The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-06
BIC CONVENTION
BROOM CORNERS
TO CLOSE TODAY
Continuous Round Of Pleasure marka
End Of Meeting: Indian War
Dance, Barbecue Enjoy
ed By Crowd
SPORT EVENTS MAKE
UP DAYS PROGRAM
Badger Fight; Baseball Staged; 9th.
er Events on Bill; Business
Meetings Draw Attention
Of Growers

One continuous round OF pleasure,
an occasional business session
thrown In, was the program that tho
broom corners In session here today
faced.
Tho Rotarlans. headed by Col.
John r. Owsley started the day
early this morning by giving the
delegates an automobile ride over
the city. winding up at the ware.
house OF the Thos. Lyons company
where many OF the festivities OF the
day were staged. At noon. n bar
becue. prepared and presided over
by W. A. Hopkins and John Spring
er, was served TO a multitude OF
broom corn association delegates,
growers from over the Chickasha
district and townspeope who were
Just out TO see the show.
An Indian war dance, badger
fight with real dogs and badgers,
boxing match and baseball game
the Chickasha Western Association
the latter event being between
club and the local Elks team were
on the afternoon program. An In
dian pony race and an airplane
flight were also on the bill.
During the afternoon. an address
TO the broom corn growers OF the
southwest by representative OF the
National Broom Manufacturers as
sociation was scheduled and A. +.
Houston, Grady county agent was
to address the convention on the
proper cultivation and care OF broom
corn.
The close of the annual conven-
ton of the Oklahoma Broom Manu-
facturers' association was to como
this evening.
Would Organize Growers.
AT the meeting of the broom
corn Johnnies' yesterday afternoon
at the Elks club the proposition of
u growers organization was advo-
Gated by number Of speakers and
plans We're laid 'which may lead up
to this feature of the industry in
Chickasha.
A. #. Houston, Grady county agri-
cultural agent and Oscar Early,
prominent officers in the Grady
County Grange spoke on this subject
as well as C. W. Mullen, associate
editor Of the Oklahoma Farmer
Stockman. Others among the dele
gates present spoke. 1t was stressed
that the advantage in forming an or
ganization of growers, was to in
crease the quality of broom corn
raised.
This could be done, it was pointed
out by making broom corn one of
the regular crops on every farm in
The county every farmer planting
small acreage and none going in for
whole hog" proposition. 1t was de-
clared that farmer. who intended
planting so acres of broom corn, be
ilGuced to plant, say ten acres. The
advantage in this, it was shown, was
that the grower could give his crop
better attention at the time of har-
Ivesting, resulting in his corn being
oi higher quality at the time of mar
keting.
Possibilities Pointed Out.
The possibilities of making Chick
asha a great broom corn marketing
section were voiced in a talk by f.
H. White, of the Western Broom
Manufacturing company, Tulsa. In
his talk, Mr.. White compared Chick
asha to Padukah, KY, as that tobac-
co marketing town was ten years
ago.
He declared that ten years ago
Padukah bore practically the same
relations to the tobacco industry as
Chickasha bears to the broom corn
industry at the present time. He said
that an organization of growers was
formed and the growers induced to
plant small acreages on every farm
resulting in better attention being
given the tobacco and better quality
: products. Today, he said, the tobac-
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