Thursday, November 25, 1909.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
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Increasing Interest shown in Live Stock-Why Good Premiums
Should Be Offered for Field Crop Exhibits Increasing Use
of Labor-Saving Machinery.
m
HE STATE FAIR of South
Carolina has come and gone.
, The attendance was all that
could be desired, and judging from
the former size of the live stock ex
hibit, the people of this State are
awakening to the importance of this
industry. But while there were some
very fine specimens of live stock,
there were too many of the other
kind. The importance of taking care
of stock was very strongly illustrated
also. Some animals brought into the
show ring showed as careful and as
intelligent grooming as could possi
bly have, been given. Others showed
a woeful lack of such handling.
Xo in. in can expect to neglect an ani
mal for most of the year and then
make a prize-winner of it with a few
days' attention.
Our breeders must remember that
there were three distinct factors that
entered into the perfection of their
breed, i. e. breeding, feeding and
care. These three factors have pro
duced an artificial strain.. By "arti
ficial" we mean a strain of animals
that possess qualities it was never
intended by nature should be theirs.
If we wish to continue to increase
these qualities, we must at least
keep up all the conditions that made
this possible. It requires sand and
lime and brick to erect a brick wall
and we had as well expect success
with the omission of any of these as
to leave out one of the conditions
that made these fine breeds. If this
lesson is carried home by some of
the breeders who exhibited at this
fair, then the" fair will indeed have
been a success.
Another department that was well
worth studying was the agricultural
implement display. To many a farm
er of this State, the exhibit of labor
saving implements would be well
worth the expense of attending the
fair if he studied this, exhibit and
took the lesson home. There are
two distinct ways of increasing the
income upon the farm. One is by
forcing up the price for which the
products are sold. Much can be done
along this line by judicious and in
telligent marketing, but after all is
said and done, the prime factor in
this is supply and demand one over
which the producer can exercise, only
a limited control. The other way to
increase profits is to cut down the
cost of production. Much can be
done along this line by the individual
producer. In doing this labor-saying
implements can play no small part.
Too long, have the farmers of the
South neglected to use one of their
greatest assets. When we depend
upon brute strength for the produc
tion of our crops we put ourselves
upon an equality with the beast, of
burden. When we do this we are
handicapped at the very beginning.
This thought is prompted by the
objection so often advanced against
the use of improved tools on the
farm -that the negro cannot use
them. Few negroes alone can make
a success of improved implements,
but when directed by white in
telligence many of them can run
these implements to the advantage
of themselves and of the brain that
directs them.
The field crop exhibit was as much
behind as the others were ahead of
former exhibits. The superintendent
of this exhibit told the writer that
the trouble was that his premiums
had been cut down. This was, to say
the least, most unfortunate. Many
seem to have an idea that it takes
very little trouble and expense to
make a good field exhibit and conse
quently that premiums for this can
be small. While, of course, it does
not require as much of an outlay of
cash as to exhibit a fine animal, yet
it is a question in my mind if not
quite as much outlay of time and
thought is not necessary to make
a good farm display. It takes con
siderable time and forethought to do
this properly, and one.should at least
have a chance to win enough in pre
miums to partly compensate him
therefor. Another point that is
sometimes lost sight of, is that, ex
cept in rare instances, the field crop
exhibitor reaps a very small reward
from the advertising feature of his
exhibit, while the breeders of stock
consider this advertisement their
chief asset.
There was one feature of this ex
hibit particularly noticeable. The
i exhibit of corn was fairly large as
compared with other products, but
far from good in the sense that there
were many distinct varieties. , It
showed the necessity of the agitation
now going on In this State by the
organization of corn clubs. Our peo
ple must learn to grow pedicrd
seed just as they are raisins pedi
greed stock. It is true that th ear
that scores the highest is not the
greatest' desideratum. It is yield of
corn we want. But if that ear has
been properly bred, the crop from it
is much more apt to give the big
corn yield than is seed from a scrub
ear. D. N. BARROW.
The Southern States are now har
vest fields for paint dealers. The
prosperity on the farms is causing
farm houses to be painted as never
before and the paint manufacturers
are working the prosperous sections
of the South as never before. A local
dealer who buys for his house says
he Is getting shy of drummers, think
ing every new one has a paint prop
osition. Out on the highways paint
is everywhere in evidence. The farm
homes are being painted, many of
them for the first time, and this
seems to be true of all Southern
sections. Concord (N. C. ) Tribune.
One of the doctors has stated that
if pellagra comes from corn at all,
It is only Western corn that harbors
the disease. There is no special ob
jection to this doctrine. Yorkville
Enquirer.
PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE OF 1909 CROPS.
The Bureau of Statistics of the United States Department of Agri
culture has made preliminary estimates of the production of most of
the Important crops of the United States, a summary of which, with com
parisons is as follows:
1909. 1908. 5-Year Av'ge.
Crop. Preliminary 1903-1907.
Corn, bu... ........ 2,767,316,000 2,668,651,000 2,285,877,000
Wheat, bu.. ......... ... 724,768,000 664,602,000 650,510,000
Oats, bu.. ........... .. 983,618,000 807,156,000 870,251,000
Rye, bu.. ........... .. 31,006,000 31,851,000 30,006,000
Potatoes, bu.. ........ . . 367,473,000 278,985,000 289,400,000
Hay, tons. .... . . . . . 64,166,000 70,798,000 60,671,000
Tobacco lbs . ......... . 895,185,000 718,061,000 698,004,000
Floats on Manure.
