The Meridian Sun (Meridian, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1912 Page: 1 of 12
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'•The Paper That's Different"
MERIDIAN
VOLUME I.
NUMBER 20.
MERIDIAN, OKLAHOMA, THURSDA Y, APRIL >1, 1912.
SUN
SUBSCRIPTION
$1.00 A YEAR
An Independent Local Newspaper, (Si Notes of Roycroft Farm
Profitable Farming.
Early education has its influence
upon the fanner, for success or
failure, in a striking degree. It ia
suprising how tenuciously some of
us cling to the theory and practice
of our fathers and grandfathers,
whether good or bad.
We have all noticed that some
men insist upon planting nothing
but cotton and Indian corn. Now
both of these crops are very valu-
able and we do not see how the
world could do without them. But
the point is this: Should we con-
fine our fanning to just two kinds
of crops?
Crop rotation and diversification
are two elements of agriculture
that make for success. The farmer
who plants different kinds of crops
and different crops on different
land is the farmer who makes the
moat money.
The old system of planting n large
acreag2 of cotton and just a few
acres of feed crops is ruinous in
its effect upon the individual farm-
er who follows that system, and is
equnliy ruinous to the v/hoio coun-
try in proportion, to the number of
individuals who practice such a
system.
We do not advocate the elimina-
tion of the cotton crop, but, to the
contrary, we advocate the culture
of cotton in this part of Oklahoma.
But what we do mean is this—that
every farmer should keep consider-
able stock, (as much as is at all
possible, according to the number
ef acres he hus jn pasture), and
make it his business to grow
enough feed for that stock. The
bottom Ian i here is wonderfully
adapted to alfalfa and will, quite
often, grow good corn, but we must
learn to D'at corn on the doubtful
list and not depend too much upon
it. The slope land and what is
known as the up-land is well adapt-
ed to kafir corn, milo maize, and
sorghum. Ey planting and proper-
ly cultivating a considerable por-
tion of our thinner land to these
|e«t named crops we are able to
keep lots of stock, and aay good
farmer knows that stock raising is
vaatly more profitable than raising
crops to sell.
It is veiy gratifying to know that
there is going t be more kafir corn
and maize planted this year than
ever before and we feel quite safe
in saying that the man who plants
the mo6t of this crop, provided it is
jveU wu»tWaied, and provided he
has plenty of stock to feed it to, is
the man that is going to make the
most money.
Farming is a very pleasant and
independent vocation, provided you
don't have to pay $1.85 for corn
chop and $25.00 a ton for hay,
Why not make farming profitable
as well as pleasant?
Kafir9 ideal Cattle Feed.
H. B. Johnson, one of the wealth-
iest cattle men and acknowledged
as being without a superior in the
Southwest as a cattle feeder, de-
clares kafir to be an ideal feed for
cattle and that regular feeding is
better than throwing feed into the
troughs once a day. "Cattle, like
men, prefer fresh food," says Mr.
Johnson.
The Johnson cattle took first
prize at the Fort Worth Live Stock
exhibition and were fed on a ration
of kafir the pa»t season. The daily
ration consisted of ten pounds of
ground kafir, two pounds cottonseed
meal, fifteen pounds ground cotton-
seed hulls and ona-qtmrtcr pound
of black-strap molasses. Cattle fed
103 days on this ration gained 250
pounds each, ''If the season h&d
been good three pounds could have
been put on the cattle each day,"
declared Mr. Johnson. Kafir com
is especially adapted to young cat-
tle that are on feed for beef,
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Bart Teogood
Some observations on etiquette
by the socicty editor. Answers to
anxious inquirers along the line of
personal conduct, ss published in
the Coyle Clipper.
Dear Mr. Toogood:—-I am often
vexed at people who look at my
feat. Will you tell me if it is the
proper form to keep your feet hid?
—Lucille.
Answer: My Dear Lucille: Your
question is indefinite and uncertain.
If you are n single lady and wear a
number seven shoe, it is best that
you carry a tarpaulin al- ng with
you to garage your feet when they
are not in use. If you are a mar-
ried lady ycu probably know that
the proper thing is to make your
husband's night shirt open in the
back so that dining the cold weath-
er you can warm ypyr feet more
effective y in ;im sn all of his back.
* * *
Dear Mr. Toogood:—I am often
:HORSEMEN!:t
We have received some new Horse and
Jack Cuts this week, and are now prepared
to do this cless of printing at very ri a
able prices. Call and inspect our work,
and do not securc your bills elsewhere,
until you learn of our wonderful low prices
THE MERIDIAN SUN
itttttttWHUtlHtWtT
worried about my table manners.
Will you tell me the proper manner
to convey salt from your individual
salt dish to your food?—Nora.
Answer: Dear Nora: It is nearly
always best to use your knife or
spoon, Oft-times the fire ehovel is
in no condition to be used owing to
the early training of the hired man
who has learned to chcw tobacco so
late in life that he misses the coal
hod in his expectorations.
★ * ★
Dear Mr. Toogood:—I have a dear
lady friend who has just married,
and I am anxious to know how to
send congratulations. Will you
please assist me in your society
column?—Bertha.
Answer: A great deal depends
on whom your friend married. If
she married a man with a good
deal of money, who has passed the
age of seventy, then you should
send the message by telegrf.ph, 'out
if she married a dude or an editor,
you had better mail them to her in
a letter and forget to put a stomp
on it when you drop it into the
office,
* * *
Dear Mr. Toogood:—Will you tell
mc whether I should leave my knife
and fork on my plate when I pass
it up for a second helping? I have
found your advice on etiquette so
helpful that I wish you would help
me out in the matter.---Willie.
Answer: My Der.r Willie: There
am scvend reasons why you should
net leave your knife nr.d fork on
your pluie when ycu pr e up for a
second helping, First, it takes
room, and your plj'c will net hold
nearly so much as without ti.em.
It is considered best to can -.fully
lay your knife and fork ur.der yot r
chair on the floor until your plate
returns. Of course, if }cu htve
carefully polished the m off eli ar to
the handles with your tong c, you
are justified in placing them cure
fully in your pencil pocket.
* * w
Dear Mr. Toogood:—Wlil ycu tell
me the proprr way to remove tS:e
drip from the syrup pitcher? Thia
is a matter that has embarrassed
me at different times,—George.
Answer: Perhaps it is just aa
well to use your knife. -In using
your napkin you might be embar-
rassed by having the syrup cohere
to the hair cn your neck and stick
it fast to your shirt bosom. It is
also considered improper to lick
the drip off, as there is danger of
running the ding fod on the top of
the pitcher into yohr eye.
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Hubbard, E. L. The Meridian Sun (Meridian, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1912, newspaper, April 11, 1912; Meridian, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc403030/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.