Oklahoma Farmer (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 9, 1908 Page: 4 of 16
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OKLAHOMA
The Saving of the Soil.
Continued from Page One
FARMER, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 190&
rropc* admixture, i- finished bv the
decomposition of «wnic natter am
♦ "pnition of mineral matter
that proceed together. Whatever dis-
turbs either factor of the process,
whatever takes out of the soil an ex-
cessive amount of one or more of the
chemical elements upon fvhlch plant
*rowlh depends«.-ri,is in sterility \ny
agricultural methods that move in this
direction mean soil impoverishment- 1
present r. turns ilt the est of future
actK- tl,e„rxh;lusti"'1 the l ,„d ex-
actl> as the animal system is- enfee-
>.v lack of proper, nourishment.
<>ur agricultural land shave been
abused* in two principal ways; first
by s!nKie cropping, and second bv neg-
t lecting fertilization.
Two Remedies.
e two remedies are as well ascer-
tained as is the evil. Rotation of ,
crops and the use of fertilizers act ■„
tonics upon the soil. We might expend
o;r r,,.,,m..s .
f""'1 °ur -~lui by COB.
ser\ Ing BOi| resources, instead of ex-
' J th7 «« *0 have the forests
a /i the contents of the mines. Por
there is good authority for the a,sor.
the'su"' farnier C"Ui'1 ,ak" fr"">
the same area of ground in four years-
year" C'°P9 °,,,t °f a total of 3eVen
"T23 ■
to hftfta clear profit due
lo better methods.
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TEACH IT TO THE CHILDREN.
^t matters little if we make great
advances in the science of agricul-
ture unless it Is taught to the genera-
tions that are to follow. That is the
whole theory of the agricultural col-
lege. It is good, and it has been made
use of the great advantage of our pto-
ple. We have made greet advances.
We are going on and on. But if agri-
cultural development is to keep pace
with the natural and inevitable in-
crease of population in the world there
must be steady gains, and there must
be greater conservation of the re-
sources we have. Th(> other day a
keen-witted public man of Jllinois
pave expression to a thought which
might well be considered by all. He
said: "There is no country on earth
Where the hand of man has tilled the
soil long and continuously that he
l s not ruined It. And if we here in
America shall teach the world how to
use"the land without abusing it wa
will have written a new page in his
lory. We will have made ourselves a
name that will live forever, not only
as agriculturists, but in the history or
the world. Why not do it? I tell
r>u we are just playing with the busi-
n ss of farming; we have not begun
to do business y< t. we don't know
what a herlta«3 we ha"e here, it Is
the youth of the land that must make
this development. The professor is on
the right track; teach It to the chil-
dren! That is where the power of the
nation resides; the schools will make
e thing goj Sooner or later we will
get these subjects drilled into the chil-
dren of the day."
Judge J Otis Humphrey, of Spring-
field. in thus addressing a farmers' in-
finite. gave expression to thoughts
si'tv f3re t i'. PirSt 38 to the neL'es"
wh.ch at,'hin* to ,h0 c'hHdren that
we 'earn. There can be no
question about this necessity Agri
m "Z rduca,ion is ™*t
" *">*«« u to b« i
be,„«
tlient of f6 SCh°°IS and th" ^tahllsh-
sr:,^fThasri-ss;on au
to the children, that they^m, m
it and develop it. the>.'"ay use
But is Is hardly true, as Judge Hum
. ?h,ery stated. that the soil has been
Mifned wherever man hne
tilled 11 TV, haS conti UOiis|y
lined it. There are farms in Eneland
for^ instance, where continuous cult!
«fyX';andee" " hundreds
yeaus and crops are the best in the
world. They are not complaining of
exhaustion of the soils. They are not
wondering how they will be able to
secure sufficient fertilizing material
to make the soils as good as they were
in former years. It is true they pay
much attention to the application of
fertilizers, either commercial or nat-
ural, but they do much more than that
for they have a care for the soil each
and every year and all the time. They
look to the physical condition of the
soil at all times, and in fact develop
the available plant food as they go
along. That is natures way and it is
'he right way.
But whatever this may be fact is
that we must study our conditions
here m America and find out just what
s necessary to be done and then do
i, ^e,.,must make sure °f Preserving
the fertility of our lands and of mak-
ing use of the land that is now re-
garded as almost worthless. If We do
this our work shall not have been in
ma^'th £ fU'Id 18 a *mit on" md will
to h riS,ng generation devote itself
.Farmer. Scientific
The OM h ' Si°kly Chi|dren
ChTn Tnni ,n,<iard Grove s Tasteless
Chill Tonic, drives out malaria and
builds up the system. For grow.-, people
and children. 5Uc.
