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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
WORK AMONG STRAW
BERRIES

4 MoNG small fruits there is nothing
~ the equal of the strawberry as a
money getter Results in yields that
would seem to the uninitiated visionary, are
possible where conditions are all favorable.
1t is none the less true, also, that yields
from strawberry culture will vary with the
seasons In greater extremes than any or
the other small fruits Killing frosts, un-
favorable weather during the blooming pc
rod, or an extremely droughty fruiting
season may play havoc with our expecta-
lions.
There is not so much money to be made
from the bush fruits as from the straw
berry; but If given proper culture these
fruits will return satisfactory dividends
fruiting season is heightened, furnishing
profitable employment for greater length
Of time.
Then, too, it is not best to have all Of
ones eggs in a single basket. lest failure
in one crop leaves us with but little or no
returns for our labor.
Another advantage In having several
longer term of employment for our pickers.
This is of advantage to them and OFTEN
results in securing better help and service.
II is not every variety Of strawberry that
is equally at home on all soils and under
every condition. The variety that is best
adapted to the soil of my farm may not be
the best variety for my neighbor's farm.
In this respect the strawberry Is a par
tlcular sort of plant.
The bush fruits do not show the pecu-
larity to the extent that the strawberry
plapt does Any good soil will grow bush
fruits. Any good soil, too will grow straw
berries but we may need to experiment
with different varieties to get the best re-
suits possible from our particular soil.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
WRONG WAY TO PLOW CORN

TTOW have you been blowing your corn?
RI Throwing the dirt away from the
roots at the last blowing? Better
change your method and stop cutting off
the roots.
Maryland farmer says that blowing
corn, throwing the dirt away from the roots
is nothing short of plant murder. And he
is right. In Illinois, and in fact in all the
corn states it was the general practice
twenty years ago to pillow corn the last
time very deep, thus cutting off the roots
and Gripping the plant Many farmers still
continue this practice although 1t has long
been abandoned by all good farmers.
good farmer in the South says be mas
taken out corn 25 days after planting that
was ID inches high with roots 80 inches
long. No implement other than the i'm
proved quadruple cultivator or weeder was
used on this ground from the time the corn
was put in until it was laid by.
A cultivator OF this kind not only destroys
weeds but keeps the ground in most ex-
cellent condition 1t does not ridge it, and
is set so it cannot injure the roots.
Many corn growers set the pillow deep and
go ripping along between the rows and the
breaking and tearing of the corn roots can
be plainly heard Then when the corn does
not fill out and yield big crop as their
neighbors' they wonder what is the matter.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15

in two months. Ten hogs will eat about
one-third of an acre in two months The
heaviest yield of rape cut from given area
was secured when the crop was cut three
times in succession about four inches from
the ground. The yield was at the rate Of
thirty-six tons per acre.
In sowing the rape crop the ground
should be well pulverized and in suitable
condition for the termination Of the small
seed. In this country fat culture is pre-
ferred to growing the crop on ridges, which
has been extensively practiced with this
crop in Europe. Sowing the crop on ridges
may have the advantage Of giving better
drainage, and this may be considered the
main object in using this culture. The
crops may be sown in drills 80 inches apart
OF sown broadcast.
BY sowing 1t in drills 1t may be pastured
without destroying as much as stock natur-
ally would in having to trample over it
where it is sown broadcast. The amount
of seed required will vary slightly accord
ing to the condition Of the soil and the
method of sowing it. When sowing in
drills from two to two and one-half pounds
of seed will give the best results.
When sown broadcast three pounds OF
seed is necessary. Large and plump seed
sown on rich soil may be sown lighter than
where the soil is not in good condition, and
the seed is Of poor quality.
Where too much seed is used and the
crop is sown broadcast the plants will often
come up and turn a reddish yellow and
brown, which is an indication that poor
crop must necessarily follow.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
DUCK RAISING PAYS WELL
BY Miller Purvis.

