The Willow Times (Willow, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1918 Page: 3 of 8
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THE WILLOW TIMKS
USE OF TRACTORS
Greater Acreage Made Possible
by Improved Machines.
INCREASE CORN PRODUCTION
Larger Plows, Harrow* and Other Im-
plements. M«ke It Possible to Ac-
complish More Work For
Man on Farm.
<Prvpar«0 t>y the 1'nlted Huim Impart-
meat uf Ami 'uliuro t
Tin- inoru extensive um uf lahor-aav-
l | Implement* will titakt* It euMer In
1MB to approximate the wortl-bri'ak-
lflR ICTMfl <>r It'17. 4'N|N'iiully
employed in aeetiun* ulivrii curt) lit
now crown profitably but un a more
limited scale tliuii In desirable bacauso
prevent methods require a lurgo
amount of man labor. Tim more geu-
eral uw of recently developed and liu-
proved tructoni that are adapted to
tho uses of the suiull farm us well as
the large farm would tend tu Increase
the acreage and to effect a saving In
tabor. The use of larger plows, bar-
rows, and other Implements used In
fitting the lund would make It possible
to accomplish more work per man.
Similarly the substitution of two-row
planters and two-row and double cul-
tivators in place of smaller and less
efficient implements would make It
possible to do the sume amount of
work with less expenditure of labor.
Replant Missing Hills.
In some corn-growing sections It Is
the practice to replant missing hills
as soon as the corn Is up to a stand.
Frequently this Is done by dropping
kernels by hand and covering with a
boe. A labor-saving and quicker meth-
od would be the use of small hand
planters. These could be used to ad-
vantage for the first planting also In
•ectlons where comparatively small
areas are planted and where It Is at
present the custom to drop the corn
by hand nnd cover with the hoe.
It is the practice In some localities
to plant a much larger number of ker-
nels than the number of stalks de-
sired and to thin to the desired stand
when the corn plants are about 0 to 8
inches tall. This method may be sat-
isfactory where plenty of labor Is
OMrkltM*. «wpMi«lly iM liil f. «*ol 1
do away with the aorwutty of um. k
lab riou* «ari
Him*! by Machinery.
A lar*o perr«tila|e of the rutting
and aborfclm of r« m U done by hand
labor. In who* serttona, because of
unfavorable topography or other rw -
It li not practicable to u*« ma-
chine cut term. linnvvrr. tho greater
part of Ih«< n«m that l« now rut by
hand labor could be harvested by ma<
rblnery. economising labor and doing
the work In a laborious uinniier.
Much of tho corn that l« now husked
from the shocks could tie handled more
economically and with a anting In fm«4
value of atover by substituting ma-
chine busker* and shredders for hand
Inlmr, The um< of corn picker* would
accomplish similar results In tho raw
of corn husked from tho standing
stalks. Unloading and elevating mn«
Chlnery at the crib should bo Intro- j
duce«| ami more generally u«wl In
many sections where* It In now un-
known or not commonly used. Where
••mil facilities arc not available cribs
should be constructed In such a man- '
tier that they can be Riled and emptied
with the least posslblo labor. For
level ground, double crlba with an cle- I
vated driveway and approaches that .
will enable the loads to be driven
through the crlba nnd dumped or
scooped out of the wagons without any
high pitching nre very satisfactory.
Helping the Meet sad Milk Supply
tPpotlol UftmMlM •errtce. l tui*4 «Uieo of AgrWullur* i
WOLVES AND COYOTES OR LIVE STOCK—WHICH7
* CMS. FEVERISH
CHILD IS BILIOUS
01 CONSTIPATED
LOOK. MOT MIR 1 tl| |p TONQUS
IS COATKO. SHIATH HOT OR
STOMACH iOUIV.
•CALIFORNIA SYRUP OP PIOS*
CANT HARM TBNOCR 6TOM-
ACH. LI VCR, BOWELS.
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I
.. GARDENS FOR SOLDIERS
(Prepared by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.)
A backyard garden for every
soldier.
Keep this In mind In deciding
whether or not you will have a
garden this year.