Would you advise using un
treated phosphate rock - or
"floats" on stable manure? We
get this manure in car lots from
the city. What Is the best
way to handle this stable ma
nure? W. J. Q.
(Answer by Prof. W. F. Massey.)
Untreated ; phosphate rock finely
pulverized is a good article to mix
with stable manure. Acid phosphate
will have a better effect, as it will
tend more to retain the ammonia.
But at half the price of the acid
phosphate I would use the floats at
rate of 100 pounds, to a ton of
manure.
In getting manure from the city, I
would sprinkle every layer of ten
inches well with acid phosphate and
would make the heaps broad and
flat, and not over four feet high,
driving over it and tramping It down
as tight as possible. Then if the
manure begins to heat, turn it and
re-pile in the same broad, flat heaps
and pack down.
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03 PUBLIC SALE OF
OKLAHOMA SCHOOL LANDS.
Notice is hereby eiven that the Commis
sioners of the Land Office of the State of
Oklahoma, under and by virtue of the au- '
thority vested in them by the laws of said
state, will offer for sale and sell at public
auction 57340.61 acres of Common School
indemnity Lands belonging to said state
and situate in the County of Lincoln and
all improvements thereon situate and
which have been appraised. Said sale to
begin on the 15th day of December, A. D.,
1909, and to continue up to and including
the 7th day of January, 1910,; Sundays and
legal nouaays excluded.
csaia saie wui ue neia at the door or the
Court House wherein the County Court of
Oklahoma.
Said 57340.61 acres of land are divided
into 361 tracts and each tract with the im
provement thereon, will be offered for sale
and sold separately. No person shall be
permitted to purchase more than one quarter-section
of land and all sales of said
land shall be made according to the pro
visions of Article 2, of Chapter 28 of the
Session Laws of Oklahoma for the year
1909 and the rules and regulations adopted
by the Commissioners of the Land Office
of said state, and all bidders on said lands,
and purchasers of said lands are to be
governed and bound thereby.
The terms and conditions of the sale of
said lands and improvements are as fol
lows: No bid can be made for the improvements
upon any tract of land to be sold, but the
improvements on any tract shall be pur- '
chased and paid, for by the successful bid
der for the land. On each tract of land
for which some person has a valid ' lease,
such person as the lessee thereof, has the
preference right to purchase such tract at
the highest bid received therefor, or in
the event no bid is received for such tract,
such lessee shall have the right to pur
chase the same at the appraised value
tnereor. juacn tract or land shall be sold
at public auction to the highest and best
bidder and such bidder upon the accept
ance of his bid, is required to pay to the
Commissioners of" the Land Office, or their
authorized Asrent. for the use and benefit
of the lessee of said tract, the appraised
value of the improvements thereon as
shown by the official appraisement thereof,
and in addition to the payment of the
appraised value of the improvements, the
successful bidder shall, upon the accept
ance of his bid, be required to pay to the
Commissioners of the Land Office, or their
authorized agent an amount equal to 5 per
cent of his bid upon the tract of land, but
in no event shall said amount be less than
$50.00 and in no event will any bid for any
tract of land be considered or accepted for
less than the appraised Value thereof, pro
vided, however, in the event that the lessee
of any tract offered for sale and upon
which a bid has been offered and received,
desires to and does then and there exercise
his preference right to purchase-said land
at the highest bid, he shall have the law
ful right so to do and if he so elects, the
sale of such tract shall be made to him.
The remainder of the purchase price to
wit : 95 per cent shall be paid in forty
equal annual payments with interest there
on, at the rate of 5 per cent per annum,
provided, however, the purchaser of any
tract is given the privilege at any interest
payment after expiration of five years, to
pay any or all deferred payments, both
principal and Interest.
Before any person other than the lessee
thereof, shall be qualified to bid upon any
tract of said land, he shall deposit with
the Commissioners of the Land Office or
their authorized agent, an amount equal to
10 per cent of the appraised value of the
lessee's Improvements as shown by the of
ficial appraisement thereof and when such
deposit is made and the person depositing
the same for the purpose of qualifying
himself to bid upon a particular tract, and
he is unsuccessful in his bid for said tract.
such deposit if desired by the unsuccessful
bidder will be retained and he will be
qualified to bid on any tract offered for
sale thereafter until he withdraws Such
deposit.
A full and complete description of each
tract of said land can be had upon appli
cation to said Commissioners of the Land
Office and upon request, a pamphlet con
taining a complete list of said lands by
section, township and range, together with
a brief description of each tract thereof
with the improvements thereon and setting
out the appraisement of the land and the
improvements, together with a map of
said county and an abstract of the laws
authorizing the sale of said lands and the
rules and regulations adopted by the Com
missioners of the Land Office will be
furnished free of cost to any person.
Address all communications to the Com
missioners of the Land Office of the State
of Oklahoma, or John N. Sheplar, Supt. of
Sales, Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Witness our hands In the City of Guthrie,
in said State, on this 11th day of Novem
ber, 1909.
C. N. HASKELL,
Governor.
BILL CROSS,
Secretary of State
M. B. TRAPP,
State Auditor.
B. D. CAMERON,
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
J P. CONNORS.
President Board of Agriculture.
Composing Commissioners of Land Office
of the State of Oklahoma.
Attest:
ED. O. CASSIDT,
: Secretary.
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