The Dewar Telegram (Dewar, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1914 Page: 2 of 9
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THE DEWAR TELEGRAM
E COMFORT
IN SMALL HOUSE
Architects Have Learned How to
Make the Best Use of
Allotted Space
PLACING DOORS AND WINDOWS
Only Recently Have Mattara Such aa
Thla Which Raally Ara of Qraat
Importanca Baan Qlvan tha At-
tantlon Thay Daaarva — For
Eighteen-Room Homa
By WILLIAM A RADFORD
Mr William A Radford will anawar
questions and (Iva advice FREE OF
COAT on all eubjecta pertalnlna to tha
aubjact of bulldloa for tha raadera of thla
paper On account of hla wide experience
aa Editor Author and Manufacturer bo
la without doubt tha highest authority
on all theee subjects Addreaa all Inquiries
to William A Radford No 1827 Prairie
Avenue Chicago 111 and only cncloae
two-cent atamp tor reply
Houaaa today In general ara not to
large aa they uaad to be when mess-
nred by alia alone The Increasing
ooat of lumber labor and other build-
ing Items of expense have Induced
many economlea but Inventive archi-
tects have made better use of the
smaller space so that an eight-room
modern house contains a great deal
more convenience than an eight-room
house built twenty years ago although
the outside dimensions of the older
house may be very much the larger
Twenty years’ study In this direction
has resulted In many Improvements
both In design and by the way of add-
ing a multitude of small conveniences
Formerly little attention was paid
the spacing of doors and windows
In order to admit of placing the furni-
ture conveniently or artistically Only
of late has the possibility of a small
-house for comfort and convenience
'been recognised It requires a space
at least 4 1-2 by 6 feet to accommo-
date a good-elsed comfortable bed
and this space should not- be Inter
-fered with by placing windows or
doors In the way The advancing price
of coal Is another strong argument
for a small house It Is easy to be
comfortable In the winter In a few
well-arranged rooms with a small fur-
nace under them that will easily con-
sume six or seven tons of coal and
It Is quite possible to be very uncom-
fortable In the winter In a large house
with a big furnace that will eat up
fifteen or twenty tons I have had
-experience In both directions and I
very much prefer the smaller house
with Its reduced expense and lighter
care The curse of this country has
been the desire for show As soon
as a man gets a little money ahead he
wants to demonstrate the fact In some
conspicuous manner The first thing
he thinks of Is a large showy house
which usually gives him an endless
amount of trouble often worries his
wife Into an early grave and leaves
a trail of dissatisfaction and disap-
pointment The house whose layout and ap-
pearance are here Illustrated contains
First Floor Plan
eight rooms It la 27 feet wide and
84 feet 6 Inches long exclusive of
porches It has a good cellar la full
two stories In height and has an at-
tin There la a front and back stair
or rather a combination that answers
: the same purpose and the house la
arranged for convenient satisfactory
and economical heating The outside
eatranee to the dining room Is a tea-
- tore that may be made very attract-
ive and It may be mads to save a
front deal of tracking through the
front hall which In this case Is da
signed for a reception hall and may
be used for a lounging room The op-
en grate suggests much comfort In
this little reception hall
There Is another advantage In build-
ing a house of this shape and that is
the ease with which it may be venti-
lated By leaving the door open In
the upper stairway to the attic there
Is sure to be a current of air passing
up which will keep the atmosphere In
the house In good condition Pure air
In a house induces personal comfort
at the time and permanent health af-
terwards The atmosphere In many
dwelling houses Is so loaded with Im-
purities that persons confined to the
house for many hours at a time are
sure to contract that “tired feeling”
For some unaccountable reason tha
air that they are breathing Is the last
cause thought of Persons so afflict-
ed think that they have been working
too hard or have eaten something that
did not exactly agree with them and
8econd Floor Plan
the first step Is to dose themselves
with medicine The study of nature
Is one of the most neglected It will
be hard to convince a person who suf-
