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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09
Pumpkins as Eeed.

Results obtained by the Vermont sta
ton show that pumpkins compare fair.
ly with silage for feeding dairy COWS.
The pumpkins we're cut and fed with
the seed. No harm resulted to the
cows and the quantity Of the milk was
not affected. TIE Pennsylvania sta.
tion also reports satisfactory results
from using pumpkins in experimenting
falling pasturage. near the close of
the grazing season Analyses and
feeding tests made by that station
show that in protein content the pump
kin does not equal the carrot or man.
gel. but in all these products protein
Is comparatively insignificant. sd that
none Of them are much esteemed ex-
cept for succulency, The pumplin s
value for mixing with dry feed IN com
pounding feeding rations is therefore
apparent, and its use does not taint
milk and butter, which nearly alwavs
follows the feeding CT turnins and car.
rots.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09

In selecting lambs for feeding, those
with large, coarse frames or heavy
bones should be rejected. The smooth.
plump individuals are more desirable
because a medium amount of flesh
and fat will give them the form de-
sired in the market and that which
will bring the highest price. The
quality Of showing quickly the re-
suits of good feeding is found devel-
pped in the highest degree in the low
set, thick type. A good feeder may
be known by its rather short, thick,
wide face. deep wide chest we'll
sprung ribs and general form. The
mutton leg, back and loin should show
full development AS the average
Mexican sheep of the South have none
OF these qualifications the scientific
roosters are wondering how they make
such fine mutton in so brief time.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09
BULBS FOR THE HOUSE.

For blooming in the house there are
no bulbs more reliable than those OF
Roman Hyacinth or Polyanthus Mar
cissus, states Parks Magazine. They
may be grown in glasses or dishes oil
water or in pots of earth, and IN elther
way can be depended upon for a fne
display of flowers during the winter
months.
Get large, we'll matured bulbs, even
if you have to pay a little more LOT
them, for there is no economy in
growing the smallsized bulbs In the
house The larger bulbs will not only
be sure to bloom, but each bulb will
produce more and larger flowers.
large bulb Of Roman Hyacinth will oft
en- produce several fine trusses, while
one of the Narcissus will throw up a
number Of thrifty flower scapes
To grow the bulbs in water place
them so that the base of the bulb will
barely touch the water. and after the
roots push out the bulb may be raised
trife above the water This is i'm
portant, as The water sometimes
causes the bulb to decay when partly
immersed. Secure them to their pO-
sition by twine or pebbles. Some
pieces of charcoal in the water will
promote it's purity. After the bulbs
are placed set the vessels in dark
place till the roots are well developed,
when light and moderate heat should
be given to develop the flowers.
To grow in earth use compost of
rich garden soil, sand and leaf-mould,
we'll firmed in the pot Maye hole
large enough to sink the bulb half its
length, and press the earth well about
the bulb after placing then water
freely Set the pot away in a dark,
rather warm closet, till roots form,
then bring gradually to the light II
you wish flowers to develop quickly
give more heat and sunshine. The
flowers are mostly finer, however, If
brought out slowly, in a cool atmos-
phere and with not much direct sun
light There IS more danger from
heat than cold Start the bulbs in
lDecember, if not already started. The
later paintings are not always sue
cessful
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09


The discussion of buckwheat as )
feed reminds us to say that II has even
a greater value as a fertilizer of the
soil, as we demonstrated fully on
sandy land that had been reduced to
the improbable point by too much
cropping to wheat; that was several
years ago, however. Rye was used
in connection with the buckwheat.
but the element most needed was Sc
cured through the buckwheat, the rye
affording some feed during the opera
ton. and helping to put the soil in
good mechanical condition. First.
winter rye was sown in the fall. pas
tured then, late, and early in spring.
Then allowed to grow until in bloom.
when it was plowed under and sown
to buckwheat That. in turn, was
plowed under and again sown to win
ter rye. The following spring red
clover was sown in the rye. when an
excellent stand resulted and the soil
was again in condition to play It's part
in crop growing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09
KEEPING SEED POTATOES.

The success of the potato crop de
Dends upon the vigor and condition Of
the seed potatoes. Some growers
have adopted the following practice
with excellent results: When the pota-
toes are dug, those which are to be
used for seed are stored in a dra dark
shed or barn until about the 10th OF
November. Just before freezir g
weather sets in the potatoes are care
fully sorted. and those which show
the slightest signs of decay are re
jected A layer Of straw from eight
to ten inches thick is spread on the
ground and the tubers placed upon
this straw. The piles should not be
made too large The best results are
usually obtained from mounds three
feet wide at the base and piled up in
ridges as high as convenient A COW
ering Of straw is placed over the pota-
toes, ard this is followed by a layer
of soil from six TO eight inches thick
but before severe weather sets in
more soil is added, and when the
severest weather is al hand more
straw or strawy barn manure is added
The aim is to cover gradually as the
cold increases. This method Of stor-
irg potatoes seems to winter them
much better for seed than when they
are placed in root cellars or when they
are etored in mounds Immediately
after they are Gug.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09
Utilizing Rouqnaqe.