KEPT a considerable number of ducks
at one time, but dropped them more
because of lack of room than for any
other reason, for l was under the i'm
preston that 1t paid to keep them for their
eggs alone.
greatest duck farms in this country. On
one of these farms more than 10000 ducks
were Matched for the New York market,
and sold at about ten weeks old.
Another farm Matched and sold $4,000,
these being sold at ten weeks, largely to
summer resort hotels and in Buffalo. and
other small cities.
farms and asked a good many questions.
l discovered that it costs about go cents
to raise dress and market a ten-weeks-old
ducklng and that about 81 is the price
received for 1t. This is very profitable
when ducks are Matched in large numbers
| also discovered that 1t costs about 10
cents month to keep full grown ducks,
eggs too small. Ducks do not begin. to
lay regularly until spring opens, and they
sometimes lay as many as 40 eggs each.
AS these eggs are produced at time
when eggs are declining in price there is
not much room for profit. after paying the
expense of keeping them year before
Saw they cost $1.2o by the time they
begin to lay. It will take them at least
Ave months 10 produce ten dozen eggs,
even II they lay we'll. This adds 90 cents
to the feed cost, not counting labor, ana
we have paid out $1.70 to get eggs that
are not worth more than So.
Where there is demand for them at
good price the growing Of young ducks is
not compare with hens in making money
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
BUY BEST BREEDS OF SHEEP

~ UGH is often said about the quality
NJ of the mutton that sells best in the
A'A market. The demand seems to be
for certain qualities that are not usually
at a premium.
Breeders often ponder on the matter to
determine what they shall do. II is with
them Just TO breed and then to feed. When
sheep of low grade are placed upon the
market, the buyers scold because they are
not furnished with something better When
something better is sent them, they scold
because II is too good.
butcher in London. England, declared
he dared not sell prime Southdown mutton
for fear he could not always supply It,
and then he would be practically ruined.
The starting point in obtaining quality.
is the sheep itself. The idea that a sheep
is a sheep has long prevailed, and some
breeders failing TO get any farther than
this idea have failed as a schoolboy fails
in following his copy in his copy book.
The COPY set him seems almost perfect
He attempts to copy best he can. but
misses IT, The next line is a little worse
than the first, and when he reaches the
bottom Of the page. he has produced some
thing that bears little or no resemblance
to the original copy.
No breeder should be content with the
last effort as a standard. He should aim
high. and always keep In mind his ideal.
or COPY, and not some subsequent, Bot dis
tant approach 10 II. In securing quality
the first step is the breed, and then the
feed, and these two go hand In hand In
producing good mutton.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
SAYS RAPE is GOOD FOR
SHEEP

~ APE is a luxuriant plant and requires
K rich soil for its best growth. II will
IN thrive upon clayey soils. too and does
better than mangels or turnips. Light soils
are not rich enough for 1t and the crop
is usually light when an attempt is made
to grow II on such soils.
Newly cleared land and old pastures.
plowed in the fall and worked early In the
spring by cross disking and pulveriZing, are
especially adapted for producing success
full crop.
There are several varieties of rape, some
OF which are grown for fodder and others
for seed. The seed varieties are ANNALS
and are worthless for fodder. The one
variety that Is to be recommended in this
country for fodder is the Dwarf Essex,
biennial, which seems to show a great
adaptability to different soils and climatic
conditions and to Yield a wonderful crop
Of luxuriant leaves. valuable for use as
fodder.
The poorest rape grown at the Minnesota
station on seven-tenths OF an acre Of ground
maintained sixteen lambs for twenty-five
days. In another season one-hah acre was
eaten by twenty-one wethers in ten weeks
with an additional one pound Of grain per
head daily.
An estimate has been made that one acre
Of rape with grain will fatten 20 wethers
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
KEEP PURE WATER FOR
COWS

DROM my own tests in a dairy that was
n producing one hundred and sixteen gal
Ions a day, stopping the water in the
automatic basins by the side of the cows,
reduced the amount of production eleven
gallons day in less than one week.
This test was made on the same feed
and the cows were watered twice day from
the yard tank.
The decrease of eleven gallons per day
Of fourteen cent milk amounted to more
than forty-fve dollars a month during the
winter months.
The basins at the top of the pipe are
fastened at the side of the stall or stanchion
and have covers that the cow lifts with
her nose when drinking. The water comes
in as fast as it is taken out
The covers keep out all dust and litter
and the pipes are securely fastened to the
bottom of the manger and are out OF the
way.
Various makes of automatic basins are
adapted to different sizes of pipe and all
have some good points in their favor.
Any man who has noticed a cow go from
a warm stable and drink few pals OF
ice water from a yard tank and return to
her stall and shake for an hour or more,
should be ready to introduce better plan
OF watering in his stable.-J. M. Kelley.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
SPRING WORK WITH
CHICKENS
e. G. wainwright, Illinois.