fers from sore throat catarrh Influ-
enta or kindred complaints that the
cause Is probably to a large extent
to be found In the wretched air that
they are forcing themselves to
breathe but such Is very often the
case I like to see plenty of windows
for this reason If for no other Win-
dows never shut tight there are al-
ways a crack or two -where pure air
may creep In: but where windows are
plentiful there Is an Inducement to
open one even in cold weather and
this Is a greater blessing than some
persons realize In building a house
the subject of ventilation should be
very carefully considered
Another point that Is often over-
looked Is In selecting a plryi which ad-
mits of placing the living rooms and
bedrooms that are used the most on
the eoutb side of the house The hall
stairway and some other rooms that
ars not used to much may Just as well
face the north Sunlight Is a great
purifier The direct rays of the sun
will kill disease germs and they are
the best disinfectant known Besides
this bright sunshine Induces cheer-
fulness and a cheerful disposition lb
a godsend In any house
In this dining room connection Is
made with the pantry — an arrange-
ment that some housekeepers prefer to
having a sideboard In the dining room
It provides more room with an oppor-
tunity to get behind tha dishes to
arrange them on the shelves This
arrangement Is for utility while too
many sideboards are designed more
for looks than convsnlsnea This ar-
rangement moreover looks all right
and It baa the additional advantage of
not occupying any space In the room
Twelve by seventeen feet Is a good
Isa and a good shape for a dining
room It admits of a good long dining
table without wasting much room at
the sides A square dining room Is not
so easily arranged to advantage
"Heat Lightning" Merely Par Away
Whan the distant horizon la bril-
liantly Illuminated with flashea of light
on warm summer evenings old resi-
dents will explain that It la caused by
“heat lightning”
"Heat lightning” Is really tha reflec-
tion of ordinary lightning Afar off
there la a thunderstorm Light travala
at something more than one hundred
and eighty-six thousand mllea a seo-
ond while thunder travels slowly
through tha air and aoon becomes in-
audible to our eara It la thla light re-
flected upon tha clouds or mist near
the horizon which wo see and call
“heat ' lightning” Sometimes vivid
displays or northern lights or the
aurora borealis are erroneously called
"heat lightning”
There la therefore no such thing aa
"heat lightning” and thla should
properly be called “distant” light-
NORMAL RAINFALL
The figures on tha above map state the number of lnchea of normal an
nual rainfall in counties where consecutive records bare been kept for tea
years or more by observers of the U S Weather Bureau The rainfall In any
year may vary fifty per cent above or below the normal rainfall The figures
show what may be expected In an average year though it will be seldom
that the annual rainfall in any county will exactly match the figures given
Miller Brothers Feeding
Wheat to Thousand' Hogs
By George L Miller
The bountiful whpat crop of 1914
had been heralded by the farmers and
newspapers of the west for months
before harvest and up to the present
threshing time as tha greatest ever
produced in the west The govern-
ment reports the combined winter and
spring wheat yield for 1914 as 930-
000000 bushels so much more than Is
required for human food that aa a
matter of course the markets of the
world slumped in expectation
People have been complaining of
the “high cost of living” until all mar-
kets are held in the balance and
lump on the slightest pretext No
one heard of the Oklahoma wheat
crop of 1913 that la there was no
shouting from house tops neverthe-
less the financial return per acre was
greater In 1913 than this year based
on actual market prices Mr J E
Carson of Ponca City related that on
one field of wheat he received 38500
A BUNCH OF WHEAT FED HOQ8
more for the 1913 crop than for the
1914 crop although he produced 624
bushels more in 1914 than in 1913
You can bear the same story all along
the line
Wheat 81xty-three Cents
The present market prices of wheat
at the elevatora la about 63c varying
according to freight rates to the mar-
ket centers This la all the elevator
and mill men can afford to pay and
leave than a reasonable profit for
handling but how about the cost of
production of a bushel of wheat?
