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' TCf wwwmMwm rwp ;sa ftliJ .'' l' W.tB Ifl "Yl.T if k iTTrvjPRlL8.1921- t AGRICULTURAL NEWS NOTES United States Department of Agriculture and State A. & M. College Extension Service Mlaa PbmmI D..I. "M UUC JJU1Q Tire TNTWraKirK. G. B. Dunlap, County Ageni, Home Denr. Agt. .... -,... ittn ttnmwr. Ki-tllll I ,uu B "-- Kns .... , ru ii,. i,t tne .Aieuiuuiov w.u.v-, l.ht, in .... ,, with the Ibich "" , lw7eh lnc,uded So M "-b- f the Cl.Ub1 lri' ... .. ii.,i. hnma demonstra- lemP. "r ... . ' ,- Worn the ' s" -r.,1 thnt hntween JS .nil forty dollars had been ta- U n when she ion. m iiruLCouo En Itl r.. i...i.. HlffArnnt to l)P ueu "i '" .... .. -. t.n 1iih nppdR In itB kings mai n.- lork M'wl"B Demonstration Dates jl'rs. ,s.innlo Collins, of the A. At. College, neaa 01 mu douub mi.- . .,.. .inmnnntrntlnn work. In to Ion oi "it """"; .1 .7. ... 7'" , Jiprr tills ween 10 .oi, i' ne' . ...II... .l.iHili j Evc ueiimnsir""""" .. nbs In the country. The following lies hat been set tor Mrs. Collins' .it whi-n demonstrations will be lBilD ... .rtA . HI tide Thursuay, z:uu i. u... - ny; Friday, lo:uu a. m., at acuh- Friday at z:uu p. in., h muiiy. Iday at 7:30 p. m;. at aeeiy. Club Initiation at Seely. Kit Fridify of this week at 7:30 Jcinck in the evening new members lill be Initlatted into the Boys and Iris' club at Seely, Miss Bute says. Achille Club to Have a Show. I The Boss' and Girls' ciuo at acmi- i, Is going to go the Kemp club one euers at raising money to Duy me lings necessary to show off the lub's work. They will put on a'play, ie actors and actresses to be mem- en of the club. The date has not een set. Ilms and Girls Club Rally. Tbo annual rally of boys and girls ( the arious clubs in the county, tlth their parents as guests is to be eld in Uurant on Saturday, May 14, Kiss Iluio announces. On that ocas. the different girl's will dress aprons ami bonnets and the boys In straw hats and overalls, and In tills garb will have a big parade. iney win each bring their lunch boxes and will have a basket picnic and lunch, probably at the north side of city park. Prominent department al heads from Stillwater will be here to speak on different subjects, and pians are in tbe making for a nice musical program as well, the Normal Glee Club being one of the at.trac tlons. A group picture will be taken also. Thlrtjr.Flve In Ob Tear. In the sarin of 1820 Berk Stan ley, the thirteen-year-old son of Jas. W. Stanley, near Plrtle, took one of the pure.bred Duroc Jersey alltw given by the banks of the county. Last year the gilt farrowed ten pigs, live males and five sows. He raised all the pigs and In the fall gave the nanks two of the gilts In return for the one gilt, in pig. given him In the spring. He also -sold Bome of the males and his family killed some of them for meat. This spring all of the remaining gilts of last spring's litter have farrowed, and Berk has thlrty.fie head of pure-bred hogs from a start of one gilt a year ago. Diversified Farming Right. Jess Boyet, who lives three and one-half miles northeast of Durant, is going at diversified farming right. He has cut his cotton acreage 75 per cent for this year, and will plant some oats, Sudan grass, barley, corn and cotton. Mr. Boyet is an enthus iastic for pure-bred hogs and has a He pas- A Large Hen Egg. G. W. HitChCOCk. Who llvix. nrar Durant, brought to the News offirn n,ce trt of Duroc Jerseys the past week, the largest hen egg tures tnera 0 barley and oats, which mai ine writer of tils column has "",0 Pven very, line for the hogs ever seen and he has lived a few vonr. oougnt a younc- hoar lant fall at that. The egg, weighs exactly from Turer Miller of Keneflck, wo four ounces, Is six Inches in clr- nlo& tbe male from one of the gilts cumference and three and nnn-half lurnisnea by the banks in the nnrlnor menes long. At a distance one would wo it tor a very large goose eaa. but on closer examination It Is un mistakably the