The Taloga Times. (Taloga, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 14, Ed. 2 Thursday, December 31, 1914 Page: 1 of 4
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THE TALOGA
VOL. XVIII
TALOGA. DEWEY COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. DEC. .*<«*. IQI4.
More Cows Required
What is necessary in order to
make the local creamry a success
To begin with, there must be
enough cows within a radius of
'five or six miles to supply the
creamery with enoug h cream to
keep an expert butter maker
• csy, and possible, abelper. No
f1 i mer would think of hiring a
man "for $4o a month and expect
to profit from his labor unless be
bad enough work to keep him
busy during the working days.
Th9re is a certain fixed over-
head expense in the operation of
a creamery regardless of whetb
er you are making 5oO or a luOO
pounds of butter. But if the
same labor that makes 500 lbs ,
could just as easily make 1000 lb
tne cost of manufacture of thai
buttei'is materially decreased.
The number of cows that would
1 e cjnsidered adequate would
vary from 500 to 80U; depending
of course upo the produoiiveca
I aoity of the cows But getting
tiie djsirtd number of cows to
start a cieamery will not insure
its success. Unless the cream
supply increases and the patrons
give the creamery their loyal
support, ii will fail
We have had creameries start
ed in Oklahoma that failed for
110 other reason than the lack of
support of all the farmers within
driving distance of the creamer-
ies About the time the cream-
ery is getting started, some one
comes along and gives a cent or
cent and half more than he is get
ting at the home creamery. At
once this patron proclaim to oth
er patrons that the creamery
management is rotten and
he ceases to support the crcum-
ery. I11 a short time others d<
likewise and before many weeks
the creamery closes, not becausi
the other fellow could pay a bet
ter price, but because the tarm
ir was too blind too see thai
when the creamnrv was gone, he
must tai<e whatever the buyer
would offer
Th-re is a reason why manv
of our northern dairymen get 25
or 20 cents a pound for butter
fat in cream wlvn Oklahoma
farmers get 18 to 29 cent*. TUey
have the I'ical creamer?
Disease Effects
Most Animals
Foot and mouth diasease is
one of the most destructive mal
adies that effects domestic ani
mals. It usually is considered a
disease of cloven footed animals,
particulary , cattle , hogs . and
sheep; but there are few animals
thai are immun to its attacks.
The infection may be transmitu'
ed to huiuan beings , especially
children through milk from diS'
eased cows,and through contact
with diseased animals. Home au-
thorities state that persons are
frequently nffected with the dis-
ease iu those countries where it
is most prevalent It is said that
horses,dogs,cats, and even poul-
try sometimes are affected.
The disease is not necssary
fatal The average loss in mild
cases varies 1 to 3 perce. t,but in
severe cases it may run consider
ably higher. The mortality
among calves that are sucking
Infected cows sometimes amounts
to 6ij to 80 percent Tne loss of
young lambs, when the disease
Perry Skelton, Democratic
Sheriff-elect, arrived here the
first of the week, with several
loads of household goods from
his farm near Putnam. Mr SUel
ton will occupy the W. H. Wixon
hose in the west part of town,
and will assume the duties of
his office the first of the year.
Sudan Grass For
Ury Land Fanning
No. U
thing on Him
Miss Lois Bosworth spent Chr
istmas with friends and old
school mates,in Taloga.
J.C Livingston, of the east
side was in town Tuesday and
called on the Times man and or
dered us to send the paper to
James Liviningston.at Wathenia
Kansas,for the coming year, Kor
which he has our thanks,Mr Liv
inestoii is also in the Capper
Weekly Subscription contest,
and we ask that all our friends
help him if it is possible. We
wish him success.
Sudan grass appears to be the
hay plant that the dry land farm
era of the southwest have need
ed so long. It has been grown
six years in the Panhandllecf
Texas yielding a ton of hay ati
acre in ery seasons and four ton
an^usre in years of good rainfall
It has bone well in the drylands
of Kansas, Oklahoma, eastern
Colorado eastern New Mexico.
Sudau grass is condered to be
the original type of wild^ sorgh
Last week the Times was not
much fore, it was Christmas
week we, iike ail the rest, had to
have a holiday, we were a lit.
tie late, on account of having an
unusual amount of Christmas
appears in a flock , is equal as
high. The death rate iu herds I *dvertismg we did not kave local
or (locks that are given good she Inew8
Iter and care and suitable feed is
much lower than in those that
are exposed to open range con-
ditions where it is impossible for
the sick animals to get food and
waur. Tne number that actually
die from the disease,however,re
presents but a small part of the
total loss.
