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Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21

husband was seeking the fortune he
did all the work. Never mind how it
was done. My husband thinks there
never was such a cook, and we both
think the less said about the laundry
end of the housekeeping the better
You see my husband was one of
the many young fellows who have
gone west to seek fortune. We met
in Denver, Col. | am a southerner by
birth but we had moved to Denver
several years before Mr.. Newhouse
came here. | was reared as most
girls are, carefully and tenderly. We
were not rich, but comfortably off
Il was only 16 when | married-a
love match. We had very little capi-
tai besides our deep love for one an
other, but we were rich in youth and
hope, and we were as happy as pos
sible, living in very modest way. Ny
husband had an interest In several
mines, and the result did not please
him.
zone day he told me that his one
hdb " 80 W lllC hlil-
self and stay there watching and work
ing until he found what he was look
ing for.
We'll, you see, ! am not very strong
looking now, and ] was slighter then
and sixteen years younger than | am
to-day, but / insisted on going with
my husband, and did. The mine was
located on the crest of a Colorado
mountain. 1t was a two days ride on
burro from the last mining camp 10
the isolated peak we were bound for.
We had to carry all our provisions ami
clothing, as we'll as all the working
machinery, up the mountain, packed
on the burros' back. 1t was a rough
country, but | was as happy as bird.
| was with my husband, and | knew
we'd get on some way
I'VE lived in tiny little hut on
the mountain peak, and we were alone
in the world. The greater part o;
many weeks we two were up there
among the clouds together. Lonely?
Why, no; | never thought of being
lonely. | had all the world at my
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21

of several hundfe1 acres to be located
near New Haven. In this park the
Yale School of Forestry will plant all
varieties and determine the species
best adapted to general transplanting,
and it will also study methods of de
stroying insects that prey upon forest
trees. The new law also provides for
a forest warden in each town, who
will be expected TO care for the mu-
nicipal trees, and towns are urged to
make appropriations for the setting
out and maintenance Of trees. The law
also protects shade trees against van
dalism. Any person who places an
advertisement. on a tree is liable to a
fine of $780,. and fine of 500 is iL1-
posed on any one who wantonly liz
jures shade tree. If horse destroys
| an ornamental tree in a public place
his owner Is subject to fine of 800.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21
No Apples scab Proof.

George P. Clinton, of the Illinois
Agricultural College, in an article on
apple scab, says: There appears to
be no such thing as a scab-proof varie-
ty. Various writer's have recorded OBJ
servations showing that certain varie-
ties have been more severely injured
than others and there is no doubt that
this is the case. 1t is very likely that
such differences are due in large part
to the thinner or more easily pune
tured cuticles of the scabbier varieties.
The writer has also observed that scab
is lover of neglected orchards-or-
chards which have not been properly
sprayed, pruned, or cultivated-and
that it seems to be less abundant on
very young trees, especially where
such trees are isolated. This latter
is probably due to less favorable con-
ditions for orie. infection.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21
Cotton Seed Production.

A report recently issued from the
u. s. Census Bureau gives the pro-
duction of cotton seed in the year 1899
1900 at 4,66S,S46 tons; of this, 2,47s,-
1856 tons were manufactured, giving a
yield OF 93,925,729 gallons of oil, valued
at $21 ,39O,674. and SS4,S91 tons of oil
cake and meal, valued at Sl6,030,b ,b76.
The outturn of cotton-seed hulls from
the seed crushed was 1,169,286 tons,
valued at $3,1S9, 1854. and 57,272,0
pounds of linters. valued at S1,S01 ,231
The total value OF all products derived
from the portion of the crop crushed
was $42,411, 1886.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21
nARRrrI rMES.

An English writer says: 1t Is not
uncommon to find a few barren ewes
in the flock. Some rams leave more
than others. Just before the lambing
sason commences, any that may be
suspected OF being barren should be
picked out and tested. There are sew
eral different ways of detecting bar
rem ewes. The first thing that would
naturally strike the eye OF the shep-
herd, or an experienced flockmaster,
would be their light walk, flatness OF
sides, and lightness OF belly, as com
pared with other ewes Any dirt about
the tail Is often q sign OF barrenness.
But none OF these indications are 10
be relied upon in case Of the eve
being late lamber. II these suspect
ed ewes be drawn out and put on a
high, banky field, the barren ones will
usually be exceedingly active, and will
commence butting and skipping. A
eve in lamb rarely skips, however
much she may be entlced to join in
the fun by a barren one. This skip
ping is very sure test. A Ene day
should be selected, and there are GER
tain fields on every farm, in which
they are more likely to reveal the
secret than others. The shepherd, as
rule, knows them well. 1t often
happens that they skip when with
their own flock, but are more likely to
do so when with younger sheep
Another test is to turn the eve and
examine the udder. If barren, she
will show no signs of secreting milk
will usually have waxy matter devel'
oped in the wrinkled skin around the
udder, and the wool will generally bt
stronger in growth than that on al
in-lamb eve. II these barren ewes are
In good condition or can be got IL
good condition quickly, 1t is often ad
visable to sell them in the fleece.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21

