Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-03-22
FARM AGENTS COLUMN
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(By c. w. BROWN

Farmer friends. do you realize
what II means to keep a flock OF
hens and brood SOW? Suppose
farmer has flock of SO hens. and
each hen lays only 96 eggs in a year.
and the farmer sells the eggs 25c
per dozen; one hen will produce 81
worth of eggs; so hens 500.
brood SOW should have two litters OF
pigs each year, of at least six pigs
to the litter, or IL pigs: these IL
pigs, at the reasonable price of $40
each. means $l2O per year. So the
hens and the SOW represent an in
come of SEQ to each farm. Sup
pose that there are 5000 such farms
in tn ecounty the income would be
81 100000. This sum of money
would build 25 consolidated high
schools costing $4,000 each. build
100 miles of road costing $4,000 n
mile, 25 churches costing $4,000
each; pay the salaries of 125 teach
ers at $1,000 per year; also pay the
salary of 25 pastors at $4,000. and
leave $250,OO0 for feed. Some may
say that the $3.50 900 would not
feed the hens and sows. Suppose IT
does not; II the farmer raises the
feed the money stays in the county.
and ii is not sent up north where We
will never see 1t again. The Gov
ernment is asking the farmers OF the
South to keep flock OF hens and a
brood SOW. Cant you see why? Let
us respond.
No country can become richer than
its lands. From the soil comes tn"
food and clothing; all the human
needs are subordinate to these. Food
is the chief material concern OF life
its production the most important
occupation. In the hard school OF
experience we are slowly learning
the lesson of real business economy.
forced on us by the greatest lesson
of all time--that of feeding our
selves.
Let us learn that lesson we'll.
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| Some farmers have experienced Il
great deal of trouble the past fall
in rendering to the income tax Off
cials q satisfactory statement of in
comes for the past year--another
example of careless business. Far
mers. don't you believe that you
should keep books. Tell me of any
other business in the country that
would not go broke in a little while
If the manager should employ such
a haphazard method. Call on your
banker and ask him to show you 4
bOOd simplified farm account book
He has a copy. no doubt. but If HI
hansnt, see your county agent The
book will cost you about 90 or q
cents.
Oklahoma has the largest wealth
per rural population of any southern
state. Why? Because Oklahoma
does not depend on the one-crop sys
TEN as much as the other southern
States. TIL eaverage wealth per ru
raj population in Oklahoma is $500
and with our soil and climate II
should be four or five times thai
sum How can we do it? We mus!
raise what we eat and feed. and eat
and feed what we raise.
sso 4
Several farmers have been inquir.
ing about a hog tonic. and for the
benefit OF anv who may be interest
ID in "A condition powder for hogs
the following formula is recommend
ed for use;
Wood charcoal. III: sulphur.
lb.; sodium chlOrid, lbs: sodium
bicarbonate. . lbs; sodium hyposul
phitc. 2 lbs; sodium sulphate. l lb.
and antimony sulphid. l lb. Cblack
Mix ingredients thoroughly and
feed a large teaspoonful to eacl
20o-lb. weight of hogs once day.