State Sentinel (Stigler, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 20, 1918 Page: 3 of 8
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STATE SENTINEL, STIGLER, HASKELL COUNTY, OKLAHHOMA, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1918.
PAGE SEVEN:
FOR LEGUME
It has long been noted that the
leguminous crops, such as cow peas,
alfalfa and clover, produce greater
yields and grow more luxuriously
when associated with the nodule of
legume bacteria. If we carefully
remove a vigorous legume from the
earth, roots and all, we shall find
distributed on various portions of
the roots small, ball-like arrange-
ments.
These ball-like arrangements are
the turbercles or bacteria nodules
and vary in size and shape accord-
ing to the type of host plant. These
tubercles contain the bacteria so es-
sential to the well-being of legumes.
These bacteria first gain an entrance
into the plant root by penetrating
the thin cell wall of a root hair.
After making their way through the
tissues, multiplication of the organ-
ism proceeds rapidly, causing the
growth of the nodule for their ac-
commodation. Upon the death of
the host plant the bacteria remain-
ing in the nodules return to the
soil to wait the planting of the next
leguminous crop, when the cycle will
again be repeated.
It has been shown by numerous
investigations that these nodule bac-
teria possess the property of secur-
ing and manufacturing nitrogen
compounds from the air. These
compounds being readily diffusible,
filter through the walls of the plant
and are used by the plant in its life
building processes. In case these
desirable becteria are $ot present,
the legume grown must get its nit-
rogen from ti e soil, and the farmer
is all the poorer for having grown
the crop. Buf., if the bacteria are
present, as is indicated by a luxuri-
ant green growth and the presence
of nodules on the roots, the growing
of the legume may add as much as
100 or 200 pounds of nitrogen per
acre to the soil if it is all turned
under. In case the crop is harvest-
ed and the stubble turned under,
the nitrogen remaining in the roots
and stubble is equal to that removed
in the crop. If these bacteria are
not already present in the soil, an
effort should be made to get them
there.
1DRESHERS AND
FARMERS AGREE
Maximum of R7 Cents for Threshing
Wheat Recommended to State
Council of Defense—Bundled in
Stack 12 Cents—Headed in
Stack IS Cents—Farmers Kur-
nishinK All but Main Crew 7
Cents; Oats at Half iS-loe of
Wheat.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., June
19.— (Special.) After an all day
session in which representative farm-
ers of Oklahoma and threshermen
were about equally represented at
the hearing of threshermen called by
the Oklahoma state council of de-
fense on Saturday, June 15. It was
recommended that the state council
urge the adoption, throughout Ok-
lahoma, of the following maximum
scale of prices for the threshing of
wheat and oats: Where the thresh-
ermen furnish everlasting, 17 cents
bushel for wheat in shock; 12c
for bundled grain in stack and 13c
for headed grain in stack. Where
the farmer furnishes the crew with
the exception of the engineer, sep-
arator man, water hauler and team,
boss and oil and grease, seven cents
a bushel. These maximum figures,
however, apply only to the wheat
growing counties as a fixed rate, but
in counties where wheat is scarce the
county councils will be asked to
make such modifications as they
find necessary to meet local condi-
tions and establish fair prices to
threshermen and farmers. This
maximum will not interfere with con-
tracts already made at lower prices.
It was also recommended that the
prices for threshing oats shall be
half of those for threshing wheat.
The scale was adopted without a
dissenting vote, although in the com-
mittee meeting President John Scott
of the threshermen's state organi-
zation held out for from one to two
cents increase.
Judge Ames also pointed out that
the practice in vogue in some locali-
ties of offering bonuses to thresher-
men for quicker service constitute!
an unlawful a<*t, under the food laws.
And should be discouraged as unpat-
riotic. Should wages advance so as
TRACTORS FOR SHEEP SCAB
OKLAHOMA FARMS
Seven Car Loads to Farmers Who
Will Keep Them Busy During
Harvest Season.