A bulletin of the Tennessee Expert
ment station says: There is a prac-
tical application of this law of growth.
Pinching is an old practice, employed
to maintain symmetrical development
in young trees. When a shoot length
ems more rapidly than its fellows the
tree is apt to grow one-sided. By
pinchiDg out the top of such a shoot
Its progress is stopped for time. and
the other branches grow on, thus
equalizing the parts of the crown.
Oftentimes the same branch will re-
quire stopping several times before the
others overtake it. Every time q
shoot is pinched the first effect is to
cause buds Immediately below to be-
come more mature than would have
happened had the branch been unin-
jured. Pinching, then, not only per-
mits other shoots to overtake the
pinched one, but has an important In
fiuence upon the future growth of the
shoot thus stopped-the operation per-
fecting the buds below and making
them more certain to form branches
than they would otherwise 1t be-
comes important to remove or encour-
age these growth, according to their
effect in the symmetry of the crown.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21

One of the most important and
promising lines of work of the Bureau
of Forestry Is its study of economic
tree planting and its cooperation with
farmers and others in making forest
plantations. Tree planting has so vi
tai and intimate relation to the well
fare of the farmer in the treeless re-
gions that whatever assists him to
grow trees assists him also in the pro-
duction of every other crop. Forty-six
thousand one hundred and forty-fve
acres were examined for planting dur
ing the year, and planting plans were
prepared for 5,785 acres, while 14S ap-
plications for tree-planting plans have
been received. The number of appli-
cations for commercial plantations of
large size is increasing so rapidly that
the usefulness of the practical assist
ance and advice offered to the tree
planters will be limited only by the
men and money available for the work.
A series of important measurements of
the growth OF plar ted groves in the
treeless plains has teen begun in order
TO show the value Of plantations as
business investments. A careful study
has been pushed during the year Of the
encroachment Of forests on the West
ern plains in order to determine the
possibility of reclaiming portions of
non-agTicultural government land by
planting forests.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21

The twentieth century is certainly
a record breaker for wonders said
well-known business man to Phila-
delphia Times reporter a day or SO
ago. Here's Marconi. who now sends
a wireless message $500 miles across
the ocean; Santos-Dumont is sailing
gayly over the housetops of Paris, and
some other fellow whose name | cant
now recall is planning TO go across to
England under the sea. But to me ths
most wonderful OF all inventions Ia
the telephone. Think what you can do
with it. Why. last week ! put phone
in my house. The day it was connected
| took the numbers of 1t, put 81 Down
on them in a policy row and that night
collected 5000. Think Of it! You cant
beat an invention like that"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21

A liking for the business OF raising
swine is one of the first things neces-
sary to make a successful swine raiser.
1t Is of no use for man to go into
the business If he hates the hog. The
interest the man has in his swine is
soon seen in the way he cares for
them. II he really likes them and
cares for their comfort they will be
made comfortable, even at a good
deal of expense in labor to himself
Pick out our most successful swine
raisers and watch them about their
own yards. That tells the story. 1t
would be we'll If every young man
gong into the hog raising business
could serve an apprenticeship Of a
few days to the man in his neighbor-
hood that has been raising swine sue
cessfully. He might learn gentlepess
and few other things that would re-
dound to the interest Of the animals to
be brought under his care. No matter
how much beginner may know about
halancs rations, carbohydrates. pro-
teins and nutrients, he can still learn a
good deal of the applied variety OF
science from any old breeder.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21

Stag has been used in large quanti-
ties in Europe for number of years
In 1899 1850 tons of Stag are stat
ed to have been used in Europe. or
this, 895, 900 tons was used in Germany
and 10000 in France. In 1885 the use
of this material was practically con-
fined to Germany, and amounted TO
only 5000 tons. The total consump-
tion of phosphate fertilizers in Gea
many in 1899 was 1,S64,000 tons; in
France, 5000 tons-showing that
nearly half of the phosphate fertiliz-
ers used in these countries was Thorn
as Stag. Stag has not been extensively
introduced into the United States. The
larger part OF that used in this coun-
try is imported from abroad. Some
has been manufactured at Pottstown.
Pa, and put on the market under the
name of "odorless phosphate" and it
is expected that the Stag will soon be
made at Birmingham, Ala, and prob
ably elsewhere in this country in the
course OF time.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21

