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SEPTEMBER, 1915
The Commoner
ivo Farmer. This very important
matter is generally overlooked or
disregarded by southern farmers.
Perhaps the absence of the disk or
smoothing harrow on so many small
farms is largely responsible for the
neglect of this best opportunity for
pulverizing or fining the soil; but we
fear its importance is not appreciated
on too many farms possessing these
implements.
The effects of harrowing before
tho soil has dried out, and even
small lumps or clods formed by the
baking influence of the sun,' are so
apparent that it seems any one should
recognize them and act, accordingly.
Not only "will harrowing the land
plowed in the forenoon before stop
ping for dinner, and harrowing that
plowed in tho afternoon before stop
ping work at night, result in pulver
izing the soil much better at less
cost, but it is practically impossible
to obtain a good seed bed on stiff
soil deficient in humus, if it is not
harrowed after breaking before it
dries or receives the hot sun's rays
for more than an hour or two.
In preparing a seed bed, especially
on stiff soils, disking before plowing,
if the land is hard or-there is much
vegetable matter to plow under, and
disking or using the section harrow
immediately after plowing are the
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$40 a Week for Agents
Selling alroott as ey Riving- away..
Something entirely new. An entire yreetfs
Ironing for a penny. Saves mile of walk.
ng arfd maVei Ironing day a pleature.
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porch, under tne tnaaeircei. u.DlV-l.u.t.u.V,V. mn
fnereited Ever homo a prospect. Aaenls Mike Honej-men
.r women. qick,7a"yure. An all vearWilneM; twosalesa
1 ar wTllmaVeyou 13ft In a week-six sales per day easy. Don't
waTt-thlnk of this profit- write for selling plans and samples.
ACORN BRAMMFO.CO.DeptT, ChlCMto.lll.
MONEY
is one great necessity of life
daily needs must be met, and
actual cash is required.
THE AREFUL MAN
anticipates these needs by
maintaining a substantial
bank account, and it is .
EQUAMjY important
that his bank account is accest
sible at all times, and protect
ed against possiblo loss.
THE OKLAHOMA
GUARANTY LAW ' - "
furnishes such protection, and
your deposit with us, (an
Oklahoma State Bank), draws
the maximum rate, of interest
consistent with good banking.
FREE BOOKLET
and copy of guaranty law at
your request.
! SATISFIED DEPOSITORS
IN EVERY STATE
1
GUARANTY
STATE BANK .
MUSKOGEE
OKLAHOMA-
M. G. HASKELL, President.
H. E'. DAVIS. Cashier
two most important considerations,
iut tuny uro very generally neglect
ed by the small farmers of tho south.
HOW TO CURE SEED CORN
The best seed corn (other things
being equal) is that cured in tho na
tural way. Several methods of cur
ing large and small lots of seed ears
have been in use at the experiment
station, and for large amounts a thin
layer upon the floor of a well venti
lated room is thought to be most
efllcient and practical, says C. P. Bull,
assistant agriculturalist, Minnesota
Experiment station. In small amounts
(ten bushels or less) the slat rack
or "trees" are best. The slat racKs
are made by nailing narrow (one
inch) strips crosswise upon two up
right boards. These boards are six
inches or less wide; thus when the
siats are nailed on either side and
opposite in pairs, an ear of corn will
rest safely when laid across them.
The slats are placed about six inches
apart, thus allowing of only a lim
ited number of ears being piled to
gether. This is necessary to prevent
molding or decay. In this manner
ears .may be stored with comparative
safety. An occasional turning of the
ears may be found necessary to in
sure perfect curing, but this is not
much of a task.
