The Oklahoma Cotton Grower (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 15, 1943 Page: 2 of 4
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PAGE TWO
The Oklahoma Cotton Grower
THE OKLAHOMA COTTON GROWER
lin day-out living habits prinet-
Ro
SOME IMI'HOVEMENT IN COTTON l'IUBERCIROSIS
DucTioN l Patty good and adequate food and
A 11 NJIMIVIAIWA11114 NL111411 MN TV 1Ak I riessoi s mow n u li me I
PRODUCTION 1 I UDEFIVULUal0 'pally good and adequate food and DECEMBER
A F DUKE Editor 'sufficient rest
— Origin of "Xmas" k '
— Publihed Monthly by tha During the month of November the cot- 1 Eating istn't a matter of eppea SUggeSt ins For Use Is Explained
s- It is Imposble to fall plow the
si :
so '
i ton yield showed some improvement from IN WARTIME
ling hunger What we need are the garden next spring says Fred Le-
Oklahoma Cotton Cooperative Association that of a month ilea) Th e November 1st es-
right kds in of food in sufficient Helping- Brighten ' - - - 1 -
es Letters P per are while BY It" 6 -N 1-1”' M I 'wain l'arm Life Given
(-) 8" i timate was for 11S pounds r°N Lugar to ripply lie with eller- I A 1 ILLIONS of persons have
Oklahoma A and M College Thi
17) Oklahoma City Okaoma s I
25lh New Yor Academ f Md
y oeicine ' I 11 probably written " Merry hat the
the December 1st estimate is for 121 pounds k - gy and to keep ua healthy Three ' -- 1 Crone Extension Horticulturist at
12 West Sixth street Addre )
r "
es lie( embet is the month for the Xmas" without ever knowing : means tre are roughly 30
Entered as second clues matter January 13 1021 at per acre while the total production rose 'is nothing 'faddish osJasy" MI
the postoffice at Oklahoma City Oklahoma )0 a ovem n a under
i from 3750 bales s of Nber I st to '
I tin e Of se r- b e eware of tu- knowing what foods we nd m
ee and
'farer and farm wife to ' the origin of the use of the
be done The fart that time is
the Act of March II 1879
" 385000 bales as of December 1st this is one bsi'sulosis Beware of tuberculosia in eating them L Plan a cheerful Christmas contraction !days left in which fall plowing can
' tine' short for the doing of this im- 1
'- c the Crik I c ater
Subscription price 50 Cents per year — HA the lowest yields we l-ve had in Okla- at all times but particularly ea Adequate r with plenty of homemade things It comes I rom d emt 13 Of equal Mi
both toys and foods for the en- Chi (the same in form ss our X) t rden 'oh is bre
— homa The two yeara when ricirla were In wartimm For war and tuber- portance Recreation 3111 enter
' which is the ilret letter in Chris- obly home Vk hen we realize that In $
VOL XII DECEs113 v1r 19 4 3 No 8 tire family
---- lower than this w as in 1934 and 193tn How- tainmt Fire also good but it ot
OKLAHOMA COTION COOPERA'IIVE ' culosile go together And If we are ee
' - pm tan ga j ought for
to alaxwell Nurnberg Write in I a hundted days it will be potato
i
ASSOCIATION ever with a small crop this year the cotton ''hen pu
to rota b past x e
I e e ri rie tea ' ll en Nrchased at the cost of 2 Get a last pancromatie film 'tout Of This Word" in the De- and early vegetable planting time
i farmer has faired about as well as those pro- P Y I I tic '' 1 for that box camera and snap a eember issue of Good lioueekeep
Olt II G BENNE President we must redouble our guard picture or t1A0 of the fatuity I in
ed crops
rg magazine Fall plowing is a etandard "good 1
!clueing any of the major farm crops wheat farming" pi atice for spring seed-
c
A E BAGWELLTT Vice-Prosident and all small grain al I Then to be on 'double guard"
Christmas indoors to Rend to fani-
so suffered from unfav- In the Islet World War tubercu- coil:111170n nt::ten ybetoatilnieer passtotictifs
A F DUKE Secretary
gained headway among II every one should know the signs
ily members in the service the No hes! many advantages
P E HARRILL V e-Pres & ic Gen Mgr ' orable weather conditions as s yell as peanuts losis English language is entertain- as far a the gard
s en is concerned
— ' grain sorghums and crops of that kind the peoples involved The death and symptoms of tuberculosis:
Loss of weight a "cold" that 3 Save fuel by paying more ingly described by the writer In the first place it gives the soil s
BOARD OF DIR of the 5300
LITORN 00 acres planted to peanuts rate' which up to 1914 had been hangs on a tiredness' you can't attention to managing
g the hoe time to settle into a firm seedbed a
' '
A L Bagaell Blair-District No 1 c"u"ti" ut it is estimated that only 270000 acres wereat""Y declining began to rice
