The Texhoma Argus (Texhoma, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 5, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
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FEW SHEEP PAY WELL
Animals Are Most Profitable In-
vestment for Farmers.
ROADS AS CROP PRODUCERS
Government 8tudles Show How the
Agricultural Output of Country
Depends Upon It* Highways.
That an improved road will Increase
vastly the productiveness of the area
through which it runs has now been
satisfactorily demonstrated by stud-
ies conducted by the United States
department of agricultural in Vir-
ginia. Conditions in Spotsylvania
county were investigated with par-
ticular care and the results have
proved •uprising. In 1909, the coun-
ty voted HQO.OOO to improve 40 miles
of road. Two years after the com-
pletion o/ this work the railroad took
away In 12 months from Wedoricks-
burg, the county seat, 71,000 tons of
agricultural and forest products hauled
over the highways of that town.
Before the improvement of the
roads thlB total was only 49,000 tons
annually; in other words, the quantity
of the county's produce had risen
more than 45 per cent. Still more In-
teresting, however, 1b the Increase
shown in the quantity of the dairy
products. In 1909 these amounted to
114,815 pounds, in 1911 to 273,028
pounds, an increase of practically 140
per cent in two years. In the same
time shipments of wheat had increased
f>9 per cent, tobacco 31 per cent, and
lumber and other forest products 48
per cent.
In addition to this increase In quan-
tity the cost of hauling each ton of
produce was materially reduced. In
other words, the farmers not only pro-
duced more, but produces more cheap-
ly, for the cost of transportation to
market is of course an important fac-
tor In the cost of production. From
this point of view, it Is estimated that
the J100.000 spent in Improving the
road in Spotsylvania county saved the
farmers of that county $41,000 a year.
In the past two years the trafflo
studies of the federal experts show
that approximately an average of 65,.
000 tons of outgoing products were
hauled over the improved roads In
the county an average distance of
eight miles, or a total of 520,000 ton-
miles." Before the roads were im-
proved it was estimated that the aver-
age cost of hauling was 20 cents a
"ton-mile;" after the improvement this
/ell to 12 cents a "ton mile," or a sav-
ing of eight cents. A saving of eight
cents per mile on 520,000 "ton-miles"
Is $41,000 a year.
Because this saving, in cases of this
character, does not take the form of
cash put directly into the farmer's
pocket, there Is a widespread tendency
to believe that It is fictitious profit,
while as a matter of fact it Is Just
as real a source of profit as an In-
crease In the price of wheat.
In Dinwiddle county, Virginia, for
example, where peanuts are-one of
the 6taple crops, the average load for
two mules on a main road was about
a thousand pounds before the road was
Improved. After its improvement the
average load was found to be 2,000
pounds, and the time consumed in
hauling' the larger load to market was
much reduced.
Owner of Flock of Thirty-six Grade
Shropshire* Cleared $298 In Ono
Year—Animals Given No Es-
pecial Attention.
(By J. M. BELL.)
The small farmer should always
have a flock of sheep on hand, as
these animals are one of the most
profitable Investments that be can
handle.
This Is an account of the proceeds
derived from a flock of 36 grade
Shropshire ewes in one season.
This flock received no especial at-
tention, so far as feed and care were
concerned, although, of course, at
lambing time they were well looked
after. The ewes who did not take
their lambs naturally were induced to
nurse them if possible; If not, then
these neglected Jambs were raised on
the bottle, but in the entire flock of 36
lambs that were not two that had to
be raised by hand.
The owner of this flock tells me that
his 36 lambs netted him $6.50 each on
the farm; that the wool from the 36
ewes and one buck, who sheared an
average of six pounds each, netted 30
cents the pound.
This makes 36 lambs at $6.50 the
head, $234; 216 pounds of wool at 30
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THE ARGUS, TEXHOMA, OKLAHOMA
GOOD CARE OF FARM TOOLS
No Farmer Can Afford to Allow His
Implement to Rust Out—Cover
the Machinery.
