The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-11-20
The NstionaILess at Tulsa.

The National Lesson 1t Tulsa.
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On.ttl-E t-= --Ess as-5s. its -l.l-
,zry display t-= 5-sE1-ss 11iz pro
t=s1-.1al ard T=rrlI. ;-- E5E-i1 I-;=r-
zztia-ll Iry Farming Ca-E-=ss E1l=a
EEs r=I- e. Tulsa, DslA.- fr1- p1t55zr
y % 20. Inclusive. marked another
1..s-t1u- o. that progress which s10lls
be the E1zl q -vsrJ farmer and farm
sr'. wife q the northern Hzuis. here
Il Uls t1- -1y.t si-ys11gg. Testimony
70 the modern tL=5y of agriculture
that head uorE pI4- hand work means
success. that t-s writer =Tzr Viir-s.=1
F-11 origins which AZ recently a. ten
years ago were considered Leagues be-
y0ud tie 5eEllf1s cane zt=at weigh
inE pound. 10 the t1s1=l aDs 3.
bushels 90 the acre. pHIst1as weighing
over pounds each, sglz-l-s over 8 feet
long. alfalfa making ton o. t-- acre
AM cor that zU4.- make are average
corn belt farmer el-i sI. z11 sal
Five large b1iL-iurs were required
o furnish Sufficient room Tor ir= er-
bit- which sClr-l Iu. rHt Only from
states and counties. bli from 1-Ivic-
uzl farmers MElF thousand dollars,
much farm uzcai1=-F. and s-v--y
cups we're EEzr1si q. prize. l1fl- var.
. i1ls exhibitors Bar these awards and
pr.le. were merely .ymo7Is-bzig-s o.,
. recognition. TIE real winners, a.
shown y tts Coz gr--s. uer- t1= Gv0
nations. Cauadz and the United states
sinners 10 thsi tie food problem
vas nsinE solved witair their borders
and winner il ta- possession Hf rlra.
. population wish ih- spirit % brave IN
friendly natural conditions and the
brains % conquer them
The American fArner, since first he
stretched nis hand 0It ta MeC5rnIcE
f0r E.s reaper, mas stood zp4rt from
other ual.al. because % bis pru-r-s-
.iye1-s. he has stood ayarI. also. be
-a1sa Of iuEr4titldz o. the SOIL upon
which be- depended Land Eaira iH
. England Or France has been yielding
F bouulIfgI'y Tor Thousand year. would
have been Eop@l-s-ly depleted in .
generation ry lhe average methods fol
lowed Or tLi- country.
The Dry Farming Congress. from tn
speeches OF ta- % -sErgls zE-icuIt1-Isrs
va0 urrs there, o. the long rows o..
s1il products. uas z1 indirect blt dead
Iy pr1tes; against American careless
ness "a farm methods If VA shown
a. Tulsa thar uaH who q. familiar
with the Ea1eraI farming from FI1ri1s
% the Uas1izs dry farming q. nothing
more nor less than applying, % EEs
lsCi which safer. from lack u rain
prime pies which p-oi1ss the best re
suits Ehr1 applied % land enjoying
plenty % ra.u.
li was q nation Tile lesson on good
farming It proved that ih- successful
rules % good farming ver- the good
r 4Iss 0f s-sr-ssf1l farming The pi5-
nesr settlers 0E practically desert land
were left 70 dsmo1sirate By practical
results what farm journals, g0Eeru-
meat schools, and the service bureaus
o. the big machine companies have
tried % teach. iaai the fIr-zuznIzIs
Of tanning are deeper pl8uirE, better
cultivation, more animal fertilizer, and
better seed selection. ]. vas cIsir1-d
by those who hai experimental Tor
years thar 20 breaking up rLs sd it 5.
more profitable % turn it order from
DO % y inches than from o. =, which
j. iA= popular depth ny srrusl Il
pertinent h~tuesu tWo srr-s lu ls-
same 6eld. land treated hy deep tiIlsEe
yielded too more 10 produce 10 10
years than q similar scre ploUed only
Q inches Ia another case 10 bringing
01t the yslue Of humgs IS a factor in
Increasing tbs water holding power Of