OKLAHOMA FARMER, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1906.
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ANY PROBLEM IN CENERAL AGRICULTURE WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THIS DEPARTMENT
DOES MUCH WITH FIFTY ACRES
A plain farmer, named Griswold,
near West Salem, Wis., owns just fifty
acres (if good land. He makes that
little farm carry a dairy of twenty
graded Guersey cows, and they
earned him about $100 apiece In the
production of cream alone last year.
There are plenty of farmers with 300
acres of land and herds of fifty cows
that do not do as well. Mr. Griswold
invests, say, $3,000 in land—for land
is not high about West Salem—and
makes it earn more than some other-
men with six times more land ond
twice as many cows. There must be
some reason for this. What Is it? The
editor of Hoard's Dairyman says it Is
because Mr. Griswold uses four times
as much dairy Indulgence; he does
four times as much dairy thinking; he
reads four times as much on dairy
subjects. Consequently he can do just
as much business on six times less
capital in land and one-half as many
cows, nut this is not all. The expense
in hired help, in farm machinery, in
fencing, in horses to do the work, in
the fret and worry of body and soul,
in the risk against losses, in all these
things and more, is a great deal less
with the Griswoldl class of farmers.
But Mr. Griswold made a different man
of himself to start with. He is a
farmer who has made himself bigger
in comprehension than his farm. The
other class of men have been growing
smaller in comprehension and admin-
istrative judgment every year as they
added to their acres.
OAT STRAW FOR SHEEP
Scjne time ago the Michigan station
fed 2 lots of ten lambs each, both lots
were fed grain and roc,ts. Far roughage
lot 1 was fed oat straw and lot 2 clo-
ver hay and cut corn stover. The feed-
ing period was rather short, havlnga
duration cf only four weeks. From this
experiment it appears that oat straw
gave very good results, although it is
not to be considered that it was equal
to clover hay and corn stover.
Lot 1 that was fed oat straw, con-
sumed 396 pounds of roughage and 478
pounds of grain and made an average
weekly gain of 2.03 pounds per head
whereas ot 2 consumed 344 pounds of
roughage, 408 pounds of grain and made
average weekly gains of 2.83 pounds
per head. The value of oat straw in
this connection will, of course, depend
upon the value placed upon clover hay
and corn stover. The cheaper theclo-
ver hay the less the value of oat straw.
Insections where clover hay is worth
$10 per ton one feed of oat straw per
day should give economical results.
A number of sheep breeders who
have fed oat straw find it to be a very
satisfactory feed, out it should not bo
fed as exclusive roughage, but rather
fed during the middle of the day after
clover hay and grain have been fed in
the morning, to be repeated again at
night. In other words, sheep enjoy
nibbling aawy at the oat stray during
the middle of the day; it gives them a
variety of which sheep are especially
fond, and the nutrients contained in
the oat straw aid in the keeping up the
ration.
SOME FRIENDLY SUGGESTIONS.
Why is it that more farmers do not
eng.vge in the .business of raising Shet-
land or Welsh ponies? This little beast
requires less1 care than any other farm
Save your seed corn on the cob.
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Folding Saving Mich. Co., 158t>. Harrison St., Chicago, 111
hTe experts arc now figuring on a 715,-
000,000 bushel wheat crop, an increase of
8,000,000 over last year. That will help
some.
There is no necessity for buying ex-
pensive carbolic acid to be used as an
insecticide. The ordinary crude carbolic
acid is not only cheaper, but much better
Individual Farrowing House. This
is an ideal house, its advantages being;
Pigs cannot be crushed against any
side or end. The window being on a
ioof slant .admits more sunlight; (3)
Very little air space to warm above
sew; (4) Yet good height to hang a
lantern; (5) In case of sold south
open the north door and
the one in the south, which
the pigs sunlight i.rd no
(6) Easily ventilated. 1'ho
is eight feet square, rafters
feet; building about seven feet
floor to peak. Lumber bill: 150
feet drop siding; 2 pieces 2 x 4 x 16;
64 feet floor boards; one window; three
pairs cif hinges. Cost of material
about $10.00.
J. W. BACHELLER.
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than the refined for the purpose of the
farmer. It will, like kerosene, easily
emulsify with a solution of hard soap.
Don't tease a calf or colt. They will
grow, and in growing they will grow no
better, but will become dangerous. Fa-
miliarity can be shown in some other
manner.
Now that the leavoq are off and we
have time, we should not fall to hunt out
and di'stimy all insect eggs and cocoons
on bark or limbs.
".Mummied" fruit on trees ought to
be cut off and burned, else rot and fun-
gus germs wil be carried to next yeahs
crop.
Do not fill the cellar up with all the
old boxes and barrels on the farm, or let
the rotten potatoes and apples lie In the
bins. You must live over the cellar; you
must go down into it sometimes and the
air of* that kind of a cellar is bad for
health.
ft" not, pasture your timothy grass land
to closely, particularly on light soil. The
roftt bulbs of timothy are generally found
closc to the surface and if these be oaten
off too closely or much trampled by cat-
tlot the bulbs will 41c crushed and the
yield materially reduced.
NEWS OF THE FARM
. More than 1,500,000 pounds of but-c
ter was shipped from St. Paul In the
month of July.
animal, and if well bred brings from $100
to $300 at three years old.
Tennessee farmers say they will
hold their wheat for the dollar mark,
it is doubtful if they will get it this
year.
What have the boys got to show for
their very own for this summer's work?
Oct rid of your old barb wire fences
just as soon as possible. They are too
dangerous.
Alfalfa cannot live with wot feet. Select
high ground and the very best land on
the place for your alfalfa field.