The great destructiveness of
'.be foot and mouth dise&e lies in
be great number and variety of
inimalN affected and in the ra;>-
idit.y with which it spreads. If
.he disease once breaks out in a
lerd every animal in that herd
sooner or later becomes infected
Isolating and quarantining a
single individual, i« ineffective,
and for that reason the entire
herd is condemned.
But after the first of the
year we will devote every mom-
ent of our time to the welfare of
our payer and with the help of
our Correspondents we can be
able to give you one of the newsy-
est papers of the county. Some
times we will not be able to pub
lish the items of our coriespond
ents regularly, but don't let thia
dicourage you, just keep the
good work coming. Read what
'•OKLAHOMA" has to say in
the ' Putnam Pick Ups" in re
gard to the itemn from each local
itv So with your aid we will
matte the "Old Reliable" more
"reliable".
Teacher's
Examinations
Fruit Tree Smith, of the Webb
and Camargo country, was in
town onedav this week.
The regular quarterly examin
ation for t<-acher,s certificates
will be held at Taloga, January
28-29-30, 1915
Fred L Hoyt,
Count.v Sunt
um and is often considered the
-'mother of all the sorghums".
Like the sorghums and the kaf
firs, it is a vigorous drought re
sister and will wait a long time
for rain. During a prolonged
drought it stops growing and
stamis still, but it lives When
rains come it makes a quick and
heavy growth, seeming to have
accumulated energy while it
waited for rain.
The hay is much like that made
sorghum, except that the stems
are finer, about the size of a lead
pencil; the hay. therefore, con
taina a greater proportion of leaf
than that made from cane. On
account of the small stalk the
crop is easy to cure into hay and
keeps well when stacked. The
plant hclda its leves well, which
gives it a marked advantage in
w\ody weather and when it is
necessary to delay cntting.*
It does not thrive where the
nights are too coo). In 1914 it
yielded well in eastern Colorado
at an altitude of 6t5O0 feet. It
will probably be found un profit
abl at altitudes so high as to pre
vent aorgaum from growing
well.
It is the general opinion of con
servative growers that Sudan
grass will take the place in the
Sotuhwist 'of millet and consier
able cane. Its one serious defect
for the Southwest is that it
crosses readily with the sorgh
urns, kafirs and b'aomcorn, and
'■Shorty," the vag, was croak-
ing the strains of "The Rock
Candy Mountain " A. Anderson,
serving a $50 fine on a theft
charge, was interested. He sat up
on the bunK in his cell Saturday
and listened a moment.
"Hub, that rock candy moun-
tain ain't nothin' to the one j got
in Arisony. I got an interest in a
whole mountain of gold Idiscov.
ereditone day while crossing the
desert. The sun was awful hot.
I couldn't see very well after I
bad been walkin'a couple of days
but 1 bumped right into this
mouutain of gold. I got to get
out of here pretty soon and look
after it
His prison mates were only
mildly appreciative. There were
better liars among them After
pondering a while over the rich-
es he possessed Anderson got op
from his bunk and undressed.
He threw the clothes into a sink
and began to scrub them >''Tbis
hog is the toughest one I evt-r
tried to scald," he asserted. "Hia
bristles won't slip at al> " ,
Half a dozen prisoners watched
him unehsily and backed away.
Tbey called the jailor Jailor R
P. Witten appeared. "Say, tur. -
key, do you remember that guy
in here that tried to swallow the
alligator last winter?" he was
greeted by Anderson.
'.Say, that man is crazy," was
.Wit tail's decision and he called
Doctor Hanter, citj^ p'nysician.
A conference of officers was
held and Saturday afternoon An-
derson was removed to the coun-
ty ji.il where he will be held
bending on examination before
the bounty board of insanity Ex
Owing'to the fact that the ice
on the river of the recent freeze
have started to meii and float
downs ti earn making the river un
crossable. and after holding the
paper a day late, we are forced
unless care ^"tal^nthis^charact j to go to press and put out the
eristic will result in mongrel' paper without our ready-print
Here is hoping that we will have
better luck next time.
seed of all these crops on farms
where all are grown.
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We THanK You
for your patronage during the past year, and iuust our business
relations have been very pleasant and profitable.
We wish you a happy aid prosperous 1915, and vincerely hope that
blessings shall rest opon yon and yours and that we shall be better
JOHN BUTLER Manner ttipfl
Shultise A Company Taloga
Shuitise & Co.
women.
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Hays, S. J. The Taloga Times. (Taloga, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 14, Ed. 2 Thursday, December 31, 1914, newspaper, December 31, 1914; Taloga, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc269348/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.