OKLAHOMA'FARMER, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1908.
HOGS, PEACHES AND PEAS.
Tho following letter on from a young
than In central Twinetmo)'. It. contain*
«o much good farm Injf senna that tlix
methods diwilbtxl may well t>0 follow '1
111 other Ml. 11 oh :
"I'.iIIht mill I plant) (I an orchard! of
r f*0 p it i lit on thin I 111 ■ 1 - • i r i.
of tho onimrd worn no rolling uh to
WmkIi hiully. •
"W" i ultlvatod In corn two years
after the Irt'i'H were Net.
"In April wc prepared the flelil uh I'
f'" Oorn, 'i rnl lie it run m I< • |> furrow
every tw« Illy fret, going twlci In eurh
furrow, Next we ilrew 11 line lit right
ll"*l' lit one end of lie' held and ulart d
•ncli row from t ti in line.
"The Irei n wen- m l IU foet apart In
tho row. Tin tree* were medium slzo
and iim soon iim they were net In tho
row* I cut tlnin hack to a stub about
u foot tall.
"Olio hoy and two null Net the 500
trees In tlii'" <l.i\ • The boy oiirrled
tho trees and handed tlnin, one nt a
time, 'to one of Hie men, who held It
111 plaeo wtatin the other Willi a broad
■Weedlnif hoe, puth'd the loose, mellow
Mil hi on tin- routs. The. man who
hold tho tree In position firmed the soil
carefully around the tree.
"This planting of trees was done
nhuut Apill 2ii. Tletween tho 5th and
loth of May tho field wag planted In
com, The rows of corn warn four feet
npart, making rour rown between each
two rows of trees There w:ih no corn
planted In the rows of trees .thus a
Kpueo of I Iglit feet was left for each
row of trees. ,
"The leeund senson wo planted tho
rorn a little farther from the row of
tree* to give them mors nlr and
sunshine.
Ily tho lime the trees reached their
•econd year'M (frowth pome or tile Minis
really touched the in« The third year
theie was no crop grown In the orchard,
but cultivation went on .hint the mime.
PllO third Bea.'Mti there were u few
pouches, iih tine specimens as you would
faro to see, ami a tine crop of buds were
net for ti e fourth year's yield of fruit
"The fourth and fifth seasons there
Wore (In,, crop* or p. (dies, hut on the
slvlli there was an en 11 re failure.
"After tlii ; we got about three crops
of fruit out of about fiv e years
\N e pinnled n part of till sorchurd to
row peas nnd a part to red clover, each
making a heavy crop
'We cut tho rlover for hay nnd
the cow |x>aa were getting prettv
ripe we turned In the fattening
w hen
well
hogs,
to feed for tho
which we had .lust begun
market,
"There m< n heavy cmp of peaches
that yenr nil over the country, and they
were so cheap thot they did not tastot
♦rood We sold them for what we could
at the orchard, for ?' cents per bushel.
"Hive Is where the hog- came In
WV noticed f it ttie hogs would eat «m
p. as for n while, then would eat the
fallen peaches.
"We shook all of the small nnd i
giv.it many of the nicer ones t., ■ „
hoes.
"I ha ye never seen hoga thtre bet-
ter ml *et fat quicker than they did on
cow pens, pea eh, s nnd a little old cam
• bout twe e.i • s per hog en eh per d iv
"We have follow ,*> this up for ve,~s
« d CM land that was verx thin when
we planted to pearhes it is now crow-
Vb - ,TV ' 00rn' toh:u'lx>- ' <">1
-The whol - amount of manure mnde
the st, ins ii,i roots of the
v plow oil under each vear
with a fine lot of
liv t i hoi:--
now ee IS \v
snpplvlng ti
t
"Plant peaches
•over ;f you won!
build tip \
fatten
peas «a,l
your hogs
red
and
•A-DAY TIPS.
of your Shot s s.picak
■
' ' r ' : K, ■ >cnc
oil Is better.