The more roughage that can be used
on the farm the more chance is there
ofsa profit coming out of the feeding
operations. One breeder declares that
he gets his animals partly fat on
roughage by using silage and alfalfa
hay. There are many people that can
use roughage in the form Of silage
that cannot grow the alfalfa. 1t should
be remembered that one thing against
the use of roughage in the fattenins
Of cattle is the long time the material
has to remain in the stomachs of the
cattle before it yields up its nutrients.
1t has been asserted that 1t takes from
four to seven days for COW to digest
the hay she takes. But with silage it
is probably far different. We do not
know that there are any available sta
tistics on this point, but it is reason
able to believe that the silage is
quickly digestible, and that for that
reason better success is possible with
silage than with dry hay.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09
Cause Of strinolness in MIN,

Stringiness in milk is caused By
fungi which develops in the system OF
the COW. In an affected COW the tenn
perature is raised one or two degrees
above normal. Like most other fungi
this does not grow out into filaments
in the milk while within the body. but
in five or six hours after the milking
the surface layers are found to be one
dense network of flaments. II a
needle is dipped in this and lifted the
liquid is drawn cut into a long thread.
Care should be taken in the water .sip-
ply which is likely to cause string..
ness and two drams bisulphite Of So a
daily until the stringIness disappe
is recommended.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09
WINTER SPRAYING.

The spraying of fruit trees during
the winter should not be neglected
says American Cultivator Before the
leaves start the trunk and every
branch of the tree should be well
sprayed with solution Of one pound
of copper sulphate in twenty-five gal
Ions of water to check scab, coddling
moth, bird moth, tent caterpillar. can
ker worm, plum curculic and San Jose
scale on apple trees, to be followed
up after the blossoms fall by the regu-
lar bordeaux mixture of four pounds
each of sulphate of copper and lime
to fifty gallons of water Some prefer
to use six pounds sulphate of copper
instead of four pounds, but we are not
sure that this IS any better than the
other, while for peach trees that have
put out their leaves the use of three
pounds of sulphate of copper to six
or nine pounds of lime is thought
strong enough for fifty gallons OF
water. But we are now speaking of
winter spray before the leaves come
out Tho mixture of fifty pounds
each of lime. salt and flowers of sui
phur Is used on the Pacific coast for
San Jose scale, but in our Eastern
climate 1t does not seem to be as ef-
fectual, as the frequent rains wash It
or mixture Of pure lime made as
a thin whitewash and used on peach
trees two or three times in the winter
has been recommended as a spray
that will keep the leaves and buds
from starting early enough to be kill
ed by the spring frosts.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09
OUR AGRICULTURAL ExPERI-
MENT STATIONS.


THE experiment stations in the diff
ferent states are doing a great work
for the American farmers. They have
already repaid their cost many times
over. and their services have only be-
gun. They are doing for the farmers,
things which need to be done. but
which the farmers are unable to do.
The average farmer has neither the
time, the money, the patience, nor the
ability to conduct original researches.
But it is necessary that such re-
searches be made and for this purpose
the stations we're established. Conse-
quently they reserve the support and
the cooperation Of every farmer.
There are often many ways in which
the farmers could be of service to
their station and through it to the pro
fession as whole Every such oppor-
tunity should be improved. The farm
ers should also see that their state
legislatures aid the stations to the ex-
tent Of their ability. Money thus
spent IS not wasted, but is invested
where it will give large returns. The
farmers should also profit by the
labors of the station to much great
er extent than they do now Every
farmer should secure the bulletins of
his station, and also such publications
Of the United States Department of
Agriculture as will be useful to him,
and study and preserve them. By so
doing he will soon have library of
the best agricultural thought at al
most no cost.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09
Foundation Of nairuinn

The motherhood Of the COW is the
foundation of dairying This founda.
tion has not been understood in the
past. and the mother quality was set
at naught- The caro- and feeding OF
the mother are things that should
receive our first attention. but they
have been the things to receive at
tention last AS soon as the COW is
dry il has been the custom to cut
down her feed and sometimes to let
her go with only hay and a poor quail
ity of hay at that. This is not a treat
ment that is likely to develop the calf
within her or to improve the milking
qualities Of the COW herself
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09

Would you get the best possible re-
suits from The farm? Then never lose
sight of the necessity of closely iden-
tifying yourself with sour business in
all its principal details. There are oc-
casional accidental successes with
which the person most benefited
seems connected only by proxy. But
these are only occasional and only ac-
cidental Close personal application
is essential to success in all lines CT
business, and to the farmer this
means, as much as to any other man,
that it is his own hand that must
guide If he would achieve the most
good.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09
Best Aae to Procure Eeeders.

