The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-25
WITH CARTER COUNTY FARMERS

The farm labor supply is reported
by the state agricultural department
to be fairly uniform in the various
Oklahoma districts, and is about IS
| per cent of what it was last year
ana about 70 per cent normal In the
/ southern part Of the state it is about
/ so per cent normal. Farmers are
/ endeavoring to plan their crops so
/ they can do their own harvesting, ow.
ing to the high price Of labor
a. Overstreet Of Cheek, n resident
of Carter county for the past 80 years
was q business visito' to Ardmore the
past week and renewed his allegiance
TO tie Weekly Ardmoreite. Mr..
Overstreet raises good crops of cot.
ton, corn and other things of the
farm. He says, better cotton seed.
more hogs and hominy means a bank
account for any farmer" Mr.. Over
street owns his farm.
It is estimated that it costs 2S cents
per pound to raise cotton in the south.
ern cotton fields in 1918 and for 1919
was considerably higher, averaging.
it is claimed SS cents per pound.
B. S. Nichols, living on route 2,
Marietta, is now reader to the
Weekly Ardmoreite. During his brief
visit TO Ardmore this week he had
us enter his name on our long list
Of weekly readers. Mr.. Nichols is
well known farmer Of his community
and besides raising good crops of cot
ton and corn he is a booster of live.
stock and raises Poland China hogs,
enough for home consumption and
The market too.
Bear in mind the minimum price
fixed by the American Cotton Asso-
citation is co cents per pound, and
q system Of warehousing is to be
established to see that the cotton
this year is marketed to the advan-
tage Of the grower and not the specu.
lator.
D. l.. Spigener (col) a highly re.
spected colored man Of the commu.
nifty Of Hennepin, called at the Of
flee this week and said he wanted to
read the Weekly Ardmoroite for the
next y months. Spigener owns his
farm and last year raised splendid |
crops Of cotton, corn and small grain. |
He has been a resident Of the coun.
ty for u years.
Wapanucka shipped a car Of poul. |
try, 1900 pounds weight to Chicago |
last week. The car was valued at
$4,000. Maybe chickens don't pay.
Maybe they do.
Z. L. Garlic, Oswalt, was a visitor |
TO the city this week and during his .
short stay took time to subscribe |
for year Of good reading to the
Weekly ArdmUreite. Mr.. Garlic by |
an iudomitable will and stay-with.it .
sIirt has managed to acquire one |
of the best farms in southern Okla
ncma, tut it has taken years Of toll
AM long hours to do this. He has |
been a resident Of his community |
for 80 years and always raises good |
crops Of anything he plants, "If the |
sun continues to shine as it has been |
doing the last few days, everyone will |
be in the fields remarked Mr. Car. |
lie.
A Connecticut farmer who recent.
ly enrolled in the "better.sires' move.
ment is an example Of the interest of |
men in improving poultry despite the
fact OF the frequent assertion that |
mon take little interest in feathered /
stock. This man listed 80 cattle and |
1899 poultry-all Of pure breeding No
other breeding stock was kept on
the farm.
j. S. Johnson, a prosperous and |
real farmer OF the Brock community |
was business visitor to the city |
the past week and had us enter his
name on the long list Of Weekly Ard. |
moreite readers. Mr.. Johnson has been
a resident Of Carter county for 20
years and owns a nice farm. He has |
plenty of cotton and corn planted and |
prospects for good harvest is very
bright.
G.. A. Moore, another well.to.do farm
er Of the Brock neighborhood was in
Ardmore this week and said he want.
cd to keep posted on county affairs
through the Weekly Ardmoreite. Dir.
Moore raises cotton and corn. Besides
this he plants pole beans, peas, corn,