The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-11-08
Four More Towns Pledge Support
in Better Farming Movement
in Grady Co. County
Wide Cooperation
THE DEMONSTRATION
WORK TO BE ENLARGED
McNabb Will Have Auto and Get
Over More Tenitory-Bi
Cti-Togeihtr Meeting to
Be Held Soon

A bigger Commercial and Farm Bu-
reau, in which countrywide co-opera.
tion viii figure. to the end that agri.
culture in the county may be placed
on more stable and profitable basis,
is assured by the hearty response that
the towns OF Grady county are giving
10 the invitation that has been extend.
ed 10 them
AT meeting Of the directors Of the
bureau Friday afternoon, It was re-
ported that Tuttle. Minco, verden and
Alex had lined up on the movement.
pledging substantial financial support
and a large number OF citizens OF those
towns were admitted to membership
Ia the organization.
Other towns in the county are to be
invited to come into the bureau and
farmers are also urged 20 become ae.
lively interested with a view to inn
proving farm methods and thereby
making the soil produce from two to
five times the revenue at present
and making farm operations decidedly
more certain and satisfactory The
objects OF the movement also include
the maintenance and Increasing Of soil
fertility and the reduction TO a mini
mum by conservation of moisture Of
the losses caused by periodical drouths.
Mr.. MoNabb will at once take up
the locating OF demonstration farms
around the towns that have pledged
their support to the bureau and later
on IL is hoped thar such farms may be
established in the vicinity Of all the
towns in the countq. Next year il is
planned to have at least 100 farms in
operation. as compared with about 70
this year. and the boys club work.
which numbered ii9 members this
year. viii be more than doubled
But how is one man 10 supervise 50
many farms? That was a troublesome
question till the directors Of the bu-
reau decided to buy an auto for Mr.
McNabb. but Il will be easy to do IL
now. In runabout the agent will be
able TO keep In close touch with every
demonstrator. covering two or three
times as much territory as he could
without a car. The purchase ~ run
about was authorized by the board
Friday and Mr. McNabb will now be
able TO meet the requirements OF the
department Of agriculture by visiting
every demonstrator at least once every
20 days.
In every instance where the soil is
not Of the blowing kind. said Mr. Nc
Nabb, I'VE expect to require fall plow-
ing to a good depth, followed by thor
ough working TO an ideal seed bed. We
shall insist that seed OF high grade
and pure type be used for all demon
straiion crops and shall require thor
ough cultivation through the entire
growing period. We are confident
that we can exceed any yields made
this season. although in at least one
instance a club boy made over 100
bushels Of corn per acre and a num-
Der Of others averaged from 20 to 30
bushels
In furtherance Of the Countrywide
cooperation idea. il is planned to hold
a big "get.together' meeting in Chick
asha about November 20. when all To-
cal members. together with farmers
and citizens Of other towns. VIII BE-
invited 10 gather and boost the move
ment
At this time Mr.. McNabb Is laying
stress on deep fan plowing. for which
he says the soil is now in ideal con-
dition. In many instances fall plow'
ing is a failure because it isn't fol
lowed by thorough working and com
pacting. We shall insist upon the lat
ter as much as the deep plowing, :, said
Mr.. McNabb.
another thing. said the agent. the
conditions we're never more favorable
for preparing the soil to SOW alfalfa
in the spring. We wouldn't have too
much alfalfa if one half of the valleys
of the two washitas we're planted to
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