The Meridian Sun (Meridian, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1912 Page: 3 of 12
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Experimental
Farm Notes
Actual Daily Hap-
penings on Royoroft
Experimental Farm.
Written byj. H. Hubbard, Meridian, CAla., r. r. o. One.
The Royoroft Farm.
Sinco the rain we have been busy
breaking sod where we expect to
plant some kaflr-corn and cow-
peas, and we hope by the time our
readers get this, to have some of
the seed in the ground. Our cot-
ton is looking fine and is a good
stand. The late planting is coming
up as good as the earlier planting,
and it is astonishing how fast it is
growing We noticed that our late
planting of peanuts are just begin-
ning to com« up, but our early
planting is looking fine.
The crop that is growing the fast-
est is a patch of sorghum and a
patch of pop-corn. My! you can
almost see them grow. But a few
more hot days, and the cotton will
be a close second in rapid growth,
We sowed a patch of turnips and
they came up well, but somehow
they are very few, now. I don't
know whether the dry weather
killed the young plants, or whether
the rabbits took them; however,
there are very few in the patch
now. As aoon as we get a little
time, we will plant the patch over
hgain, and follow the old poam
that is familiar to us all, "Try, try
again," ''if at first you don't suc^
peed, try, try again," and I have
found that that is qne thing thqt «
farmer has to learn and practise—
try, try again.
I We notice that there will be lots
of ac:orns on the trees this summer,
and 1 am sure our hogs will enjoy
them this fall. We figure that
there will be almost enough on the
trees in our hog pasture to fatten
our little bunch of hogs, and If so,
it will cut down on the expense bill
in fine shape.
Our potatoes, planted on sod, do
not seem to do well. They are
spindling little tops, and look sickly.
The bugs are working on them and
it looks now as if we wouldn't have I
very many potatoes, We have dis-1
covered that new ground is not
very ^ood for a truck patch, how-
ever, it will be better next year,
We will not try to raise any gar^
den next year without a rabbit-
proof fence all around It,
In our spare moments we are
making some of < ur haying tools, so
that when the grass is. right'we!
will be all ready for work, We aro
banking on a good hay crop,
Crop Report
From now on there will
be many special excursion
fares, which will offer you
the opportunity of making
that trip at the least expense.
Teil me where
you want to go
and J'll be #Ia<l ta (rivo you thn lowest
fni'oa nnU just the information you want.
A pouUI will do—address
W, S. St. G«or;«,
C«n' Paucngcr Agent, St. Louie, M«.
The r.itn who know*
always ommi via
A summary of tho crop reports,
gathered from many sources and
printed for the benefit of our
readers:
Prjvnte and publio advlops nil
point to on excellent start qf spring
wheat in the northwest, CpndlU
ions at the opening of June wens
unusually high, and since that date
intermingled rainfall and sunshine
have further helped the growth of
the young plant, Wheat traders
have given more attention to this
fact than any otlw one thing, not
forgetting the real damage of subst*
antial proportions in winter wheat
areas,
The market has held reasonably
steady, with new crop deliveries of
wheat at Chicago selling around $1.
05 p bu for Sept and $1.08 for July.
Harvest is in full swing in the
southwest and some excellent rates
of yield are reported. The shortage
in winter wheat in portions of the
Ohio valley, in Western Kan, Neb,
etc, is of course an accepted fact,
In a general way the prospect at
the close of June is far a wheat
crop not vety much different from
that of last year.
Cotton acreage is smaller ?h{i
year than last, according tr author-
itative reports, Estimates place
last year's bumper acreage at 36,-
681,00 while this year it is 33,883,'-
000, or 7,G leas, Condition of the
crop on June 7 was 76 9, aga^st
83.8 and 81.2 in 1910, Reductions
'*n acreage were marked in Gas Ala,
Ark, Okla, Miss, S C, U and Tex. |
The season has been unusually j
backward in the cotton belt. Up 1
to the end of the first week of June !
much laud in the Hooded distric ts
had not beeu planted. Large
areas wjre replanted this year be-
cause of unfavorable conditions.
Stands are spotted, bnt in the maj-
ority of localities a good stand
predominates. At New Orleans
and New York, middling upland
cotton for July delivery sells at
about 11 l-2c p lb.
It is everywhere agreed that
acreage under field corn is the
largest in history. Planting was
continued this season up to an un-
usually late date, the opening weeks
of June finding farmers in many
instance replacing plowed up oreis
of small grains with corn. So far
as that is concerned, there has been
much replanting of fields through*
out the entire belt, Corn received
n poor start and showed an uneven
stand a3 a result of unreasonable
May weather, ^
The oats market has been inclin-
ed to follow other cereals and much
of the time lacked genuine support.
Popular belief points to a crop
around 1100 million bus, practically
a record breaker, The maturing
crop is generally in exotllent cond-
ition,
The June government crop report
placed the condition of spring
wheat very high, 95,8; this comp-
ared with the 10-year average of
938: winter wheat, however, only
74.3, compared with 10-year aver*
age of 80.9, For both spring and
winter the in<Jioot«d yi«)d p aQra
is M bus, compared with 12,3 bus
last year and 14.Q a five year aver,
age. Condition qf oats 91,1, against
88,4 for IQ year average; barley 91,
Cattle prices at Chicago and
other great western market have
maintained their high imi for sev.
erul weeks. Choice beeves at
eago have been quoted close
1-2 c p lb on the hoof the
1 month or more. Packers are
ive in trying to keep prices
going higher, but the short sup]
of really prime beeves has sus]
eu quotations.
Since supplies of grass have
j ample and all knds of foraj
good supply, demand for hay
dropped off and consequently lo
j paices now rule. Choice time
at chicago is quoted at $25.50 p
prairie 23to24, rye straw 12.
The average price of hogs at
w,;:slern markets for '12
to Mar 1 was $6.35 p 100
® a 8 a y°«r «go, and i
in 1910. Annual average const
ptiun per capita for the last
year* is nearly 36 lbs, in the i
ff„rS PrSUt 34 lb8- B«ween
93 and 1897 consumption was o;
f ' lbs Recent prices at Chica
have been steady 7 1-4 to 7 3-4c|
Back in the
olden days'
\, folks went to the
herbalist for their rool
Vjcrbs and barks; Nowa-
days they take-BUS;
HERBS-1<
-Urij^tlic blood, rcgu-
latct%W and kidney
tain pcrfect
health
r/,.,,This okn
tm« remedy iJ
«d in million*]
Homes, It ia
»rid rail<Ui
-*tiv«-Atoniefw.
U»c stomach - at|
r cvircfor consti»
r.:pation-a positn
£ help in rheumatic,,
- '-•Perfect blood
L <purifier. 1
M. A. flcPMIi, Agent
We Have The Goods!l|
Take care of the pennies and
the dollars will take care of
themselves. Then save your
pennies, and dollars, too, by
buying all your goods at our
store. We have a fresh line of
Dry Goods, Shoes, Working
Clothes. Also an up-to-date
line of fresh and staple grocer-
ies. Buy from us, and make
your dollars go a long ways.
Yours for
Business
Temple
Qt Koonomy
-AYERS BROTHERS-
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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/m1/3/: accessed March 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.