The Meridian Sun (Meridian, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1912 Page: 1 of 12
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VOLUMF I.
NUMBER 31.
MERIDIAN, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, JUNE *7, 1912.
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$1.00 A Y£j
An Independent Local Newspaper,. (Si Notes cf R
oyer oft Fan
Proper Cultivation
Is a Monoy-f¥Iaker
An evenly distributed earth
mulch should be created and main-
tained over all the space between
the rows from the time the crop is
planted until the cotton begins to
Opeu, the corn is in the roastin^-
ear, aud the kaCr is in full head.
The earth mulch should be deep
enough to prevent the formation of
a hard crust under the mulch.
1 his earth mulch should be re-
stored by cultivation as soon after
each rain as the soil is dry enough■
If dry weather follows, cultivate
again in a week or ten days.
The section harrow is an ideal
tool with which to create and main-
tain an earth mulch when the
plants are small.
Small buzzard wing sweeps set
that, at far an possible, all the dirt
will all back into the furrow, are !
the Ideal plows with which to ere-
ate the desired earth mulch between '
the rows,
Long pointed shovels are apt to
cut the feeding root* and large
■weeps are apt to leave a bare strip j
in the middies,
It is not go much the kind of tool
you uie, as .t id the condition of
soli you cr«atc and raalutain that
saves the moisture and makes the
crop.
A* soon as the rain stops, the tun
and wind begin to draw the mois-
ture out of the soil, and nothing
can stop it but an evenly distribut-
ed earth mulch about three inches
deep; a little deeper in the west and
ft little shallower in the east part
of the state.
The Lord sent an abundance of
tain that soaks into the soil. It is
your job to conserve it by proper
cultivation, for the use of the crop.
Mare done your part?
If for any reason your corn, cot-
ton or kaflr has failed, plant again. j
Don't be a quitter! Don't be an j
Oklahoma quitter in a (food work, i
I
Cotton may be planted as late as I
June 10th. Squaw corn, June corn
or kaflr corn may be planted with
e*osllent chances for suocesa up to
Jul/ 1st. Milo ronlae twujr be pluut-1
ed aa late as July 15th, with fair,
phauces for a pood yield.
■Beep a record ef your work s®
you can figure the profit aud tell
your more unfortunate neighbor
how you did it, when you gather
your crops this fall.
He Seeks Damsgos
Alleging he was forcibly kicked
from the train and cursed by the
conductor, E. I!. Hendrix, a citizen
| for damages in the sum cf $1,000.
Hendrix alleges that he boarded
the train at Meridian, bound for
Shiloh, and that he was carried past
Shiloh. He demanded that he b»
carried free on to the next, towi
and be given a free pass back to
Shiloh, but that the conductor,
jJim Harrington, became angrv and
of Meridian. Logan coil nty, filed j forced him bodily from the train
suit in the district court Saturday
■ Tendrix says he Buffered a sprained
—■ 1
fj Crops For Wheat and Oats Stubble
Land Should Be Plentcd to Such Crops as Will
Make Feed—What and How to Do
f |
ankle and w.is forced to walk baj
to Shiloh.—Guthrie Star.
Them's Our S&rtfm£»f|
There has been more talk nboi
high taxes during the past yeaj
than during the live vears previoui
rbey are hiirh—higher than a catl
back, Many reasons have heel
given, first one and ther, anothei
how it should be none about ti
lower them. Some of the ideas arl
good, some unreasonable They a
tend toward economy, in schools!
It doern't pay to let wheat and
ontB stubble Up icil* from hnrvoat time
until nox! spring. Except where wheat
is to be sown next fail, all such land
should be planted to feed crop* as
ROon as the work can possibly bfl
clou" after harveBtingr the crops." The
disk harrow rhouhl follow the binder
while the wheat or oete is beinj? cut.
This will leave the surface leoae nnd
attve the moistura until tho crop can
be taken off the lend. Chinch btifrn
Br.iy R)3l;o trouble here, oupeeitilly
wheat stubble. But chinch bun* «lo!
not like cowpeaa or peanuts; ktirtr-
corn and sorghum usually withstand
their work, but they may got away
•with dwarf xnilomaieo. Where stub-
bie land ia diaketi while the crop ts
being harvested, those feed crop??
may generally be b?et planted with
n lieter. They should nevsr bo brond-
oasted or drilled thickly with ft eSiak
Srr.in drill if ^nouith tioVr. ar»> plu(?<je<l
its make the rows not Iobh than three
feet V- pari, A peek of cpwpes reed
to the acre ts enough; It la wasteful
of expensive seed to plant more, arid j
thicker plantings are likely tp bring !
lower yields, especially if the sum-
mer and fall are dry. Kafireorn
planted on wheat or oats ctnbble may
not have time to mature grain be-
fore frost, but it is bound to make
a large amount of excellent rough
feed if cut and shocked after it has
headed out and before killed b- frost.