DROPSY ,°,ct,r^rT"v" ■" ,wri:"" « e
iuda> ; 30to60dayi rficcti pprmanmt
eure. TnalttMtment wTeniree to -u/Irrers; nothinc |„„r,
Sr,CH H >nd Lrrr mal treatment write
*"• "• "- Gf'" • Sobs, Box Atlanta, G.
ffiBrilM&ttSsl.
W« tna*iufartiire eli afoot md t1
ttjiM. It win ,
p*j you to In-1"• ,+«
for c&l*iog aud i
prlc« list.
CURRIE WIND MILL CO.,
^01 Bfrventh St., Topckn, RLanuut
flEMP FACTORY
AGAIN ACTIVE
Kemp s Tnumph" Spreader to
Be Manufactured in Waterloo
Westfield factory to Come Uudcr
Old Control in December
th®, Huntington dalry^rm
on the Black Hawk road, says the Water-
loo (Iowa) Courier, there ls being tested
out a manure spreader which appears to
Lhei , or reporter as bel S Just as far
^ aliead of any manure spreader now ' in
use, as are th* present all steel twina
binders ahead of the old wooden frame
Harvester.
This new improve,, machine „ de-
elded novelty In that the material Is
puhertze,1 and delivered at the forward
and back of the axle instead of nt rlie
rear of the machine. The advantages in
av'/J, rr,°,1,t delivery are lightness
' ' • sinfipHelty, low down construe-*
°n cut under truck, nnd for reason of
levins a covered beater the use of the
rti^'rT'. ,Win,iV ,vS'n,hrr or as a lime
distributor ls practlAbl#
Ju ,nrw ,Tach,ne th-o top Of the box
will be less than 10 Inches from the
ground as compared with M Inches In
: Th'« «• * -elded advantage over
Other machines on the market,
Although n model of strength nnd sim-
plicity the machine has valuable feature
not found in others, havln* more welcht
nnd double the number of parN TVr-
haps the very best feature Is the com-
plete control Of the apro,,'which - an be
run forward, or back, either rmptv* or
loaded. This permits of stopping th.-
apron while the b.riter remains in full
operation, if desired the operator -an
run the load back from (he I,eater ,nl
then start the machine !„ operation
thereby avoiding partial unloading of th..
machine by hand and throwing out ti,,,
material In large chunks when fh-.-t
starting up, which Is a great drawback
in other spreaders. The apron is thrown
out of gear automatically after the load
is distributed and also when it is re-
turned for filling the box. The ratchet
drive is superior in its operation and
lumplicity.
The machine is made to spread just 44
inches wide, which meets the demand for
top dressing on corn, and provides a
spreader easily handled with two horses.
There is an increased benefit of almost
100 per cent in spreading fresh manure
on growing corn, while it is the only way
a farmer renting a place for one season
can possibly realize any benefit from the
distribution o.' this valuable fertilizer.
IS KEMP'S PATENT.
^This spreader is made under patent
No. £18098, dated April17.lM8, and is-
sued to Joseph S. Kemp of Newark Val-
ley, N. Y., who is recognized everywhere
as the "Father of all manure spreaders."
In fart Mr. Kemp regards it as the tri-
umph of his life work, and there Is no
question but what he is entitled tn the
grateful thanks of the farmers of America,
for what he has done in producing a
successful mechanlca lpulverizcr and dis-
tributor ofa fertilizer that now tlmost
doubles the productive capacity of the
soil, and which formerly went to utter
waste. Emerson's epigram, "The man
Who makes two- hl.ittos of grass crow
where one grew before, is a public bene-
factor." can truly be accredited to Jo-
seph S. Kemp, and he rightfully belongs
in that galaxy of Inventors including
McCormick, Fulton, Whitney and Watt.
The new "front delivery" spreader \vt]l
be called "Kemp's Triumph" and it will
be made by the ,T. S. Kemp Manufactur-
ing Company In the factory In Westfield
addition, now occupied by the Interna-
tional Harvester Company. It was gen-
erally supposed that the j. s. KVmp Man-
ufacturing Company disposed of all pat-
ents and property to the Internationa]
Harvester Company, but it now trans-
pires that the most va uanle patents were
retained and the big manure spreader
factory In *A\ estfield only leased to the
two years ending Hecember, 19CR.
