The Elmer Dispatch (Elmer, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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WAVS OF SEEDING ALFALFA
Thin mg to B Gnral Misundtr-
tending Regarding Seeding of
Crop In thg Wt
During tba winter w made a nura-
bar of Inquiries regarding the needing
of alfalfa on Irrigated land under our
Immediate conditions There -seems to
! a general misunderstanding regard-
ing the seeding of this crop some of
the eastern farm Journals for Instance
haro stated "It la a waste of seed
to try to grow this crop on soil of a
sandy nature"
A large number of farmers read
eastern farm Journals and aa a result
are often misled by such statements
says a writer In the Denver Ranch
and Range The above may be true
and no doubt la true under these par-
ticular conditions but It does not bold
for our western states
The Idea of seeding alfalfa very
early In the spring Is not so general
as It was several years ago this Is
more especially true In the windy sec-
tions of the west In the spring when
high winds prevail there is a tendency
to either blow out the seed or whip
off the young plants also have we to
contend with the drying winds that
take the moisture from the surface of
the soil very rapidly
Do not work the soil too deeply
shallow plowing If the soil has to be
plowed Is preferable Get the soli In
shape either the fore part of June or
the last of July Prepare a good but
solid seed bed have the soli good and
moist before seeding put the seed in
with a drill at the rate of 15 pounds
to the acre
Where the soil Is Inclined to blow
several fhethods have been practiced
One of these Is to seed the alfalfa Into
the small grain stubble the end of
July This can he done very nicely
after fall grain as this comes off of
the ground early In the season An-
other good method is to seed rye
about the first of July and when this
has reached the height of about three
inches drill in the alfalfa seed
After a thorough Inquiry we found
that In the larger percentage of rases
better stands were secured on late
seeding of alfalfa Likewise have we
found that the deep loose soli Is not
conducive to a good stand In the aver-
age seasons We do not recommend
the careless and shiftless preparation
of the soil but believe In a good tilth
that has a solid firm bed In which the
alfalfa seed Is placed
Not long ago we took part In a con-
versation In which several grain grow-
ers remarked that “This year we have
to begin Irrigation early and force the
grain from the start" We are afraid
that a number of farmers will make
this mistake Do not be afraid of the
late season The snow and moisture
we have had has put the ground In
nice shape and when once the grain Is
seeded will make a rapid growth
Observation and experience- have
taught us that too much water is a
detriment and will decrease the crop
as much as a shortage of water will
decrease It
During the season watch the soil
and do not let the moisture get down
too low at any time during the grow-
ing season but If we ran stay off the
application of water until the grain
begins to shoot then we are almost
sure of a good big yield Irrigating
the grain too young has the same ef-
fect on It as too much rain would have
In the eastern states
Raising Celery
Celery has been a paying crop In
Luzerne county Pa M Garrahan and
son Robert have been particularly suc-
cessful In growing it For many years
they have been Irrigating using vari-
ous methods the overhead system be-
ing Installed recently It Is claimed
that their profits are largest In sea-
sons of drought where the general
crop Is light and prices high Irriga-
tion has enabled them to control soil
moisture and to realize the largest re-
turns Cabbage tomatoes onions as-
paragus and beets are also Important
crops on the Garrahan farm
Feeding Farm Horses
At the Michigan experiment statloa
an experiment was recently conducted
for ten weeks using a variety of
cheap substitutes for oats and timothy
hay as a feed for horses Six horses
at work received a regular ration of
timothy hay and oats at an average
cost of 296 cents per day estimating
the feed at current prices The horses
lost on an average of 11 pounds
each Six horses were fed a cheaper
ration consisting of shredded corn-
stalks oat-straw hay ear corn oats
beet pulp bran oil cake and a few
carrots the average cost of which was
177 cents per day and the horses
