The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-04-13
2 ACRES TOMATOES
BRING $500 PROFIT
Ladies at Oak Grove Active in
Club Movement - Bradley Gets
into the Game, Says
Cooper

nat the community cluD movement
is gradually gaining momentum in
Grady county is evidenced by the
weekly report of o. c. Cooper, county
agricultural agent. A flourishing club
IS now in existence in the Oak Grove
vicinity, and Mr.. Cooper was called
70 Bradley to assist in launching a
club. Organization Of this kind among,
the farmers is being urged by the u.
S. department of agriculture the OBJ
ject being general improvement of the
community and betterment of farm
conditions, and Mr.. Cooper is gratified
by the progress the idea is making in
this county.
Incidentally, Mr.. Cooper's report
brings out the fact that one Grady
county farmer cleaned up 5000 on two
acres of tomatoes last year Under
the heading General Remarks Mr..
Cooper's last report to the department
contains the following data.
Monday, April 5-Office work until
noon; wrote ten letters. Went to Oak
Grove school house, seven miles south
west of Rush Springs. Asked to come
to this place by the ladies of the dis
trict to organize a Community club.
VIII say that we have at this place
one OF the best Hog Cholera clubs in
the county, which they will use as
subordinate to the Community club.
We had large crowd; seventy-six
people present, and organized good
club. naming their club THE Oak
Grove Improvement Club" After the
organization was perfected, bounti-
full supper was served and good time
was enjoyed by ALL Visited the fol
lowing farmers on the way down: J.
s. Cox, Ralph Borden, r. NJ. Newport,
J. w. Jackson, where we took supper
Covered twenty-eight miles.
Tuesday, April eSpeDt lass night
with Mr. Mutt and wen. over his farm
this morning; also visited w. H. Over
street, who is going to put in two
acres Of tomatoes as a demonstration
plat. He had two acres in tomatoes
last year and made three hundred dol
lara net. Then visited ]. c. Malone,
]. w. Malone. J. o. Rinner, Frank Far
well and Waylin Thomas, boy club
member Covered thirty miles.
Wednesday, April Good rain last
night. Office work: wrote eight let
tsrs; twelve farmers in office today
finishing reports OF last week for to-
nights papers.
Thursday, April S-Called to Brad
ley to visit farmers and. organize a
Community club They have one Of
the best Hog Cholera clubs here in
the county. Visited Roy c. Smith,
banker; Geo. j. Jordan, banker: Geo.
T. Martin, druggist; Jno. B. Shelton,
farmer; ]. w Richardson, farmer; w
r. Berry, physician; J. A. Brown, gro
Ger, and A. J. Comes, farmer, and one
of the largest alfalfa growers in the
county. A big rain came UP about Z
o'clock aud rained and hailed very
hard and we only had fifteen people
out to the meeting, and they had to
come through the hard rain. They
decided to put off the organizing Of
the club until the week from tonight.
which win be April 10, and ] promised
to come back and help organize the
club. Covered eighteen miles by rail
and ten miles by team.
Friday, April 9-Saw the following.
farmers at Bradley this morning be.
fore coming home Ed Miller, Jno L.
Smith, J.. C. Hampton, J. A. Taylor.
Joe Ray, w. NJ. Lance, r. A. Blakely.
Returned home at 1920; train late.
Rained very hard at Bradley, while
waiting for train and all the way
home. Covered eighteen miles; wrote
eight letters.
Saturday, April lo--Wrote four let
ters: fifty-four farmers in office today
after seed corn and inquiring about