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 19.—
(Special.) Seven car loads of Ford-
son tractors have been shipp-i.l Iron,
the factory to Oklahoma for distri-
bution by the various councilr, vt de-
fense. One car load went to Alva,
two to Cherokee, one to Fni.l, one
to Kingfisher, 013 to IVrry arc the
seventh to Tuls i. This is the result
of the recent survey which was
made in the wheat counties by the
councils of defense to determine how
many of these machines could be
placed for constant use buring the
season of 1918 in order that they
may be sent to this state instead of
being sent to Canada under govern-
ment contract. The disposition of
these tractors rests entirely with
the councils of defense in the re-
spective counties. In making this
survey 'the county councils did not
in any manner act as agents for the
Ford company nor did they recom-
mend the tractors but acted simply
as an intermediary in order that
those who desired to purchase them
for general use in their neighbor-
hoods might secure their shipments
ahead of government contracts which
are now being filled by the factory.
PREVENTION
CROP DOTATION.
to make these prices unprofitable it
This can be done by inocu- j wol,i(i not be unlawful for thresher-
lation of the legume seed with a j men t0 discontinue their work but
commercial culture or 'by inoculat-
ion of the soil where the crop is to
be sown. With the soil method,
from 200 to 500 pounds of soil are
taken from an old inoculated field
and spread upon an acre of the vis-
gin field. The spreading should be
bone on a cloudy day and should be
disked in immediately to prevent
sunlight from injuring the organ-
it was declared that in such an event
the state council would take further
action.
UNITED
states
potash
production
The United States at the outbreak
of the war was almost completely
dependent upon Germany for the
isms. This is perhaps the best way I po(aRh jt uged for fertilizei. and other
and perhaps the cheapest.
off,
The com-,
purposes.
mercial cultures often give good re-1 sjnce thjg g01]rce was cut
suits if the directions of the mann-
every effort has been made to in-
facturer are followed closely. Th.s, ereage the output ,n thig country.
method is more expensive than the ; whjle nQ ,arge gQUrce hag yet been
above soil method, and consists in found ,t ig encouraging to iearll that
soaking the seed in a suspension the yield from flve or six different
of the desired bacteria. The seed j S0U1Teg has increased materially.
are allowed to' dry and are then
planted.—D. R. Johnson, department
of agronomy, Oklahoma A. and M.
college, Stillwater.
LEGAL NOTICES.
ORDER TO HEAD PETITION TO
SELL REAL ESTATE BY
GUARDIAN.
STATE OF OKLAHOMA, j
| ss.
Haskell County" |
IN COUNTY COURT
In the matter of the guardianship
of Cephus Billy, an incompetent.
Crop rotation must be practiced
if the farm is to be kept up to a
high standard of fertility. Many ex-
periments have shown that continu-
ous growing of the same crop is not
good for the soil, and if followed
successively will soon reduce it to a
low state of fertility. A good rota-
tion is just as essential to the farm
as a good meal is to the farmer.
Granting then the necessity of a
good rotation, the following things
must be observed in the cropping
system:
1. Leguminous crop.
2. Cultivated crop.
3. One crop to be sold for its in-
trinsic value.
A leguminous crop is uecessary in
a rotation to keep up the nitrogen
supply in the soil. Besides the ad-
dition of plant food, it has certain
other beneficial effects, namely, an
increase of the water holding power
and the placing of the soil in a loos-
er and more friable condition.
A cultivated cropashould follow the I "J"
leguminous crop as it tends to keep ***
the soil loose and prevent accumu- •%"
lation of weeds. When in this loose i 4*
condition the previous leguminous ] .j.
crop is much more readily decayed |
and is placed in a much more avail-
able condition for plant growth.
A cash crop is necessary to fur-
nish the farmer with money for the
carrying on of his business and if! 4*
usually a crop with a high market j
value. A cultivated crop may either j .j.
be sold or it may be fed to the $ni-' ^
mals on the farm, the final disposal! .
bting left to the choice of the j
farmer. Agronomy department, Ok- j "**
lahoma A. and M. College, Stillwater. ] *5*
STATEMENT OF THE OWNER- 14*
SHIP, MAN AGEMENT, CIRCU- i *
liATION, ETC., REQUIRED BY *
THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF | *
With the rapid increase of the
sheep population in the state of
Oklahoma conies the necessity of
preventing and combating diseases
peculiar to the sheep.
