTENBENDER Ani-
mal Husbandry Department Oklaho-
ma Agricultural and Mechanical Col-
lege Stillwater " j
" If
NECESSITY FOR SALT !
' — 1 ’
It is advisable to have some medf-M '
cated salt always before the sheep
and lambs and once the salt Is pro-
vided it ought never to be taken away
or the box left empty- for any length "
of time Coarse little fleeces are lik£t
ly to develop if the sheep want sol)
and cannot get h l
C 1
K'
‘a
V
1
A
M - s
v
15 iH
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.
Stafford, Roy E. The Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 25, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1913, newspaper, January 23, 1913; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2046161/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.