Approximately SS,OOO,OOO worth or
Egyptian cotton is imported into this
country every year, there being a
special demand for this cotton on ac-
count of its high quality. The Depart
ment OF Agriculture imported some
seed of this cotton several years ago,
but more recently larger quantities
were obtained and placed where the
variety seems likely to succeed. Very
encouraging results have been OBJ
tanned from the work, and this year a
bale of Egyptian cotton, grown from
imported seed in southern Georgia,
was given a thorough spinning test
in mill in Connecticut, and was pro-
nounced equal to the best imported
grades. It is believed that we can
grow this crop, but aside from this
the cottons themselves will be valu-
able in breeding forms, which in all
probability will prove better than
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21
a Social FoUorGfo
Beautiful American Woman Who ReiSns
by Right in London.

ing to give me when he made his FOR
tune.
81 recollect how he used to say, Ida,
you just mark what tell you, one OF
these days you are going TO have the
loveliest dresses any woman ever had
and diamonds and pearls and a fine
house and horses and carriages and
everything woman can wish for And
| would laugh and say, An right,
Sam but of course ! couldn't quito
see myself in the picture my husbands
fancy painted.
I'm like every other woman, | sup
pose; love pretty clothes and COM
forts, but | was happy and contented
wife on the top of that mountain, with
my husband for my one friend and
| companion.
But we had one terrible experi-
ence--we were caught up in ths
mountain in fearful snowstorm.
Our hut was entirely buried in tho
| snow and we should have perished to
a certainty if a rescung party had net
come to our relief
They had to cut a tunnel through
the snow and / was carried through
the tunnel to the open and taken down
the mountain. That one experience
makes me shudder even to recall
Mr.. Newhouse had found what he
was looking for, and very soon after
that he began to accumulate money in
large sums, and all he had pTophesied
up there on the mountain top when
used to cook his dinner in the little
cabin came true. IT is like a story,
except that cannot feel like the he
roine of anything,
Mr. Newhouse tells some very
amusing stories about my ideas Of
finance. When ! first went to Paris,
of course | wanted pretty frocks, ani
my husband left me there to attend 10
my dresses and he went over to Lon
don.
81 had lovely time ordering gowns
right and left, and as | didn't trouble
about prices | had to approximate the
amount of money should need. |
wrote Mr.. Newhouse that | feared
had been rather eXtravagant, and |
thought had spent 81 500 on dresses;
then | enumerated the things | had
ordered And my husband replied 0y
sending me a draft for $4,000, which
is of course, $4,000. He told me h'
was sure, after paying for my gowns,
| should need the remainder for Incl
dentals. He wasn't surprised, but
was, when found required it all fol
the frocks and frills | thought would
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21
Keep Up tho supply of Hulnns.

e. +. Ladd, of the North Dakota
Station, reports experiments and OBJ
servations which lead to the conclu-
sion that humus, at least in regions
of low annual rainfall, like the Da-
kotas, plays a more important role in
agriculture than has generally been
ascribed to it." 1t may safely be said
that this is generally true. Professor
Ladd's Investigations show that as
humus decreases in soils they DE
come less productive, less retentive OF
moisture, and inferior in physical
quality, while on the other hand it was
found that an increase in the percent
age of humus is accompanied not only
with an increase in percentage of
phosphoric acid extracted with the hui
mus but also with a greater produc-
tivity of the soil AS the hu-
mus increases it seems to cause por-
tions of the phosphorlc acid till then
existing in an insoluole form, to be-
come more readily available rs plant
food. The same is true as regards the
potash. lime and other soil cdNstitu-
ents." II more attention were given
to maintaining an abundant supply of
humus (partially decayed organic mat
teri in soils, they would be more pro-
ductive, require less artificial fertil'z-
ing, and respond more generously
when commercial fertilizers are used.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21

