Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-07

If necessary. they propose to get into
the political ring this year to that
end, Indications are that one of the
candidates for county commissioner
will be from that district.
Four hundred country school chill
dren enjoyed a grea. day at owen
park last SATURDAY. when the annual
country school field meet was held.
The park was turned over to them for
the day.
Indications are now that the move
to clear up the title of the Tulsa
County Fair (thc dry farming con-
gress grounds) will be settled within
the next thirty days.
Amos Rick and A. w. Lucas Of
Skiatook have just received another
carload of cattle for distribution in
that part of the county. The last
shipment was of Holstein breed.
DR.. Ross Grosshart has imported
ten head of purc-bred Holstcin cat
tie. purchased near Kansas City last
week. Their average cost was 5000,
some of them being young calves.
The man who wins cattle prizes at
the Tulsa COUNTY Fair this year is
going to have to go some. Clarence
White Of near RiXby says he has made
one blooded calf semi-member of
the family and is according it much
personal attention. II is said that
John Kramer has secured the services
of a Scotch herdsman to care for his
cattle preparatory to the show. The
fair management sees the necessity of
increasing the room fo- cattle ex-
hibits.
w. A. Lewis has imported two more
high-bred standard mares to add to
his stable.
Indications are that the early peach
crop Is no more. ElNa Barrows. who
has had long experience in fruit grow
ing in Tulsa county, says that the
early crop is not a sure enough com
mercial crop to warrant growing in
large quantities. He has very few
early peach trees on his eghty-acre
fruit farm.
During the winter Mortin Schuttler
built greenhouse for the growing
of tomato plants for the wholesale
trade. Heretofore Binding Stevens
and other seed houses have had to
import their garden plants. Mr..
Schuttler is going after this business.
Tulsa farmers are undertaking to
experiment in farming. A half hun
dred of them have contracts to grow
some five hundred acres of Japanese
popcorn for a big popcorn dealer of
the north. He desires to secure his
products some two or three weeks
earlier than Is possible in the north
ern states and has selected Tulsa
county to test to that end.
The government announces that
the fight against the foot and mouth
disease is at an end-a victory for the
people. On March 81 all restrictions
caused by this dread disease were re-
moved. The disease appeared in 269
counties Of tho United States %
states and the District Of Columbia.
The department points to Denmark's
iecord rs n justification of the meth
eds Of slaughter followed here. Den
mark failed to enforce their slaughter
rule and as a result lost cattle equal
in value to third Of their whole
milk production last year.
DO YOU realize that the pecan is a
native OF but = dozen OF the states
Ct the union? Tulsa is near the north
boundary line OF the productive dis
trict. In 1909 this district produced
e.seo.7s9 pounds Of recans. worth
S971.596 This was one-ninth the
value Of the American apple crop,
e-quarter of the value Of the Amer
lean orange crop.
Doctor Earnheart, county farm
agent for the department Of agricul-
ture. gives the following interesting
figures regarding Tulsa county. He
finds that Tulsa county has 362,sOO
acres, Of this number some $4,000
acres are lost by tank farms, oil
wells, creeks. rivers. coal properties,
etc.
Tulsa county horses number 1884,
valued at $450,585. Who says that
the auto has run the horse out of
fields Of usefulness? Then, Just as a
filler, there are 2,4S0 mules in the
county worth $18S,S79. These re-
turns are on a taxation basis, which
Is about three-fourths the value.
The department Of agriculture has
lust Issued Its year book. It Is an in
teresting volume Of value to those in.
'arestod IN farm work. OF especial
interest Is the pages devoted to the
efforts for the betterment of the So