w gon s a- •.,\
and
lem
will
rP saw f*i\
WORK
Tf the ■ a,'.:
e e stiff . ,|
In sweet oil
do. but sweet
V law w'c
backache
A wd|-oil,>
nnd temper
, '' \int I"! '• high the so davs
, ' ' " ' 'he long run In sav-
| "i i n t'° Provided it is g.Md
N:1 1 '' strap on the side of
!hr : N : ' •• •« ax and nev r
le.a\ e the n\ at; house
"" ;>*h< f'< " 'he vtovc- daily
and place til, m on the , ,Jt, N ro,xv|s „r
on the manure ,'nl ami :t,
manure and a',! to the ,,vorv
wiu     —
,M«ike lip your mind that von will
rot get mad and misuse the caff v hi
ere trylnii to leach to drink, no rut
what the little fellow mav do
patient. You will think more of
cair. and sutvlv of yourael/
rnlhftr m" H'Tt 'U MP ,h0"0,'l harness
rnthot lb in t,> .pond nion * f(> ,
one, pni\i|ing v,,tl e.m mal, it go,si
tlnid
tho
fow
th«
••to But don't nm «nv risks
*o without eomethln* else rather
new
and
w >iK with an oi l
onih>r harlie
Hotter
than to
THE MULES Or MEXICO.
l'vcrybodv knows hat II nmU" re
brnln.N but the muli of i I M. xl
have sotneth ng on other mule- for i
not't of presence  >f their own, i d
a tnnn  who had /pent mum \i
In the licUr'i! n repulse M '
lean mule w ill d*  Jtist so mu, h work
and not i\  blamed bit more
The riding: mule, for Inst inc.
fully awrttv of the d -tanco, down to
a rod, ho Is wipposed and rr in.icil to
traverse' In the > f one tta\
elinff daj\ and all the sharp sticks or
Eoad« or dynamite on earth won't t
him to do a bit more than what he
knows to be the correct distance.
The Mexicans have got a peculiar way-
ItiK In connection with this character-
lutlc: of the Mexican mule. You ask a
Mexican, for Instance, how far it is by
muloback to such and Bueh a point.
Two days Journey if you are not
rushed, but three clays if you tire In
a hurry, tho Mexican will reply.
ills meaning I* that If you don't ask
more of the mule than you should'ask
of him, tho mule will bo able to make
the trip in l,vo days. But If you at-
tempt to drive tho brute he'll soldier
on you, and in consequence the journey
will take you three days.
Now fur. the prescience of which I
spoke. 1 don't know wliat else to call
II. The latest In^tanco I saw of It
was when 1 was riding through the
state of Sonora a month or two agro
on tin old gray mulo that knew every
turn and twist of tho road 1 was talc-
ing so thoroughly that i let the brldla
reins hang on his nock w<td permitted
him to go It alone.
Along toward evening: a terrific
thunder storm camo up. The air
was heavy with the fumes of sulphur
something I had heard about but
h.ffl never experienced before—and
the crashes were deafening. Tho road
was rocky and bad, and there was
only an occasional scrub pine along-
side.
J he i lo gray inule when s'orm
.reached Its height, Btoppeu Tils Jog
or a sudden nnd stood in the middle
of tho road, peacefully ehuugh. Ho
wasn't worrying .apparently, but Ms
considered that that was a pretly
good place lo stand during tho tre-
monduous electrical storm, ior it was
out in the open.
I'or myself I wanted to Kot under
the shelter of a pine tree about 100
>ards ahead of me. Hut the mule
couldn't and wouldn't seo that. Him
for the open and there ho stood.
I prodded him with tho spury, but
he merely looked around at me in a
disgusted sort of way. Then I dis-
mounted and tried to lead him. Noth-
ing doing, lie wouldn't budge.
So at length, giving It to him that
he knew more about it than t owi,
1 wrapped my poncho about my head
and stood at his head, waiting for tho
storm to pass. I hadn't stood by the
mule In that way for more than threo
. minute* before I saw a couple of
balls of tire playing around the trunk
of the pine tree Then there cuiim
a positively deaening crash, and
when 1 could see again there was that
pine tree stretched across the road,
and a good part of it in kindling
wood.
1 suppose, maybe, that old gray
mule didn't know. I give it to him
anyhow, that lie did.—Washington
I'ost.
DISCIPUNG A CAT.
The matter of punishing a cat Is very
important One must be tlrm with a pet
but always consistent. Do not punish a
Ott cue day for doing something Which
JfOU all,oved it to da the day before, need,
less to say. It will not understand whv It
is punkslwsl. Cuffing a eat Is very
wmng.
^ .en a eat Is doing wrong It can many
times he made to stop by a sharp clap
"• til ■ hand, shouting Its name at t'-e
nine tunc Sonic ,,.t.s are greatly hum;l.