product of the hen. The egg is perfect in shape and symetry with the exception of what appears to be a slight ridge around To Organize Hog" Breeders. The hog breeders of this county are planing to form an organization in this county, and with that end In view, will hold a meeting at the of. flee of Farm Agent O. B. Dunlap, at it in the center, evidently the scar tne Chamber of Commerce Saturday, left by. dame nature in welding three APril 9, Mr. Dunlap says that there ordinary eggs Into one. "re approxlmattely two hundred and iiy ioiks in this county growing Sow Farrows Twenty.One Pigs. --orea nogs at this time, whereas A fine Duroc Jersey sow, owned by tne mi Kanch near Ponca City, Ok. laboma, has given birth to twenty one pigs, all of them good, healthy pigs. They are divided among sev eral sows for suckling. four years ago there were nom ? Cotton Growers Are Organised. Cotton Growers Elect Officers The Bryan county branch of the Oklahoma Cotton Growers' Assocta tlon was organized at a meeting here in Durant last Saturday, wltH more than three hundred members pledg ing approxlmattely four thousand bales of cotton. Officers elected were as follows: . President, Ira Smith. Keneflck; vice president, E. u. wnite, Utlca; Secretary, F. Deal, Fulsom Grove. Ira L. Smith was eieciea as this county's member of tne state Board of Directors of the state association. ' aim . , . nfitfrav' i -vj Yy - 'J seems to have kilted the hugs otf, to'r it Is difficult to 'find one today In most parts of the 'county. ' OVER TWO.THOU8ASD IN SUNDAY SCHOOL SUNDAY Sunday School attendance In Du rant last Sunday was 2,041, the largest In several weeks. The Bap- Inea'wltti tnv. whtU tha mfka4latfBtJ nil rhrlatlana tlojt with - IVJfr.. tl.t'en'.' 'bible cla 14111 -iK 4ii and Christians tied wUa exMUr'oM; hundred each. The total aqeada; at each of the seieral Sunday Jkliji; fr' M was h follows: Baptist, tilUtiinill dlst, 478; Presbyterian, Slti'CuliHmi tlan. 336: Church of Christ. U$t'Pl Nazarlne, 117, Grace Methodist, SlCVl a1. is .-! :.rjs Green Bugs Disappearing. Talks that the writer of this de partment has had with a large num ber of farmers over the county the past week convinces us that the green bug danger has passed so far as this immediate territory is concerned. We have personally examined quite a numberot oat fields, and have found the bugs only in scattered localities and then in very small numbers. The wet weather of the past two weeks Cor. 1st and Main, Phone 400 TftF SHANNON DRUG SHOP For Service Drugs Sundries Paints Stock Foods Close Out Prices On Implements ' We are offering Oliver ten inch blackland plows at $11M Walking planters $5.00 and up. Two horse one row piam -ters $45.90. Second handi implements price accord ing to condition. Hog fencing, barb win. poultry and rabbit fencing. v poultry netting and every, thing needed to fix up the place at close out prices. You can make money on our losa. Come and see fsd2!L A. L. Severance Hdw. Co. 209 W. Main St. .'i) fe's a& 'tv rA'2 -il'V .1'T-O m JV.,' ST m m ,m . Raking PansBred Hog. Out near Utica, E. O. White is raising pDre-bred Duroc Jersey hogs, ana has about thirty-five head at this time. Mr. White last year bought a fine male, .six months old, for which he paid In the neighbor hood of 300. He has barley and oats for pasture for his hogs and in his hog barn has a grinding machine in which he chops up all feed before he lets the stock have It. I , Wa1 r"NOTICB-ji " OF 1 - U .f HAIL INSURANCE Don't wait until the hail has destroyed or damaged your crops before you take proper steps to protect them. Step into our office the first time in town and talk it over with us we have a note plan that will inter est you. REASONABLE RATES JOHNSON, MARSHALL & PENDLETON wear Durant Nat'l Bank Bldg. Durant, Okla. Stock Dipping Dates v? You Will Find Our Shoes. Pumps and Oxfords Moderately Priced And you can shop in our store with full confidence that our prices cannot be beat elsewhere. Ladies' New