WHY do you eat beef at 80 cents per
w pound, when you can eat ducks.
turkeys and chickens, which can be
served in all kinds Of style for much less
than the above?
The spring time is here the little chicks
are a chipping look for the lice as much
trouble is had with them.
The pure breeds always pay best and
only cost few dollars to begin with. but
the results will pay a percentage Of so
When cleaning your heneries, be sure to
place plenty of lime on the walls and ashes
on the floor.
up in some poultry journals for cats, mice
and rats. Nothing should appear in a
poultry journal but poultry lectures. goose
culture, turkey, quail and Belgian hare
Cats and rats should fight their way in
this country as the poultry industry did
1t is best not to feed fowl too much. AL
ways keep them busy as work helps prod
uce the eggs.
Lime should never be fed to fowls. They
can secure a sufficient AMOUNT Of such
gravel Many, breeders say that their
hens are well and lay. a large num-
Der of eggs, but one side of the eggs is
hard and the other half soft.
The cause of this trouble is that the
organs that help form the shells are out
of order or the hen is too fat; reduce the
grains and the trouble will stop.
On many farms there can be found
large number of birds that have been prize
winners in an early period Of life. but why
cant market be found for them among
the various fanciers today? The answer
is, they are too old.
few years ago had a Barred Ply
mouth Rock hen that carried first prize in
a show held at New York in 1894. She
was kept on my plant a breeder until
1903, when I entered her at show held at
Philadelphia, where she came in second
What about this? Is she too old also?
II the blood is there it will stay until
death comes.
One of the main reasons, for which all
poultry men engage in the business is, the
egg production. The egg market is the
only object for the eastern fanciers say
eggs are used when the cash can't be Sc
cured.
The worlds egg record layers were fed
the following for one year: Do not know
the amount, but it was mixed as follows:
Five parts wheat, five parts oatmeal, three
parts millet seed one part beef scraps,
three parts cracked corn. Try your fowls
on the above and see IL your egg basket
This is very we'll but the cost is very
high at the present prices Of such feed. II
they will feed about one-fourth grain and
the other roots, the expenses will be re-
1t will always be found impossible to
have a flock in good laying condition,
being fed on grain. The following roots
are highly recommended as an egg prod
ucer: Cooked and mashed turnips, carrots
and potatoes
April is the first month of the beginning
of lice and vermin. White-washing is a
very good thing to do at this season or
should have been done before now, but 1t
is never too late to have II done for it
business, to have the houses clean and
sweet at all times. A small amount of
carbolc acid should be put into the pail
of white-wash used.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15
LITTLE NUBBINS OF FARM
NEWS

At the Iowa Experiment farm 10 BUSH
els OF corn per acre was produced on ten
plots, not less than So bushels per acre
was harvested.
at Cane Fisher. Okla. About 200 Indians
on horse back and in wagons came from
all parts of the country from within a dis
lance OF 200 miles.
There are 100000 Irish emigrants in
the United States. to say nothing Of their
IL principle agricultural states and one
half of them are farmers.
The immense corn crop has made lively
demand for huskers. There is no doubt that
inventive genius to produce a machine to
take the place Of man in this work.
Many farmers in Ohio who cut their
corn too green find that much OF 1t is
mouldy and UNIT for use.
Peach blight has gained a stronghold in
tion has taken hold OF the matter. Ex-
perts will aid the farmer in combating
this disease.
Michigan celery growers have formed a
trust and small group OF capitalists
will establish a 500 acre farm near Min
neapolis, MIMI. In competition.
The friends Of william Osborne. a farm
err of Keota, Iowa, who was stricken with
paralysis swooped down upon his farm one
morning and before two o'clock in the
bushels OF corn. II is the greatest husk-
ing bee the West has ever seen. The
Davenport Democrat is responsible for this
story.
are grown in the United States every year
and they are nearly all eaten In this coun-
One Of the best decorative and at the same
time useful plants Is the Trellis Tomato. See
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-15

One Of the best decorative and at the same
time useful plants Is the Trellis Tomato. See
advertisement. page 10.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-04-23
A complete assortment Of Ladies'
oxfords, sec to S2.5o.-Robinsons
ON THE ELECTION.


