The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-10
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bottom is fine l20-acre farm
owned by Howell brothers. three
miles southeast of BiXby. In 1910
Claude ana Roy Howell came from
Missouri where they had been
reared and settled on this Arkansas
river valley farm. For several years
their principal endcavor on this
farm has been the production OF
hogs for market. Anybody who
doubts the possibility Of n profit
ahl" farming venture IN this scct.ca
should visit this fine farm and
study the methods used by Howell
brothers. Their farm is improved
with IA good servlceable farm home,
a large capacious barn. a water
system, plenty of substantial woven
wire fences anchored to concrete
corner posts. and plenty OF sheds
and other outbuildings. Wonderful
shade trees furnish protection from
the summer heat.
This was a fourteen-acre field
Of corn has been Logged down with
about lGO head OF hogs. The past
week these hogs have been fed snap
corn and 90 head of them are esti-
mated to weigh close TO 400 pounds
and are being marketed as this is
being written. Howell brothers
raise their own hogs and raise prac-
ucally all of the feed that II takes
to mature them. This year they
raised 20 acres of winter barley.
which made close 10 80 bushels per
acre. with this grain they were
able to start their hogs on fun feed
about three weeks sooner than usu-
al The 80 acres of barley
ground was plowed and planted to
coWpeas and kafflr corn as soon as
possible after harvesting the barley,
and at present the ground is COW
cred with a wonderful growth OF
peas with perhaps half a stand Of
katr corn. Howclls think they are
increasing the fertility Of the soil
even II they do not get n large yield
or feed. saw three fields of corn
on this farm that looked as If they
would mako rs bushels per acre.
Their system of farming calls for
corn and alfalfa In rotation so that
every field of corn ia on land that
previously grew alfalfa and, there
torQ' IL very rich. Their system OF
hogglng down corn returns the
greatest possible amount of fertll-
ity to the soil. In addition to pro-
ducing market hogs, Howells keen
a good sized flock of leghorn hens
that aid materially 20 the farm in
come.
Another Good Farm.
Adjoining the Howell brothers
iarp on the north is an SO-acre
farm owned by Othello Henderson.
His system of farming is very much
like that Of Howells. He has land
capable of producing and knows
how to produce good alfalfa and
good corn. About three weeks ago
he turned 115 head OF hogs into a
lO-acre field of corn on land that
previously grew alfalfa and the
hogs have not been able TO clean
the field up at this time and in
iact nave not made much headv ay
IN the matter Of harvesting. l doubt
" half Of the corn has been eaten.
rms is not an experiment with
Henderson, for every year he grows
fine crop of hogs on alfalfa pas
ture and when the corn gets ripe
he opens the gate and turns them
IN. His son Carwin has been an
extra good club member and about
year ago started with a fine
Poland China SOW and now is In a
TAR way TO stock his fathers farm
with hig-boncd Poland Chinas.
Mrs. Henderson is very much In
terested in the poultry business and
keeps a flock of about three IN
dred OF brown leghorns that bring
in a steady income. While Hender.
son is completely sold on the type
OF farming calling for hogs. corn
ana alfalfa, he still believes that
about the best things on the farm
for the amount of money invest ed
Is the flock OF chickens supervised
by his wife, as the income from
these Is steady and substantial