The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-12

practically every year.
i The Panhandle Will never be reall.
prosperous until the farmers ther
devote their principal attention to th
growing OF feed crops adapted to tn
country, and live stock to eat thes
crops. You will have To market mor'
OF your crop Oh, the hoof. and less ou
OF the wagon. AS | have pfeyiousl.
| said, prosperity Is on his way to th'
| Panhandle. but he is OH d load OF feet
crops adapted to that country, drawn
by old Bossy and the pig. And tina
brings us square up against the poin
that set out TO reach and that Is
what crops are adapted TO No Mans
Land.
We know that some pants are ma
turally adapted to that country. The
| Russian thistle and the soap weed
grow abundantly there, without much
cultivation. AS many OF you can testi
Ify. The question is, what crop plants
are naturally adapted to that coun
try. Here are some OF them; kaftir
| milo, broom corn, sorghum. cowpeas
black.eyed peas, beets, hog MELONS
least, Mexican beans.
There Is no need for me to discuss
the first four OF these crops, most oi
YOU are familiar with them. They are
good feed crops for that section, but
il grown continuously, they tend t.
cob the soil and you will soon be max
ng failures with them unless you have
some other crops to grow in rotation
With them. The latter crops are mol
Inly excellent crops for that section,
1ut they notlceably tend to build up
soil that has been depleted by the
growing of other crops. Any one Of
hem makes a good cash crop. Some
# them should be grown on every
arm in the Panhandle. This is par
icularly true OF cowpeas and Mexican
leans.
Now, | think ] can hear some one
SIX, "Whaf shall we do with the
-owpeas when we have raised them?'
,reat Scott You can eat them fol
ne thing. They make good food for
on and your family and every bit OF
i've stock on the place will fatten on
hem with the exception OF Tige and
ne cat CoWpea hay ~ practically as
,ood in all particulars as alfalfa hay
nd II will be a paying crop where al
alta would not produce pound
1owpeas are the alfalfa of the Pan
landle Also. they make good cash
rop. Cowpeas are selling for $3 90
er bushel In Oklahoma city today
fhis Is unusually high, but you can
lways get a good market for all that
on raise. II you want TO raise peas
o sell, get some OF your neighbOrs to
DIN with yon and plant sufficient
creage 80 that It win pay to handle
he output. Then write me and ! will
ell you how to get a market at your
abroad point. Or, you can organize
IA association, plant a considerable
lcreage and get buyer TO come right
nto your neghborhood. | know OF
me neighborhood IN the state in which
he farmers organized a Mexican Bean
irowers' association They planted a
arge acreage, purchased huller, and
made these beans their principal crop
hey were able to get a buyer to come
light into the neighborhood and buy
heir entire output You can do the
same.
| have not time to deal with all OF
he crops above mentioned, and II is
lot necessary. The point that ] want
impress you is that you should
liant crops that nature has adapted
your country. OF course, you VIII
ave to handle even these crops by
Try land methods, but they will pay
'ou for your work when other crops
all. And they do not require sub
irrigation by means OF patent tiles.
Let me pause. right here, to take
me good healthy swat" at the fel.
ows who are selling country rights
tic. to patent tiles and tile making
machines for use in sub-irrigation. No
,ystem OF sub-irrlgation yet tried has
proven a success except in very small
tracts. A system may sometime be
developed that will prove a success in
larger tracts, but 1t has not yet made
is appearance.
Whenever anyone tries TO sell You
1 sub-irrisation system for anything
larger than a garden plot, you had
better apply the acid test to his gold
lrick before you buy
Many farmers complain that they
are not familiar with some OF the
crops mentioned above and do not
know how to grow them. I Will be
glad to furnish information in regard
10 the handling Of any crop / have
mentioned II You ask for II, and you
need not enclose a stamp.
Gentlemen, this Is the end OF my
sermon If you want to unite with
my church, come forward and give |
me your hand while the congregation |
stands and sings Saved by Sense. -
Oklahoma State Board OF Agriculture, |
Farm Department, by |
Mario Woodson, Assistant Superin- /
endent.