shortly after hostilities broke out e g''ite 111 (4' fever epitting blood fires But don't risk the family ' NN hich makes for an early garden
Harmon
harvested and Jackso
harvested for nuts while the remaining ia presence of an ea
y ne of these hearth by going off to visit when Cluism Rai
tas Carol a dandy
an n
d early gardens are usually the 1
J Ili II Windle Gramte-Distriet No 2 counties of e ' and contlimed to do ao aa the war'
SOU00 acres were ildt‘t'Steu for fietN only does not necessarily mean that the a fire is etill burning in the stove story to read over and over again'
best in Oklahoma In the second I
Beckham Ellin Greer and Roger Mills
E 31 Jonem Itoosevell-thstriet No 3 counties ot This result has discouraged many far m ers Ye"" "'led uP' individu al has tub erculosis but or fit rola': e
is war it ia not unlikely each of these symptoms ehould bet 4 Gather in the farm niachin- and are benefitted by it and both young and old en joy it
p at 0 I ' II plo wing is easier than
m ft a
Comanche and Knives' !W were e raising peanuts It ap In th
pears that
that toberculosis will again make spring plowing because of the con- I
investigated
L Ilidelleeon Fredericlo-Diatrict No 4 cowl- for next isar cotto
vn will be as favorable a'
tics or cottam anti 'Fillman 'Crop IS farmers can plant in the cotton sec- headway' Up to the present the! !cry and do an oiling and painting 10 Shop early rim what things
tuberculosis record in the United'euni every roan woman and peratures strike Short inter As the seaon grows late things vot able Thirdly fail plowed so
In these 'Jaya of intensive a ar job on it before the Weather is usiedly more fa-
'intim of the soil and the fact that 4
tk alter litoati F0311-1)01trirt No 5 counties ol tion as it is as dependable both for yields
grew states is in the main reaseuringe the sub-zero tern- have to be bought for Clutistmas
a sil
Blame Custer Dewey al a pie NV ashita and ettid money returns as anything we can child counts We need all the days skill give time to do repair are more and more picked over is exposed to the alternate freeze
WoodWilrd But in England the early war
health and Natality Ne cen muster work on farm machinery and fewer and fewer bargains can mg and thawing of winter skteather
A F Duke MitrIOW—D1:trict No 6 counties ol
O't HERS COULD IlL111 "years ehowed an increase of 10 be found that releases mineral plant food
IA'e cannot afford to gamble with! 5 Better check the leather has- Grady Jefterson alcClain and Stephens I
' t in deaths from tubercu- '
alter Colbert Ardmore-Distnet No 7 countiem per cen or to waste any of our manpower ness hanging out in the harness 11 Help the children write their elements so that plants can use I
Sell
of Brya e Hestia The figute9 for mot of the bility shed Might be that a touch of
n Carter Choctaw Garvin Love afar Both at
- priotism and plain M11111011 S ' - - t is our individual responsi
shale McCurtain 311(1 Murray ' Support the appeal of James F Byrnes to other waning nations are either to see that none of it is wasted' the proper hind of oil or harness Y
letters to Santa Claus early this them the next spring In the I
ear He'll need more time to get fourth place and a very important
George W 31onerier Canadian-District No 8 unavailable ot unreliable ill plow ing gi the
Ntes ote0
counties of Atoka e0111 Ilaskell Hughes John- Lite American people to "help their govern-
But even in our OWn country Lettrn how to best care for your dreseing would be a olth applying his gifts made and delivered item fr
OW11 health and that of your fain- Leather is a precious commodity'
aton Latuner LeFlore Pittsburg Pontotoc and ment holt! the line against inflation" The al I urned under timeair
12 Heat only as much of the ganic inateri
Pushmatalia dang-cr of uncontrolled inflation is real and d"Pite a continued decline in the ily and how to protect yourself these days house as is necessary During aro- to decompose before planting taros
lex S Foreman Salheaw-Distriet No 9 counties imminent and its effects would be catastro- general death rate from tubetteu- against the menace of tubereulosis ! time especially fuel is a valuable 'fins is important because the de-
m- Adair Cherokee Craig Creek Delaware- : 6 Atak some wooden harmless
Lincoln Mayes elel Moils al tielsogee Nowa ta NH- 111 I e is --t1
n (lilt 'sti t 11 of that
on a a twos there are stome disturbing' Your local tuberculosis' associa-ys for the younger members of
asset and it should not be wasted pr
composition ocesa uses moisture