•l' " "> " ! f" ■ M < ' -'-it for a few
mhinteu in s.iwo special place, elvoosi,,-.-
always the same place, as some particn-
1 ' Chair, the top of a bookcase or a
m.int olpicce. Another good method is
th, a " a ,s' r,1 Whlp pr s,ra|> nn<1 K,r|ke
the floor lvslde the eat or an obj.vt of
furniture near where the offender mav
appeii t . b... following him wherever
bo go, < nd repeating the blow
times Countr\ l.ife in America.
a few
APPLE TREE ON .BROADWAY,
, l1"'' ''' ' r. mnlning monumen-
al trees of New York stands In Ornro
i hutch \ u I, at Hrondwjij and Tenth
street. It ■ an old common country np-
P'.e lm'' '"it 11 K• « green the memory
rVm"' v'!"'';r 1!rov',"rt- I Dutchman and
Nearly 100 years aga tke iire-
vaort aces spread out where the church
Vork began to
S; etch out the city planned a straight
th. roughfatv and named It Hrondwav
I he surveyors lot as far as Tenth St'
wli.re their progivss was (topped by
the I'levoort *nto "Keep oft' my land"
Shouted ol, Bravoort In „„„ forcible
' t<, nt wi.i,.., nni,
"•k 1 C surveyors sealed the fenoe
M,:,le'o.k e,r „mn|#h Bwrt
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unnmJo hy oM 1?rovortp(.f
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1 men mv |>rty«erv-
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to
CTART your hunt right by first buying U. M.C.smoke-
^ less powder shells. Any standard smokeless powder
C. Nitro Club shells.
less powder shells
will answer if loaded in U. M.
They insure quick, sure kills with little recoil, smoke or
noise. U. M. C. Nitro Clubs won the Grand American
Handicap at Chicago. They will win in the game field.
Write for descriptive folder in colors.
THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY,
Agency, SIS Broadway, Now York City.
Bridgeport, Conn.
CARE Or
but two (1
umohtnoi \ no*
«'  omnmomornte ll
r arm machinery
toll* 1W. tlVj.l the:« .
when It Is In use. Second when it Is
not In use.
One season without shelter will dam-
ago farm machinery more than the wear
caused by it use during the season. The
action of tho weather which will cause
a rusting of the iron and steel, as w°'d
as the rotting of the wood parts, will
ecrlously Interfere with the working of
tho machine when it Is again put in use.
By this exposure certain parts are very
much weakened and tho machine be-
comes of shorter life.
When the season's work with a cer-
tain machine has been finished it should
bo thoroughly cleaned and all parts that,
are liable to rust should be carefully
wiped with oiled waste or an oiled rag.
It is a good idea to coat these parts with
either tallow or a good grade of axle
grease.
After carefully putting away the greas-
ed parts, the Implement should be stored
In a shod of some kind, rather than be
left In tho open.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Tiord Tennyson could take a penny
piece of paper, write a poem on It, and
make It worth sixty-live thousand dol-
lars. That's genius!
liockefeller can write a few lines on
a sheet of paper and make it worth ten
million dollars. That's capital!
Uncle Sam can take an ounce and a
quarter of gold and slamp upon it an
eagle and make It worth twenty dollars.
That's sovereignty!
A mechanic can take a piece of mater-
. lal worth .liv e dollars nnd make it into
Match springs worth one thousand dol-
lars. That's skill!
A merchant can take an article v. orth
seventy-five cents and sell It for a dol-
lar. That's business!
A lady can purchase a hat for a dol-
lai and fifty cents, but she prefers one
for thirty dollars. That's extravnganee!
A coke drawer can pull several tons
, of coke in a day and get several dol-
lars. That's labor!
A preacher can preach for a whole
year on ten dollars per month and 
IKvo. That—O, that means he haw a
saving wife!
SCRAP BOOK WISDOM.
To clean the silver in everv day use,
rub with a damp cloth dipped in baking
s.Hia; polish with chamois skin.—To so:'-
t, n ki 1 s! • s that have been hardened
bv getting wet, clean them thoroughly
and nib castor oil into them before tak-
ing them off -To remove the odor of
r aspiration, j lace about two tablespoon-
fuls of ammonia In a basin of warm
water, and apply to the affected fart.—
Fir clenning jewelry there is nothing
better than ammonia and water. If dull
an.l dirty, rub a little soap on a soft
brush and brush the pieces in this was',
Rinse in 1 raoowraotfwwyy fwvfw gwv, v
, ,tn 1 '"Mr water and . polish with
chamois skin.
dl um
special euro.
farm
KlrM
ADVICE.