gained on an average 14 pounds each
Four horses were also fed the cheap-
er ration but as they were at rest
part of the time they were not fed
so heavily as the other lots The av-
erage cost of maintenance In this
trial was 129 cents and the average
loss In live weight for each horse
four pounds
Try this as a gall cure: Wush the
place with water nt night and put
flour on It it will b nearly well by
morning
AUTOMOBILE HAS A W1NQ
French Meter Car le Driven In the
ante Manner ae an
Aeroplane
A succeeaful trial run waa mate re-
cently from Parle to London about
820 mllea by a motor car driven by a
revolving wing the Parle Figaro
atatea
The vehicle which waa dealgned by
M Dertrand de Laaaepa and le called
the "winged car” has the appearanoe
of an ordinary motor car cave that
in front It la ehaped like the prow of
a ehlp From the extremity of the
prow extends a shaft to which la at-
tached the propeller— or revolving
wing— Invented by M Flllppl
The wing le email strong and thick
and revolves with a protecting cage
The engine la of 40 horse power and
rotates the wing by shaft and chain
transmission
There la no other mechanism the
wheals of the car being free except
for footbrakee By the side of the
driver Is a single lever -which con-
trols -tbs clutch and the forward and
reverse movement of the wing The
wing can be reversed at a moment's
notice thereby forming an additional
brake In the trial runs a speed of
62 miles an hour was obtained with
2100 revolutions of the wing a min-
ute One curious feature waa that
the car made no dust
HANDS ITCHED AND BURNED
Warren ton Va — "My little girl was
troubled with eczema for three years
liar hands burned and Itched and look-
ed as if they were scalded She coul
not sleep at night 1 had to be up all
night to keep her hands In warm wa-
ter 8he rubbed her hands and large
white blisters came full of yellow wa-
ter Then aoree came and yellow cor-
ruption formed She could not take
hold of anything with her hands
used an ointment and tried a treat-
ment but nothing did her any good
o 1 got some Cutlcura Soap and Oint-
ment After bathing her bands with
the Cutlcura Soap and applying the
Cutlcura Ointment I was astonished
to see the great rellaf and Cutlcura
Soap and Cutlcura Ointment cured her
hands In three weeks" (Signed)
Mrs John W Wlnea Mar 8 1912
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment told
throughout the world Sample of each
free with 82-p Skin Book Address
post-card "Cutlcura Dept L Boston”
PUTTING HIM WISE
He — I’d kiss you If I had the sand
She — There’s sand all about ua Help
yourself -
Cold Blooded and Death Dealing
CHILLS Cheatham’s Chill Tonlo la the
only medicine which baa entlfely cured
me of chills After spending a great
deal of money for several years to get
cured I bought and used your Cheat-
ham’s Chill Tonlo which cured me and
also two of my children I recommend
It to all as the best Chill Tonic I ever
saw says Mr T J House of Burcber
Texas Guaranteed to cure malaria or
price promptly refunded All dealers
sell It In 60e bottles Mfd by A B
Richards Medicine Company Sherman
Texas
Appropriate
"That angling friend of yours cer-
tainly has a fitting physique"
"In what way?’’
"I noticed he has fishy eyes and a
decided catch in his voice”
To prevent Malaria is far better than
to core It In malarial oonntriea take a
doee of OXIDINE regularly once eaoh week
and save yourself from Chills and Fever and
other malarial troubles
The nearest some people ever come
to getting close to nature Is to sit
In a palm room
More often It is the man who gets
Justice that kicks
Ideals In America are almost as high
aa the oost of Uvlng
ioaK’Co
M V
Is fluttorlagr tr
RELIEF
The Editor — Well there’s hardly
any chance of our going to war with
Japan
The Reporter— I'm glad of that I
paver could spell thpse Japanese
pames
Everybody In Hard Luck
Suddenly ha stepped up to a gentle-
man who waa waiting for the tram
and tapping him lightly on the shoul-
der said: "Excuse ma but did you
drop a five-pound note?" at the same
time holding out In his band the ar-
ticle The gentleman questioned gssed a
moment at the note assumed an anx-
ious look made a hasty search of hla
pockets and said: "Why so 1 did and
hadn't missed It" holding out an
eager hand
The elderly hunter took the name
and address of the loser and putting
the note In his pocket turned away
"Well" said the other "do you want
It all aa a reward?"
