The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-23
County Agent Announces Ses-
sions to be Held in Interest
of Loans to Farmers for
Wheat Crop.
TELLS HOW PREPARE
SEED BED FOR WHEAT
Where Cotton Cultivated Late
and is Clean, Ground is now
Ready; Gives Quantity
of Seed to Use.

Township meetings over the cour
ty for the purpose of organizing
farmers to participate in the fedora
seed wheat loan began at Pocasse
yesterday morning and will continue
until every town in the county ha.
been covered according to the sched
ule announced by county agent ]. w
Owens. During the meets, the agent
will outline the plan adopted by the
Treasury Department to practically
every interested farmer and banker
in Grady county.
Following is the program for coun
ty meetings on the wheat loan pro.
position: Pocasset Tuttle, Friday
August 23, P. NJ; Verden, Monday
August 26, 10 A. M; Minco, Tuesday
August q, P. M; Amber, Wednes-
day August 2S, 10 A. NJ; Norge,
Wednesday, August % P. M;
Alex, Friday, August 80, p NJ
1t will not be the purpose of the
government to increase the wheat
acreage or even guarantee a nor
NAL acreage for next season but ra-
ther to tide bankrupt farmers o.fer
and encourage tnem to stay on the
farm and produce food, the county
agent has been informed by the De.
partment of Agriculture.
In discussing the movement this
morning, Mr.. Owens issued the fol
lowing statement:
Farmers who have been hard hit
by the drouth conditions ought to
become acquainted with the plan now
on foot to furnish seed to them
through the Federal government.
This plan is in no way intended to
stimulate an increased acreage Of
wheat, nor to have wheat planted on
land not suitable for wheat produc.
tion, but is for the wheat grower, or
the man who has been accustomed to
making wheat one of his crops and
has failed to grow the same this
year and is as result unable to
get the necessary seed from his usu.
al former sources.
81 wish to make it plain to the ex-
tent that no one will be disappointed
when you make your inquiries re-
garding this proposition, and / hope
the people will not blame the local
bank or the county agent or any
other agency if they are not eligible
to receive this aid.
MANY farmers are asking the ques-
tion How best to SOW wheat this
fall?' The first consideration for
small grain crop is the seed bed.
Just how this is prepared does not
matter, but the best one any farmer
can make or is already made is
where cotton has been cultivated late
and is clean. There is no need to do
any extra work on such land except
possibly where some have thrown
up a rather high ridge in the last
cultivation. If so, this will need to
be torn down, and the land is ready
to SOW.
"On corn land it will be necessary
in most cases to cut the stalks, disk
the land twice, harrow level and
then SOW On stubble land, if there
has not already been considerable
work done in the way of disking or
breaking, it will be mighty difficult
to properly prepare a desirable seed
bed. Horse flesh will suffer badly il
man undertakes to break his stub
BILE now. If a good rain should ma
terialize soon, this would be differ
ent.
Many farmers have already made
application for Federal Seed Wheat
Aid. Don't be afraid to accept Il
proposition. 1t is reasonable and feas-
ible, and there is no chance for you
TO lose. See your local banker, who
will furnish you with the proper
blanks and information.
"You who have sown wheat, SOW
again But be careful about the seed
Relative to the plan adopted by