The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-05
FALL FLOWING.
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IL l was Cdlleu ut On " Nll1c d SCI
of ten commandments which all Of
the farmers OF the state would be
to obey, the first one
should be Thou shalt fall plow all
OF thy land that is susceptible OF
fall blowing, and in this shalt
thou in nowise fail. So shalt
thou prevail over thy insect enc
mics, and thy days shall be prosper
GUS in the land which the Lord thy
God giyeth thee" And if | added
at all to that command
ment it would be a penalty clause.
| am not called upon or even al
lowed to write such a table of COM
mandments, but free speech is still
permYtted to some people III this
country, and right here | am gong
to follow the example OF those
other two illustrious Americans, -
VIM. j. Bryan and Theodore Roose-
vClt, and say just what l---plea9e,
And also like those other two IL
lustrious Americans, | feel that what
ever tell the people is for their
own good and should be accepted
without question, and if they fail to
act upon the good advice contained,
they have no one except themselves
to blame for any troubles they may
have. And shall Immediately wash
nv hands of such headstrong unbe'
levers and abandon them to their
fate.
However, laying all fun aside ard
s2eaking seriously, there IS no one
need that demands attention from
all the farmers quite so much as the
need of fall plowing. The farmer
needs to do fall plowing in self de-
fense. If he does not, the insect
enemies of his prosperity will WIN
ter. undisturbed, in his unplowed
fields. and come out in the spring,
hungry and hunting
breakfast and he Will have to fur
nish the breakfast. And it Will De
a pretty expensive breakfast, too
Ever see a boil worm? We'll, did
Won ever see a corn ear worm? Diu
they look anything alike? They dld'
hecause the boil worm is just the
worm under an assumed
name. They are both the same pes
XIV" fellow. When the corn-ear worm
finds that the fare in the corn 1leld
is no longer attractive, he Just
iumps his board bill, changes MS
name and goes to board in the cot
ton patch And it costs you some
thing to feed him, too. Listen; Here
is something that | want you to get
Judging by a twenty year average,
The corn. ear boil worm has caused
more loss to the farmers OF the state
than drought. II that In you h''hu
TO stay? or course. the worm Is with
MS always, while the drought hits
MS only in even numbered years
T believe that It is the even num-
bored ones-but in the long run the
worm costs us the more. And II
is the long run that counts. we
have not learned yet TO overcome
drought. but we do know now TO
nut the corn-ear worm out of busi-
ness and that is by fall plowing.
There are several generations OF
this worm during the crop season
The worms Of the last generation
dig holes in the ground Of the crop
lands and winter in them. These
holes or burrows run straight down
ward to a depth of several inches.
hen turn back upward and come to
nm end an inch or nm inch and
half beneath the surface OF the soil,
Tho worms winter snugly In these
closed dry holcs. and II you let them
stay thoro thoy will como out in
tho spring nicc and hungry and
ready for breakfast nut II YOU
piow them ont In the fall N" frost
and cold or winter WIN put an end