Of all the people doing business, the
farmer is the most careful and eco-
nomical In the use of grease. It Is
seldom that the farmer touches grease
and yet there are few kinds of work
demanding a more frequent use of it.
The farmer is a user of more kinds
of tools than any other artificer. If
he Is not a mechanic it Is his own
fault, and his own disadvantage and
Iosb, because he handles and operates
all sorts of tools, machines and Im-
plements usual to the common me-
chanic.
POULTRY
• YKTS ■
SUITABLE FEED FOR TURKEYS
If Allowed to Run About the Farm at
They Please Birds Will Pick
Up Sufficient Food.
The less turkeys, either old or
young, are fed, the better. The breed-
ers need range, the baby turks need
raige, and. In fact, this Is almost all
that can be said about the matter. If
The farmer, above all other tool I on a farm, they need no feed only
. ' ■ .
A/ ' ' ^
handlers and tool users, works at a
disadvantage. It matters not how
careful he tries to be In the care of
his tools to keep them dry, he will
find occasion to go out in the rain,
snow or damp and use the saw, auger,
chisel or other tool, and If It Is not
carefully dried and oiled or greased It
18 very apt to rust from this exposure.
No farm tool need rust out, used
or unused. Every farm tool, Imple-
ment and machine should be oiled,
greased or preserved from dampness,
wet and rust. They should be care-
fully wiped when used and then be
ready to lay aside. Grease Is the best
application and lasts longer than most
oils. All hand tools of the edged sort
should have a dry place to be stored
in, ajid kept in this place when not
In use, and by all means carefully
cleaned, wiped and greased when put
away.
The machines of the farm—mowers,
reapers, etc., should be put in out of
the weather and oiled, greased,
cleaned off, preserved from rust and
decay. See how many machines and
tools there are on the farm that are
Intended for use next spring and sum-
mer that are now under roof and not
In the least liable to the damaging in-
fluences of rust. No farmer can af-
ford to rust out his farm equippage,
no matter how much 'He is making
in feeding cattle and hogs or raising
grain.
WAYS OF DOCTORING TREES
First Prize Shropshire.
cents the pound, $64.80; total, $298.80.
These sheep were allowed the run
of the fields that had good grazing on
them the major part of the year, and
during the winter season, when the
weather was very severe, the little
flock was given a ration of hay, but
they were never given any grain.
When the snow was on the ground
or the nights were very cold they
were put in the hay barn and Just fed
hay, a mixture of timothy, grasd and
clover.
This is a fair illustration of what
can be done with a few well bred
sheep at minimum expense, so far as
feed and attention are concerned.
Fallen Leaves and Wood Ashes Fed
to Roots to Give Natural Food—
Another Good Plan.
In one of our pastures there grew
i Immense oak tree which gave
signs of dying and so manifest were
they that we chose to remedy from
several suggested and began treating
it.
A bar of two and one-half-inch iron
tipped with a sharp steel point was
used in drilling holes in the soil at
specified distances Just under the
tree. In the holes were crowded fall-
IDEAS ON ROAD IMPROVEMENT
Speedways, Joy-Ride Trails or High-
ways for Pleasure Traffic Not
Wanted by Farmer.
|
Sanity has overtaken the advo-
cates of better rural highways. In the
old days the good road advocate
dreamed of nothing lesB than macad-
am, and his vlsionlngs ran often to
brick-paved paths and concrete coun-
try lanes. All the rural world rolled
emoothly by over trafflo ways that
would coBt anywhere from $5,000 to
$15,000 per mile. That was before
the farmer had really entered Into the
movement and before the small town
merchant, the rural banker, and the
county seat cities had begun to think
about good roads In terms of dollars
and cents. Twenty years of agitation
has brought us face to- face with the
fact that the taxpayer does not want
speedways, Joy-rider trails or roads
for pleasure traffic, says 8t. Louis Re-
public. The man on the farm wants
a good firm, well drained highway that
he ran use at any and all seasons of
the year, and he does not want to be
bankrupted or driven to the poor-
house In getting it.
