Mangum Sun-Monitor. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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Mangum Sun-Monitor.
L. a. CRITTENDEN
Editor
Published Evkkv Thursday.
Bntered at the PoatoAcc ■> M»injum. O. T.
Subscription Rates.
One Year,
Six Months,
One Dollar.
Fifty Cents.
Phone No. B.
The SUN-MONITOR is read each
with by Five Thousand people in
Greer county.
made to determine the conditions
and needs.
SOUTHERN BUTTEHV
The creamery butter production
of the South is inadequate, due to
the small number of creameries,
although during thepast two years
several new ones have been estab-
lished. The product of the south-
ern creamery compares favorably
with the northern or western pro-
ducts, but a shortage in the milk
supply necessarily limits the num-
ber of creameries, with the result
that large quanities of print butter
are shipped in to the south from
northern and western points.
The farm dairy butter varies in
quality. Some of the better
equipped dairies produce an arti-
Announcemcnts.
The Sun-Monitor in auth'iriKd to announce
Chaa. M Thacker as a candidate for Mayor at
tbe city election.
The Sun-Monitor it authorized to announce
John Tommk aa a candidate for city clerk, aub-
ject to the action of tlic voteis of Mangum at
the city election to be held in April.
The Sun-Monitor in authorized to announce
J. N. Caddell aa a candidate for City Treaaurer
at the coming city election.
The Sun-Monitor ia authorized to announce
T. A. Putnam aa a candidate for Police Judge
aubject to the will of the voter* at the coming
dty election.
The Sun-Mnnitor ia authorized to announce
Brodie Hamilton a a a candidate for Citty Attor-
ney at the April election.
The Sun-Monitor la authorized to announce
H.Milton Thacker aa a candidate for City At-
torney at the city election in April.
The Sun-Monitor ii authorized to announce
W. H. Jacoba aa a candidate for City Treaaurer
at tbe coming city election.
The Sun-Monitor ia authorized to announce
Percy Corneliua aa a candidate for City Treaa-
urer at the coming city ete<Ston.
liness. Producers of limited means
of the tenant class whose condi-
tions necessitate a struggle with a
small business to produce a living
most frequently have small barns
and milk houses as well as inade-
quate facilities for the proper hand-
ling of mik and washing vessels.
INSPECTION.
The f>&nitary side of diary inspec-
tion has not been given the atten-
tion due but improvement is being
made in this direction At At-
lanta, Ga., uniformed inspectors
provided with buggies look well
into every condition and see that
the rigid rules incorporated in the
city ordinances are respected. In
Louisville, Ky.. the activity of the
officials has done away the sale of
Moon Bros. Vehicles, j
JF you want to buy Dry Goods, Clothing,
Shoes, Hats or Millinery, it means a big
saving to you if you'll go to
CURREATHERS'
We Hake the Price to flake Business.
urer at the coming city
The Sun-Monitor ia authorised to announce
T. P. (Tom) Tackett aa a canidate for City
Clerk, aubject to the will of the rotera at the
city election April 6.
Chas. M. Thacker is announced
as a candidate for mayor of Man-
gum. It was after much urging
that Judge Thacker consented to al-
low his name to be mentioned as a
candidate and it was with the un-
derstanding that if he would con-
sent no other candidate would be
brought out. Dr. Border had been
mentioned as a candidate for may-
or but he withdrew in favor of
Judge Thacker and the latter now
has the running for that honorable
position all to himself and will be
the next mayor. It is quite a
sacrifice for Judge Thacker to make
in consenting to give the time and
attention necessary to the proper
discharge of the duties of chief
executive of an Oklahoma first-class
city, in which grade Mangum is
classed, and the people should, and
do, appreciate his acceptance of the
repsonsibilities. J-idge Thacker
has served the people in several
positions of public trust and has
made good records in all. He is a
clean politician, a lawyer of deep
thought and good judgment, an
honest man and an energetic and
progressive citizen, just the sort of
man to be unanimously elected to
a position of honor and trust.
Pretty Oxblood, Tan. Green,
Blue, White and Black, Kmforoder-
ed Lace and plain Hose at Trippet's
Cash Store, Mangum.
Improving the Dairy Industry of the
South.
Gratifying results are already ap-
parent from the work of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture in cooperation with state
authorities for the development of
the dairy industry in the South.
This work has been in progress
three years under special appro-
priations made by Congress.
The Dairy Division of the Bureau
of Animal Industry has paved the
way to better conditions by the
introduction of more practical
methods in the management of
dairv herds. A valuable feature
of the work is the keeping of
systematic records which enable
the dairyman to determine which
cows are more profitable and which
unprofitable and to eliminate the
latter from the herd. Within
two months after the testing is be
gun with a herd the owner usual
ly begins to cull out the poorest
cows and the next step of the
progressive dairyman is to procure
a purebred bull.
