The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-10
Dissertations of
Tulsa County
Aqent

The season OF the short days and
long nights is here. Civilized man
has learned to turn night into day.
Perhaps the most profitable jpn at
this season of the year is to make
some effort at keeping accounts of
various departments of the farm.
Nothing elaborate need be attempt
ed. In one column list what is TO
be charged up to any field or de-
partment of the farm and in an
other column list the products that
are derived from IT. About January
! a list should he made of every
thing OF value on the place, giving
each item its approximate cash
value. Then, in another column, list
all the Indebtedness and balance the
two accounts. This should be done
January l every year and as time
goes on you can look back over your
records and gain valuable ideas by
comparing the results OF the various
seasons.
Farm improvements.
It is gratifying to notice that a
large amount of substantial building
Is taking place on Tulsa county
farms. New houses are going up
in every direction. Sheds and barns
are being built. Here and there
houses are being overhauled. New
fences are going in and in several
instances there seems to be a general
scheme of neatness and propriety
about the construction of these i'm
provements that are very desirable.
Let this good work continue until
Tulsa county farms are so well
equipped with improvements that
farm families may reside comfort
ably and do their work profitably.
Small Farms.
The trend of the farming industry
in Tulsa county is distinctly toward
the small farm, especially along our
paved roads. Five and ten-acre
tracts are being improved and laid
out. Some of these tracts are being
occupied by people who expect to
make at least a part of their living
from the soil. Undoubtedly we are
to develop a large area of our Tulsa
county land into small farms on
which poultry, truck and fruit will
predominate. II careful attention is
given to building up the fertility of
the soil on these tracts, a large part
Of the family living can he provided
from the resulting productions.
Johnson's Durocs.
About a year ago | mentioned the
fine start Ernest Johnson had made
ia preparing for a good sized hog
farm. Last week I visited his place
two miles west OF Skiatook. whore he
has recently erected a fine new barn
and added materially TO his general
equipment. Now he has 500 head
registered Duroc-Jersey hogs, with
an expert herdsman in charge OF
fhpDu hla firna haitian "A
is raising n good share OF the feed
for them and expects TO raise prac-
tically all OF il in the future Re-
Gently. he purchased as Il herd boar
Majors Great Sensation, whose sire
is Major Sensation of Woodall 4
Danar of Winfield, Kan. This boar
was junior champion in 1921 al
Hutchinson, Kan, and at that time
the owners were offered $1,000 for
him, He was first-prize senior and
grand champion at the Kansas state
fair at Topeka the same year. 1t
Will be remembered that Ernest
johnson this fall showed a Duroc SOW
of the Brooks breeding at Skiatook,
Pawhuska, Tulsa and Muskogee,
and at each OF these places she was
the grand champion Duroc Jersey
sow. At Muskogee she defeated the
sow that was grand champion at the
oklahoma City state fair and at
Wichita. Kan.
During the last 12 months John
son has added a number OF royalty
bred DuroCs to his herd and with
his well-equipped hog barn and ex-
tenslve arrangement of lots. and
with complete water system, he Is
well prepared to produce a large
number OF very fine hogs. Keep an
eye on Ernest Johnson and his good
herd of DuroCs.