The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-30

men are required to handle the pro- duct of the fields. In winter fifty men are enough to look after the 5000 head of cattle in. the corrals. to. repair the implements, to fix the fences, ana to build new improvements. In thrash CTS, binders, steam and riding blows wagons, harness, tools, implements ano equipments the Miller farm has invest ed about $50,o0o, and every year It ID necessary to buy new machines. new harness. wagons and saddles. With SO large force of workers and every modern invention to aid in the work this giant farm of Oklahoma Is able to cope even with the unforeseen va garies of the weather.
 1t is in February that the great ac- tfvity of the establishment commences to make itself apparent. The horse men of the, little army of employees then sally forth into the corrals to break and train the mules and horses that are to do their part of the work during the coming seasons. It Is one of the practices of the institution Nto sell no unbrokeri horses or mules, but in the business of breaking and train- ing draft or harness animals. the nec- essary teaming and driving of the farm is made part of the schooling of the young beasts of burden. This is 
 by the farmer or ranchman of the ear Her period, who was content to sell for a low price the horses which he had fed had not worked, animals that he had reared without ever getting Q days work out of them.
 Saving the Corn.
 The. cornfields are ready to be sown by March 1. Twenty men are assigned to each field. and the planting is com pleted within a few days. A squad Of twenty men Is then assigned to the sole work of cultivating eern, and they do nothing else but tend their own teams and cultivators, watch. and nur- ture the 1000 acres of cornfields till June IS, when the corn Is given Its last blowing. Then ,cowpeas, which have come to be known as the finest fat makers for cattle, are planted between the corn rows, so that in the autumn when the corn Is ripened and harvest ed. the cowpeas have attained their growth and form superior pasturage for the live stock of the farm. Thus double service is exacted Of the lanc, and, instead of impoverishing the soil. it has been found that the attenuation of the crops and the invasion of the cattle result in reinvigorating the earth
 
 Meanwhile the wheat has been ripen- ing. and about June 25 all hands are occupied in the work of harvesting and thrashing it. The twenty days set aside for the completion of the task of finishing" 10000 acres of wheat will seem all too few to the farmer who still clings to the old fashioned meth ods, but the forty-two binders Of the Miller farm, working simultaneously will cut and handle 500 acres in working day. The four steam thrash CTS which are used in the harvest fields of the great farm, running day and night, will often complete the whole work by the time the last shock of wheat is cut, hauled, and delivered into it's ravenous maw.
 From the first day of March till the snow flies there are no idle days on Ranch 101." No sooner is the fallow 'cornfield ready than the sewers attack it. When they have done their work they find other duties ready for them In other fields. When the corn Is up the cultivators give 1t all their days, and when the June sun has brought it to mature growth the corn tenders go into the wheat fields, where the wheat Is ready for the clattering blades of the reapers. The corn cutters follow the plowmen, who ride through the fur rows in June for the last time. and when the tai1 stalks are gathered shocked, and separated. the workers join the wheat harvesters for the final work of thrashing, sacking and hous' ing the grain.