The Government work under the
supervision of B. H. Rawl. has
been in the main a personal effort
among the farmers with a view of
instructing them in better meth-
ods. The southern farmers have
not been slow to adopt improved
methods when the advantage is
demonstrated. The idea that dairy
cows do not produce well in the
South is incorrect. Success there
as elsewhere, depends on the qual-
ity of the cattle and the methods
of handling them. The South off-
ers a good field for profitable dairy-
ing, and how to develop the indus-
try is the problem on which the
Department of Agriculture is work-
ing. A careful survey has been
cle almost equal to creamery but-
ter. The country butter is of
quite a different grade. Much
of it soon becomes rancid, as a re-
sult of not having been proper-
ly washed when it was churned,
and has to be shipped to the reno-
vating factories.
CHEESE.
Less than 2 per cent of the
cheese consumed in the South is
produced locally. In fifty cities
in thirteen southern states the
quality handled annually amounts
t o approximately 42,000,000
pounds. The per capita consump-
tion is large, especially among the
laboring classes, who depend
largely for their noonday meal on
crackers and cheese; yet practi-
cally no whole milk cheese of the
Cheddar type is manufactured in
the South. A few small factor-
ies in South Carolina, Virginia,
and West Virginia constitute the
source of local output. It would
seem, in view of this condition,
that the South presents an attract-
ive field for the manufacture of
cheese. Before a cheese factory
could be operated successfully,
however, an adequate supply of
milk will have to be assured.
CREAM AND ICE CREAM.
The consumption of cream in
the South is small, due to the
scarcity of fresh cream rather than
to a lack of demand. The qual-
ity is variable, some being equal
only to rinh milk. Ihe result is
that unsweetened condensed milk is
consumed in large quanities in the
cities, and to some extent on
farms. There is a large consump-
tion of ice cream, but much of the
product is made from bulk con-
densed or whole milk of low grade.
The price varies from 70 cents to
$3 a gallon, the average being
about $1.50. The city of Mem-
phis has the distinction of shipping
the largest quanity, one of the
manufacturers making as high as
$3,000 gallons daily during the
summer season. Ice cream manu-
factured in Tennessee and Georgia
is shipped as far south as Florida.
SOUTHERN MILK SUPPLY.
The supply of milk is entirely lo-
cal, none being shipped in from
distant points. The conditions un-
milk from swill-fed dairies. This
warfare has had its effect in
other cities of the state against
milk from cows fed on distillery
slops.
PROPER FEED.
In order that cows may produce
the most milk and do it economi-
cally, they must have feed suitable
in character and sufficient in quan-
ity. The common practise of buy-
ing feed is extravaeant, when all
rough feed and a t least part of the
grain can be grown. Green feed
is important, and this can be pro-
vided in the winter by a silo.
This and the added advantage of
the long pasture season are two
very valuable features which are
not being taken fully advantage
of. The Dairy Division of the
Bureau of Animal Industry will
furnish, free of charge, plans for
the construction of silos.
SUMMARY.
There is no branch of agricul-
ture that is more needed in the
South than dairying. As condi-
tions now are, more is consumed
than is produced. The country in
general is adapted to dairying,
and with better stock and improved
methods the South can supply its
own demand Southern dairymen
sa a rule do not practice the econ-
omical methods. The average cow
produces only about half what it
should. Too many of the dairies
are in the city and should be on
the iarm where better milk and
butter could be produced. The
whole situation could be improved
in the three essentials, better cows,
more home-grown feed, a better
product.
It is the desire of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture to have the
work taken up and continued by the
different States of the South so
that the Federal Goverment may
withdraw after the work is well
started, and some states have
already taken hold.
Agriculturists and dairymen,
who are interested, can secure much
valuable information from the
twenty-fourth annual Report of
the Bureau of Animal Industry, a
volume of hundred pages.
Application should be made to a
member of Congress. The portion
dealing with present dairy condi-
The Good, Honest Built, Serviceable,
Satisfactory Kind.
Sig, New, Car Load
of these Vehicles, consisting of Top Buggies, Two
in One Auto Seat Buggies, Runabouts, Phaetons,
Surreys and Hacks just received. If you are in
the market for any kind of vehicle
BUY THE BEST
Buy the Old Reliable Moon Bros, at the Big Hard-
ware and Implement Store.
HAMILTON,
Mangum, Oklahoma.
SNAPS
r-...vwl *..V- vuuutuuiio Uli- | —— o w»»wj ftvoi.iib uaujr tUIJUl-
der which the supply is secured are | tion in the South has been issued
not always favorable, and this fact
has been given very careful atten-
tion by the Dairy Division in its
work of improvement. Many
herds are kept within the thickly
settled portions of the cities where
land is expensive. This quite
naturally results in over crowded
stables with the accompanying
evils, poor light and ventilation
and contracted yards for exercise,
frequently filthy and knee deep
with mud after a rain. The feed
is usually of a character that re-
quires the least space for storage
and is influenced to some extent
by local conditions of production.
Practically all of the milk
sold is supplied by tthe producer
direct, very little being trans-
ported by rail. With the
methods ordinarily in use, climatic
conditions recessitate two deliver-
ies a day, which frequently bring
the production of the herd to the
consumer in less than five hours.