Tn conversation with one of the officers
Of the J. s. Kemp Company this morning
he stated that the Kemp Company eon-
trolled the factory, the valuable front
delivery "Kemp" patents, ad all trade
marks, etc., ever owned by the ,T. s.
Kemp Manufacturing Company 'and It
•was the Intention to make the "Kemp'*
Triumph" spreader in quantities just as
soon as the lense on the factory expires
COMBINED SPREADER AND FARM
TRUCK.
This Officer of the company also called
the attention o fthe Courier representa-
tive to the fact that the spreader wa<= a
combined spreader and farm truck and
although a standard complete spreader In
. appearance, all of the mechanism was on
the spreader frame, which could he re-
moved and the trucks used the year
round for general hauling: also, that' ,ho
spreader can he attached to the running '
gear of any wagon or farm truck so that
as a matter of fact the J. S. Kemp Man-
ufacturing Company will furnish ami-
nure Fprtanior, whlcti. on account'of
combination feature, will cost the farmer
Jus! about one-half the price he Is now
obliged to pay for the880J. .pwMr.atkus
g to pay for other spreaders of the
same capacity
1 o C, nipanj will also'make a sneclal'v
or mnniifnel erlnp a cheap and sirri|.l"
device which will enable one man to
easily remove the spdeader from th^
ru.ks and which can be utilized for
handling wagon boxes and hay racks
Men of large experience and well r|uall-
,1ii(lKot in cludlnff experts of oth *r
well-known coanneasrehg ETAOINSSSS
tn'ini re""" engaged In making
manin spreaders .declare the "Kemtfs
Iiimpii eniblned manure spreader and
fat ill truck Is certainly the ;ietne ,,r pr;.
faction in manure spreader- constructlm
and will no doubt be immediately recog-
n.zed as the leading and standard ma.
chine.
It Is the purpose of the Kemp Manu-*
factoring Company to sell the new Tri-
umph spreader direct to the dealers by
mail, this will efTeet a big saving ia
advertising and expense for traveling
salesmen, which, combined with the lo*
factory eost, will enable the dealer te
sueeessi ully meet the prices of any cata-
logue merchant or mail order factory
sellini direct to the consumer. It is this
system of buying which the dealer must
adopt In order to exist..
Of this new style machine the big
Plant hi \\ estfield addition can turn iut
50 machines per day as compare,! with
40 machines of the old type formerly
turned out in both the eactern and west-
ern plant of the Kemp company
I'he Courier Is glad to note that Wa-
terloo can depend on increased activity
at what we have always called the
Kemp" factory, when the lease to th*
International" expires in December.
FEW THIN DUPLICATES
I have been told," said the thin
woman, "that ther„ ls a woman oycr £
Brooklyn who looks just exactly like
who
me."
If there is. It is an unusual case cf
a double," said the photographer. "Thin
people \ery seldom have doubles In -or
business I meet many pairs of neo,v.
Who look alike. jn rVory case the most
extraordinary resemblances'are between
persons who are stout. Fclentifieahv ?
canot explain the likelihood of heavj
weights possessing the same chin nose
eyes and expression. Mavbe it is be'
cause tlie flesh r,-« up all angles and
outline." a,Kl dPStr°yS '"duality of
The fruit of the Karlte tree is now
tftles f u n? f"r conlra«ofaI QtT
titles foi the production of a clieae
ype of vesretablS grease, useful for the
manufacture of soap and ca dies Th,
natives of Africa hull the nut which
somewhat resembles ttm chestnut nrnh
Md boil the kernels, skimming off hi
floating grease, which has also an ali-
mentary value.
) WET MANUFACTURE ALL SIZES OC
Wind mills and towers
b-y- rSTtrwH WKf US bCPTH Of W[LL
U- - - U£f-:'~7 MO DI5TANCC MO mWT
t rtw wurf TO rtmc WATFR
- Ottawa Manurctuping Co
fl — OTTAWA. WANS-—
ALFALFA SEED
Orders booked now for the 190s
fancy quality America,, grown
s' ed for August shipment. We can alo*
Supply Turkestan Alfalfa, the ,
wonderful vitality and ?1r,nith rests tin*
quality. Sow during August and Septem
rite today for samples and price
MISSOURI Ki,ED on '
Box n. T,„
Kansas Citv
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Greer, Frank H. Oklahoma Farmer (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 9, 1908, newspaper, September 9, 1908; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc88203/m1/4/: accessed July 4, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.