figures for the younger age s
Okfteskee Olontilgee g
°Nae Ottawa e
letwec But Wli n
Ile the cany Carolinian is pleau- - tion is ready and eager to help the family A few blocks of soft anywhere and may rob yourg plant if mois-
Payne Pottawatotnie Roger's Se111111010 Se- ps During the past year ' tuie is limited 'r: it so often is
13 Plan with the t hildren to e
r th 11 1 ill t h d i their government gm"- -- ' - - ano You avill find there Mere: pine a sharp pocket knife and a
ing WI he )ec ) e o c I
quoyali Tulsa Vagoner and Washington t 194'21 there was a noteworthy:Lure make most of the home Christmas when seeds 'a cc planted in th
would it be entirely out of order to suggest post era information and ad- dab of paint can be converted Into
11 it' ?skim Ft Colib-Distriet No 10 counties A rise in tuberculosis deaths among' decorations this year The y-11 en- spring Fifth and last fall plow- -
Leask cantonal Cleveland Garfield King- ' that the government itself render a little bit vice It i9 vours for the asking ti that It s e 1 te 1 a
things la at ' aez e ie Neat
young white men 15 to '24 years ' ' ' ing pS Bermuda roots to kill-
joy the companionship this affords exoSt
tieher Logan Noble end Oklahoma more help than it has been extending? Can f - tour support of the annual Christ- of a child s
Dr H ii BVIlliett Steilwater-Pillthe Director
the govertnnent expect to command univer- 0 age snit atnong young girls 10 ma seal Sale has made these p
of a n anti it'll make the seaeon ino: e ing cold arid IIIIInv fel" corn-
7 alake it a point to invite in -n e r
to 14 ys' age These figures rl lained of troulle fi iii B muda 4
i sal help when it refuses to guard all parts of ear
at rsersoces possible Make them v ur
-° - sonie of the chkirens friends some
cheefu
INCREASE COTTON ACREAGE
the line with equal vigilance and determina- a a challe"" which we nmat weapons for health and victory
evening for pop-corn balls taffy4 14 Don't take even a remote in their g a rilens this year
m mp i
meet protly en
d effectively I I chance on fire Ell'01111d the Cluist- Altogether these five items
pulls or other form of wholesome'
Another condition that would norm The government never has stood four The Army is planning a neK entertamment C
ally' tion? One of the most importan( 4 hildren are Tiles tree A tragedy at Cluistnias build up the importance of MI
contribute to the increased acreage of cotton square against the inflation tide It has 'AeaP o
ils in he w ' 1 i her-
t at nail et tuber- ty pe of all-climate garment for 301- ' children just once remember! ' -
time iti one of the worst of all plowing in such a height that no
'n -
next year is that the severe drought in the fought its major battles agriinst t h m
e deands Mois is the X-rav Every out diers made of veld resistanü - - 'tragedies' gardener should neglect the job
I 8 Make n le - t ti t a I sh1 s SU 1 I 171 tt t 1 t 1 Id
Hillnirler and fall prevented the sowing of fall of agriculture While nearly alsvays finding pet son going
g to souk for the first catee-repellent cotton the gar tee t hat the wood- 4Jment enough to last through Enjoy ths e ivia the 10e -o
Nk - 0 p ota trig s mu I 13
pi e
some way to grant what other powerful in- time should have his or her lungs will be used as outer wear in all ' 13 big family participating Its an ig-: listed or plowed and then manured
wheat in most (if sou
thwestern and west terests demanded Perhaps if it had been ern 'X-rayed Such an X-ray is of latitu m
des The number and char- the snap m
py cold wegthgr that ay: norant foolish person atho never to prevent blousing When manure
as
Oklahoma i resolute in its defense of the line against the greatest value p
when it is art of acter of le ters to be WOrra under come in January and February 'enjoys the beauties around or is spread on tnp it is dewed into
This land should be planted to cotton in attack of the miners as it has been in its a complete medical examination the uniform will depend upon local P Spend an evening with the t spoils the children's fun by being the soil before planting instead of
most eases 58 those fa rmers have already! attacks on farm parity prices the line would Of equal Importance are the day-i weather conditions (family group reading Dickens'i unduly morose and dull i being turned under
alloted sufficient acreage to grain sorghum not be so terribly bent and twisted i
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and other feed crop in addition to their grain: We believe that the farmers do not want!