Of course, the soldiers at the
front cannot enjoy the fresh
vegetables you raise, but you
can, and every meal made up of
tho vegetables from your garden
will leave more meat and wheat
for tho soldiers. These can be
readily shipped to France; most
fresh vegetables can not, and un-
less you eat more vegetables,
some soldier will not have his
share.
WAGING WAR ON
FOOD DESTROYERS
Coyotes Destroy Thousands of Dollars Worth of Live Stock Every Year—Ten
Thousand Were Exterminated by Hunters of the Department of Agricul-
ture During Part of Last Summer and Pall.
£
«' j Predatory Animals in Western
States Cause Immense Dam-
age Each Year.
HUNTERS ARE NOW AT WORK
RASPBERRY FOR SPECIAL USE
Varieties Come From Different Parts
of America and Europe—Adapted
to Different Uses.
In Two and Half Years 50,000 Wolves,
Coyotes, Bobcats, Lions, Bears
and Other Beasts Killed by
Paid Hunters.
Two-Row Cultivator Is a Labor Saver.
available, but where It Is desirable to
«conomize labor It would be advisable
to plant tested seed at about the same
rate as the stand desired and do no
thinning.
A more general use of efficient har-
vesting machinery would permit a
more economical use of labor. A corn
binder with an attachment for elevat-
ing the bundles of corn into a wagon
should be used much more extensively
than it is for harvesting ensilage corn.
There is also on the market a machine
that converts the com Into ensilage
In the field, elevating it Into a wagon,
from which It Is sucked or lifted Into
the silo. The use of either of these
(F*rom the United States Department of
Agriculture.)
The varieties of raspberries under
cultivation have come from different
parts of North America and Europe
nnd are adapted to different conditions
of environment and to different uses.
Thus the Sunbeam and Ohta originat-
ed in South Dakota and generally with-
stand the trying conditions of the cold
winters there. The Superlative, which
originated In Europe, where the win-
ters are milder than In most raspber-
ry-growing sections of this country, Is
grown only in the Pacific coast
states. The King is a desirable variety
throughout the region between the
Mississippi river and the Appalachian
mountains, where raspberries succeed.
In New York and New England, how-
ever, it has proved, for the most part,
Inferior to many other varieties.
In selecting the varieties of rasp-
berries to cultivate In any locality It
Is usually Important *o consider (1)
the hardiness of the eanes, (2) the pro-
ductiveness of the variety, and (3)
Its fitness for the particular purpose
for which the crop Is to be used. In
the characterizations here given spe-
cial attention has been paid to these
points.
Get Weed Seeds Out.
In almost all small grain fields &
certain amount of weeds grow and the
seeds are threshed with the grain.
These same weeds are sown with the
grain if they are not gotten out.
COST OF MILK PRODUCTION
Market for Dairy Products Concerned
Only in Two Things—Amount Of-
fered and Quality.
The market for dairy products does
Hot care what It costs to produce milk.
It Is concerned In only two things—
the amount offered and the quality.
Most fnrmers are looking at the market
lnstend of looking at the cost, and
every poor cow makes It cost more.
Ear Com in Crib.
When you wish to know how much
ir corn there la In a crib find the
cubic capacity of the crib and divide
by 2H for good quality corn and you
will have the answer.
How Indiana Responded.
As a result of the campaign for In-
creased food production, one Indiana
town of less than 5,000 people had
1384 gardens last season. In eight
towns of another Indiana county 98 | 000 worth of food taken from domesti-
The city purchaser of meat does not
always realize the really serious diffi-
culties to be overcome before a choice
cut of steak or a cheaper stewing piece
can be brought to market. He buys
what he wants or can afford, always
marveling at the increasing cost. If
the supply of food were increased by
$300,000,000 worth, the cost would be
correspondingly less, and when the
purchaser is informed that this value
of meat and other foodstuffs is wan-
tonly destroyed every year in the Unit-
ed States he is likely to sit up and take
notice. More, he is likely to investi-
gate the cause of the waste and to
help stop It, If possible. Foodstuffs
worth these millions of dollars are de-
stroyed every year through the rav-
ages of wild predatory animals and of
small grain-eating and crop-destroying
rodents.