Editor Leader. While it would ap.
pear ttlt congress intended by the
enabling act that The election laws of
the territory of Oklahoma shorld
only apply to the election of dele.
setes TO the constitutional conveni.
ton, there is clause in the second
section OF the act which is fairly the
s bject OF o different view
The second section referred to fol
loving the first clae Sc adopting the
el1ction laws OF the territory OF okla.
home, says; THAT the election laws
OF the territory of Oklahoma now IN
fcrce, as far as applicable. and not in
ccniiist with this act. including the
penal laws OF said territory Of Okla
homa re'ltine t. elections and illeool I
voting, are hereby extended TO and
put In force IN sad Indian Territory
uetil the Legislature of said proposed
state shall otherwise provide, ana un.
III all persons offending against said
laws IN the election aforesaid shall
htFe been dealt with in the manner
therein provided"
II appears TO me that there can be
t che construction put upon the
words "Unti the legislature OF said
proposed state shall otherwise pro
vide"
Further on IN Section 4 Of the en-
ahling Get providing for the sabmis-
sion OF the constitution to tho people.
The returns of the election must be
made to the secretary OF the terri
toy OF Oklahoma, who. with the chief
istice Of the territory Of Oklahoma
and the senior Judge OF the United
States court OF appeals for the Indian
Territory, shall canvass the same"
II they canvass the vote on the
constitution. will they not also can.
Vass the vote for state Officers, con
gress and the legislature? The act
dces not say so but the vote on the
constitution and the officers to be
elected as | understand il, will be
forwarded together &c the secretary
al Guthrie in the same sealed packae-
es' J. G. JAAiIsON
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-04-23
ARCHBISHOP FARLGY's
sixTY-FlVE BIRTHDAY.

New York, April 2O.--Archbishop ]
Nj. Farley received many congratula-
tons today on the occasioa of his
sixty-ifth birthday Archbishop Far
ley, like many of the Roman Catholic
prclates in America. is a naive of ire.
land and he received his carly edu-
cation in that country. He came to
he United States before the civil war.
and located in New York. He entered
ST Johns College, aud was graduate
from that Institution in 1866. He com.
pleted his theological stuaies at the
American College In Rome and after
his ordination returned to New York
and was appointed assistant pastor az
81. Peters church. Brighton S. l. In
1872 he became secretary TO Cardinal
McCluskey. In 1892 Mgr. Farley be.
came coadiutor bishop of New York
and 1pon the de1th of Archbishop
corTigan he was elevated - the head
Of the archdiocese which e --eond 10
none in Importance in America. -a7N
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-04-23

years of pioneer hardships, to the
fairest dream OF the disfranchised and
ostracised son Of toll in this. our own
fair Oklahoma.
But theirs is the shame They it
IS. who must fear the heavy burden. II
must not be conceived thas the peo-
PIE OF the districts the, have thus
wronged and covered with shame and
cut Oft from the roll of honor will
patiently bear these wrongs They
viii resent II. and resent it bitterly,
too
The capital city had fain hoped to
have the name of its representative
on the great honor roll OF the new
state. Today il hides les head for
shame. But there will be an account
ing and II wiz vet retrieve its tar
nished record No other district can
feel the sting more keenly than this.
HAPPY these plotters against tho
new commonwealth can anI will not
succeed in their puaose. There are
ominous signs Of a storm within the
lines of their own party. The fate of
Benedict Arnold lies yet ahead
The constitution win carry. Okla
homa will be a state. Future genera
tions will point the finger Of scorn at
the treachorous twelve
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-04-23
PATRIOTISM ABOVE