From The Farmers Review: The
thing most necessary is the plowing
of the land, as l think the cultivation
of the corn crop begins with the prop
er plowing Of the land. On my farm
we plow all land intended for corn In
the fall of the year and we plow an
average depth of six inches. We use
for this work the tricycle. or three
wheel plow, cutting a sixteen-inch tur-
row The principal reason for plow-
ing deep is to form good mulch over
the land that we may be able to retain
the moisture late in the season ana
prevent evaporation. In the spring
when the proper time arrives, we pre-
pare a good seed bed and plant our
corn, and then, in a few days, we put
the spike harrow on and harrow thor
oughly, sometimes going both ways OF
the field, as we find for the first cul-
tvation this to be not only very rapid
but very thorough. One man and four
horses will cultivate forty acres in
day. Now you OF course understand
the season has much to do with the
method of cultivation. Now, as to the
kind Of cultivator, we have used most
all kinds of corn cultivators and eX-
perimented quite a little along this
line, and we have arrived at this con-
clusion: After the narrowing we use
the six-shovel sulky cultivator for the
first and second working. | mean by
the second working the cross plowing
(and l want to say right here that we
plow corn only three times, believing
more is rather an injury than bene-
ft), and now for the third or last
plowing. We throw aside the shovels
entirely and use the surface cultivat-
or. We give as our reason for max
ing this change that with this imple-
ment we can keep out of the roots of
the corn, which is absolutely neces-
sary in this last cultivation, besides
leaving the surface Of the field almost
level, and forming a dust mulch all
over the land, which tends to check
evaporation and hold the moisture
among the roots OF the corn. Some
of my brother farmers may say we
can't afford so many kinds of plows
and to this l would say we have the
combined shovel and surface plow, this
surface attachment costing about S6
extra.
Now as to the second question as to
the failure of the corn crop in this
section, would say | am situated in
the corn belt Of Illinois and we never
have any failures. We sometimes
have short corn crop, like the pres
cnt one. The short crop Of this year
we attribute to dry weather and hot
winds, more, l think, on account OF
the hot winds than dry weather.
have been on the farm fifty years and
! never saw such a visitation of hot
winds before. This came just as the
tassel was making its appearance
young and so tender from its folds that
in many instances 1t was killed, hav-
ing, OF course, no power to pollenize
hence SO many barren stalks, and
think these causes are consequently
unavoidable.-W. s. Harold,
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21
Mrs. NeMhouae.

feet literally, and Sam and | were just
as jolly and happy up there as Two
young people could be.
II did all the housework. cooking,
washing, ironing. We didn't set an
Astoria table, but we didn't go hun
cry either. My cook stove was so near
our dining table that used to reacn
over for the dishes; they were always
hot anyway. At twilight we used to
watch the sun go down in the west
together and my husband would tell
me all the beautiful things he was go
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21

The vegetarian novelties in hats and
bonnets in London include the substl'
tuition OF the rosy red tomato and tho
flower of the French bean for tho
wing and other animal decorations
now commonly used on ladies' head
gear
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21

Andrew M. Soule says: Not long ago
gentleman visiting the university
farm, and being present when the
steers were fed. picked out what he
regarded as the three best animals in
the bunch. AS matter of fact, these
were the three most inferior animals
and had made the poorest gains of
any This gentleman was then feed
ing 100 cattle Of his own. 1t certainly
would not be surprising If man with
so little knowledge OF animal value as
indicated by exterior developments
should make a failure of cattle feed
ing.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21
rres Cul.ure In coDnoc tIcut.

A dispatch from New Haven states
that the arid and waste lands of Con-
necticut are to be reclaimed by tree
culture. This is but an effort to re.
store old conditions. The cutting
down of Connecticut forests so reduced
moisture supplies that the rivers of
the state dried up in summer and the
factories along their banks were
forced to stop for lack Of water power.
The new law provides for a state park
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21

A physician suggests. as the best
means of absolutely determining
whether a person is dead, to examine
the eyes with an ophthalmoscope. az
death, he says, can be ab-0lutely de-
termined by the condition the yeins
within the eye.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21

Kate Greenaway's memory is to be-
honored in London by a number ei
English noblemen who are collecting
funds to endow cots in children's hos
pitals in he centers OF Great Britain.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21
Especial letter.

Especial letter.
a NE of the rcigning favorites
% !. 6" !. !: 1" I !. 8 !: ; ; !: .: !. s {: !:
Z1N in London society. and
M "A woman who. it is said, has
III Bile captiNated the entire royal
WH n set. Is Mrs. Samuel New
W house, the wife of an Amer
lean who won his fortune I'm
the western part OF the
United States after struggle with ad-
verse fate lasting many years And
Mrs. NewhoCse is not ashamed to ac-
knowledge even now when she is a
petted favoTite of the most exclusive
society in London that she once did the
cooking Cor the mining camp with
which her husband had cast his lot. A
correspondent recently called upon
Mrs. Newhouse at her palatial London
home and obtained from her the story
of her life, which she gave without
hesitation.
Mrs. Newhouse does not look more
than 80, although she laughingly ac-
knOwledges that she has been on this
mundane sphere several years more
than four times eight. My life has
been an unusual one she said to the
correspondent, and | have lot for
gotten the days | spent in little hut
on the top of mountain when my
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21

The Texas penitentiary board has
decided to buy 25,OOO-acre plantation
and place all the state conyicts at
work raising sugar beets.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRl-
CULTURISTS.

some Up-to-Dats Hints About Cuitl-
walton of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures Viticulturs and
Horticulture. .
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21
samuel Nswhouse.

cost about 81 500. Mr.. Newhouse tells
that story on me TO this day"
Mrs. Newhouse is the owner of one
of the most costly strings of pearls in
the world.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-04-21

A stiff soil, owing to its great re-
tentive power, is not well suited for
irrigation.