The Plaindealer (McAlester, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1913 Page: 3 of 6
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Give the turkeys grit.
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Rotation of crops Is simple.
Teed green forage sparingly.
Ventilate all coops and building*.
Don't overwork the mare; It won't
pa).
Make plenty of new neits for the
hens thlc winter.
Every farmer should make a deter-
mined war on we«ds.
Get the binder In good shape before
you start harvesting.
You can't be too particular In pick-
ing sires for your herds.
Well-bred, well-selected pigs, make
more profit on the food eaten.
More lime and more tile to nail
alfalfa to a rough, hard soil.
A hen always likes a nice new n«st
In some dark, secluded corner.
It pays best to have a horse well
broken when he la offered for sale.
A scar from a barbed wire cut re-
duce* the value of a young horse Im
ir.ersely.
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The close, sultry nights demand
proper ventilation of all the coops and
buildings.
Corn silage has been t<hown to he
cheaper than hay or corn stover for
fattening steers.
Fruit for local market should get
about all Its growth and its best color
before It Is picked.
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Flies breed in manure and other
Ulth. So keep It cleaned up and
spread on the fields.
Among fruits the apple, pear, peach,
plum and cherry usually do best
where lime Is abundant.
Milk souring before the cream rises
will mean a poor quality of butter,
and considerable cream lost.
When dairying is made a buslnesa
on a farm. Instead of a chore, you can
look for that farm to prosper.
jfs a single ration, alfalfa cornea
nearest to filling all the requirement*
of a hog that Is trying to get fat.
The medium sixed pig Is the most
profitable to raise, because he can be
both thrifty and pos ess good qual-
ity.
Give the cows a fool place screened
from the flies, where they can chew
their cuds and get ready for milking
time.
A good cow never dies In debt to
ber owner, but without the Babcock
tester she may never get credit for her
performance.
With reasonably good seed and %
fairly well prepared" seed bed about
twenty pounds of alfalfa seed are re-
quired per acre.
recommended cure for a found-
ered cow Is to 1& her have all the
water ahe wants, but feed lightly un-
til she recover*.
IT cream Ib hung close to the water
in a well that produces a real cold
drink it will Inmost cases be In Just'
the right shape for. churning
Consider the clovers. It often means
the difference between failure and
success. The clovers are almost In-
dispensable In the farm scheme.
Darkened stables or milking late
aeem to be the only way# of getting
around the fly problem. If you know
of any other good way, what Is it?
For several years we have bought
farm butter from the same farmer at
2 cents above retail market price ev-
ery month in the year and glad to
get it. «
Milk fever Is often caused by milk-
ing out the cow clean too soon after
culvlng. An authority recommends
letting the calf do the milking for
the first 24 or 36 hour*.
Lead Pencil*.
I don't think I'm exactly laiy and I
have a fair amount of intelligence, but
I cannot sharpen M lead pencil. I've
been trying to learn for—well. I
won't say how long, but It'* many,
many year*. I couldn't sharpen them
when 1 was little. I couldVt sharpen
them when I was big. 1 cirn't sharpen
them now that I am bigger. Pencil
sharpener* don't sharpen them any
better than I do. Or than you do. I
wager. If you're a woman! When I'm
rich I shall hire a man to sharpen my
pencils for me every morning—Ex-
change.
Mirage Ka*y to Be teen.
The celebrated Fac Morgana. «
presentation of natural "moving pic-
tures" on an immerse *cale which 1*
occassionally seen In the Stralta ot
Messina, Is explained by a^aclentlflo
writer as being a mirage, such ae fre-
quently occurs In various parts of
the world; "In fact." he wye, "one
may see a mirage any day by looking
through the stratum of air overlying
a hot stove, or adjacent to the *lde
of a wall heated In the sunshine"
Young scientist* will be Interested la
verifying thl* statement.
Only Person "Touched."
Duels in France are often more
costly thau dangerous. The very low-
est figure for which an encounter can
be brought off is £4, and to do the
thing In style considerably more must
be spent. Aurellan Scholl. the boule-
vardler Journalist, once suffered. A
friend of his sent a challenge and bor-
rowed 100 francs off Scholl for his ex-
penses. This sum he never repaid. |
"The duel was a bloodless one," re-
lates Scholl. "I wa* the only perao*
touched."—London Chronicle.