A very interesting study is the age
at which it is most favorable to pro
cure feeders. The advantages of buy
ing calves and yearlings are so akin
to those of raising feeders that they
may be discussed together A calf
requires closer attention and, if possi-
BILE, more careful feeding than does an
older animal. The chances Of loss are
also greater. With fair treatment
calf can put more value into its car
cass from a given amount of feed than
can ever be put there from the same
feed later in life. The earlier days Of
growth are devoted to the building Of
frame and working anatomy which
is the animals life equipment. A
smaller amount Of food is required by
the calf to furnish energy for the
movements of the body, more Of the
food constituents are retained, and
even though fat is not stored up as
in older animals, greater returns are
given for the food eaten.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09

1T would make an army mule laugh
over his oats to hear some people tell
how they do not believe there is any
money in keeping chickens, or else
tell how this or that breed is the best,
and then go on and tell Of the superior
merits of the Shanghais or Cochin
Chinas Of years ago. Surely the world
does move and some people get left
behind"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09

The railroads, the banks and the
merchants are looking out for young
men who drink They will have moth
ing to do with them. Young man,
drink not or you will be sure to be left
in the race Of life. No doubt about it.
Touch not.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09

All vegetables keep better at low
temperature and, excepting in the Sc.
verest weather, the cellar window
may be kept open during the day. at
least. if it is on the south side. It
also helps to keep the cellar sweet
and fresh. We know there is no need
of an ill-smelling cellar Vegetables
properly buried and an open window
in all suitable weather viii prevent
unsayory doors. Have a regular time
for closing the window, as you do for
any other "chore,' and all win be
we'll
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09

Improved labor saving machinery is
a boon only to the man whose crops
are large enough to warrant the pur-
chase. Stop and consider whether
you will save actual cash by buying
it or only lessen your own labor
These are times for rigid economy iD
everything but thinking.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09

Horseradish is just as palatabe in
December and January as in April
and May. Dig some and bury it in
sand and get out a root occasionally
through the winter and see how nice
fresh-grated hors eradish goes.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09

Comfort me with applesl
Gather those streaked with red that We
named Morning Light.
Our good father set. when his hair had
grown white,
The tree, though he said, when he planted
THE hands of another shall gather the
Comfort me with apples!
Comfort me with applesl
Go down to the end of the orchard, and
The fair Lady Fingers that grew by the
spring;
PATE Bell flowers and Pippins all burn
ished with gold,
Like the fruit CT the Hesperus guarded
Comfort me with apples!
Comfort me. with apples;
Get the sweet Junietta SO loved by the
bees.
And the Pearmain that grew on the queen
of the trees;
And close BY the brook where they hang
ripe and lush.
Go shake down the best of them all.
Maidens Blush.
Comfort me with apples.
Comfort me with applesl
For 10. | am sick, l am sad and opprcst;
l come back to the place where, child,
Hope is false. love is vain, for the old
sights 1 sigh;
And If these cannot comfort me, then
! must sie
Comfort me with apples
Phoebe Cary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09

''NNDeN t"S So"S from Iolu Rains.
Prof I. l.. Hacker, writing on the
fall care of cows, strongly emphasizes
the necessity Of giving them careful
attention at this season. He SAYS
"one night, or even few hours. OF
cold rain causes an enormous shrink.
age Of milk Food. comfort and con.
trntment are the prime factors In sue.
cessful dairying and It is not too
much to say that comfort is the prim.
est factor. To feed well but disregard
the bodily comfort Of a COW is to court
and insure disappointment"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09

mir. wragg invites contributions OF
anv new ideas that readers Of tnls ae.
partment may wish TO present. anu
srrould he pleased to answer correspond
rnts 1estrine information on subjects
discussed. Address NJ J. Wragg. Was-
kee. iowal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09
COMFORT ME WITH APPLES.

Comfort me with apples
Bring the ripe mellow fruit from the
early Sweet Bough.
Us the tree that we used to climb grow
ing there now2)
And Russets, whose cheeks are as treciled
and dun
AS the cheeks Of the children that play
in the sun.
Comfort me with apples!
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09
AGRICULTURE
Build Up a Field.

