The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-24
DUROC JERSEY HOGS
ACRES OF ALFALFA
suRWELL & DEXTER. PIONEERS
IN HOG AND ALFALFA RAISING
IN CARTER COUNTY. OIL.

Dream today and accomplish to-
morrow. Burwell a. Dexter. the hust.
ling real estate firm of this city,
dI canned of magnificent mountain
ranch where alfalfa would thrive and
hogs grow fat. They put that dream
into execution and today in all Ok
lahoma there Is not better dcvel
oped farm and ranch in the state.
The ranch consists OF l10 acres To-
Gated in the Washita valley and
fringcd on two sides by the Ar.
buckle mountains. four miles from
the town of Berwyn. About one-half
OF the acreage Is In alfalfa. Fifty
acres o. the hay is now ready to
NOV. On this ranch they have more
than three hundred fine registered
Duroc Jersey hogs and the young
farmer who has charge OF the alfalfa
fields and the corn and hogs Is n
graduate OF the agricultural school
OF Kansas. and his wife is n gradu-
ate of one of the leading schools
OF the same state The manager
has made farming and stock raising
a study. he is making II his lifcs
work and so far he is succeeding
well. The ranch has very pretty
cottage, concrete storm cellar,
barns, wells and every convenience
that can be provided In the coun.
try. Out in the middle Of the farm
,here is a we'll supplied with a gas.
oline engine used TO pump the water
into tank and connected with this
tank are pipes that convey the
water to the different hog pastures
IN a manner there Is living water
in every pasture. Fine fat hogs
are seen on every side that have
not had an ear of corn since the
first OF February. They have feastod
and fattened on the alfalfa. The
farm is divided by cross fences so
| that one pasture can be relieved OF
the hogs at any time and the hay
soon grows high enough to be
moved.
Two OF the fields on the Burwell
& Dexter ranch are now ready for
the mower and they have almost
every bale OF hay they can put on
the market sold In advance Mt a
fancy price. This is the second year
since the establishment OF the ranch
and they will have to place on the
market about one thousand dollars
worth of alfalfa hay and five thous
and dollars worth of hogs this year
The portion OF the land that Is
not in alfalfa is being planted "a
corn and beans and peas and other
forage crops. The managing farmer
is raising two crops during the yeai
= on every acre that is not in the
hay meadows.
The farm presents as pretty ;
= scene as an artist could paint. Tn,
acres of green alfalfa stretch ava!
to the north from the farm home
and the mountains form a background
of green and clear mountain brool
Skirted with timber meanders alonl
on the east side. furnishing boil
shade and water abundant for th'
stock on the farm.
The owners OF the ranch hav,
spared no means in purchasing fin
hogs for stocking their ranch. The.
have now many customers for thel
stock and as the farm grows Il
prestige and becomes advertised, tn
l demand will increase. They are nov
working for prestige and every no
that Is sold must come up TO a
the required markings OF fine hol
Such dealing will give them tn
4 confidence of the people and thei
d stock will never be sufficient (
J. number to meet the demands G
- stockmen who want their breed {
hogs.