CONTROL OF SOIL MOISTURE
Many Gardeners Not Doing Much to
Increase Supply of Humus—Cover
Crops Are Valuable.
Most market gardeners depend upon
the supply of soil humus and upon till-
age operations to control soil moisture.
Both factors are exceedingly import
ant. Soils which are well charged with
humus or decaying organic matter
usually contain enough moisture to
grow good crops of vegetables, pro-
vided the soil is properly tilled. A host
of growers, however, are not doing as
much as they might to increase the
hurrus supply of the soil. It is un
necessary to rely wholly upon stable
manures. Cover crops of crimson clov
er, rye, vetch, oats, etc , are usually
easy to start and their value in adding
to the humus content of the soil is
very great.
FIRE FOR TENT CATERPILLAR
Laying Pullets.
Pullets very often are slow at start-
ing to lay owing to becoming too fat.
In growing pullets there should be
more nitrogenous and less carbo-
naceous food given them.
Importance of Movement.
Of the 2,000,000 miles of public
roads In the United States only about
two hundred thousand miles have
been given a hard surface. This
shows the Importance of the good
roads movement.
Poor Highways.
Poor highways lessen the profit of
labor, Increase !he cost of living, bur
den the enterprise of the people, dul
the morality of our citizenship nu;
hold down the edi4catlonal advance
ineut of the country.
Lighted Torch Applied to Its Home
Evening* or Mornings Catches
the Worm In Quantities.
If the tent caterpillar pitches Its
home in your orchard, remember that
its flock is gathered together in the
home at night, the members going
forth by day to look for food. A torch
applied to the home evenings or early
mornings catches the worm In quan
titles. If In midsummer you find
bunch of brown worms with red
markings clustered on the trunk of
walnut or apple tree do not be alarmed
but get busy. Like the swarm of bees
they will hot hang there many hours
for they are only molting. By the
next day the old skins alone will be
left to tell the story, while the larvae
each In a bright, new coat, will be
scattered over the tree, rapidly denud
lng it of Its leaves. This is the hand
maid moth, easily kept in check by
taking advantage of its peculiar hab
its.
Good Poultry Food.
The patented poultry foods are ex
pensive, and no better than the fol
lowing, which is recommended by
high authority and which will prove
sufficient food for one day for
fowls: Barley meal, three pounds
cornmeal, six pounds; ground oats
three and one-half pounds; cottonseed
meal, one-half pound; potatoes, three
and one-half pounds; clover hay
three and one-half pounds.
Dig Out the Borers.
Peach borers are best destroyed by
tigging them out. While It is a slow
prucess, there is really no other way.
wh-t they pick up, unless the snow is
.oo deep to find scattered grain.
If the wea ler is fair when the
pouu. are hatched, they will have a
far better chance for their lives. If al-
lowed to go with tie motuer turkeys,
ssvg Wisconsin Farmer. She helps
them hun* the kind of feed they re-
quire. The uest >ots of tdikeya we
ever raised were hatched in nests ti.at
remained untouched from the Ame the
first egg was laid. There was a light
freeze, once, In the meantime, but the
turkey understands her business much
better than we do.
She had covered the eggs so care-
fully that not one was spoiled. From
22 eggs there were 21 stri g poults.
There are so many enemies to prey
on turkey eggs that the.< cannot be
safely left in this manner. If, when
the hatch comes off, the weather is un-
favorable, it is well to keep the poults
confined until they can hop over a
foot-wide board, feeding very lightly
of cottage cheese and green stuff.
When the mother takes her brood to
the pastures and fields, she goes slow
ly and rests by the way many times.
Gathers a bug here, calls the little
fellows' attention to a morsel there,
always between whiles, and they are
never stufTed. It is nature's own way;
it is In nature's own time; and at
the end of the season there will be
more surviving turkeys than if they
were coddled
TRAP NEST IS VERY SIMPLE
Hawaiian
Pineapple
Tropical Hawaii, the home of
Yellow and mellow when harvested and
placed right into the tin the day it u
picked. You can buy it sliced or crushed, ^
At Your Grocers
Libby, McNeill a Libby
Chicago
Tender Spot.