Unlike the hordes of injurious In-
sects which prey on the crops almost
unseen, these animals are large enough
te be coped with singly and at a com-
paratively small cost.
Yearly Damage by Wolf.
Wolves, for instance, are caught one
at a time, either in the trap or by
poison or with powder and shot. These
animals do not prowl the country over
night after night with only an occa-
sional meal once or twice a week, but
like other beasts must obtain their
food more or less regularly. As live
stock are especially choice morsels for
them, the destruction each animal In-
flicts on a herd is enormous. It does
not require any stretch of the imagi-
nation, therefore, to grasp the fact tlmt
each wolf destroys annually an aver-
age of $1,000 worth of live stock. The
growing boy could not be so voracious.
Therefore, every wolf destroyed means
a year's supply of food for several boys
or grown men. Multiply this $1,000
destruction of good food by the total
number of wolves in the country and
we have a large part of the $300,000,'
more numerous thun the mountain
lions nnd beurs. Judging from tho
numbers destroyed by huuters of the
biologlcul survey. During part of the
last summer and fall eight mountain
lions and 27 beurs puld the death pen-
nlty for their marauding, while In the
sume time more thun 1,000 bobcath und
more than 10,000 coyotes were exter-
minated.
Had these animals been allowed to
go about their nefarious work unmo-
lested through the year, and through
the rest of their natural lives, they
Every mother realizes, after giving
her children "California Syrup of
Figs," that this Is their Ideal luxntlvet
because they love Its pleusaut taste
and It thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with*
out grilling.
When cross, Irritable, feverish, or
breath Is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, Mother! If coated, give
a teaspoonful of this harmless "fruit
laxative," and In a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow-
els, and you have a well, playful child
again. When the little system is full of
cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache, dl«
ttni Ul llirii I1UUUUI llVt'P, II ICY . . ..
would 1.11vc taken tho u.uol toll of our ! f ll°n' oollc-r mcmhor,
moat according. The pelt ot, * f'"' «'«" «" "1-
ways be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep "California
supply accordingly. The pelt
each animal secured means not only
one less enemy of live-stock opera-
tions, but the gain Is continuing, since
not only Is the career of one predatory
animal thus ended but also that of all
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
to-morrow. Ask your druggist for a
I11UO trilUL'U UUl UIBU III Ul Ui <111 ' . t . ~
his possible progeny. Each one killed bo"'® "f California Syrup of Figs,"
means one predatory animal less to
perpetuate his race.
In two and a half years the biologi-
cal survey hunters have killed more
than 50,000 predatory animals. Fig-
uring the losses these would huve in-
flicted, as mentioned above, the work
of the hunters has effected an annual
saving In live stock of more than
$3,840,000. In addition to this the fed-
eral treasury has benefited to the ex-
tent of nearly $50,000 from the sale of
skins of the animals secured. The
hunters are not allowed to accept
bounties, and all gkins taken become
the property of the government. Some
which has directions for babies, chil-
dren of all ages and grown-ups printed
on the bottle. Beware of counterfeits
sold here, so don't be fooled. Get the
genuine, made by "California Fig
8yrup Company."—Adv.
Before Marriage and After.
"What have you there?"
"Flls early love letters."
"And that other large collection?"
"Broken promises," sighed the wife.
Don't Worry About Pimple*.
On rising and retiring gently smear
uviut , U>e face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash
of these are deposited in the National | off tfae Ointment in five minutes with
museum for exhibition and study pur- ] Cuticura Soap and hot water. For
poses, and the rest are sold and the ' free samples address, "Cuticura, Dept.
proceeds turned into the treasury de«
partment.
per cent of all vacant lots were under
cultivation. In three townships In
still another county, where special ef-
fort was made to incrense food produc-
tion, It was estimated that ten times
the average amount of garden crops
cated flocks and herds.
In the summer and early fall of last
year hunters of the bureau of biologi-
cal survey of the department of agri-
culture killed nearly 200 wolves, more
than half of them in Texas, one of the
was produced. Canners for canning 1 greatest meat-producing states of the
fruits and vegetables were placed In
each consolidated school In one coun-
ty, and were loaned to communities
which desired to use them.