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acreage and in as much as cotton quota's anything that is demonstrably unfair down-'
have been lifted and the farmer can adjust right selfish or in the alightest degree dis-'
his acreage to his own desires it should mean loYal But it is hard for the farmers to be- 4 -
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a considerable increase in acreage on many Ileac that every single thing they ask for is - a - - ' ' - - ::1
farms Of course we do not expect farmers Wrong and that practically everything de- a4's41
to get aay from the see - saelas - - e -: oee ios - es eerie ---a-eess---a-e41 :ei:eee!es:7-7::''n'rears e eit- e7
w 1 n of diersified
P-av manded by labor is right And they natur
- i oeeoir i-rrees:'': '' e!ssa e'- ' aese
' l'kfr'' '''''k 4-- -
: t-:2 -ryr-Ar
farming and go to what is connnonly called ally resent being denounced its disloyal by a e- x VA 11' --oae -as --- as ---s : o - -- e- -- -- et- ataaessale -- es ki --ea asewie Lit es 40
all cotton farming policy" but to farmers administration martinets when they ask for saa e-a-fia: -saoisens°e' e - -- s ----i °s- a- sesea"-! -as es -' :-S: ' - 4611 -747111 -
aai-sse -se---ais - e - - aiesi isfs-' ia:" Th-0-seerA 4
oe iraseissesaagesv r '
who have bed not adapted to small grain or what has been granted already to other in
ea e p - a s ri a: rk
I In 414 i
t:-':': -:-' s ' '-' ' ' - ' --" - -!'-- : -: -st --- -a- rs strt Ikt00
to pnuts Will be given thrivilege of terests —46406464akese- t
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t: ' ' - - -
S'i oodtvoi-44roesiee
planting cotton or ally crop they desire This Ey all means let the people help their 14ø --40000a
ottweiiN
will prove profitable to a great many farm-' government hold the line And let the gov- o
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ers who have been handicapped by the indi- eminent itself be a little bit more aler t in I 77: soe- eses'eaosaa-se a
1 '''''' k:f0o4alleaiita - ' ' ' 'gase- —
vidual farm allotments in the past In the holding that line—Daily Oklahoman 46itar ar"s- aossase a e-4466 h eel- ae- ee At
cotton territory there are many farms with r544-4 --!!r - z - -
'-2-44"J-0-- -?:144k t :dyt :
sandy scil that will profitably and not hogrow corn and h adapted to pea small COTFON CONSUMPTION -- ''''4!""'' k-' ' Y'''f'Mefii r'o:-7'""'Istoaaamiarikanro4f -nova7ae' -- o riiT' '' ' ' oVa'asaa oreC ---e 4 I
grain tug-1 J t e' - -' se-olitelies saaaaos 4o10"'''''7 ''' ' V( N
4iivktisFA $'
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ulna if the advice of the Soil Conservation Consumption figures for cotton con- -
s
- eercoraoida
officials is followed in planting would still sumed in November were released Nov 15th 1 -- - - -
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Ie
-- --isie -aaaiiiialire -so ai1ee -az2 - - ile - 10t r
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axe only a m all percentage cif the at Whic h showed 858815 bales This is under 0201111 ':'Z''''' '' -ill ' '' At4ob0 40k--itifir-§1W -i - t: I ildic Auto ‘ - A iest ii!