He was taking her for a ride In
his new motor car.
He seemed to be absent-minded and
dreaming.
"How time flies!" he exclaimed at
last with a deep sigh.
"When is the next installment due?"
she asked jwith a significant glance
at his car.
And the very next evening he went
out for another' ride in his car, but
with a girl who didn't know so
much.
A Distinction.
The heathen in his blindness bowed
down to wood and stone.
"For shame!" cried the children of
light, and shuddered ostentatiously.
Whereupon the heathen fell thought-
ful. "Are wood and stone so much
worse than a bit of bunting dyed in
divers colors?" he queried.
"Don't get sarcastic, now!" warned
the children of light. "We're not talk-
ing about patriotism, we're talking
about religion!"
Przemysl.
We are indebted to a Pittsburgh
contemporary, educated in a place
where the smelting of races is going
on, for the proper pronunciation of
that Galician stronghold. It is to hold
a "p" between your teeth while pro-
nouncing "zhem," and at the psycho-
logical moment hook a "p" in the
outer hook of the "z." Thus "Pzhem-
is-1." A cinch.—Syracuse Post-Stand-
ard.
His Escape.
The young man had threatened sui-
cide if she rejected him. And although
she did. he didn't.
"Why didn't he?" was asked.
• Said he'd give his heart to her."
"What's that got to do with it?"
"'Oh, he didn't have the heart to kill
himself."
Many a man who says he studies to
please extends most of his efforts on
himself.
Weight of Hen Releases 8upport and
Closes Opening—Fowl Is Released
From the Tap.
Here is the simplest kind of trav
nest imaginable. The hen alights on
the running board, a, and walks to-
ward the nest. When she approaches
the point xx her weight depresses
that end of the board and disconnects
the support b, which falls of Its own
weight. Then when she steps into
the nest, the board being heavier on
Top Prices
W&FY,.vS v "M
A Fine Shade Tree With a Decayed
Trunk Which Has Been Filled In
Order to Preserve It. A Good Way
to Save Shade Trees That Have Be
come Decayed.
en leaves and some wood ashes. The
holes remained open and occasion
ally more leaves were packed in. Be-
fore winter set in the tree presented a
rejuvenated appearance. Seemingly
all it needed was natural food.
Here is another treatment. Open
wounds are generally left to decay
right along, but we had all these and
the open cavities well cleaned and
carefully filled. Some were filled with
cement and over the hollows and
holes where water or dampness could
collect small tin caps were tacked on
An old tin gutter from the hotase
makes a protector where the breach
to be covered Is long.
Effective Insect Pest Remedy.
Fall plowing is one of the most
fective remedies known for in+vt
pests. It Is, however, more of a ]
ventlve than a cure, for the Insects
stroyed by this method are, for
most part, In a dormant or rest
stage, doing little or no damage,
getting ready for the next season's
depredations. This remedy alone is
not to be relied upon for the com
plete eradication of any Insect, but
as a supplementary method It Is valu
able.
Clean Churn Promptly.
Don't get the idea that it won't mat
ter If you don't wash the churn right
away after churning. The cleaning ol
the churn should be prompt
Easily Worked Trap Nest.
the outside and hinged at c, tips un
til the opening to the nest is closed
The hen is removed from the top ol
the nest, which is then set as shown
in the illustration, says Farm and
Home. An orange box can easily be
converted into this nest.
For Your Hogs
More pork, better pork and a better price.
Sleek, fat hogs in the pink of health and
ready for market weeks earlier. Less
feed used. Lower feeding costs. Greater
profits. Fatten your "mortgage lifters"
by using
Animal
Regulator
in the feeding and fattening ration. Feed it from the start to hogs,
cattle, horses and sheep. Keeps them robust and always ready for their
feed. Builds up sick and run-down animals. Prevents hog cholera.
Dairy cows produce more milk. Has been used in the daily ration of
millions of farm stock in the past 42 years. More used today than ever
before. Try it if you never have. Every package sold as it always has
been—on a guaranty of your perfect satisfaction or money back. Do not
get confused. Ask for Pratts and look for the name on the label.