Value of Stable Manure.
Union. Wyoming. Arizon* and New
Mexico are the better off for having
loet in this campaign about GO of these
marauders.
Damage by Other Culprits*
But wolves are not the only culprits
A ton of stable manure, of good I TLTT'
I, f . that need to be dispatched If we are to
Valuable Assets.
The skillful hand and i
Bind are the-farmer's most valuable
ksaets.
quality, may be sold to contain 11
pounds of ammonia, frix pounds of
cultured phosphoric add and 10 pounds of pot-
: ash.
Good egg production during the "un-
natural" < r winter months, depends
pretty largely on keeping the stock
romfortabl*
The gavel rood probably ranks next
to the earth road In total mileage.
Every aero should produce
thing. Idle acres are slacken*
Stories From Hunters.
Wild animals which prey upon live
stock are only "good when dead."
Then they may serve a really useful
purpose, If their skins are properly
cured, tanned and made Into fur gar-
ments.
Predatory animals cause losses to
sheep herds In Utah and neighboring
states of 500,00 head annually. Be-
sides the foodstuffs thus destroyed,
this means a loss of about 4,000,000
pounds of wool.
Two wolves at Ozona, Tex., killed
76 head of sheep In two weeks.
In New Mexico 3 per cent of the
cattle are destroyed by predatory ani-
mals. In addition to about 34,350 (
head of cattle thus killed, the animals j
destroy about 165,000 sheep, a loss of
16,000,000 pounds of meat and 1,320,- ;
000 pounds of wool. The total loss to '
the state each year from this source
nmounts to about $2,715,250.
States and live-stock associations
are co-operating with the department !
of agriculture in its campaign In the j
Western states suffering the greatest j
damage from predatory wild animals, !
by liberal contributions of funds, as
well as services of additional hunters. !
A biological survey hunter in Arizo- j
nn recently killed a mountain lion, on
the trail of which were found nine
head of cattle it had killed.
One stock-killing grizzly bear along
the Pecos river, In New Mexico, ac-
counted for $1,000 worth of cattle In
five months before being dispatched
by a hunter of the biological survey.
It bad killed 32 head of cattle In this
time, and In the previous year Is re-
ported to have killed 50 head In the
same district.
X, Boston." At druggists and by malL
Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.—Adv.
Faith In your own ability is two-
thirds of the battle."
Adam's first fall occurred when ha
fell In love with Eve.
What Do Yob Know About
CATTLE?
Do Ton Waal to Kaow tho
CATTLE BUSINESS?
Drop ns a post card today and
get FIUIB INFORMATION about
the New Book,
"CATTLE, BREEDS AND ORIGIN"
about all bleed* of cattle on earth.
Dl. DAVID ROBERTS' VETERINARY CO., I 100, WAUKESHA, WIS.
Small Pill
Small Dose
Small Price
Carters
ITTLE
PILLS.
FOR
CONSTIPATION
have stood the test of time.
Purely vegetable. Wonderfully
quick to banish biliousness,
headache. Indigestion and to
clear up a bad complexion.
Genuine bear* al*aature
market all the meat actually produced
<>n our extensive ranges. It has been j
estimated by officials of the department
of agriculture that mountain lions and
stock-killing grlxxly bears each destroy
annually $.* i worth of lire stock,
and that each coyote snd bobcat coo-
mnm a tenth of this amount. Coyotes
Coyotes' Toll in Meat.
Three coyotes In Morgan county.
Utah, attacked a herd of sheep and in
one hour destroyed $300 worth. Ewes,
worth about $1,000. were killed by one
or two coyotes In Colorado; 67 which
had been separated from the main
herd were killed, but only one of the
PALE FACES
Geaanltr tadleata a tack
•f Iroa la the Blood
Carter's Iron Pills
WMbl tfcta rnsililua
and Vitw-iita. however, are many times ( carcasses had been partly eaten.
Cash for Your Slock
If you own stock In say company and
rant to sell It write us today giving
lumber shares, name of company, prico
ranted.
moegam a company
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Latta, Charles W. The Willow Times (Willow, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1918, newspaper, May 10, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc276625/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.