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MHIA6ED0UU uF
THE SCRIPTURES
Startling Presentation of Cora-
i ing Events.
PASTOR RUSSELL'S VIEWS.
Churches of All Denomination* and the
Civil Powara of Earth Ara About to
Unit* In Common Cause— Piwerful
Influence Preparing For tha Battle
of Armageddon—A Roign of Anarchy
Will Ba the Result of the Warfare
Until The Meaaiah Takes Control.
Itrooklyu. N. Y.,
Nov. - The
Hrooklyn Academy
of M » » I o w a h
crowded to tlii» lim-
it today to hear
I'astor Russell'*
discourse on the
"Bnttle of Anna
geddon." His text
was: "lie gathered
them together unto
a placed called iu
the Hebrew tongue
A r m a g e d d o n."
(Reflation tvl, 10.) The speaker Kg ill:
Armageddon In the Hebrew signifies
the "Hill of Meglddo," or Mount of De-
atrurtiou. It was famous as a battle-
Held in Old Testament times.
Hie Lord has seen fit to associate the
name Armageddon, with the great con
trove ray between Truth and Error,
right and wrong. Ood and Mammon,
with which this Age will close, perish,
ami the New Age of Messiahs glory
be ushered in. lie lias purposely used
highly symbolical figures of speech in
fite last book of the ttilil*. evidently
with a view to biding certain tmpor
tant truths until the due tlni>> for their
pevealment. Hut even In the due time,
tbe. Bible assures us, "None of the
wicked shall understand" (Paulel xii.
8, Kit—none who are out of liwirt bar
inoiiy with (Jod—but only tin? wise of
13is people—the "wise virgin" class of
tbe Master's parable
I have long avoided presentation of
toy understanding of our text and Its
context. 1 take it up now by request
and because I believe It Is due time to
be understood. 1 disclaim any special
Inspiration. In some particulars my
Views agree with those of other Bible
■students, and In other respects they
disagree. Each hearer must use his
own judgment, do bis own Hible study,
and reach his own conclusions.
Kindly remember that 1 am not re-
sponsible for tbe flgilres of speech used
Hiy tbe Lord My Interpretations do in-
deed constitute a terrible arraignment
of institutions which we have all rever
*«ml and which embrace good people,
of good words and good works- < Sod's
saintly people in these various institu-
tions, being comparatively few, are
Ignored when systems as a whole are
dealt with in prophecy.
The Oragon, Beast, Falsa Prophet.
Our context tells us that three
por\» spirits (teachings! will go forth
from the mouths of the Dragon, the
Beast and the False Prophet, and these
Whrve will be In accord, and symbolical
|y the doctrines are represented by
-frogs." These three doctrines are to
have a mighty Influence throughout tbe
Civilized earth. They are to gather
the kings and their armies to the great
Battle tif Armageddon.
The ecclesiastical kings and princes,
sad their retinues of clergy and faith
fat adherents, will be gathered In solid
phalanx—Protestant and Catholic The
kings and captains of industry, and as
SMuy as can !>e influenced by them,
mill be gntliercd to the same side The
p&Htlcal kings and princes, with all
their henchmen and retainers, will fol
low In line on the same side The
•oam-lal kings and merchant princes,
aod all whom they can Influence by the
Vsest gigantic power ever yet exervis
«& in .he world, will join the same
sMe. according to this prophecy
These "doctrines of demons." repre-
aenlvd by the "frogs." will lead many
%ol>ie people in this great array to as
oor.'n an attitude Quite contrary to
their preference. For a time the
Wheels of liberty and progress will be
taraed backward anil minlieval re-
straints will be considered necessary
Cm* self-preservation for the malnte
Vance viX the present order of things
Is jriving this Interpretation. It la
essary for ns to Indicate what Is
tbolized by the Oraiton. the Beast,
aad the False Prophet Bible students
nfMV all denoiuinations agree with
as (bat the "Dragon" of Revelation
^apri'si'iiVs the purely Civil Power
iN^-h'siant Interpreters generally agree J
tfetf the "FVi»*t like a leopard"' illcv* I
tathtr *111. 2< represents the Papacy |
Rut Hewer 4111 we fear. will b.- ready (
to mfpfMTt our view that IVirteatantlsm |
to tkr
xUi i
toae. 11
1m ne t
fchi* lr.