(From "Don ,1 u.is,")
She had a good opinion of advice  
Like all who give and eke receive Its
gratis,
For which snial] thanks are still the mar-
ket price,
1'ven Whe: 1 tj, art! 1c at highest rate
To say nothing of broilers nnd other
h> products, Kansas hens make mon y
Kansas than do their sheep, wool'
;i,y'-'^um.Vu'. po,:,-
-toe. T.io hen should be tho bird of
Kansas :K. the eagle Is the bird of free-
dom. -hverybod.v's Magazine.
FRIENDSHIP. *
He who has-found a new star is the *kv
not so fortunate is one who finds
• 1' "-hoarted Mend; th, si.u-s
*
■
#ha n R1MW..S shout 1 not be dis.Mura^
. baie spaces and ScramHy patches
a
pr.s intions. s,.,i,e defect in the soil js
usually the cure, which*may he c re,i
ov*er' '(Ls i'r f '"'1 i"" !' or sodding
' * 1
Tho warm, strong hand of labor and
love covers all the best paj-ts of the
world asd represents everything divine
in human character.
J *'
The veneer of wealth may conceal the
deficiency of good birth, provided such
people preserve their self-control and
hold their temper.
The farmer represents a. peculiarly
high type of American citizenship, and
he must have the same chance to rise
and develop as other American citizens
have.—Theodore Roosevelt.
As the years come and go industries
of our country will prosper and decline
fortunes will be made and lost, even
government may change Its form, but
so long as the world stands, agriculture
will be the foundation of the national
wealth and prosperity,—Aaron Jones.
The farmer should be a specialist. This
requires preparation. Education counts
for as much as experience is the prepara-
tion for profitable farming. Two years
of special school work Is more valuable
than 20 or 2"> years of the ordinary farm
experience. Young farmers should get
both the school training and experience.
—I'rof. K. C. Davis.
A little thought will sometimes prevent
you from being discontented at not meet-
ing with the gratitude which you have
expected. If you were only to measure
your expectations of gratitude by the ex-
tent of benevolence which you have ex-
1" ndod, you would si«hlom have occasion
to call people ungrateful.—Sir Arthur
Helps.
There Is so greater favorite In all lands
nnd with all people than sweet peas.
After all, it is often the familiar Powers
that an best. I,Ike old poems that are
oyer now indeed, like all true and right
things they grow more charming with
tin years. 1'se cannot make them stale
fir frequency render them common.
The hope of the nation is In the farm
and suburban home and is the country
nnd suburban home and in the country
in tho cities that this country now needs
the service of tho tlower of its patriotic
manhood. It is In the country where the
grcrit national problem of the improve-
most of tho rural life is to be solved,
whocf more beautiful towns and village
and better roads are to be built, better
schools to be established, telephones and
trolley lines constructed, and all the In-
fluences put to work that will improve
the country, and drive away the isola-
ti n and hardships ti...; re formerly
Its drawback.—George II. Maxwell.
To get rid of cutworms many plans
are suggested One is to encircle the
stem of the plast with heavy paper or
tin. Another K to ditf two or three deep
holes by the side of the plant with a
pointed stick. The worms fall in and
then can be dug out and killed. Arse-
nitos mixed with shorts or bran and
placed about the plants are also suggest-
ed. Another plan is to mix muriate of
potash with the fertilizer.
To improve the face of nature to
make people more industrious, prosper-
ous and contented, to start a movement
tW the beautifying of villages and home,
to inou cato a lovr of flowers and of
noble landscapes—all this is more than it
is t i take a city, to hoard a mountain
of do Mans or to be cheered by a mob.
I 1- is tae sort of reform that will live.
mikes f.>r the groneral benefit of all
and the selfish advantage pj none. • •.
Tourist—'Ixiok like pretty good soil
around here. What crops do the farmers
g'l'w in this section"' Tourist—"Depends
n what?" Native—"On what sort uv '•
seed they puts In an'"the wvath, • "
much
'If a man ) v, -• w ft
M she loves irm.ihe w"l stop wa«tin*
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P s so n rer—"ITow
man, when the giant
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