There is no lesson so effective AS the
object lesson. We try to induce the
farmer to drain and fertilize all his
farm, but we will have little Impress
ion on him till we have been able to
place some object lesson before him,
such as inducing the leading farmers
in every locality to take one field and
build it up, as it were, to high state
of fertility. A few farmers have done
this under the instruction of profess
ors Of the agricultural colleges. and
more are doing it, Their example is
being followed by the farmers i'm
mediately around them, who have
been impressed y the things that arc
shown.
BY the building up Of field the
farmer himself will learn about his
land many things that he never knew
before he began that work. 1t is sur
prising how many things there are
about farms that their owners do not
know. There was one man that lived
in a locality where the popular i'm
preston was that the land could not
be drained. They said that the tex
ture of the soil was such that the wat
er simply evaporated from its surface
but did not pass through it. Under
the instruction of the state agricultur
al college the man put in series OF
drains, and, behold, they worked to
perfection. The other farmers in that
vicinity came to see his drains and
were moved by what they saw to con
struct drains of their own.
This man had land that was def
cient in potash. BY draining he low
cred the soil water more than foot
and lay bare a layer Of soil that was
rich in potash. The roots of the plants
went down to it and the owner Of the
field was relieved of the necessity OF
sending away for potash. He possibly
had never discovered this truth till he
began to build up field.
One field on a farm should be made
to bear the greatest possible crop;
that the value OF the farm for crop pro
duction may be understood. 1t will be
an experimental lot and its value will
depend on the care that is given ii
and on the figures that are written
down as to its cost and products
There are very few fields that cannot
be improved either mechanically, in
fertilizing or in moisture contents.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-01-09
Danger Of Too Much Fertilizer.

Danger Of Too Much Fertilizer.
Fertilizer is a good thing, but too
much of it will kill plant growth. This
is a fact with which the western
farmer who irrigates his crops oftimes
is brought face to face. Alkali is an
unquestioned advantage to some crops,
the sugar beet, for instance, yet much
rich land in the irrigated country is
ruined by being alkalied. This is,
however. largely if not entirely, the
effect of careless irrigation by which
the salts are brought by capillary at
traction to the surface soil where they
burn and kill the feeding roots of vege
tation. Yet even where land has been
ruined by alkali it has been demon
strated by government experiments
quires an ordinary system of either
nder or open ditch drainage, by which
any excess of irrigation water will
carry off the alkah salts instead OF
leaving the soil surcharged with them.
The calamity cry which emanated
from a writer in the New York Sun.
last year, that the entire west must
sooner or later be abandoned to alkali
had no foundation in fact, and was but
one OF those picturesque phantasma-
gorias which occasionally embellish
the news sheets of that sober metro
politan journal-Journal of Agricul
ture.
Kansas agitator., 1905-01-13
Layer-Cake Filings.

Cus;arG Filling-MiX together one
largo tablespoonful of corn starch, two
heaping tablespoonfuls of sugar and a
pinch of salt; beat one egg and add,
then stir in gradually two cups of
milk and bring the whole to the boil
ing point in double boiler; cook I'M
til thick, stirring constantly, then add
the grated rind of one lemon; do not
and the juice for fear of its curdling
the custard; after putting the layers
of the cake together, sprinkling of
powdered sugar and lemon juice may
he added to the top layer
Whipped Cream Filling-Stir a
scant tablespoonful of gelatine in two
tablespoonfuls of cold water and let
it soak two hours; whip cup of rich
cream to stiff froth, add quarter
cupful If pulverized sugar and half
teaspoOnfn of vanilla; dissolve the
gclatine by setting it over the tea
kettle or in dish of hot water, then
when dissolved whip II into the
cream; spread between the layers of
a good sponge cake.
Kansas agitator., 1905-01-13
THREE WORDS OF VALUE.
They Cost a Railroad $4,000 and
Were Cheap at That.

It has been said on good authority
that the highest price ever paid for
writing was given lawyer in this
immediate vicinity, says the Pniladel'
phia North American. A certain rail-
road company had lost enormous sums
Of money through damage suits insti-
tuted by those injured in grade-cross-
ing accidents. This company had
been most particular in the matter of
erecting signs at each crossing, but
jury after jury decided that these
were of small moment, since the
warning they conveyed was to "look
out for the cars" or 'look out for the
engine" and in almost every instance
it was conclusively proved that the
damage was caused by that part of
the train not mentioned. so in des-
peration the railroad commissioned a
lawyer of wide depute to compose a
sign that would hold" in court After
some days the following sentence,
written on a large sheet of paper,
came from the man learned in the
law:
"Stop! Look! Listen!"
Following this came bill for $10,-
900. So when you hear some long
tongued individual boasting about a
dollar word Mr.. Kipling gets, or the
surprising sum paid Richard Harding
Davis Tor articles describing the war
he didn't see, dismiss the being as a
dealer in ant.hills, for the lawyer
aforementioned got a check for the
amount named, and so far as history
enlightens us, no one ever before re
ceived so much as $2,5O0 word.
Before the end of year the lawyer
was informed by the president of the
road that the new sign had saved
many times its cost.