Oxfords and Pumps in all the leadipg lasts. In pretty Brown and Vici Kid. Also with one and two strap ef fects. Very specially priced at $2.85, $3.45, $3.85 and $4.95 -Men's Vici Kid Blucher Shoes. In very Pretty lasts. We priced them $4.45 and $5.45 -Men's straight last Bal. Black Vici Kid. very specially priced ;. $7.85 Men's Work Shoes. We carry them in a dozen different lasts. Very durable and well made.. All solid leather. We priced them at $2J85 and $3.45 Below are listed the various dipping vats now in use in Bryan County, together with the names of inspectors. Dippings will be held at each vat, on the dates given opposite each vat in the Quarantine" District every 14 days and in the free areas every 28 days. Dates when dippings will be had, at vats under construction, will be announced later. Dipping to be done betwee nhours of 7 a. m'. and" 5 p. m. T.J. BALL, Federal Inspector in Charge, Bryan County.' Wheeler Vat No. 55, Mon., March 21. Grub Lake Vat No. 74, Mon., March 28 J. A.. DAVIS, INSPECTOR. Lake West Vat No. 59, Wed., March 23 'Smith & Lee Vat No. 48, Wed., Mar. 30 tt . . v- 2J S1 . J KW .'SI . fei Blackwell Vat No. 75, Fri., April 1." Oberlin Vat No. 76, Fri., March 25 Allison Vat No. 21, Mon. April 4 Shults Vat No. 73, Monday, April Vaughan Vat No. 42, Tues. April 5 11 j. m. Mcpherson, inspector. Bray Vat No. 43, Tuesday April 12 Albany Vat No. 41, Tuesday, April 21 Roberta Vat No. 23 Wed., April 13 Utica Vat No. 63, Wed., April 7 Yuba Vat No. 32 Wed., April 6th Anders Vat No. 66 Fri., April 1 "McDonald Vat No. 70 Fri., April 8 Leecraft Vat No. 6, Mon., April 25 Calera Vat No. 9, Mon., April 18 Hendrix Vat No. 18, Mon., April 11 Coffee Bend Vat No. 1, Mon., April Potts Vat No. 35, Wed., April 27 W. HUBBARD BACON, INSPECTOR Murray Vat No. 8, Wed., April 20 Willis Vat No. 69, Wed., April 13 Platter Vat No. 2, Wed., April 6 Achille Vat No. 19, Fri., April 22 Holland Vat No. 20, Fri., April 15 Finch Town Vat No. 3, Fri., April 8 Colbert Vat No. 7, Fri., April 1 Kemp Vat No. 17, Tues;, April 5 Yarnaby Vat No. 31, Thurs., April 7 Wormack Vat No. 12, Thurs., April 14 Cotton Vat No. 4, Tues., April 12 Banty Vat No. 46 Mon., April 4 Drapper Vat No. 52 Mon., April Reeves Vat No. 61, Mon., April 18 Baxter Vat No. 39, Mon., April 25 A. E. BOYDSTON, INSPECTOR Bokchito Vat No. 45, Wed., April 6 11 Cade Vat No. 57, Wed., April 13 . Johnson Vat No. 71, Wed., April 20 Caddo Vat No. 40, Wed., April 27 Matoy Vat No. 53, Frfi., April 1 Tolliver Vat No. 56, Fri., April 8 Turnbull Vat No. 47, Fri., April 15 Pritchard Yat No. 58, Fri., April 22 Arrow Collars, Head light Overalls, Boston and Paris Garters, etc. V, Wo carry a well selec ted stock- of hosiery for the whole family at right prices. See Our Windows Parish Vat No. 50, Mon., April 11 Rowland Vat No., 67; Mon., April 4 Jackson Vat No. 54, Mon., April 18 H. N. RAMBO, INSPECTOR a Bushnell Vat No. 22, Wed., April 6 Williams Vat No., 65, Wed., April 13 Manning Vat No. 49, Wed., April 20 Bennington Vat No., 51, Fri., April 8 Cooper Vat No., 38 Fri., April 15 ? .m & w '! ai A r Graham Vat No. 34 Mon., April 4 Morgan Vat No. 68, Mon., April 11 Pirtle Vat No. 36, Mon., April 18 Booker Vat No. 24, Mon., April 25 J. G. WILLIAMS, INSPECTOR ldridge Vat No. 62, Wed., April 6 Moorman Vat No. 27, Wed., April 13 Mullins Vat No. 64, Wed., April 20 3ates Vat No. 25, Wed., April 27 Hatcher Vat No. 77, Friday April 8 Blue Vat No. 37, Fri., April 15 McKinley Vat No. 26, Fri., April 22 Anderson Vat No. 44, Fri., April 1 . Kenefick Vat No., 33, Mon., April 4 Bub Colbert Vat No., 16, Mon. April 11 Chas Bates Vat No. 60, Mon., April 18 Silo Vat No. 11, Mon., April 25 JAKE BROWN, INSPECTOR Smith Vat No. 29, Wed., April 6 Red Brown Vat No. f5, Wed., April 13 Marshall Vat No. 5, Wed., April 20 Kiersey Vat No. 10, Wed., April 27 Pate Vat No. 30, Fri., April 1 Rambo Vat No. 28, Fri., April 8 Joe Brown-Vat No. 14, Fri., April IB Harris Vat No. 14, Fri., April 22 i W M e''.Tu' , ,-, Jv- . V L'!fl