Oklahoma Farmer (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 11, 1906 Page: 2 of 16
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OKLAHOMA FARMER, WEDNESDAY, «TULY 11, 1906.
I THE A. AND M. COLLEGE,
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AT STILLWATER,
Has just completed its greatest and most prosperous year. Its facili-
ties ai e g reater and its courses broader and more
valuable tlian ever before.
THE COURSES ARE AS FOLLOWS :
AGRICULTURE—Including Agronomy, Animal Husbandry
Horticulture and Dairying. '
GENERAL SCIENCE—With Specialties in Chemistry, Bot-
any or Biology.
ENniNFEBiur' x>r t • , ™ • BUSINES8—One year's course—Stenography, Typewriting
ENGINEERING -Mechanical, Electrical and Civil. ! Bookkeeping, etc.
SCIENCE AND LITERATURE—General Scientific and
Literary Course, including Domestic Economy and Music for
Women.
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The Fall Term will Begin September 11,1906. The School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy, October 16. 1906.
A. C. SCOTT, President,
Stillwater, Oklahoma
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ANY PROBLEM III GENERAL AGRICULTURE WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THIS DEPARTMENT
MISLEADING TO FARMERS.
(Mr. C. G.Hopkins, Prof, of Astronomy
lllinios Agricutural College.)
Numerous inquiries have been re-
ceived by the Illinois Experiment Sta-
tion from Farmers and others Inter-
ested in agriculture regarding the . use
of iron sulphate as a fertilizer or soil
improver. A large amount of adver-
tising has been done by persons in-
terested In the sale of iron and iron
•sulphate, and frequently copies of
such advertising pamphlets are sent
with the Inquiry.
This pamphlet entitled,"How to use
Sulphate of Iron on the farm" con-
tains some very aibsurb and mislead-
ing statements, one of which Is as fol-
lows—
"With from ten to fifteen pounds of
sulphate of iron at a cost of 15c to
30c per ton of manure you can produce
a fertilizer equal in value to that
which will cost you from $20.00 to
$25.00 per ton,"
AO a matter°of fact there Is no con-
clusive evidence that such an addi-
tion of iron sulphate to farm manure
would increase its value sufficient to
pay the cost of the Iron sulphate ap-
plied. Iron sulphate as a fertilizer or
sol improver 1b not used in practical
agriculture,and it is, extremely doubt-
full if its use would be profitable un-
der any ordinary conditions. Pract-
Casoline Engine Bargain*.
Wwiil r. . j
ically all soils contain and abundance
of iron, and, if sulphate is ever lack-
ing in the soil, it could be supplied
much more economically in the form
of calcium sulphate (gypsum or land
plaster) than as iron sulphate resem-
bles calcium sulphate, both having
power to absorbe or retain ammonia
applisd to farm manure and both hav-
ing a stimulent which affects in the
liberation of plant food from the
soil.
The Kentucky experiment Station
reports an experiment in which 60 lbs.
of iron sulphate per acre, were applied
for corn and as a result 68 bushels ot
corn per acre were produced. Where
no iron sulphate was applied, 73 bu-
shels of corn were produced.
As a matter of fact gypsum or land
"plaster, itself acts entirely as a soi|
stimulant, and as a very general rule,
the use ofeither plaster, or iron sul-
phate or other plaster substitutes as
a soil stimulents, should be avoided.
If the soil is deficient in any essential
element of plant food, it is much more
profitable in the long run to increase
the supply of the deficient plant food
element itself, whether it be nitrogen,
phosphorus or potassium, than it .is
to pay out money for soil stimulants
which force the soil to give up. more
food that it otherwise would, and ul-
timately leave the> land In a more im-
proved condition than before the stim-
ulant applied.
FARMER NOTES.
It should be the aim of every bread-
er of horses to raise well-bred and
well-trained animals.
On many farms, exposure to the
weather injures farm machinery ful-
ly as much, if not more, than use.
The off-spring of immature, unde-
veloped animals Is inferior to that of
matured and full-grown parents.
It is the steady, quiet horse that can
do the biggest day's work when the
weather is extremely hot.
The origin of many diseases may
be traced directly to the filthy quart-
ers in which the animals are kept.
Mildew in roses is caused by sud-
den changes in the atmosphere damp-
ness and cold nights. Powdered sul-
phur is a good remedy.
If the cows' are muddy or cov-
ered with other filth they should be
washed with water and then wiped dry
before beginning to milk.
quite commonly supposed that this
benefit is due to the nitrogen obtained
from the atmosphere by the clover.
The results which we have obtained
indicate that on our ordinary soil
this accumulation of nitrogen is ont the
primary factor in increasing the sub-
sequent corn yield. It is well known
that growing of clover improves the
physical properties of the soil; puts
the soil in better tilth, as we common-
ly say, so that it pulverizes and does
not run together to Lally. In many sol s
the clover also acts beneficially in in-
creasing the porosity, of the subsoil
bcause of its extension and deep root-
ing system, and thus improves the nat-
ural drainage. All of this is plainly phy -
sical improvement.
Malaria Makes Pale Sickly Children
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic,
drives out malaria and builds up the system,
bold by all dealers for 27 years. Price 5U cents.
BENEFITS OF CLOVER.
It is a common experience that clov-
er in the rotation markedly beniflts
the corn crop following. It is
Malaria Causes Loss of Appetite.
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic-
drives out malaria ami build, up the system-
bold by all dealers for 27 years. Price 50 cents.
Twelve head of dead cattle and 18 very
sick ones were found in Tom Treekle's
pasture, near Gage, Day county, last
Saturday. It is supposed that the cattle
had been poisoned.
Saphedde—"A penny for your thoughts,
A1i*s Pert." Miss Pert-"They are not
worth it. I was merely thinking of you."
—(Phialdelphla Record.
tom Prt
J. U. IACHEKT. Qmlui &
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTEIES8
CHILI, TONIC. You know what you are taking.
The formula is plainly priuted on every bottle
showing it is simply Quinine and Iron in a taste-
less form. The Quinine drives But the malaria
snd the Iron bifilcis up the system. Sold by all
dealers for 27 years. Price 50 cents.
Get All Youp Wool Is Worth,
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If you want the highest market price instead of the lowest
Ship Your Wool To Us
We will get full value for you at once, and'do-it for oue cent a
pound commission. * 11 oue cem a
Reference any bank auywhere. Write us today.
Sllbtrman Brolharc, 122,124,126,128 Michigan St., Chicago, III.
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Greer, Frank H. Oklahoma Farmer (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 11, 1906, newspaper, July 11, 1906; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc88109/m1/2/?q=central+place+railroads: accessed June 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.