Tbe United States department of
agriculture haa determined that it
costs 75c per Bushel to raise a bushel
of wheat considering labor reason-
able rent loss of fertility of soil ex-
pense etc Are the farmers of Okla-
homa losing twelve cents per bushel
on the hundreds of thousands of bush
ela of wheat being shipped out of the
state every day? Yea they are but
why? la there no other marlcet
Yea there Is the best 'market In tbe
world for 1914’a great wheat crop right
on tbe farm in Oklahoma
All kinds of livestock hogs and cat-
tle are high enough to eat wheat
while being fattened for the market
and make the wheat net ninety cents
per bushel right on tbe farm also con-
serving tbe fertilizer to go back on
Govarnmant a Big Paper Consumer
The paper used by tbe government
printing office each year requires ap-
proximately 12S million pounds of rag
pulp and 490 million pounds of wbod
pulp
Don’t Uao Sprayer In Blooming 8eaeon
No trees shrubs buahea or vlnas
should he sprayed while In bloom It
is against tha law to do so In some
states and It kills tba beea and other
useful Insects that carry pollen from
flower to flower
IN THE SOUTHWEST
the land and saving the expense of
from three cents to ten cents In haul-
ing the wheat to the market
Hogs sold last week on the Fort
Worth Texas market at 930 per
hundred and finished cattle sold at
91000 per 100 pounds in Chicago
It seems a crime to feed wheat to
stock (It waa Intended for human
food) it waa also a crime to burn corn
for fuel In the early days of bumper
corn crops In Kansas when the price
'got to 8 cents per bushel but crops
must move and money must come to
'keep tbe plowa going
I It Is a well-known fact that ten
: bushels of wheat when fed to hogs
in a feed lot will produce one hum
jdred pounds of pork or six bushels
of wheat fed to hogs running on al-
falfa or fed green corn fodder will
produce one hundred pounds of pork
The farmer who baa hogs or who can
get them Is very unwise to market
hla wheat at 63c per buahel There
Is no reason to be afraid of hoga dy-
ing with cholera The anti-hog chol-
era serum has made hog feeding aa
safe from death loss as feeding cattle
This year’s crop of wheat fed to a
good drove of hoga — hoga that have
had serum treatment — will net from
90 cents to 91 per bushel The hog
market is going up every day and I
feel safe in predicting 10-cent hoga
before the first of September
' Had Great Yield
On the 101 ranch wa have Juat fin-
ished threshing n great crop of wheat
the yield waa even beyond our expec-
tations but when the teams began
hauling the wheat to the stations wa
w’ere disappointed to find the market
below tbe value of tbe corn we were
feeding our bogs
We stopped loading tbe wheat In
tbe cars and turned tbe teama back
to our granaries not to store tor high-
er market prices but to feed out to
( our hoga and cattle which - will be
driven to the railroad yarda In sixty
to ninety days and return ua 90 cents
to 91 per bushel for every buahel of
wheat they have eaten
We have n large stock of hoge
more than 2000 brood sows In charge
of n corps of thoroughly experienced
hog men wa make our own anti bog
jcbolera serum
Alfalfa Leads ths Crops
Of sit crops alfalfa stands at the
head of the list alphabetically and
otherwise In tbe matter of digeetlblt
protein alfalfa leads with 129 per
cent surpassing even wheat bran by
11 per cenL
Any' Crop he It Faya
A' Grant county farmer ' prepared
six-acres of ground for alfalfa hut
latsr put It to wheat and from tbs six
serss tbrtshad 804 bushels of ths
tni r-
A vary young colt should havo plen-
ty of rest and sleep
Hla fast will stand tha hard road
batter than those of tha hone
Farming communities may ha oastly
slaed up by tha quality of their bones
A mule Is alao an sxoellent saddle
animal If one well learns the trick
of saddling him
The mule Is the most tireless work-
er on the farm eats leas than a boras
and does more work
The fact that a bona la imported
does not add one cent to his Intrinsic
value for breeding purposes
Stick to the drafters and the heavy
carriage horses on the farms they
are always salable and will bring good
prices
A mula’a age cuts little figure In a
sale No one seems to care how old
a male Is However he will bring
TURN LAMBS IN CORNFIELD
Youngsters Make Good Use of Blades
Which Are Usually Wasted and
Keep Down the Weeds
(By M A COVERDELL)
While both the older sheep and the
lambs may be turned Into the corn-
field after the corn reaches a stage
at which tha lower blades begin to
wither It Is well to keep a cloae watch
of the larger animals to see that
they do not get to nibbling the husks
from the low-hanging eara
Thla la not apt to occur nntil all
the lower blades of tbe corn have
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been eaten off and In that caao the
lambs may be allowed to run In the
field till they are sold or brought In
for winter shelter
Where on has lambs to turn Into
the cornfield they will not only make
use of the blades of corn which are
usually wasted but they will keep
down the weeds that are Invariably
springing up after com plowing le
over thus seeding the field to the pest
for the following season
The manure dropped by the lambs