The Iawton NewsRepublican. a
Republican paper. puts latriotism
above pariisanship and stands firmly
for the adoption of the constitution.
In highninded way the editor tHus
ably pleads with his party not 10 make
the fatal error:
Now in the formative period of
the new state VIXEN the Jestinr of
political parties are being rapidly
fashioned and in view of expressions
that have been made as to what stand
the Republicans shall take ia the new
state It may be well IL the party ex-
poets to gain and hold the confidence
OF the voters TO take notice OF what
other states similarly situated have
done. VI there is one thing above an
other that speaks well OF the state of
Texas, adjoining us on the south. il
IS her laws regulating corporations:
taxing them and compelling the rail
roads to give equitable rates as be-
tween different shippers"
The Republican party has already
been loaded down with too much rail-
road influence. and ii is the height OF
political folly to blindly shut our
eyes 70 this fact
IF the Republican party cannot rise
TO that height of patriotic declaration
not only Of its wheel horse supporters,
but Of the Independent voter OF the
state II ought not to win and Il will
not win. Ia view of the effort that
Is being made in some directions and
especially by certain newspapers that
We should not persecute corporations
nor drive capital from the state when
practically nothing has been done
ever TO curb the outrageous wronga
that our people suffer from. It "a
suggested that there may be an at
tempt 10 make the Republican party
the special counsel for those in.
terests"
or course Asp, Filson. Mcclure and
Hamon and others OF the lower stamp
of Dartiean machinisis will hoot at
such patriotic stand on the part OF
any Republican. The News-Republi.
can Is not alone. There are thous-
aads Of Republicans in the rank and
file who will stand with him IN placing
patriotism above party and the sover-
eighty of Oklahoma superior [ oeither
Republican or Democratic parties.
Those men, who al present are will
ing 10 crush Oklahoma beneath Repub
lican party politics viii live to regret
that they could not have risen to
higher plane of thought and action
with the Lawion News-Republican.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-04-23
WHITE RIBBONS ELECT.

Saltwater Okla, April 23.-Mrs.
Carrie Drake of Saltwater has been
elected president Of the Payne county
w c, r. Y. for the ensuing year. with
Mrs MT Rankin OF Perkins, vice
PRESIDENT Mrs A A. Morgan of Still-
water, corresponding secretary; Mr. !.
Osa Harding of Minco. recording sec
rotary; Mrs. Minnie Jones Of Perkins.
treasurer. Sixty delegates were pres
ent and eighteen deDartments We're
provided with superintendelts TO con-
duct the work along the various lines.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-04-23
rAE rREAsoN oF LIE TwELvr.

'
Let shame hide its head. Rank
politics stalks abroad. Twelve chosen
delegates OF the people refuse the call
Of honor Of their state. Elected to do
their duty to the new state they now
refuse 10 fulfill the purpose for whict
the people chose them. They disclose
the cloven hoof and stab The people.
who placed In their confidence their
sacred interests and HIGHEST aspira-
tions.
They refused 10 set their names 10
the charter of their states liberties.
They deprived the districts they mis-
represented OF any part in the glory
OF making the new star on the Flag.
They have placed party before patriot
ism and politics before duty.
Rarely, II ever. in the history of
constitutions or of great charter con
vcntions has any small minority re-
fused TO accord to the majority the
right to rule. Rarely has small mi.
nority manifested such dogged de.
termination 20 rule or ruin.
The shame Of srch conduct on the
part of the representatives of twelve
districts was reserved TO Oklahoma
and falls as a crushing blow on tho
people Of these twelve districts.
II was but natural for the people OF
ihase twelve districts 90 desire 10 nar-
ticipate in making the great funda.
mental law OF the grana new state
win which they had east their lives.
thcir sacred honor and highest hopes.
These considerations We're but as
trash before the twelve Republican
politicians who have turned deaf
ear 70 all the best interests of the new
state. 20 all the aspirations OF eighteen
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-04-23
Losr LIE RoesERs. rRAIL.
The Posses Horses Not Equal to
Those Of Territory Band.

Special to Daily Leader.
Tulsa, l. T., April 2S.-After pursu
ing for two days the gang believed TO
havecommitted the bank robberies at
Bixby and Wewoka. J. r., and Agra,
Okla in the last two weeks, a posse
of officers led by Chief Baber OF the
police denartment last night lost the
trail in the mountins south of Bris
tow and temporarily abandoned the
chase The officers once caught sigh
of the gang. which consisted of eight
men heavily armed and well mounted.
A running fight for miles ensued, bu-
the outlaws were better mounted and
eventually outdistanced their pur-
suers.