The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-12-08

the contrary, IL enriches rather than
improvshes the soil Il also has the
advantage Of being crop that farmers
can get n price fixed upon before it is
planted. Castor beans, however, are
subject to the same objections as cot
ton. and, 20 some extent, broom corn,
IN that IL requires several successive
/ pics iups to get all The product. The
beans, ard perhaps the leaves also, are
/ poisonous TO horses and cattle, which
necrssitatos good fencing. But castor
beans are not troubled with insects of
any kind, aud is great drouth resist
cr, growing well, II properly cultivated
IN the dryest seasons,
There are many kinds Of crops that
are prolific in this county, but most OF
them have 60 be produced in large
quantities. in order to induce buyers to
come in and nay the highest price
Looked at in this light, anyone can see
the benefit to be derived from num-
ber Of farmers combining to produce
as much u one kind os possible Mt
least, that is the way the writer looks
st t. I 5. DRUMMoND.
The reqterp Hall Of the County.
A trip across the FLATS between Bea-
yer and Engcwood, Kansas, is quite
different now from what it was Few
years ago. Now the country is all
settled up and the land in cultivation
while then il was but one immense
pasture upon which could be seen
thousands Of head Of cattle. In pass
ing over the country last week we were
surprised to note the vast amount oi
Improvements being made. Nearly
every quarter section has been taker
and is resided upon 10y those who ex
pee. to make this county their home
/ Good comfortable houses have beer
erected and other substantial improve
ments made. Trees are being planted
quite extensively and are looking fine
They are for the most part black 10
Gust, tree which is particularly adapt
cd to this country and which is, min
times out of ten, sure growth. Mos
OF the farmers are plowng their lam
this fall and putting it in condition 70
early spring planting. In the lowe
land quite an acreage of alfalfa is bein
sown and places where the crop has u
ready made a stand, look fine. Fal
ther over toward Englewood, wher
the settlement il older, most all I'll
land owners have good fields of alfali
which, without an exception, haV
yielded good crops.
b. +. Ruth has an extensive crop
alfalfa beside an enormous yield
other feed stuff His home is beaut
fully surrounded by large grove NJ
makes il one of the most valuable pie
: es of property in that community.
b. +. Mcpherson also has valuab
= ranch in the luxuriant valley of Il
: Cmarron Beside having many fore
u trees he has nice orchard which
yielding as good fruit as can be pr
II duced anywhere His attention
turned principally to livestock and
e has one Of the best graded herds to
y found, Mr. Mcpherson has resided
u Beaver county about twenty five yeai
IS Probably the largest alfalfa fiel
n are those of Col. Perry, Most of
+ land lies within the Kansas border b
II he has some in Beaver county and
/ finds IT just as fertile and product
e ms that of our sister state, by mea
d of irrigation, he is assured good cr
/ every year, His land is SO ditch
& that every part of it receives SUI
lie cient water supply and he produces
y kinds of crops abundantly His pla
} is no exception either for, with t
~ same system of irrigation, the same l
'e suits could be accomplished in u
= portion of the county,
/ AT Fred Taintor's ranch we fou
Mr.. Taintor and his cowboys engag
Ie in branding While Mr.. Taintor's fr
J. range has been badly cut up by the a
'e vent of "the man with the hoe yet
l' has vast amount of pasture l,
g which can not be molcSled as he J.
Il the "paper" for it, lie has shpp
'' out much of his stock and will gra,
up his herd and ran only as maay