Otik* •»
MB (kfB
li-* te I
of the IVast" (Re«
diM-trlnee or teachings, w« mny ha
sure the true application will fit well.
A frog has a sage look, a wise look.
It swells Itself up In au apparent en-
deavor to Impress the lieholder. Its
great mouth well represents Its chief
isiwer. used to croak.
Applying these symlsils, we learn
that tin evil spirit. Influence, teaching,
will come from the Protestant churches
federated, from the Church of Home,
aud from the Civil authorities, all lu
full agreement. The spirit of all will
be boastful: an air of superior wisdom
and knowledge will lie proudly assum-
ed-all will croak in harmony. All will
tell of dire results that would follow.
Involving tbe Interests of ls>th Hie
present aud the future life. If their
counsel Is1 not followed. However con-
flicting the creeds, the difference* will
lie Ignored In the general proposition
that nothing ancient must lie disturb-
ed. or looked Into, or repudiated
The Divine authority of the Church,
aud the Divine right of kings, aside
from the Church, will not be allowed
to conflict. Any persons or teachings
lu conflict with these boastful and un-
scriptural claims will be branded as
everything vile, at the mouths of these
"frogs" speaking from pulpits and
platforms and through the religious
and secular |iress The nobler senti-
ments of some will be strangled by the
philosophy of the same evil spirit
which s|Ntke through Calaphas. tlio
high priest, respecting .lesus. As Calu-
phns declared It expedient to commit
a crime In violation of justice, human
aud Divine, to be rid of Jesus and Ills
teachings, so this "frog" spirit will nih
prove of every violation of principle
necessary to their self-protection.
The croaking of these "frog" spirits or
doctrines will gather the kings and
princes, financial, political, religious
and Industrial Into one great army.
The spirit of fear. Inspired by the
oroakings of these* "frogs," will scourge
.ho passions of otherwise good and
reasonable men to furv. desperation.
In their blind following of these evil
spirits, evil doctrines, they will lie
ready to sacrifice lift■ and everything
on the altar of what they mistakenly
suppose is justice, truth and righteous-
ness, under n Divine arrangement.
For a brief time, as we understand
the Scriptures, these combined forces
of Armageddon will triumph Free
speech, free mails, and other liberties
which have come to be the very breath
of the masses in our day. will be ruth
I ess I y shut off under the plea of neces-
sity. the glory of God. the commands
of the Church, etc All will seem to be
serene, until the great social explosion
in our context described as the "great;
Earthquake." An "earthquake," in
symbolic langunge. signifies social
revolution., and the declaration of the
context is that none like unto it ever
before occurred. (Revelation xvi. IS,
IP.) Jesus described It ns a time of
trouble such as never was since there
was a nation. - Matthew xxlv, 21
The Lord Will Gather Them.
The false, frog-like teachings will
gather together Into one host the great,
the rich, the wise, the learned anil the
kings of the earth, to battle. At this
juncture Divine Power will step for-
ward, and our text tells us that BE
shall gather tbe marshaled hosts to
Armageddon—to the Mountain of De-
struction. The very thing which they
sought to avert by their union, federa-
tion, etc.. will be the very thing they
will hasten Other Scriptures tell us
that God will l>e represented by the
Great Messiah, and that ne will be on
the side of ilie masses. Thus we rend
!n Daniel xll, 1: "At that time shall
Michael [the Godlike One-Messiah]
stand up"—assume authority lie will
take possession of Ills Kingdom In a
manner little looked for by many of
those who erroneously have been
claiming-that they were His Kingdom,
and authorised by Him to reign In Ills
name uud lu His stead.
Jesus declared, "His servants ye are
unto whom e render service." Some
may be rendering service to Satan aud
to error, who claim to be rendering
service to God and to righteousness:
and some of these may be serving ig-
norantly. as did Saul of Tarsus, who
"verily thought that he did God a serv-
ice" In [lersecuting the Church. The
same principle holds true reversely.
As an earthly king does not hold him-
self responsible for the moral character
of each soldier who lights In his bat-
tles. so the Lord does not vouch for the
moral character of all who will enlist
and fight on His side of any question
"His servants they are to whom they
render service." whatever the motive
or object prompting them
The same priuclples will apply In the
coming Battle of Armageddon. God's
side of that battle will be the peoples
side, and tbe very nondescript host,
the people, will lie pitted at the begin
nlng of the battle. Anarchists. Social-
ist*. and hot beaded radical* of e very
school of reason and unreason, will be
In the forefront of that battle. The I
majority of the |>oor and the middle
Haas prefer jx- ice at almost any price.