Another successful method of cur
ing the seed ears is tying them in
long strings with binding twine and
suspending the strings from the ceil
ing. Seed ears of corn have also been
safely cured by sticking tho ears
through the meshes of a strip of
wire poultry netting which has been
suspended from some convenient sup
port. The "tree" is made of 2x4 or 4x4
pieces. Into these on all sides ten
penny nails are driven. The nails
should be placed about three inches
toward the top end. The timber,
thus "nailed," can be leaned against
the wall or supported by braces at
the bottom so as to stand alone. The
seed eArs are forced, butt end first,
upon these nails. In this manner
they remain, without contact and
where they can receive perfect circu
lation of air. For the home supply
of seed there is no better method
to be recommended.
as being immuno to cholera has tho palgn fat. Sonator Aldrlch'a connec
auvantago over his cnmuniiinrn. itimi wtoi n.n nmnn. nn
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II Vaccinated 1)V thn Rlnmlnnnnnn mwl iinUlmi lm t. lite rln.l,i .w i
- --- - -.. ...w... , u..u uuiiiibi jv iiui inn itiviuD nefcrr in
method at the time of disposal, they
can saieiy bo guaranteed to with
stand any form of infection so far
encountered in this state.
In tho cast and middlo west tho
leading hog breeders aro advertising
their Btock as being immuno to chol
era or having been vaccinated.
This should bo an advantago to
the breeders in so much as it pro
tects his hogs from cholera and also
acts as an insurance for tho buyer,
who would bo willing to pay a pre
mium for stock which ho knows Is
Insured against death from cholera.
J. II. Coffman, Veterinarian, Idaho
Hog Cholera Serum Plant.
it at the timo anything to blush for.
New York Evening Post,
Subscribers' HMcrfUrta De.
ThlH department in for tho benefit of
Commoner HuLWriborff, ami a npcdftl
rata of .six contfl a word per insertion
tho lowcnt rate ban been mado for
tkem. Addrcnn nil communications to
Tho Commoner, Lincoln. Nebraska,
SATISFACTORY MEASUHE OF
FARM PROFITS
PCZK.MA SPECIFIC Will absolutely
- euro eczema, unit rheum, barbers
Itch and other akin dlflonnon. Bent by
mall. Jl.GO. Send for recommendation.
Almklov'B Pharmacy, Coopcrntown,
North Dakota,
Farm survey work has resulted In
finding the most practical way of fig
uring farm profits. Tho term which
is used to express tho profitableness
of a farm business Is called "labor
income." This is the amount left
after tho expenses and 5 per cent in
terest on the investment aro sub
tracted from tho farm receipts. That
is, it is what the farmer received for
his labor and management. In addi
tion to tho labor incomo ho had a
home and what the farm furnished
toward his living.
Surveys covering tho 1914 crop
year show very satisfactory labor in
comes. One of 10 regions in Nebras
ka in which surveys arc being con
ducted co-operatively by tho United
States department of agriculture and
tho Nebraska college of agriculture,
gave an average labor Incomo for 54
farms of $787. Another region gave
an average labor income of ?1,3G2 for
46 farms. Tho remaining regions are
expected to show up equally well.
DIAMETER OF THE SILO
ALFALFA 1I0NI3Y for nalc. In G-gal.
f CO-lb. cutis, 15.00 each. Small samplo
honey with booklet. 10c. A. F. StauftVr,
Proprietor, Delta AplarleH. Delta, Colorado.
MON-PAUTI8AN8IIIP In
reading llt and tho
California.
flvn nnrtv
platfnrmrr. Sent for fi canta. Inlnt
Agency, Sacramento, Cal,
WHITE
GRUBS CUT
PROFITS
FARMERS'
Farmers who havo suffered losses
from attacks of white grubs in their
fields this year should plan their
crops for next year so as to avoid a
repetition of- the loss. Although the
actual numbers of white grubs in the
fields next year will probably be less
.than this year, those remaining will
be larger 'and more voracious and do
a great amount of injury, says Wil
liam Moore of the Minnesota Experi
ment station.
All fields infested with whito grubs
should be fall-plowed as early as
possible not later than October 1.
Badly infested fields should be plant
ed with grain or somo crop not in
hills, as such crops are least affected
by white grubs. Only fields slightly,
nr nnf at all. infested should bo
planted with corn, potatoes, straw
berries, or other plants grown In
hills. Fields which have been In
sod in 1914 and 1915 should bo con
sidered as infested fields and, if t be
used next year for susceptible crops,
should bo plowed this fall.
