The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-01-28

lneh Ieed warm bran mash.
Charcoal and grit should be pro.
vided for the hens. Hogs like char
coal, too. See that they get 1t.
II you have not already done so
have the horses you are using sharp
shod so that they win not slip on the
icy roads.
II is not easy money which the
farmer makes. for farming is hard
work. but II Is good money with not
the least suspicion Of taint upon It.
Strange. isn't Il, but did you ever
notice that a bumper crop is always
reported until Il moves out of the
growers hands and that then a seri-
Gus shortage is found?
The Texas farmers union which has
proved such a strong organization. is
considering a plan to establish a sys-
TEN Of banks in connection with the
chain OF cotton warehouses now be-
ing established by them.
The spraying OF the orchard next
season should come in for considera-
tion at this season OF the year. plan
to do the work. II will pay many fold.
The initial expense may seem large,
but 1t is not when results are consld-
cred.
II wife don't happen to read Meadow
brook Farm Notes. just hand her this.
II will help to brighten the home: To
clean lamp burners put them in a ket-
tie and cover with boiling water Add
a tablespoonful or so OF sal soda and a
lump Of lye soap. Take OF and dry
the burners, then brighten them up
by the use Of powdered charcoal or
brick dust
The old idea that an apple tree after
1t has once been planted, should be
able to care for itself and bring forth
an abundance Of fruit. can no longer
be maintained, since such method is
neither economical nor business-like.
Fruit trees Of whatever kind or nature
need as much. or more, care and at
tention throughout the season, as any
crop grown on the farm.
Keep the young trees growing
straight. If It is found that young
fruit trees lean over when the soil is
wet. stake and tie them in an up
right position to prevent them from
leaning permanently. Often young
tree will be whipped about by the wind
and form hole in the soil at its base
Such holes should be promptly filed
and the tree Strengthened to a right
position.
A two-year-old colt should do no
more than haul an empty wagon and
then should not be wearied and ex-
srted for the colt Is undeveloped in
and bone and can be easily in
Iured II not completely ruined. Heavy
pulling and straining of any kind
should be avoided under FIVE years of
ige. Three-year-olds can do lots OF
plowing etc, but should
lot do heavy pulling. Ring bones,
ipavins. curbs, etc. are often the re-
suits Of hard usage at an early age.
Here is the point of difficulty in
Jeeping a good dirt road in condition
r the winter time raised by western
armer who believes in the road drag
lie says: Speaking about making
mooth dirt roads, there is one condi-
ion that is hard to dodge 1t is
Irought on by a rain, followed by trav-
i in the mud and wound up with a
reeze. The time between a rain and
he freeze is usually about "a hours
t this season of the year This gives
DOM for a days travel in the mud.
)uring this day the mud is too sticky
nd slushy to be helped by dragging.
Iuts are cut by every passing vehicle.
he condition after the freeze can be
asily imagined"
The outlook for the sheep industry
4 the western states is very promis-
lg according to the judgment of the
american Wool aud Cotton Reporter
fhich says The outlook for the
heep man to-day is much brighter
han it has been at any time during
he present year, and the gloom that
threatened to settle about the wool
DRIVERS of the west a short time ago
gradually giving place to more en-
ouraging signs, with every promise
( continuation. Heavy lamb losses
/ the opening. low offerings for wool
{ shearing time, little demand for
buttons or feeders at the beginning of ,
le season, all tended to discourage the
-ool grower To console him for the
imb loss providence seemed to or
er weather conditions that propagat-
d a heavier fleece and better staple,
D that while the grower had less
umber Of head coming on, his ami
lals were producing heavier and
etter yield. This in a certain meas
re compensated for lower prices, too.
bundant crops in the east stimulated