A comparatively small nuuil«er. God's I
eon*e»-rat»-d people, w ill at heart be '
lontfsc f.T Moolah's Klngdon. The*.- J
wilt Hde the lx>rd'« time and watt pa
tlently for it: thev will be of root) |
the placing of iuoiio|Hille* and utllltlsa
• nd the supplies of nature In the hand*
of the people for the public £ihm| The
rrlNi* will I** reached when tbe hither-
to uphold-r* of law shall become vio-
lators of the law ntid re*l*tera of tbe
will of the majority a* expressed by
tbe ballot. Fear for the future wi!l
leafl the well-iueanluu uui**e* to desper-
ation: and anarchy will result when
Rocliillsin fall*.
The Cloud's Silver Lining.
Horrible would lie this outlook for
the future did we not have the lufalll
hie Word of God assuring us of a
glorious outcome! Divine Wisdom baa
withheld until our day the great knowl-
edge and skill which Is at the same
time breeding millionaires and discon-
tents Had God lifted the veil a thou-
sand years sooner, the world would
have lined up for Its Armageddon a
thousand years sooner. Hut that
would have been too soon for tbe Di-
vine purpose. Iiecause Messiah's King
Join Is to lie the great Thotisaud-
Year Sabbath of tbe world's history.
God In kindness veiled our eyes until
vthe time when the gathering to Ar-
mageddon would immediately precede
Messiah's taking to Himself Ills great
power, and hcgluuing Ills reign.-Reve-
lation xl. 17. IS.
"Send Theni Strong Delusions."
St. Paul wrote prophetically of our
time, that it would be one of serious
trial and testing to many professing to
RAIftKD BROOM CORN FOR
TVHRTY BICHT YEARS.
(By John R. Snyder, Arcofi, III.)
During tho pant thirty-eight years
tha writer bus not missed a crop of
broom corn. Sometimes seed is rals-
ad by inysolf, and at other times
sacurod froai reliable seed dealer* In
Illinois.
My method of testing seed Is to
tako a pan ani^ an old woolen sock, or
rag of some kind, place In It about
one-hundred seeds, and pour warm
water over them, and then pour It off
Just so us to keop the covering wet.
The seed will aprout In from twenty-
four to thirty-six hours. If they Just
about all sprout, I plant them, and It
not, seed Is secured from someone
else, and teated in the same way until
the quality of seed is found that will
just about all sprout.
Forty to sixty seeds Is planted to
the rod, and would prefer pot to have
mor-i than fifty, and over sixty on
the ground, depending however, upon
the nature of the land on which the
broomcorn is to be grown.
The first breaking is done after the
trial and testing to many prorcssing i<» . .
be Christians. The reason for this he ontN 18 BOWn- u,,d ,eft ,a* u"tU *flter
■tates-thev received not the Truth In ! the Indian corn is planted, then from
the love of it. (II Thessalonhins 11, 10. j Juno first to 18th., according to the
11.) They preferred their own errone- , season, tho ground la harrowed
oils theories, the Apostle explains, and
therefore God will give them over to a
"strong delusion." and let them believe
the He which they preferred, and let
them suffer for missing the Truth
which they did not love Thus they
will lie In the condemned host, "fight-
ing against God," Iiecause of tlieir lack
of love for tho Truth.
; It is sad to say that we all ns Chris-
i tians have been laboring under a thor-
j ougli delusion respecting God's Plan
] We have claimed Ciat <'lirist set up
>:c, power, and
••ii reigning on
•M'Titntive On
isi>>n. .lews and
'•mterl to death
Kingdom. All
v<s|y repeated
"'';v Kingdom
on cart h. as In
W'if Redeemer
■nine again to
i-i it-heirs: but
We were
s.vml
I Ills Chnrcli in KIi v '■
j that the Church has \<
| the earth as IIIs repn
! the strength of this d;>'i
I heretics have been pc -
| as opponents to Christ's
the while we though'
the Lord's prayer:
come; Thy will be done
Heaven." We knewlli;
said that He would
make us ITis Bride and
we Ignored the Script
to
, make it smoother so that the dHc
, will cut even. Should the ground be
! run together and hard, it is well to
B'ngle disc, and sometimes double
disc' across the breaking, then douule
( disc the straight way and harrow
until it is in fine sb::pe. After this,
"j the planting is done and as a general
rule the corn cornea up with an even
stand, and continues to grow even.