' i''' ' 4 ' fte" 0:A::'V:tiA :y:04 s
to be planted to peanu e ach
ts year as it is m
the average monthly consumption for see-
mm : - ' ft
recoended that peanuts not be planted a
on eral months tad while far above the peace L c'--c - :
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the same lanti more often than every third time consumption is considerable below the
a a 4t 'ts' '''' a' - '4- caartoa
year so in VitsW of this fact the largest por-: high figures of the peak which reached about This farm boy stopped bullets : ''''
'lei- li vor In Arir kqr ' t
i
A !1tOr ) 7 '''''fx(447'1"l'A 14b-4-14'4f'Xi 14
tion of the acreage amid remain best suited a million bales ( ax-
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a1 44 aay - - - o
tiJ e --igloo -44 -pa ea ow
for cotton production at all times that up If the consumption of cotton is to keep es?'!1441V4:-ei '''-
intended for you oya-
PlYe'ee- so - -1-r-' i
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We want to bear in mind with the production CVNI for this year it ti07-- i e
farm sh
ers ould follow the practice of crop would m
require a consuption of about 950- t) 1 -W 11 '4 ' ' -'e- tfafaiT4rs-re‘! 6
I n a c
atios otton itse If is not a soil bu W
ilding' 000 es per month ot her wise wee w ill be ' 40667-1 es -a o i
rop but we know of Co er op bar der on the adding to our surplus which is all ready rt - " I--va - cl' t s
OE NI AR'FINF Z Colorado farm boy Inc battalion bogged
&i
sa-- -- - ata - a
c s sa are --
a down under withering lire from jap positions on Attu t- ' ''''' ' 100 b o- ' -04 -'11- 1 4
land than peanuts high It should be remembered that Okla- ora 4o7)fi r --
honot as C e onl tate Si) severel ffected sa-es
arose alone and advanced into a hail ot bullets to clean Out' 1 6 : ' in14- - ' -'
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w 'sy sy e -4 4? ''' r 144 kitatlo
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ut: corrox mtuliET by the drouth this year and while the crop e- -
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A:
- I I 4Ac-11 trench aher trench so his battalion could advance Ile died '
was small here the nation is producing a ' -'r s- '- tA- -o' -S se
A 4- ‘ 7:( le with his rifle at his shoulder pumping lead into the enm
ey '-4i c-at'
sesta: ' tafeee t'l' I te'''': 1 !' e ''''
- -ere es ) e
The cotton market is within a few poin i ts n ormal yield i : 11 ote t eo
''74 r while his mates NN ere able to move or behind him and suc- -
w r"'"4- 1'1' '' q7 -c :v: -Jz 9
k closing i - 0 - 1 v - ' r 1 ii 4e
- 4 See'''--
of the quotations a month ago with !starch Lvr or 11 iir0 :NOT sol N z1------ ruf'- -1 cessfully take the pass For tliis lee Martinez has been post-
New Yorosin -'
ay g tod (December 13th i -r' -I l'tt t e
-Oetea 47ra" 1Ter "tt- 1 4
at 1951 ---- t -
tiktra humously awarded the Nanon s nignest military honor
The general rains throughout the state 4TaL4e - a O'Adt?'4'r5 tee 4 eCie'e ge -ave s
During the prist month the maeket has recently have hem a lifcsayec to the small
ç'"- qaftsAP la
Ito
Let eyery man who W is once a farm boy himself bey in Fa ''sZ - 4!'teU7y Ji:- !!--' i i e -ii ir
- ' ' '' ' ' - ' "' 1 ''i -i-i0 "si -i-
Z ' '
imwn "eakness making the Imv for sev- o'n cr a
tin ops nd Wheat is responding rapidly oea a al ea etrA war bond in Joe'S honor lot Jut tOOk the billiCtS ' k Agr ' -4 : :''see"i'eeteteeetI' e es I
eral months of ISS90 on November 29th but 47 ' V e'see':n e- a - a' --a ye'eall
to the nice moisture which fell for several - 41 - aimed at the heart of America
days
4
soon rallied back above the 19e level and 4aa44irr'
during the week of December 5th to s
has ranged around 190 50 most of the lath V ‘
time As we approach the holidays there is
4
Reports however from the State Depart-
u ctt n
not mch aiviy i the trading but it is
me of Agriculture show that to December I h 11 R Lo
The 4 !LIAA N is
- yo rtut op portunity
hoped that after the turn of the 11CW year lstnt only lilie of the intended wheat acre-
that mill demand will increase and the quo- atze hint been sown This would leave ap
tat ions will rise some with an improvement
proximately 10(- of the acreage which
t!