One valuable lesson the manure
spreader has taught la the use of
small quantities applied frequently. It
makes possible what can be, but Is sel-
dom done—light application.
An old meadow is the worst place
for strawberries—too many white
grubs, it may take three years of
thorough culture to get rid of the
grubs A drove of active pigs wlU do
It In one season.
Oriental Politeness.
In China when a subscriber rings op
the exchange, the operator may be ex
pected to ask: "What number does
the honorable son of the moon and
stars desire?" "Mohl. two-three." Si-
lence. Then the exchange resumes:
"Will the honorable person graciously
forgive the inadequacy of the insignifi-
cant service, and permit this humble
slave of the wire to Inform him that
the never-to be-sufllclently-censured-
llne Is busy?"
Printer
Jaggers
Phone 929 117 No- First
McAlester, Oklahoma
Prompt Service.
Reasonable Prices
Ancient Italian City.
Asolo, which inspired two of Brown«
leg's verses In "Asolando," and which
is observing the centenary. Is a forth
fled town In Trevlso, In northern Italy.
It was the ancient Acelum, and pos-
sesses a cathedral and a ruined aque-
duct. The former palace of Catha
rlne Cornaro, queen of Cyprus, Is In
the neighborhood. There are beauti-
ful seats In the vicinity, and the town
has a population of under 6,000.—Lon-
don Globe.
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Time and Place.
A little *li-year-old Philadelphia girl
was sent to the family physician fop
a vaccination certificate, so that ah#
could enter school. The certificate
required the data of vaccination. Not
remembering when he had done It. ho
said, "Janet, how long are you vac-
cinated?" To which Janet innocently
replied, "Here It I* on my leg. about
an Inch long.'
Divided Neat.
A North Westmorland (England)
farmer recently came across a very
unusual sight. In the courae of hi*
rounds through his field* he found a
neat with 26 egg* In It. The large
number was not the only marvel, for
on examining the egg*, he found that
16 of them belonged to a pheasant,
and the remaining ten to a partridge, j
The pheasant, a* the stronger bird.
was the probable Intruder.
Stabbed by Umbrella.
Perhaps the *trangest weapon ever
need for killing waa an umbrella. In
October, 1908, a man named Ernest
Smith was found dead In Chlawlck
High street, Englsnd. He had a punc-
tured wound In the eye which had
reached hi* brain and which the doo.
tor* agreed had undoubtedly bee*
caused by the *teel ferrule of an um-
brella.
Best of Work and Material
Can handle as large class of work as any other shop
in McAlester and on short notice.
Don't be misled by the false statement that there is
only one printing shop in McAlester. There is
the busy Jaggers Place and several small concerns.
Legal blanks of all kinds in stock. Legal notices pub-
lished at reasonable rates. Proofs properly furnished.
When others do not please you try the old timer
Jaggers
rpi rv • , • Phone 929
1 he rrinter 117 n0. r«i street
The Plaindealer. McAlester's Most Reliable Paper.
Irlah Bull.
O'Brien's boy Danny lo*t two base-
ball bat*. O'Brien In a day or two
aupplled the youngster with a third,
but accompanied the presentation
with thl* warning: "Now *ee here,
Dftnnv, If yea lose this waa lolke yea
did the other*. O'lll take It an'
break It over yer head, ao 01 wIlL"—
Boston Tranacript.
Look Well to This Day.
Listen to the salutation of the dawa
—look well to ^blf dayl . . . For
yeaterdaj* la but a dream and tomor-
row I* only a vision, but every day
well llvpd makes every yesterday a
dream of beauty, and every tomorrow
a vision of hope. Look well, therefore,
to thl* day!—From the Sanskrit
Willie's Blunder.
"How old are your ashed the little
boy of the lady who waa calling on hla
mother. "Why. WHH*r exclaimed hla
mother. "Tou must not ask a lady a
question like that. Ifs not polite"
"Why, mamma? Bha lan't suppoeeB
to tell the truth."
Not Yet
A bard who make* "fine" rhyme
with "mind" has won a prt*e la a "po-
etical" contest. Nevertheleee, we aro<
not yet convinced that "poetical" coa-
teat* are the most ridiculous things la
the world.
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