One of the most contagious and
most injurious of such maladies is
sheep scab. This is caused by a
small animal parasite or mite about
1-50 of an inch long that lives in
and on the skin.
Mites may live when not on sheep
for two to three weeks as a rule, and
longer in wet than in dry weather.
Therefore a month or two will free
open pasture from infection, al-
though buildings, pens, etc., may not
be safe for a year 01° more unless
disinfected.
Scab mites irritate the skin, caus-
ing reddening, itching, pustules,
crusts and scabs in the wool, caus-
ing the sheep to scratch and rub the
wool out. Similar trouble may be
caused by sheep ticks, lice, grass
and weed seeds, thorns, alkali dust,
etc., but the skin is not as thickened
as in scab, and the cause may be
more easily seen. Sheep scab will
spread from one animal to another
very rapidly, and sheep will carry
the disease wherever they go.
The best treatment for scab con-
sists in using some external applica-
tion that will kill the parasites.
Hand dressing should only be used
where a very few sheep are afflicted,
in the winter time, or lust before
lambing. Sheep in large numbers
are best treated by dipping in a vat
or bag filled with a medicated solu-
tion. Two dippings ten to fourteen
days apart are necessary to effect a
cure. The first dipping kills the live
mites, but does not destroy the eegs.
All animals in the flock should be
dipped whether infected or not, and
at least ten days should elapse after
shearing before sheep are dipped.
The best solutions now used are
the lime and sulphur diif or the nic-
otine and sulphur dip. Detailed di-
rections for preparing these dips,
handling the flock for dipping, and
the construction of dipping vats may
be obtained in Farmers Bulletin No.
713 of the United States department
of agriculture.—Dr. E. A. Benbrook,
veterinary department, Oklahoma A.
and M. college, Stillwater.
$20,000.00 PAID FOR ONE ACRE LAND
BY A. N. LEECRAFT, CANDIDATE
FOR STATE TREASURER
The following appeared in the Oklahoma City Times
on October 2nd, 1917, as an interview with Walter W,
Witt, Assistant State Auditor:
"Leecraft said tract contained ten acres, says Witt"
STATEMENT FROM WITT.
"A. N. Leecraft, secretary of the state board of
affairs, brought the claims to me one afternoon and
was very anxious to have warrants issued im-
mediately," said Mr. Witt. "He told me that taxes
against the land were mounting up and that it would
cost $75 more in taxes if the warrants were not issued
that day.
"I dropped my other work and looked up the
appropriations on the claims. Finding the money
available, I then asked Mr. Leecraft how much land
there was in the deal. He told me about ten acres,
and I signed the warrants. If I had known at the
time that there was only one acre in the deal I would
not have signed the warrants, for on the face of it
$20,000 is a big price for an acre of ground."
J. L. Lyon, Secretary of State, and candidate for
State Treasurer, since he has been in office, has made no
mistake that cost the State one cent.
ffolitioaJ Advertisement.)
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in the State.
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Advertising rates on request.
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The 1918 Patriotic Chautauqua
in Stigler Commences June 23rd
AUGUST 24, 1012. -J-
Of State Sentinel, published | .j.
weekly at Stigler, Oklahoma, for | ^
April, 1918. j^,
STATE OF OKLAHOMA,
COUNTY OF HASKELL, SS: ! .j.
Before me, a notary public in and ^
for the State and county aforesaid,1 ,
personally appeared C. D. Milam,
It is hoped that the yield will con- that he is the editor of the State
tinue to increase from year to year,
since potash is of . extreme impor-
tance from an agricultural stand-
point.—From the department of
'entinel and that the following is,
to the best ofc his knowledge and
belief, a true statement of the ow-
nership, management etc., of the
These sources are divided into
two classes: First, mineral sour-
ces, and second, organic sources.
Some of the mineral sources are
natural brines, dust from cement
mills and dust from blast furnaces.
Some of the organic sources are
kelp, which is a seaweed, the mo-
lasses residue from distilleries, and
wood ashes.
The total output in short tons for
last year from all of these sources
was 126,570 tons, which gave avail-
able potash of 32,360 tons. The
value of this potash at the point of
shipment was nearly $14,000,000.00.