' \fter getting up, from one to three
inches, it should be rolled. Th s
' n::kos the ground smooth and level
»o that it does not caver up. When
j About three to four inches high, t.n
ei.iiht. shovel plow, or what is called
' ki "eagle claw plow" is used and very
. seldom ever plow more than twice,
i This year my crop averaged a ton to
: ihree acrcs, with good brush, with
,inly one ploughing. If the ground is
! put in gocd order and not planted too
i et'.rly, two ploughing* r.re enc;::;h. It
ploughed tco often it makes the brush
Question of Good
Seed Wheat
GOOD PURE SEED IS OF
UTMOST IMPORTANCE
Preperly Treated Seed Will FWeel
drunk, as the Rcriptui . ...... ^
say. "all nations were <i -nnk" with the | grow rough and shorter.
false doctrine. It is this false doctrine j Cutting should begin about the time
that will constitute the "frog" spirit U:;om begins t0 fali and should
which soon will begin to croak and to ^ fhreshed
prepare for Armageddon
Tbe IJible presentation is that the j off after it lays on the table one or
world Is a section of the universe iu | two days, according to the weather,
rebellion against Divine authority uu- j if the sun is very warm it should not
der the captaincy of Satan and !::•■ as- j -oe allowed to lay on the table very
sociated fallen angels. By Divine grace i jong as it makes the brush very brit-
Jesus has already "tasted death for | t]e> takjng the iife out 0f it, also the
every man," and the merit of that sac-
rifice must, eventually, grant Adam and
his posterity a full, fair opportunity
for the attainment of everlasting life
All who thus see the Divine program
and are walking in the light may know
something at least respecting the "times
and seasons." These brethren "are
not in darkness, that that day [and
that battle of Armageddon] should
overtake" them "as a thief*—un-
awares.
Armageddon Not Yet but Soon.
For forty years the Armageddon
weight: and color and weight should
be sought after.
The 3hed is 24x56 feet, ribbed up
seven inches apart, with 1x4 inch
strips, using %-inch pieces 8-inches
long to shelve the brush on.
Brush should be taken right from
the seeder to the shed, and shelved
up, left on the shelf until dry enough
to go in bulk, then taken from tho
shelf, bulk down and butted down
well. By bulking it makes the brush
r or lOI l J ,» td13 lUt: ryi iu«f,cuuuu . ncu, o
forces have been mustering for both : hold the weight better, and better and
sides of the conflict. Strikes, lockouts tighter bale is produced, and it stands
rrw.Mi + n I1<1 amoll h'lVM llPPIl . ... % L • 1
and riots, great and small, have beeu
merely incidental skirmishes as the
belligerent parties crossed each other's
paths. Court and Army scandals in
Europe, Insurance. Trust and Court
scandals in America, have shaken pub-
lic confidence. Dynamite plots, charg-
ed by turns on employees and on em-
ployers. have further shaken confl
dence and tended to make each dis-
handling and shipping.
As to the variety of seed, we have
planted the Tennessee Evergreen until
the last two years, when we planted
most of the Austrian, as It grows
longer and is a better color. How-
ever, think the Tenessee Evergreen
yields the best, and if the weather
conditions are dry enough for the
trustful of the other. Bitter and angry i «jrugh ^ head out and to cut and shed
feelings on both sides are more and j ag greeQ
more manifest. The lines of oattle are ,11 '8 lo f B'
daily becoming more distinctly marked. Forty-five or fifty >ears ago.
