The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-28

crops should not be sod but shog
!,e fed ou The farm Fe told Of oDt
mHn who fed al the kAfir he raiset
ou four farms and besides bough'
four thousand bushels and fed then
/ and oui Of al Ls had be realized slbi
Dushel ty feeding and selling th'
/ live STOCK KAfir averages 30 bush
s,ls 70 TIE Acre, although Johnston
/ s1uuty boy raised 122 bushels on
4 oDe hcrs, which Is the second heav
3s.st yield il tbs United States.
MI COarsu tod low 10 pick goot
Eztl- seed The heads with q long
seed stem thA; are about the SAINT
slEs thrcyu ghOui AL the length, thai
have 4 square tip, are The best foi
seed he sad the kEfir exhibited al
the tsir by Carter county was a per
FEC, type 0. ksfir seed KAfir cross
ss easily wiki cane and broom corn
and Egyptian wheat and growers
should Use care TO keep their seed
pure.
For every ten acres Of kafir al
least one acre Of Spanish peanuts
should cd fed Peanuts have more on
In them here than in Virginia and
grow better here. The factories in
making peanut butter have 70 mix
either olive or cotton seed oil with
the butter blt when the Oklahoma
peanuts are used for this purpose
there is no requirement for the ad
dition Of any oil. Mr.. Cottrell be-
lieyes that Carter county should have
ten thousand acres planted to pea
nuts.
Some Of the leading men OF the
county have been considering the
matter Of planting big sweet potato
crop In Carter county and what Mr..
Cottrell said along that line will be
interesting. He says it does not re-
quire skilled farmer to raise potatoes
that any person who will try can
raise 200 bushels to the acre. The
potatoes which are marketed In Col
orado and other mountain states are
grpwn in Virginia, Maryland, and
New Jersey. These potatoes when
cooked are dry. Those who have eat
en- them and have never eaten the
southern sweet potato do not appre-
ciate the difference between them and
the candied yam Of the south. Two
things are necessary to make potato
growing profitable. First, the build
ing up Of a market for them, and
second, teaching the farmers how to
harvest the crop.
To establish market Ardmore bus
mess men should see that a good
acreage is planted to them and have
each farmer agree to accept about
SOC bushel. When the crop is rails
ed send a live wire to Denver, Col
orado. Accompany this with an old
southern negro nanny, tie ban
danna handkerchief about her head
and have her cook potatoes southern
style and serve them free every af- |
ternoon for a few weeks in Denver |
until thousands OF people have had |
an opportunity to compare the Okla |
1oma potato with the eastern potato.
Then serve the potatoes free to hotel |
guests and build up the demand |
among the customers and when the
customers demand them the mer-
chants will be forced to handle them.
lie says from $500 to $1,000 must be
,ut into an advertising fund.
To plant and grow and harvest
md keep the crop of potatoes the
,est plan is to get in touch with the
government, get an expert potato
,rower to come here at the expense
# the United States and stay here
me season to instruct the people in
airing for their crop. Potatoes to
ring a price on the market must be
andled more nearly like eggs. They
must not be skinned or bruised or
ut.