"Oh I did not find one" remarked
the benevolent one with another
beam "but It struck me that In a big
place like London there must be a
quantity of money lost and upon In?
qulry I found that you are the one
hundred and thirty-first man who lost
a five-pound note this morning”— Lon-
don - Answers
' A Word to the Wise
The proverbial advice "Cobbler
stick to your last” had an opposite
exemplification In the following aneo-
dote for which Zion’s Advocate la re-
sponsible: A colored man waa brought before
a police Judge charged with stealing
chickens He pleaded guilty anJ re-
ceived sentence when the Judge ask-
ed how it was he managed to lift those
chickens right under the window of
their owner's house when there was a
dog In the yard
"Hit wouldn’t be f no use Judge1
said the culprit "to try to 'splaln dls
thing to you all Ef you was to try
it like as not you would git yer hide
fall o’ shot an' git no chickens nei-
ther Ef you want to engage In any
rascality Judge yo' bettah stick to
da bench whar yo’ am familiar"
No Concern
“Mr Mips must be a singularly pure
and upright man”
"Why do you think he la unusually
or
"Somebody told him there were
well-defined reports that a Burnt de-
tective bad been operating secretly
In the neighborhood he frequents and
he aald It was nothing to him"
Too Much Renunciation
“How foolish you women are" said
Mr Nagg to hla better half "You
don’t catch men doing such things aa
Joining 'Don’t Worry’ clubs”
"Of course not" snapped Mrs
Nagg "Men couldn’t give up the
pleasure of worrying their wives"
Important to Mother
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
Infanta and children and eso that It
Bears the
Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years
Children Cry for Fletcher's Caitoria
Patriotism
Marks — So your Italian barber re-
fused to shave you Why wax that?
Parka— I told him I’d Just had a
Turkish bath
A woman’s mind Is continually run-
ning to clothes If she Isn't talking
through her hat she's laughing In her
sleeve
As a summer tonlo there la no medlotns
that quite oom pores with OXIDINE It not
only tratkls up tho system but taken rag
nlarly prevents Malania Regular or Taste-
less formula at Drugging
- -gome people spend their lives In try-
ing to acquire money to spend'
Men and women who are odd might
get even by marrying -
doofffe© Odd A fefe
"UANOVINC
MAST TREES FOR THE CROWN
Mark of the Broad Arrow Was
Plscod on Plnoe In Plymouth
Colony
In tho provincial charter of 1691
under which the Plymouth colony and
tho province of Maine were united
with Maasachusetta It waa provided
that all trees of the diameter of 24
Inches and upward at 12 Inches from
the ground growing upon land not
heretofore granted to any private per-
son should be reserved to the crown
for the furnishing of masts for the
royal navy Harper's Weekly ob-
serves A surveyor general of woods was
appointed to see that this provision of
the charter waa carried Into effect
Near the coast all white pines of suit-
able dimensions were marked with the
"broad arrow” — three cute through
the bark with an ax like the track of
a crow This waa the king's mark
Long after the revolution bad oblit-
erated the royal authority men who
bad been taught In boyhood to respect
the king’s mark hesitated to cut such
trees
In felling a tree It was necessary
to "bed It" to prevent ita breaking
This was done by cutting the small
growth and placing small trees across
the hollow so that there should be
no strain upon one section more than
upon another when the monster pine
struck ground
The mast was hauled out of the
woods on one strong sled whether In
winter or summer and so many oxen
were required that the hind pair weaa
often choked in crossing a hollow be-
ing hung up In their yoke by the pull
Ing of those ahead of them
A mast hauling was a great event
and everybody within walking dis-
tance came to see it
Barber Shops In China
Since the Chinese revolution
great many Chinese have had their
queue cut off and thla had led to the
opening of a large number of barber
hops throughout the far east wher-
ever Chinese are located says an ex
change Several progressive business
men of Singapore anticipating this
imported a large number of Amer-
ican barber chairs and they are now
unable to get supplies quickly enough
It has also been learned that the
Chines Insist on having American
hair clippers and refuse all other
makes offered them
It would seem that American manu-
facturers of barbers’ supplies should
experience s large Increase In their
Oriental trade
Polar Exploration
North polar exploration had attracts
ed the attention of adventurous and
ambitious men for nearly 400 years
before Peary reached the top of the
world Search for the south pole hw
always proved less attractive and
only during the last 140 years have
explorers turned their attention to-
ward the goal recently reached by
Amundsen
A Diagnosis
"What’s the matter with your hus-
band Mrs Mlxey?’