Nevertheless Armageddon cannot yet ] used the hand cylinder, and were com-
be fought. Other matters Intervene, j pelled to take the boots all off so
according to prophecy. we could hold to It. Then the seed
Gentile times have still two years to taken Qfft and we hardly ever
run. The "Image of the Beast" of our had ftny damaged brush on tho
context must yet receive K/e-power. lBhe,ve8 however, now the majority
The Image must be transformed from i . . ., h _
a mere mechanism to a living force of the growers are ho„t^
Protestant Federation realizes that its , and leave three-fourths of the boot3
organization will still be futile unless on and about half of tha seed, and
It receive vltallzatlon—unless its clergy place It in the shed too thick, there-
directly or Indirectly shall be recog I fore resulting In a lot of damaged
nl7.ed as possessed of apostolic ordina | brUBh if the boots and seeds were
tlon and authority to teach This the tftken off as thev 8hou,d ^ n
prophecy Indicates will c°^ f^ the , ^ ^fourth to one-third
two horned beast, which, we belie\e. , .. . .o 0flll
symbolical^ represents tbe Church of room- and 1,0013 and
England. High handed activities of seeds ara what causes broom corn to
I .
i dark
Protestantism aud Catholicism, operat-
ing in conjunction for the suppression
of human liberties, await this vlvtfyin*
of the Image This may come soon,
but Armageddon cannot precede it. but
must follow—perhaps a year after It.
according to our view of tbe Prophecy
Still another thine intervenes Al-
though the Jews are gradually flowing
into Palestine, gradually ibtaining con
trol vf the land of Canaan, and al
though reports say that alreody nine
two mllltaMlmi are there
lew* pn»phe<*T require*
heat
GROUPS OF BROOM CORN.
Broom Corn Is divided into two
groups, known as Standard and
Dwarf. The Standard type grows to
a Mcht of !• to it feet, while tha
Dwarf variety grows frr-m 4 to 5 feet
Mtbe- I high. There are many varietal name*
evidently u*ed hy sellers of broom cora seed.
Wheat is and always should ba an
Important crop in the western and
northern part of the Btate. It baa
many characteristics which recom-
mend U to the furmer. There is al-
ways a good market for wheat, it is
one which can be transported long
distances, und it can be marketed at
one's convenience.
flood, pure Beed Is of the greatest
Importance, as the miller desires
wheat which has uniform character
and of high quality. In the greater
portion of the state some strain of
the hard Turkey Red should be
grown. The Kharof has proven to bo
one of the best. All the Turkey Red
varieties have high quality and good
market value when grown under fav-
oruble conditions.
Any wheat which Is grown for sev-
eral years where the rainfall is heavy
and conditions are not favorable will
become softer and spotted with yel-
low. These yellow spots are objec-
tionable ub they show that the wheat
is deteriorating in quality. The chief
cause for this in the hard wheats is
the adverse climatic conditions.
The soil for wheat should be pre-
pared as indicated in the discussion
of the preparation of soils. Good
preparation always pays. The seed-
bed should be firm but not hard be-
low the depth at which the seed is
planted. Generally speaking, winter
wheat Is sown from the 15th of Sep-
tember to the 15th of October. Ac-
tual field trials in Central Oklahoma
do not show much difference between
these dates. If whe^t is to be used
for pasture purposes, the best re-
mits will be secured by early plant-
ing. In some sections the Hessian
fly is common, and here it will be well
not to sow befora about the 10th of
October. Five to six pecks of good
seed will give a perfect stand.
Continuous culture of wheat on the
game field is one of the surest meth-
ods of destroying its productivity.
The evil effects, however, of a single
crop can be largely overcome by the
liberal application of farmyard ma-
nure. In experiments at the Okla-
homa Experiment Station nearly
double the yields have been secured
in a series of years from the plot
which received manure above that
which received no manure, when the
wheat was grown continuously on the
game land.
Winter wheat probably makes one
of the best winter and early spring
pastures which can be grown. Mod-
erate winter pasturing will lower the
yield to some extent, but its value is
probably greater than the decrease in
yield. Excessive pasturing should
never be practiced if the wheat is to,
be left for grain. Late spring pas-
turing is especially harmful.
Seed wheat Infected with smut
ihould be treated before it is planted.:
There are several different methods
of treating the seed to kill the smut
The easiest and perhaps the cheapest
method is the formalin treatment.
One pound, which Is equivalent to one!
pint, of commercial formaldehyde of;
(0 per cent strength shoujd be placed.
In about forty-five gallons of water.
The seed is then treated with this:
solution. All that Is necessary is to
»ee that every seed Is thoroughly
moistened.