PURE-BRED HOG mwnuiuiio
SHOULD VAttumia
AGKNTS ANYWIIISIU5 IN U. 8., writo
today for our proflt-Hharlng plan.
Middle-aged men preferred, experience
unneccHHary. Illg money making op
portunity. Paclllc Nurapry Co., Dept.
A Lambert-Sargent 131dg., Portland,
Oregon.
CWJ3ATY PBI3T? Bend $1 for bottlo
of O. K, Sweaty-Feet Itemedy. Ono
bottlo cui'ok moHt ciihch. For $3 euro
guaranteed or money refunded. O. K.
Sweaty-Feet Homedy Co., Box 236.
Oklahoma city, Okla.
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C0K SALE all or part G-10 acrew, unim
1 proved, tatt Colorado; $10 acre,
cafy termH. McKcown, 111 W. Monroo
St., Chicago, ill.
4MO WAR FOIt TUB U. S. A." New
patriotic American Peaco Song;
Hpirited, ringing, lively tune. Every
body Hinging it. Regular munlc lzc.
Samplo 10c. Uctten Music Co., Oak
Park, ill.
The diameter of a silo should be
determined by the amount of ensil
age to be fed, says tho North Dakota
Experiment station. If less than one
and one-fifth inches of ensilage are
removed daily, molding is likely to
start. The warmer the weather, the
greater the depth of ensilage that
should bo removed, In winter, twelve
dairy cows fed forty pounds a day
will use up the right amount from a
fourteen-foot silo, while in summer
it would require eighteen cows to
use the amount of ensilage that
aimuid hft removed daily. For the
fwfilve-foot silo, nine ows in win
ter and thirteen cows in summer; for
the sixteen-foot silo, seventeen cows
in winter and twenty-five in summer.
Let the amdunt of ensilage fed daily
determine the diameter of the silo
and let the height determine the ca
pacity. THE "GOOD OLD WAY"
Naturally, in the years when Jils.j
party made so much of "business;
in the political field, Senator Aldrich
acquired marked influence. He was,
in no contemptuous sense, the chief
"go-between" for the republicans in
their relations with men of large af
fairs. With this went very well Mr.
Aldrich's activities in tariff matters.
With the framing of two tariff bills
1897 and in 1909 ho had a great
deal to do. Tho report was spread
about Washington that the thing for
any manufacturer to do, looking for
higher protection, was to "see Aid
rich." AnC the stories were too
many and too precise of this and the
other factory-owner being allowed to
write his own schedule in the con
T I8I3D ROOKS.
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DATEUTO WRtisH R. C!cmaHt
A I Lll Id latent lawyer, Washington;
C-l I hill 0 j)Ut AdvlnndlxWrf!
Mates reasonable. II Icbest references. Jiett tunic.
nho nuestion of vaccinating against ! genIal air of SenatonfTrTch's ofllce,
M,ninra should be of special interest not to have a. foundation of truth in
? i!rJpdPrs of pure-bred hos. Where them. All this was -simply a part of
to breeders oip with the good .oltL "comfortable" -way of
inese nub" -- - ,. .- - .it -,, ,.. ri
npdieree for bjveeamg, ijuij.jubcd iuq .repuuuiaui, jm-j oi..;&xu.w
fh'p man who'can advertise ma bu; tarni iavors a:.u uibu viiyiuB cum
AM I INSURED?
When the whistle blows for a fir
In a city, or the fire bell rings in tho
town, tho first thought which cornea
to ono is, "That may be my property
which is on fire." The anxiety Is not
relieved until he knows definitely that
it is not his. And If it Is his, he goes
over rapidly in his mind the amount
of Insurance he has on this particular
property. If perchance he has no in
surance, he laments the poor busi
ness judgment he displayed when )i
turned a deaf ear to the fire insur
ance agent.
But a fire only causes a property
loss -to the living man. While the
loss may bo a severe one, Tio can ac
cumulate again, even if the property
burned was wholly uninsured or only
partly insured. If there is need for
the breadwinner of the family to pro
tect by fire insurance his property
interests which can be replaced, how
much more needful is it for him to
protect by life Insurance the earning
value of his own life, which can not
be replaced.
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