will also be scattered around over tbe
fields thereby fertilising the land with-
out the usual time and labor expended
in hauling and spreading the manure
Another advantage la pastaring the
cornfield after cultivation to ended to
that It wtU bo mach easier to got
through the corn at gathering time
and the eara will bo tha more exposed
to view
RAISING CANADA FIELD PEAS
In Cemblnatlen With Oats end Barley
Valuable Forage Crop May Be
Obtained In South
A reader wants to know “the dif-
ference between Canada (old peas and
our native pane Thay are advertised
at 71 cento n bushel cheaper and If
they are aa good 1 want to buy noma
for planting Ifi oorn at last working
also tor hoga to grnao on”
There to UtOo resemblance between
the Canadian Said pen (ptoum arvenae
L) which resemble very closely the
garden pea (ptoum sativum L) and
the Southern oowpea (vlgna unguteu-
lain) The Canadian Bald pen will not'
do wall sowed la oorn at the teat
working la fast it should bo sowed
la January and February according
to the location and to then la oorn-
btoatlon with seek crops as oatn and
bailey a valuable forage or bay crop
for the Booth Wo know of nothing
bettor than eowpeae tor planting to
corn says Progiuonlvo Farmer taking
the Cotton Bolt aa a whole The pries
of oowpea seed to high beeauae It to
a poor and unreliable yield ar of seed
and no entirety satisfactory method
of harvesting the seed haa been
adopted Canada Bald peaa art
beeper boy— thay make a larger
yield Of seed
from 9160 to 9104 when ho to fall
grown If ho to big smooth end strong
Poor end worthless plug pulling at
the harness keep company with the
poor and shiftless individuals holding
ths lines
' No ons point In ths boras to non
essential than well shaped hoofs - Tk
value of a bona depends to a large
extent upon bis feet -
Many farmers make the mistake ot
fooling around with trotting horoea
Breeding trotter to a distinct branch
ot the business and - Initiation Into
making a success of It reqalras s
training of years
Soma men say mud should be ah
lowed to dry on a horae’a legs before
being removed Don’t believe 1L Mud
should be washed off as soon as the
horse comes Into the stable end hte
logs rubbed thoroughly dry
VALUABLE FOR FARM STOCK
fiouthem ' Cowpoa - Also Improves
Worn-Out Sol la— Economical Way
of Feeding to Hogs
For Improving worn-out soils tot
pastors for hay and for groan forage '
for stock the southern oowpea to
of great value -
Tha New Era eowpea to a very
early variety earlier than tha btoe
eye the quickest growing of any ol
tbe varieties maturing In about sixty
days from the data of germination of
seed Thla to tha boat variety for mv
Ing in ths middle states For ths
southern states bow the black-eyed
eowpeae red ripper or clay peaa Fox
hay to plow down tor green manure
and for midsummer green forage foe
hoga and cows and sheep sow early
Hogs thrive on eowpeae’ Practical
and observant farmers estimate that
one acre of eowpeae' when the peso
in the pod ar In the milk will feed
and fatten ready for market 14 hosts
and 20 half-grown plga Tha moat
economical way to feed la to tones off
a small portion of the peaa and after
this to eaten close give n second por-
tion If the hogs are allowed too
much a portion will be wasted The
hogs should have an abundance of
pur water at all times and a mix-
ture of wood ashes and nulphor Mia
on quart of eoarae salt In each bush-
el of ashes Thla mineral matter will
correct the acid In tha vines Pot
cows and sheep cut ths vinos when
free from moisture and let them wilt
s few hours before feeding Give the
took a little old hay or straw sad
after this to eaten s small quantity
of the wilted pea via— may bo given
This to the safest way to feed aa the
vines contain so mach water that they
should never be fad whan freshly out
or too mnch at a time os It is cartels
to produce hoven and may eause the
death of a valuable animal
Hoga Need Shade '
The hoge win grow bettor If you
provide a hade tor them at thla
of the year If thin shade to not pro
vlded by nature on your form It wll
not ooat a great deal to make some to
the yard or In the pasture Trees ot
something green always make tha
heat shade
PoultryNotps
' Overcrowding ths coop will prove
disastrous especially during the heat
ed term
see
You may fool ths buyer ones or
twice but your brand will soon tel
Into disrepute -
What would you consider a frost
egg wore you the buyer and Us —
fallow tha seller? T - “
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Does It pay to ship a ehickea will ?
a six-pound frame whoa only thro
pounds Is utilised? '
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Did you ever stop to think what g
asst affect on attractive package has -on
the purchaser?
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fowl especially if the disease Is 6
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bids a bad article? If you do you n
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Bales, Caleb M. The Dewar Telegram (Dewar, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1914, newspaper, September 10, 1914; Dewar, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2336825/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.