Any method which will thoroughly
moisten every seed is satisfactory.:
The seed may be dipped, sprayed or
run through a treating machine. Af-
ter the treating is done the grain
thould be shoveled over once or twice
In piles and allowed to dry a while
to that ft will run through the drill
freely.
We assume hero that everybody in
this state uses the grain drill to plant
tils wheat. After the grain is treated,
be sure that It doe* not come in con-
tact with any smut. Dip the sacks
and wash out the boxes of the grain
Irlll with the same solution used to
treat the seed.
When seed wheat Is properly treat-
Mi it absolutely prevents the appear-
tnoc of all stinking smut and most of
the loose smut. If the smut present
is largely loose smut what is known
M tha modified method of hot water
treatment may give better results If
properly given. This treatment con-
lists of soaking tbe seed In cold water
for a period of four hours, then al-
lowing It to remain for an equal
length of time In the wet stacks. The '
reed Is then Immersed In water hav-
ing a temperature of 1S3 degrees F. i
•nd Is allowed to remain in the hot
water five minutes. It is exceedingly ,
Important that this temperature be
Maintained. After the treatment Is
rompletrd tbe seed should he allowed
lo dry to some extent Rnough more
teed should be sown to make up for
Ibe larger size of the kernels, so that
tho usual quantity will he planted.
UP TO DAT I FARM EQUIPMENT
i "I am starting In dairying oa *
small scale. Have s small herd of
pure bred Holsteln-Frelslan's. 1 want
to buy first a cream separator. What
make do you use at the College, and
I,.hat should you recommend that 1
buy? Will build a silo this spring and
would like your advice its to kind of
silo and size. Will alght to ton cow»
and fifteen to twenty head of colta
and horses; also ten to fifteen head of
young cattle. Would also Ilka any
advice as to barn building and con-
veniences. What wivlce on kind of
ensilages cutter, and kind and horta
power of gasoline engines for running
cutter.—O. B. Toalson, Washington
, County, Okla.
Practically all the makes of cream
'separators will give good satisfaction
' if properly operated. We have a
I number which are used in connection
with our class Instruction work to
college BtudentB and I could not say
i rhnt 1 have any preference. My ad-
1 vice to you would be to purchase a
separator of one of your local dealers
in cream BeparatorB and the one who
would make the best terms and glva
the best guarantee with the separator
is the one I would patronize.
I I would say that ensilage cutter
| with a 14-inch throat which has a ca-
I pacity of from eight to ten tons per
hour would require a ten to twelve-
horse power engine when run at full
capacity.
i I am enclosing under separata
cover Circular No. 15 from our Agri-
cultural Experiment Station, which
entitled "Some Types of Silos and
, Silo Equipment" which will furnish
i you with information in regard to the
different types of soils. On page 3 of
this circular you will find a table
which will furnish you with informa-
tion in regard to the diameter and ca-
pacity of the silo you would require
For dairy supplies including sani-
tary milk pails, milk bottles, bottle
fillers, etc., I am pleased to give you
the name of The Creamery Manufac-
turing Company, Kansas City. Mis-
souri; also, the N. A. Kennedy Supply
Company, of the same city, as reliable
; firms who handle these suppiles.—
; Roy C. Fotts, Depar'ment of Dairying,
Oklahoma A. & M. College, Stillwater.
FEED'S THE THING
It certainly has rained enough in
Oklahoma for one time, says the Ok-
lahoma Farm Journal. April ended
with floods and storms In many local-
ities and with abundant rains all
over Oklahoma rnd the surrounding
states. "With the spirit pf hopefulness
characteristic of mankind, thef-e is a
general feeling that everything's all
right now and that this season is
bound to bring bountiful crops. And
the chances are much better than
they have been for the past three
years. The soil is filled with mois-
ture; there is enough, if it is not al-
lowed to be lost through evaporation,
to produce fair yields of most crops
with only eccasional showers. The
outcome of the corn is, however,
problematical. Corn was planted late
and much of the seed was poor. Very
little corn will be out of the way of
the effect of hot weather before July.