The output would probably have
been considerably greater if the var-
Now on this 12th day of June, j j0UB firms producing potash from
1918, comes Alexander Johnson as these sources had not been handi-1 who, having been duly sworn ac-
guardian of the estate of the above capped by the shortage of labor. | cording to law, deposes and says
named ward having filed herein his *"
petition for the sale of the real
estate of said ward for the reasons
in said petition stated.
IT IS ORDERED, That said peti-
tion be and is hereby set for hearing
on the 16th day of July, A. D„ 1918,
at 10 o'clock, A. M., at which time
the next of kin and all persons in-
terested in the estate of said ward
are required to appear and show
cause, if any they have, why an or-
der should not be granted for the
sale of so much of the realestate of
said ward as is necessary for the
reasons in said petition stated, and
that a copy of this order be pub-
lished for two successive weeks in
the State Sentinel, of Stigler, Okla-
homa, and posted in three public
places in Haskell county, Oklahoma,
one of which shall be at the court
house, personally served on Jonas
Jackson, and mailed to Cephus Billy,
the incompetent, at Vinita, Okla-
homa, in care Eastern Oklahoma
hospital, at least 15 days prior to the
date of iiearing said petition.
Dated this 12th day of June, 1918.
O. M. HUDSON,
County Judge
First Publication June 13, 1918.
station chemistry, Oklahoma A. and | aforesaid publication for the date
M. college, Stillwater.
BLACK FEATHERED LEGHORNS
A Snyder, Oklahoma, woman who
set a hundred supposedly purebred
English White Leghorn eggs was
(surprised to find that four chicks
hatched out with black specks.
Prof. Harry Embleton of the poul-
try department at Oklahoma A. and
M. college explains the matter as
follows:
"White birds will oftentimes
hatch chicks with black specks on
them, just as Barred Rock chicks
oftentimes are partially white. The
chick feathers and adult feathers are
often very different. Even with the
purest varities, sometimes the black
feathers will show up in the mature
birds, so I would not be concerned
about this. Strictly speaking, the
blaclc feathers should not be there,
but it is impossible td get a hun-
dred per cent perfection even with
pure bred breeds."
shown in the above caption, requir-
ed by the Act of August 24, 1912,
embodied in section 443, Postal
Laws and Regulations, printed on
the reverse of this form, to-wit:
That the names and addresses of
the publisher, editor, managing
editor and business managers are:
publisher, C. D. Milam, editor, C. D.
Milam, Managing editor, C. D. Mil-
am, business managers, C. D. Milam
Stigler, Oklahoma.
That the name of the owner is:
C. D. MILAM, Stigler Oklahoma.
That the known bondholders,
mortgage , and other security hol-
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me this 20th day of May, 1918.
JOHN ROGERS,
My commission expires July 17th,
1920.
ROBERT L. FINCH,
Who Comes to Chautauqua.
Robert L. Finch, given the title of
Captain during his experience in
France as a member of the American:
Red Cross Commission, received a
copy of The New York Herald the
other day which a friend had sent:
him. The picture had been snapped by:
a Herald photographer in Taris, un-j
known to Mr. Finch. Under the pic-
ture—which shows a French lady
walking by Mr. Finch's side—was the
description, "An American army offi-
cer assisting refugees in their flight
•from the war-stricken areas."
LIEUTENANT SHARMAN.
Lieutenant Sharman was unable to
pass the physical examination when
war broke out, so, noticing that the
quartermaster's department was in
more or less confusion in those days,
be "swiped" a uniform and crowded
on board a transport. He has an in-
teresting story of the war, gained
from actual experience, which he will
tell at Chautauqua.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, SECRETARY Mc-
ADOO, AND THE REST OF THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INSIST
ED THAT THE CHAUTAUQUA MUST GO ON, NO EFFORT WAS
SPARED TO PREPARE A PROGRAM COMBINING PATRIOTISM, HAP-
I'IXESS AND INSPIRATION. EACH IN ITS PROPER PROPORTION.
THE 1018 CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM IS THE MOST BRILLIANT
EVER PRESENTED; FEATURING MAUPIN'S BAND, BROOKS FLET-
CHER, LIEUTENANT SHARMAN, CAP I AIN FINCH AND THE DE
MARCO ENTERTAINERS.
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