"The doctor saya he’s got a bad at-
tack of ammonia”
"Then I guess it's apt to be fatal
for lt’a bound to take hla breath’’
Ths Long and Short of It
"Struggling young lawyers mix
things up don’t they?”
"In what way?”
“They seldom have a brief career
when they run short” -
TO DR1VC Of T MALARIA
AND BUlLli I P Til
Tk tb Old BlandartL OHOVKS TASTK1KAS
CuliX TONIO Ton wbat yoa srs taking
Tk formula It plainly printed on nvary botilfs
showing It It tlmply jutolnand Iron In a test)
form and tha moat offocteel fi
poupl nod cbiMrso 60 oenta
Paradoxical Effect '
"There waa so much fire in her
eyes”
“There always Is when she is put
out”
If your appetite is no what it should be
perhaps Malaria Is developing It affect
the whole system OXIDINE will clear
t Sway the germs rid you of Malaria and gen
rally Improve your oondlUoa
Appropriate Trimmings
"What waa that Ice palace trimmed
with?”
"I suppose it had a handsome
frieze”
Tho woman who cares for a clean
wholesome mouth and sweet breath
will find Faxtlne Antiseptic a Joy for-
ever At druggists 25c a box or sent
postpaid on receipt of price by The
Paxton Toilet Co Boston Mass
After Dark
"Honest as tho day Is long eh?"
“Absolutely But you’d better keep
your ohlcken ooop locked"
Couldn't Happen ts Thom
Mike got a Job moving soma keg
of powder and to the alarm of hta
foreman was discovered smoking at
hla work
"Je-ru-sa-lem!" exclaimed the fore-
man "Do yon know what happened
when a man smoked at this Job some
years ago 7 There was an explosion
that blew up a dozen men"
’That couldn't happen here" re-
turned Mike calmly
"Why not?"
" ’Cause there's only you and ms"
was the reply’ — Everybody’s Maga-
practicing phyilctans recommend
r be OXIDINE for Malaria because
It la k proves remedy ly years of sxMrlsoes
Keep s bottle la the medicine cheat sod
adiulnliter at first algo of Chills end Fevsr
Comparative Possession
"I have an abstract theory"
“That’s nothing I’ve got a concrete
cellar"
And many a girl who starts out with
the intention of making a name for
herself winds up by turning the Job
over to some man
- ' -"It
CRITICAL TIME
OF WOMAN'S LIFE
From 40 to 50 Years of Age
How It May Be Passed
in Safety
Odd Va!— “I am enjoying better
health than I have for 20 years and I
believe I can safely
aay now that 1 am a
well woman I wax
reared on a farm and
had all kindaof heavy
work to do which
caused the troubles
that came on me la
ter For five years
during the Change of
Life I wax not able
to lift a pail of wa-
ter 1 had hemor-
rhages which would last for weeks and I
waa not able to sit up in bed I suffered
a greet deal with my back and wax to
nervous I could scarcely sleep at night
and I did not do any housework for three
years
"Now I can do as much work as
any woman of my age in tha county
thanks to the benefit I have received
from Lydia E Pinkh&m’s Vegetable
Compound I recommend your remedies
to all suffering women"— Mrs Mabtha
L Holloway Odd Va
No other medicine for woman's ills has
received such wide-spread and unquali-
fied endorsement We know of no other
medicine which has such a record of
success as has Lydia E Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound For more than 80
years it has been the standard remedy
for woman’s ilia
If yon have the slightest doubt
that Lydia E Pink ham’s Vegeta-
ble Compound will help you write
to Lydia EPinkham Medicine Co
(confidential) Lynn Mass for ad-
vice Your letter will be opened
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence
Make the Liver
Do its Duty
Nine times in ten when the liver to
right the stomach and bowels are right
CARTER’S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS
gently butfirmly com
pel a lazy liver to
do its duty
Cures Con-
tipation In-
digestion Sick
Headache4
and Distress After Eating
Small pill small dose small price
Genuine must bear Signature
SI
int 1 of this paper
Readers
advertised in its columns should
insist upon having what they ask for
refusing all substitutes or imitations
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Botov Belle to Bwtoro Qi
Hair to I to Toothful Ooloib
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Gulledge, H. C. The Elmer Dispatch (Elmer, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1912, newspaper, August 30, 1912; Elmer, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2308357/m1/3/: accessed June 1, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.