Average weather conditions then will
mean short yields. Abundant July
and August rains must be had to pro-,
duce average returns from corn. Corn
needs clean, careful, and frequent cul-
tivation this year more than ever. A
crop of weeds and a crusted soil will
waste the moisture now In the soil
and Increase the risk of failure. With
<he com crop in this uncertain con-
dition, it is more important than ever
that sure feed crops be planted. Every
farm in the state should have not leBS
than ten to twenty acres of blackhull
white kaflrcorn planted before July
1st for the production of grain. With
the good supply of moisture now in
the soil, this will absolutely insura
the production of enough grain for all
of the livestock on the farms and a
little surplus to sell. Oklahoma farm-
ing is pure gambling until feed enough
for all the livestock is certain to be
produced in the most unfavorable
years. Kaflrcorn Is the one sura
thing. In 1901, in Kansas, the kaflr-
corn crop was worth $10.32 per acre
and the corn crop, $3.23. In 1911, tha
kaflrcorn crop was worth $15.72 an.l
tbe corn crop $7.68 per acre. The av-
erage value of the kaflrcorn crop pen
acre in Kansas for the last eleven
years was $11.18 and of corn $9.02.
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i Ofctir H'T«fW(«t» «e of «or test
niadetx •f'tt LAe F»o#e."
m i>|M»l?|saiii RrVSptu.1*. dUta
wa<»i 11 1 ii* ilnf* famfM
fto ffoty Rpim mmr4 a
«ortaia
' c~o«rof
j IVlr im> ewtiw — a* < ixiifeiMl to the
i kfw* is4 p*1r>.»« Unsocial. retlgh*oe
| eod «"hVh wl ' tfe»o W4
I mi lieatfe* tW aowee hs«e so
lyaiatfc; vttk a^oorhf They fwoBar
trol* that the ■■■at fo«O of (•<Ml
I aw at le letav iheo mm The teoaaeo
arM asat laOef ttawsgh tha haftst aai
I p—i—| *»o4j»Mi eat earth* at
I hk» ft* the ilMaiaatlsa ef ertl. tar
llriri ummri of wealthy llehrows tc many of these are simply new
i t* th. before the Am-jedd n crisis , nn!<4 applied to old strains of broom
1 be rr.trbed IixW«l we uo4er«tand : in4 really do not represent ra- '
that "Jacob's trouble lo the Holy . h sufficient!) lav
food will oease at the *ery rtaae ef
ArsMfiddes Tflea Mealih • Klaa
4po win hull to he wslfiaii
There forth l«wl lo lie lead «f re**
lee eill and—'ly rtae fM the wbo
•f the port to the nishet of pnf*
ery Threoah it* Dtvtooty ippSMrt
prtaras h » Klaa*"— s-i pewee-
fai tort tartrtl* mm heato to ran
sad te '.ift «r sarthi
riot tea that hate tie a sufficiestly la»-
prored to deserve special tfaaiatoa*
tloa Poeh aatree are of oo a*»ta-
taare aad aaa atartoreoe to hayta*
hroah diorecari matal aa»eo aad
tnlf> whether W—fird or Doarf ti
o—led aad tha dartre* loogth. ee«ar
tho daslrat groda of hrorsa.
Use Care Feed fig Cotton teed
Cotton seed feeds are not to he need
lacareosTy by the laeiperieoeed feeder,
ae the hod eferte froai overfeedlag
are well kaowa. Hoeeea and
do aot aee aore than two
•t Oay far short pertoda ar
g£a paaaSe per doy tar staty-day par-
lade aaa oo* oaabalf to tareo-
Ibartfeo ef a »caal daty white tho
NEVER TOO MUCH FEED
Last fall parts of the state had aa
abundance of rough feed. Many a*-,
pressed the belief that they had "more
than could ever be used." 8ome of
It was saved but more of It waa
wasted Tha early winter made it
Impossible to store some of it safely
away. And In April, anything that'
looked like hay or rough feed waa
selling for twenty dollars or more per
ton. Oklahoma can never have too
much feed. Even where there aro{
no barna, it will pay well to bave a
big supply of sorghum hay In re-
serve. There can be no possible harm
in having a atack of twenty-flve tone,
or more of sorghum hay left every
spring. The livestock business is oa
a shaky foundation without such a
reserve supply of feed The horses
and mules which are doing the work
on abort grasa rations this spring i
needed ft last winter. If this turns .
oat to he a year of plenty, form tho
habit of storing op a reeerve supp.y >
of f«*ed The lean year* win come j
again They need aot bring dlsoaier.
to thooe who prepare far them.-—Ok
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