The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-03

case In which to store them, Just put Il string through
the corner and hang them up along with the al
mRuac. About once Il week the teacher might take
them down and tell the children a little something
about what Christopher Columbus did I'm l492, or
the part that G. Washington played In getting the
United States started off right, etc, etc. In this
way they would come to know what u history book
IL and In a general way what It contains. The
geography would be brought into use Ms the reading
" useful facts called for the Information II con
tains. II books pertaining TO farm life could not be
found to take the place Of the history and geog-
rnphy, or II they could, we would make a list OF
the principal industries ~ the community and sub
scribe for the leading publications dealing with them.
Gradually the whole community would come to
know what the rest Of the world was doing along
their line Of work and also how they did IT, The
farm boy would soon find out that the world moves
-ngrIculturnlly as well AS geoSraImically.
Getting Ready For Harvest Help
There will be an effort made this year to Use the
offices N the United States Department Of Labor.
the Department " Agriculture aud the postuffcc az
q means Of helping 10 solve the labor problem Of
harvest time In the wheat growing sections. II Is
estimated that seventy five per cent Of the help
necessary 10 take care Of the crop I'm the principal
wheat growing sections. has 10 be shipped I'm. To
state II another way, Is 10 say that Of all the labor
ana lHOOrers required on the farms during the har-
vest season OF the grain growing sections Of the
country, there IL work the year round for less than
twenty-five per cent Of them. This means that when
"a man goes to the wheat country Mt harvest time,
h" has To return to his starting place when harvest
* over or 20 on somewhere else. II costs money
each way and breaks into regular employment I'm
other sections OF the country. There Is also "A de
gree OF uncertainty both uo the grain man and 10
the grain hand. w he grain man there is the fear
Of not getting his help nj the thur when II is worth
the most to him, aud for the man coming I'm there
Is the fear there win be- more men than jobs 1t is
only ON the hope " higher wages that the lahorcr
viii take the chance aud the grain man tries to pay
In proportion TO his risk IN not getting help and
the value OF the help at Il time when he must have It.
Help From the Cotton Fields
The cotton picker from the South has mn oppor
tuulty ond does supply quite a per cent Of this Ia
hoT. When harvest ON the south liuc NJ the wheat
belt begins. cotton IL being "lnld hy." or Is In the
hnuds NJ less than half tine labor requirements. Help
from this section can work north until cotton pick
Ing time back home They generally do this, or
work until they encounter the help which comes In
from the east ana cuts them off, The cotton picker
drops huck to the lower edge, or the early edge "
the cotton season, md works north ugain. Here
E n source N help that has been active for several
years. but Inns been given very little definite rrcog
milton and seems to have been overlooked by or
guul2atIous. Along the north line OF the cotton belt
natural diycr,ifirnlion N crops divides things mp I'm
such II way that the labor problem is almost solved
locally. But I'm the south line NJ the cotton belt
just ni the time when help Is beginning To hc needed
I'm the wheat fields of the south side NJ the wheat
belt. there are thousands II hand, who spend days
and months fishing, going to scr their "wifr's p"o-
pie or turn ont the COWS and eat mp all the sur
plus chickens. or attending the various summer en-.
tcrtuinmcnts held after crops nrc laid 10y. All "
these folks are not available N course, but they
represent n lot of labor that would be- willing TO
work II some reliable system ~ Information and
transportation could be- worked out.
According to the Department Of Labor
The first step Is to forcsec where and when and
how much labor will be- wanted. II is planned 10
use the township aud county crop reporters In sec
lions where labor will be- needed. They are In a
position 10 furnish a very reliable general idea. But
the individual furmer ON the farm IS appealed TO
tu begin 10 think and figure iu time $50 as 10 get
the Information 10 various employment bureaus.
The nearest %postOffice * to be- and is now supplied
with blanks upon which any individual or orgnnl,
zatiun In II commute may nuke out nm estimate
NJ the eNtrn help wanted, when II will be wanted,
aud file this Information with the nearest head
quarters " the Department " Labor. The pros
pcctive employer or the community organization X
expected to state ON this report whether they viii
advance transportation. ana II SO. on what terms
they expect II To be- repaid, II at all. These blanks are
also In sections " country where lUhor is to come
from and the same opportunity Is offered the man
wanting tD get In on this good thing Of hnving the
Job located for him, to I'M them out and send them
into where ever the local postmaster may be- mott.
fled 10 send them Rural route carriers will carry
blanks. II seems that n proper publicity be- given
10 this plan and folks will act In time, n much
more satisfactory solution ot the distribution N la,
Dor for harvest may be- hud than ever before. II Is
not expected to be perfect or TO work without
bitches, hut It ia undoubtedly n well planned start.
Both sides win have to learn OF II and then learn
how 10 use II. We give YOU this early notice 40 AZ
to have time to think It over.
Six Pounds Plant -Four Acres Feterits
Last spring the state Bunk NJ Rocky gave out to
its customers packages NJ fctcrlta seed containing
six pounds. The agreement was To plant II the
hest way one knew how aud the man who raised the
most bushels " seed from hs six pounds would
get n ten dollar gold piece. Some forty or fifty
farmers received this seed. II was planted on
ground ranging IN areas from one 10 four acres.
Most " the plants were planted In May. Some lost
their seed. The yields NJ the various fields were
estimated about the middle NJ August. II seemed
az n II would never rain any more at that time,
and they were supposed 10 have done all they
would ever DO. The interesting thing about It, when
the Judges began 10 visit the various plats, was that
the chances for the ten dollar gold piece began to
narrow down 10 the men who had planted most
ground with their six pounds ~ seed. The first
and second standing went Ia n man who had planted
four acres and one who lust lacked two rows n
quarter " a mile long NJ having four acres. The
winning patch was planted the twentieth " May
and made. M did. all the rest VI them, on the sCanty
rainfall NJ June, July and the early part Of Au.
gust From the four acres planted with six pounds
NJ seed was gathered 1881 bushels Of fctcrlta and
Il crop VI suckers VI several bushels was not hnr.
vested. This IL II little more than 20 bushels per
acre not n hig yield nj nl. except when taken In
connection with the weather conditions under which
these various fields grew. Everything went IN show
that the thinner planting made n possible To make
the yield under such trying conditions. This seed
was graded and tested for termination, some uf the
tests showing 100 per cent