The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-09-03
miLLEas' BIG RANCH.
A Farm that Knocks out all compe-
tition.

| day. Il IS always of interest to talk
TO him and hear something Of the
great ranch II would take a book 70
tell all about the big farm, how It Is
conducted and about the crops so we
only ask a question or two fo save be-
wilderment and avoid going into gen
eral outline Of the system followed In
taking care Of 10000 acres.
The field Of 5000 acres OF wheat has
been harvested threshed and shipped.
The production was ligh, as only
$50, 900 bushels we're realized. All the
wheat excepting about 10000 tushels
which is saved for seed Is shipped d.
rect from the threshers to the Kan
sas City markets.
They received from nine y-four TO
ninety.eirht cents bushel this year.
The oats turned out badly owing
to the rains while in shock A SOC
acre field produced 10000 bushels, hut
this vii. not las. long feeding horses
and mules On the farm zoe bushels
each day.
A corn field Of 200 acres will pro
duce as Miller says "As much as corn
ever made About rs bushels to the
acre l suppose"
Flowing for wheat has been in pro
/ gress for scme time past. Last year
a stesn engine was used on tho gang
+ plows hu this has been discarded this
season and all the plowing is being
/ done with mules. They are disc plows
OF three gangs each and drawn by five
mules 20 the plow There are over
forty OF these blows going which
means turning over one hundred and
\ twenty burrows each time around the
field. The expense Of fuel, employ
meni Of engineer and incijentals in
comparison to the amount of work
done and the cost favored the mule
rather than the steam power and the
engines were relegated TO the shed,
The hi granoh lost one crop, how
ever, this year. After the wheat was
harvested 5U0 acres were plowed and
= planted to squaw corn The planting
finished July first Squaw corn Is the
genuine Indian species growing four
and five ears o the stalk, and dozen
stalks from a grain. 1t was planted
for rough feed and no corn was ex-
pected from the late planting. But
the seasunable weather has ruined
the feed crop and the corn is in roas
ing ears, fourteen inches long and will
make thirty bushels to the acre. The
grains are blue and run just eight to
the ear.
I'VE will have 100000 bushels OF
corn said Mr.. Miller. "Of this we
will reserve some 10000 bushel for
seed. with enough TO feed our horses
end mules. and then II the market Is
above forty cents we will sell the aal
= ance II less than that we will use
all the crop for cattle and full feed
b If we sell We put the cattle on rough
, feed and alfalfa, the latter of which
we are now cutting the third crop from
a 200 aero field"
we feed our three hundred head
J. Of mules but once a day We have a
barn 1S5 feet long with a drive way
through Il and load of corn or oats
is driven through and the troughs
filled each day, The mules have oats
in front of them all the time You
cant founder a mule"
we are now putting up our hay
Six mowers are started, one behind
the other tho length Of the field
, Mayie they will go straight ahead
for FIVE miles. just so they can make
the trip between meals. A bull rake
is started after win rows are made
! up with ordinary rakes, and the hay
, Is piled az intervals in small stacks
, of a ton each In winter he cattle are
turned in different pastures 10 the diff
ferent stacks which saves the ex
pense OF handling We never use a
baler as It is too expensive"
when he national convention Of
editors meet at Guthrie next spring
, we naNe promised TO entertain them
for day" continued Miller we
are going to have the biggest gather
ing OF Indians ever held in the south
west We win have them from every
tribe AMI viii furnish a buifalo din
! ner 10 all Of them. We expect 1O,0OC
, Indians and will kin seven bunaloc'
from the Goodnight ranch in Texas
? Every arrangement has been made for
Z this feature as well as FOR transporta
. tion for the 10000 people We will en-
tertain on the farm that day"
Tandem for sale at 9ader officc
Price. 500.