A bushel of kafireorn Beed will plant.
6t least twenty acret. Examine kafir-
corn seed carefully before planting.
If it smells musty, !t probably has
been stored in bulk and become heated
and will not germinate well. Mllo-
mflise will have timo to mature «
crop of grain if planted before July
1st. but it will not make much fod-
der. A bufhel of seed to fifte^t*1
acres ia plenty; (he dwarf variety i.
the one to plant. ,Sorghum may b-
planted more thickly than kKflrc.-n
or mllome.iee; tv buehel of seed U-
'lvr '*creo en rich soil and to ten acre
j on poor land ia rbout rifiht. Bor-
. {(hum ehculd be cut for hay when it U
I heading out. A bushel or ilvp pecks
r,i Spanish peanuts are enough f .t r-r
acre. They zhrald be soaked l'-r
twenty-four hours before planting
and planted at once. All of these
cropa should be planted In rows, widr
enough apart conveniently to be cul
tiveted with the regular implements
It. Is a serious mistake to broadens!
or drill any of them thickly, ™pr
dally when planted on wheat or ooU
stubble. If ail of tjjn lettitl row |:i
joatr, in the cotton counties ie yin'titr•"
t.« these Ave crops, the money wit!:'
cotton brings next fall will not ncct
to bo spent for feed next winter ar-
spring. It will be better for lon<:
owners and tenant farmers, for bank-
ers and merchants, and for the whoi,-
state. It ought to make the averaa.
Oklahoma farmer sore to see th
railroads and the farmers of Kans-»r
Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri g»ttimr
most of the proceeds of the cotton
raised. They are not. responsible for
the condition which has existed dur-
ing the par,t winter, but the Okla-
homa farmer is. And if he settle
back Into the old ways, just because
there havs been abundant rains h»
Will again be furnishing markets' for
northern foodstuffs which he car
raise so cheaply and with absolute
certainty at homes,
Plant Kafir on All Upland
In Central Kansas nnd Central Ok-
lahoma, all upland usually planted to
corn should be planted to kafircorn.
It will produce o good yield of grain
every year and in average years u
iarfi:^ yi«ld. On (he uplands kftfii'corn
v!H protluce from 50 hi too p„i* cent
tttorn feed value than (torn, A umall
acreage on every bottom farm should
bo planted to kailr each yoar, to euar-
antee feed for the teams and other
li¥e stock, la dry yesre.
Kafir Varieties
Thore are three standard and well-
known varieties in the Kafir group:
Black hull Kafir, having white seeds
and black hulls; white Kafir, having
white ?.eeds and white or pnle hulls'
j>nd r«:l Kefir, having red »e«ds and
llM® her no In n very mueii
liongated head. They n|j come frc-n
southeast Africa, m which region
many other varieties are known.
< rrlctcn R. Ball, ti. 8. Department of
agriculture.
.township, county ; nd Mate, nil o|
(which ihould be carried <iut it
Washita county, Ju«t so far as ii
doegnot interfere with the edu^n
tlon of our children ;,nd ih^ pn pet
- working of nur Roverntneut, we ti
; vor it, but no further. Those whe
would rend and tear our state con.
stUutlon from beginning to oudj
with the stated idea of making the
taxe«lo*«r, are Individual* ub 88
egotiKirt and sell admiration h is
Hfotten the hotter of theii* judgment
or Who desire to hawk In t!h; light of|
publicity, even though it he a rl,
diculous pose. There is one way ia
which to lower taxes of the public
materially that is discussed very
slightly. For instance; If A owns
' property and gives it in at a fair
cash value, say 95.000. and n owD«
a Mite amount, and hoodwink* the
| assewor Into taking it In at Mm,
h*5 has shouldered A with a part of
what rightly should be his tax re=
ceipt. He has loaded bi> neij.'iibor
with his own dei>t, uuthouj-hledlv,
perhaps, but such is nevertheless'
the case. As loug as this practice
obtains, taxes will be hijyh and un-
just, as iftr as the hoaest man is
concerned. They may be only half
what they were iast year, but if A
is paying a part of Jj's property
value, they are unjust and too high,
These conditions do not exist in lhe
small town and couutiy to mch a
dugree aw they do in the larger
cities. In the recent agitation iu
Oklahoma City, which received coh*
siderable newspaper space, relative
to the amount of taxes paid by some
of that city's large property hold»
ers, it was found that men who
were worth Urg* sum*, and whwwa
home* are e|ei/eatly furnished, who
own diamonds pud automobiles, pay
'ess ta.ves than gome who work at
day labor, and are without thes«
luxuries, Cotdell Heacou.
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Hubbard, E. L. The Meridian Sun (Meridian, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1912, newspaper, June 27, 1912; Meridian, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc403032/m1/1/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.