Bottles are used only to a limited
extent, and the practice of dip-
ping from the open can prevails
where the milk is not dran through
faucets.
The quality of southern milk is
generally satisfactory from the
standpoint of milk solids. Where
Jersey blood prevails in the herd,
the milk will average from 4.5 to
5 per cent of fat. When the qual-
ity is unsatisfactory from the sani-
tary standpoint this is due in the
main to lack of knowledge of pro-
per methods and to lack of clcan-1
JMtm:ailiniMhlVi '
separately in pamphlet form as
Bulletin 349, "The Dairy Industry
in the South," and can be ob-
tained on application to members
of Congress or to the Bureau of
Animal Industry, Washington, D.
Get your dinnerSaturday with
the ladies at old Dixie Store Satur-
day and help a good cause.
D. R. Dial is making the lowest
rate of interest on city loans and
giving the best optional payments
ever offered in Mangum or any
other town.
Bloomington Notes.
Miss Bessie King, of Mangum,
is visiting at Lillie Rutherford's
this week near Bloomington. The
latter gave a singing in her honor.
Miss Maggie Cowan, of Marie,
also gave a singing Sunday night,
all of the young folks seemed to
have had a good time each night.
A Peculiar Offer.
A certain piano factory has offer-
ed one of the best piano's of their
make as a prize to the dealer that
writes four of the best advertise-
ments. J. E. Watts Music Co. is
going to make an effort to get this
piano and the tour advertisements
will appear in the Sun-Monitor on
March 18-25, April 15-22.
A good dinner at the Old Dixie
stand Saturday. Served by the good
women of the Methodist church.
3 Crown Raisens, per lb,
Saturday only ... 4c
Good grade can Corn, per
can 7c
Pea Berry Coffee, 7 lbs, for
Saturday J| ,00
High Patent Flour, Satur-
day only „$| ,35
High Patent Flour, Satur-
day only -,$|.30
4 lbs High Grade Jap Rice,
- — 25c
5 lbs Broken Rice 25c
40c Garden Rake ..._ 25c
2 lbs Bulk Soda Crackers,
fresh and fine 15c
California Pitted Plums, per
tt> |0c
Hominy Grits |0c
50c pail Table Syrup, Fancy
Golden 40c
3 lbs Butter Beans 25c
4 lbs Red Kidney Beans 25c
3 lbs fancy California evap-
orated Peaches 25c
3 ioc cans Tomatoes, for 25c
Come in and see us, Our
Goods are Marked in Plain
Figures.
Willow Notes.
Farmers in this "Neck of the
Woods" are needing rain, the
ground is hard and cisterns are
getting very low and water for
stock is scarce.
Fred Mayor returned Saturday
from a visit to his claim near Logan,
N. M. He has a very sore foot
caused by a cut from a plow
point several days before he went
away.
Miss Annie Beaver visited home-
folks southeast of Granite Satur-
day and Sunday, returning to her
school here Sunday evening.
John O'Connnell went to Man-
gum Sunday. He has accepted a
position in the Mangum postoffice.
His many friends regret his depart-
ure.
Coleman Racket
Grocery.
NORTH SIDE.
Four Big Loan*.
W. H. Dickey, of Mangum, has
just closed up two $7,000 loans and
two $3,500. See him when you
want a farm loan.
Chas. Dewees of Granite was
here Sunday.
Bob Webb and his sister, Miss
Mattie, visited relatives and friends
at Delhi Saturday and Sunday.
The snow Monday night was
good on wheat and oats.
D. L. Stephenson had a telephone
box put in on his farm, now occu-
pied by Mr. Slone.
Mrs. Carrie Wilson visited her
brother, C. H. Dutcher last week.
She is now visiting hei two sons
near Delhi and will, leave the 15th
for her home at Seattle, Wash.
Charlie Wallace has purchased a
new rubber tired buggy, we are
now guessing who will be the
lucky girl.
Bill Webb still goes south Sun-
day's. We hope to see a new Post-
mistress in Willow soon.
J. F. Coble went east Sunday
afternoon, some one said he meant
business.
H. C. Webb killed several fat
hogs Monday.
We are glad to see Walter Sum-
mers Out on his rural route again.
He says he has learned how long
the nights are since he had to sit
up several nights in succession
with his new baby girl.
Don Ellcins and family visited
at J. W. Berry's Sunday.
Logan
For Fine Watch Work.
"Mean as Ever."
Rear First National Bank Oppo-
site Post Office.
TOUGH JOB
of plumbing has no terror for us.
In fact we rather like that kind.
It gives us a chance to show just
how well we can do
We have just received the pret-
tiest assortment of Ladle's Em-
broidered Shirt waist and Dress
Patterns ever shipped to Mangum.
Call and sae them at Trippet's
Cash Store.
Real Plumbing Work
It's the hard jobs that show our
knowledge of the business. So if
you have one that has proven ob-
stinate, give us a chance at it.
We've never made a failure yet.
J. D. SPENCER.
Opposite Spiegel's Bakery.
Subscribe for the Sun-
Monitor, $1.00 per year
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