Sold in packages, 25c, 50c, $1-00 25-lb. pails, $3.00
For clean, healthy hogs and cattle, use Pratts Dip and Disinfectant
freely as a dip or spray. Cures Ticks, Lice, Mange, Sores, Cuts and all
Skin Diseases. Only Sl.OO a gallon.
40,000 Dealert Sell Pratt* «
" PRATT FOOD COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO TORONTO
KEEP POULTRY HOUSE CLEAN
During Summer Weather Lice and
Mites Multiply Rapidly—Remove
All Litter From Floor.
The necessity of thoroughly clean
lng the poultry house at this season
of the year Is obvious to all who give
the subject much thought. During
the summer the hot weather has
qultely likely added filth and disease
germs to those which already existed
and has assisted any lice and mites
that were present to multiply their
number rapidly. To put the fowls In
winter quarters filled with vermin,
disease germs and dirt Is to 'invite
trouble before cold weather fairlyeets
in, and to kill the profit In advance.
The ceilings and wall should be
thoroughly swept down to remove all
dust, dirt and cobwebs, and all litter
should be removed from the floors and
nest material from the nest boxes.
The wooden or cement floor should be
scraped and sprinkled with lime. The
dirt floor should have at least two
inches of the surface removed, unlesi
It has been done, and fresh sand put
on earlier
The Interior of the house and all
equipments should be sprayed with
thin whitewash, forcing the liquid Into
all cracks Aid crevices. If the first
coat does not make the house look
bright and clean, put on another as
soon as the first is dry, when you will
have a building that Is clean, sweet
and healthful for the fowls.
Pullets Develop Fast.
A lot of pullets which are given all
they will eat of a variety of grain
with some meat food, will develop
faster and lay earlier and better than
those which are obliged to go hungry
occasionally.
Qonflne Birds for Roasters.
If you are raising birds for broil
era or roasters, It is well to conflnt
them because they will noi fatten ac
quickly on the range, but breeding
fowls should be allowed wide raure
CHESTER
Wa
"Nublack" and "New Rival" Loaded Shotshells
Good shooters and sure shooters are Winchester "Nublack" and "New
Rival" black powder loaded shells. They are strongly made and loaded
with only standard brands of powder, shot and wadding. Their even pat-
tern and deep penetration make them sure game getters. You will find
nothing better. Sold everywhere. Look for the Red W on the box.
They Are TJdiform, Highly Satisfactory Loads.
In Love.
"I'm certain he loves me," said the
suburban girl.
"How's that?"
"It is a four-mile walk to town. He
misses the last car about twice a
week, but he still keeps coming."
Hanford's Balsam Is good for blood
poisoning. Adv.
Marriage used to be a lottery; now
It's a game of skill.
Moat Improper.
"Miss Flibbit, the doctors say that
if a self conscious person will hold
something It will help him to over-
come that feeling."
"Perhaps the doctors are right, Mr.
Flubbins, but I cannot permit you to
overcome your self-consciousness by
holding me, so please don't attempt.
It again."
A beehive for political buzzer*
might fill a long felt want.
YOUR BLOOD
is the canal of life but it becomes ft
eewer if clogged up. All life consists of building up and tearing
down and just in the same manner that the blood carries to the
various parts of the body the food that the cells need for building
up, so it is compelled to carry away the waste material that's torn
down. These waste materials are poisonous and destroy us unless
the liver and kidneys are stimulated into refreshed and vigorous life.
DR. PIERCE'S Golden Medical Discovery
brain. This well known alterative relieves catarrh of the stomach and
headaches accompanying same, and has been successful for more than a gen-
eration as a tonic ana body-builder. It builds up the rundown system. You
need it—if you are always "patching cold"—or have catarrh of tne nose and
throat. The active medicinal principles of American-Native-roots are
extracted without alcohol and you can obtain thia
tonic in liquid or tablet form at any drug store or
aend 60 cents in 1-cent stamps for trial box of tablets.
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