Farmers in irrigated sections of the
far west cut from three to six tons of
alfalfa per acre every year, while this
large yield cannot be obtained in the
eastern states, perhaps there is no rea-
son why alfalfa, on the right kind of
soil, will not produce from three to
four tons.
It was reported that the Swift Pack-
ing Company has sent wagons all
through the northwest to pick up all
t ie eggs possible for shipment to St.
Paul and Chicago. In some counties
it is reported that an egg famine ex-
ists owing to the keen demand by the
Swift Company.
The Illinois Central Railroad is
about to operate a farmers' special
train south of the Ohio River. For
several years the railroads of the
North have run seed and soil specials
through the Middle West states, and
now farmers of the South are to have
the benefit of lectures on methods of
increasing the diversified crops of
Dixeland.
Incorporating under the state laws,
farmers in the town of Cambell, Wis,
have banded themselves together in an
organization whose purpose it is to
sell farm products direct to the big
wholesale dealers, instead of paying a
local middleman's profit. The incor-
porators are: W. J. Dawson, Frank
Hardy and E. II. Kinney.
Continued heavy rains are greatly
delaying the -rtork of the Kansas
farmers in plowing and seeding, ant's
for this reason the acreage of wheat
sown 1.lis fall in this community is al-
most certain to be smaller than any
previous year. A great deal of thresh-
ing has to be done, and much of tho
wheat is damaging in the stacks.
Malaria Causes Loss of Appetite.
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic,
drives out malaria and builds up the system-
Sold by all dealers for 27 years. Price 50 cents.
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FARM NOTES.
Going to leave the mower out in
meadow all winter? And how about that
$1S plow you left sticking in the ground
last May? Better got everything of that
kind under cover.
Utah has an experimental farm at
which farmers are taught the best
methods of irrigating, cultivating and
raising small fruits and grain.
Farmer at Oakes N. D., gets 1,550
pounds of wheat off an acre. Near
Walhalla, however, a farmer reporta
1,890 pounds of durum off the same
sized field.
How' about that note? Going to pay it
off this fall? Hope you can. It was Ben-
jamin Franklin who said, 'l.ying rides
011 debt's back." Some of us need to keep
in the saddle ourselves to keep the old
follow off. Pay off as fast as you can.
Your wife looks a little tired this fall.
Have you thought about it? Take a few
days off and visit some of the friends in
IHLOFF NURSERIES
Kstablished 1894.
Hircy Tr«s that Grew aui Fay for their Work
Lpple trees 3-1 feet.j 3, 1-2 cts. Pear  3-5
feet, 12 cts. Cherries 12 cts., Plums 8 cts.
Peaches 4 cts. Texas Umbrella 4-5 feet
8 cts., Altheas 2-3 feet lOcts., Best Con-
cord grapes $2.00 and strong Rubarb
plants $2.50 per 100; besides named trees
we grow millions of forest seedlings,
shade trees, shrubs and plants and offer
them at very low prices; write for des-
criptive catalogue today; we pay freight
on all orders of $10.00 and more and
guaranty safe delivery
IHLQFF & SON. Okeene- Okla-
Henry Coffman, of Randolph, Iowa,
on his place has taken off 1,200 pounds
r,f honey this summer and will have
about 1,800 pounds more. He sells it
fill at 10 cents per pound the year
around.
tho next county—and don't forget to visit
a lot with your wife. She will appreciate
it and come back home with the roses
in her cheeks again.
I he harness looks like sixty, somehow,
When did you clean it? Take some rainy
day and get at that. You will feel a great
deal better about it than you do now.
I am sure. Every farmer ought to have
an honest pride about his appearance, not
only away from home, but when about
Ills work from day to day.
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTEI.ES8
CHILI-. TONIC. You know what you are taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle]
showing it is sitnply Quinine and Iron in a taste-
less form. The Quinine drives out the malaria
and the Iron builds up the system. Sold by all
dealers for 27 years. Price 50 cents.
HEARD ABOUT THE CROPS.
The blight has destroyed many fields
of potatoes on Long Island, but the crop
has not been seriously damaged.
There will be a large acreage of second
crop Irish potatoes in Tennessee. It Is
claimed that this second crop makes a
superior seed potato and always com-
mands good prices.
The citrus fruit crop of southern Cali-
fornia will net the growers more than
twenty million dollars after the railroad
charges are paid. It is asserted that the
net returns to the growers are about $2
per box, exclusive of freight. Out of
this they pay for packing and other
charges, amounting to about 35 cents
a box.
I he Delaware peach crop Is estimated
bj Isaac W. Mills, the veteran whose esti-
mates have been accepted for the last
lifiy years, to be 200 per cent greater
than that of last year. He is employed
by the railroads to estimate the crop In
order that they may provide cars to move
It. lie says the crop this year will be
500,000 baskets, and the pear crop 499,-
000 baskets. The great increase in tho
peach yield is attributed largely to the
fact that spraying trees has prevented
disease.
Malaria Awakes Pale Sickly Children.
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic
drives out malaria and builds up the system
Sold by all dealers for 27 years. Price 50 cents!
Thousands of men taken into the north-
west by the railroads to help harvest the
crops Jumped their jobs as soon as they
saw the first wheat field, xnere has been
an unusual demand for railroad and
bridge building this year and the farm- '
or.s have had a hard time to save their
crops. The one dismal -note In the har-
.vost song comes from the Pacific coast,
where it is said the wheat crop will be
far below the first estimates. a cold
snap soon after seeding last fall froze
the win at (ti many places, and about the
middle of July hot weather'set in and did
immense damage to the crops. Iti°some
sections the mercury reached 115 degrees.
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