in basis also At the there is I
would have been sown to wheat listi mois-
no value in either 1 present time 942 equities or equities t a El 0 soinething about i
ture conditions permitted that will remain I
in the new crop loan but by the first of the to be planted to other crops It is our opin-
yea
prer sent e cr narly will all the free cottinto on from allosthe
ion th e h
at thigher percent ag u
e Of the n- You Can Buy Extra Bonds! NVe ate dked to buv esta W
4 ar Bonds at once Our boys
op hasm moved the h pled s
of merchants or mills and in all prob Hit ' ant acre is in that section of the state at the front are depending on us in this Fourth War Loan Our ratriotiC impulse is to say "yes"
ea------Y' where anti wheat overfaP and n'e You Never Get Less Than You Lend! Ant
the demand for cotton will be strong enough cotton t alld look around for the money alters ards Let Lis obey thit inTulse! It a ill do us good
would sugeeet that farMeN ss-ho were unatne )0 get more thAn )a1 nlvm A lit n bc hi 10 )rirs V?r
to brimg about a price that will no so
ve me ' in more wayS t bon
liiii onel
i to plant fIS large NV 1Wat acreage as they in Is yidd 2eie Miens' compouiLeled semi-Alitiae:!s
of the loan cotton i
tended to give special consideration to Thin We k! are asked to make an i:torvt:t :t a sacrifice
ce k M W'
e Joe artinet I e a e
le Ya eet 1-iit : k 51 tor every $ s
We svill endeavor to keep our members
planting cotton on this unused wheat acre- i asked to ierea the money a e would normally use to replace autonedeles cr farm machinery or Cash W sen You Need It 11 an ("71C112(1 V (iit'
infotaned as to equity Values through the' ag ! repair buildings and fences We are asked to build up a financial reserve for unfavorable yetrS along vt r WAr Iiiink ate like in rYneV in he t 13 n: tn
Columns of the Grower or through direct' We mike this suggest ion with the ! that may Lorne later or for the education of the children unekpe os al b
cred hi it a
or the py Sam will -tdetm them in Liviit -at inn r urt 'tie pii Ti- I
!Mal You can rest assured that our Sales thou that most farmers lirree Itirl'ady al- 1
ment of taxes 'less t
and debts any time aitet yiu'st: lidd them co iitv5 Don't iidi Olt in
Department will constantly be on the look- yiu have tck And dim t iiiiiii Kiiii a smvic did' ir
i lotted a reasonable percentage of their acre- o
out for markets for this loan cotton and age to grain sorghums and other feed crops Ask youtsclf: Ilacc I a single valid reison hy I should nut buy tA0t War Bonds? tisnacoose treat eie rureiia5e cii a ar flee is' acme
IIRP IS NIT
When the price will justify the producer to and that cotton would be the most logical Then like Joe Martinez make your decision and actl i
turn loose his loan equities we will be in the Witt YOU SHOW THIS BADGE
Facts About War
and the most profit:1bl' crop to plant tut this i laPnrIs (Series E) 4
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market to buy Berea ree When Johnny Comes Marching Home OF HONOR IN YOUR WINDOWe
You can buy Weer Bonds from lour bank postmaster mail i
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' We are beginning to recognize that cot - carzier br farm organizest ion Don't wa t Do t by mail t you
i i i
conoN NamucTioN It's ou have a bov in the service think what it w ill mein to 122! - '1": can't get to town! ' l
ton is an essential feed crop and that to ' i
------ some extent titter ii it secondary considera Ist‘e him n come back to share kith you the toy ot equipping -
r You Lend Uncle Som Upon maturoy You Get Bock 4
The cotton crop for the United Slates thr lAt with the best in tractors and other machinery1 hink ' 1 i ''''a4 I $18 75 $25C 1
non altholitzh ‘vith the present prh'e of lint in
was estimated to be 1147S4000 bales for the otto arid with anything like normal sea- ' it
shit it can mean ro base the caii to put the children throu0 I : A a 3750 50 00 4
191341 eroP season This eomPares to the son's the lint will return a nice profit per 1 75 00 10000 1
ec'le 'e Think what it c111 Ille111 to lya‘e new horn buiLlinzs or r's'i ''
i - 375 00 5C0 co
estimate of Nov 1st cif 11112000 and to a acro and at th sme time cotton will yoto t -- ' '1 75000
production in 19-12 of 12s21000 and a 10- i a new home or tomplere modern comenienues about the phut ' s " 1000 00 4
a ar"n quantity of the essential protein
year average production of 12474000 bales t-is'for livest (k anti imieso more cotton- To thousanils upon thousands of farm and tarn It tiNs errs ft- C "4 I For America's Future for Your Future for Your Charen
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homa o s yield for 1912 was me pounds per should not overlook Oklahoma has im-
acre which shows the drouth took 1 pounds ported thousands of tons of meal and cake
per acre from our yield this year or if figured from ether states in years gone bv but this This spcce is a Conti ibuton to our country by
into bales would 'he 231000 bales hased on source of supply has practically 'diminished
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Duke, A. F. The Oklahoma Cotton Grower (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 15, 1943, newspaper, December 15, 1943; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2093974/m1/2/?q=%22United+States%22: accessed August 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.