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"-gfvfnf, ;i ! , i I if i 1 n 1 w 1 r TWO The Durant Weekly News FRIDAY, MARCH 17 q STOCK NEWS TIN DOIHiINO IIOl.l. MKKVIL JDONT Itl'N INTO TIIK KHOST .ftd.ises Planting Hie Itoll Karl Maturing Cotton. "It's the early bird that gets the wunn" we've nil been pretty well agreed on that fur a number of years and it's also the early cotton that dodges the boll weevil anil boll worm. but, in dodging the boll weevil, there's a possibility of His Cotton "Tops arising loo early so early, in 2act that he'll Ret nipped by the -Irnst- That's the substance of a statement.' . jusfc sent out by the Extension Divis-1 Ion of Oklahoma A. and M. College' relative to spring planting. j "Early maturing cotton", this statement says, "does .not neccssari-, Jy mean n small boll cotton, nor an ' early opening cotton. There are sev eral big boll varieties of cotton that' sot on and mature a good crop of I IroJls early, but on account of their Jars;e uize they do not open as quick-' 3 as some of the early small boll' varieties. However, these early big .bulls are safe from the boll weevil Jamagi' iuiti' us soon as the bolls :w the early small varieties. "In Oklahoma we should not plant; .imall boll varieties or varieties hav ing poor staple like Half and Half, ' out use only one of the big boll ma-1 luring varieties having long, strong' . iml uniform lint. ' "Do not plant, cotton in the winter! or very early spring, no matter how' much like summer the weather may dp. cotton is a not weather plant and the seed should not be planted until the ground is thoroughly warm and all danger of cold weather is Jiiwt. If you see your neighbor .planting early and you get the fever ko bad you can't resist, use some .-heap seed for this firt planting and svf your good high priced seed until "ih ground gets warm enough to make the seed get initiate quickly and --rmtv off rapidly. The chances are thAt a cold spell will ruin that first very early planting any way. Plant -as shallow as po.ssible to get the M'd in moist dirt. Cut your acreage o;nd increase join acre yield to the maximum." Dig Mill. KcninN A new leconl for .seven days butter production for Oklahoma recently wa.s made at the farm nT lioslwu-k Ar Son. near Ardmore, by th" " year-old Hoi- Hteili cow, k-iil. lloiin-lead Art is Sauie Vale. The ,ov. prodmed a xtnctly offici'il lest. '' lis pounds of Junior and 111 pound- of mill. An- lUier cow in the '.-line held h.i- just onipleled a record of twenty-one .pounds of but tor I'imiii ."i'i pounds of jnilk as a " year-old. while a third Sow made 1S.7."i p.i'.-mls of butler and 20 pound- of milk. Summing up the total prodiiilion of th- Unci' iows, Abvs produceil 1.11 gallon- of milk ;inO Ifci.l!! pounds of butter in seven -Jays. Kaids of Italiliit- Clucked One hundred fanner- 111 a commun ity northeast of Walter- Killed more "than 1,001) r.ibbit- in a omerled tjrkc held there ' recently. Wheal jlu)d.s in thai district had withstood ihi- unfa orable -ea.-on -uccessfully but were, being ravaged by rabbits. A.s n result of the rabbit drive, their ravages viitu.illy base been but to .111 end. Green Hug's Visitation Depends on The Weather The side-partners of Old Man Gloom, are almost as active as crop pests themselves, according to C. K. Sanborn, etitomoligist at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College; and usualy.. they ride "ahead of the hounds." "Nearly every year," Sanborn says "some 'crop killer' appears before a yield is known and .starts some kind of a report to the effect that certain crop insects or diseases are prevalent to the extent that the yield will be materially lessened. The market price even may he effected by such reports, whether the latter are relia ble or not. "To be true, it is about time for some one to over-estimate the pre valence of the green bug. It is pres sent nt Ix'la. Loyal. El Itenn. Oktaha, Mulhull and Grainola. I know this because of grim pics received from these places. It may be that a gen eral infestation may occur this year but it is yet too early in the season to make a satisfactory conclusion. "When Oklahoma has a severe in festation it is generally because one exists in northern Texas. Our dam age is not generally caused by forms of the green hug which develop here but rather from forms which are wafted here from the south early in the spring. When conditions are right for a severe infestation it may occur clear across the State in a remnrknbly short time. Fields that are not infested nt this time can not be guaranteed to be free of infesta tion within a few weeks. "The present weather conditions are in favor of green bug develop ment. Much depends upon the weather and no 'one can predict the future weather to a good advantage. If we have a cool, late spring wc are likely to suffer from the effects of the green bug. If the weather turns off mild ami continues warm we should not expect the green bug to do seriou- general damage." Slate Crop Notes For the third consecutive week moisture conditions have been im proved over the State. The rains of the pa-t week general; the heav iest piecipitatioii being recorded in the Noith Central and Northwestern counties Figures available at noon Friday .showed that Muskogee had .11 of an' inch of rain, Alt us .'J." and at Wichita, Kansas .t!4 of an inch fell. It is e-timated that on March 1, ri.l.l'j.oou bushels nf wheat or HI 'per cent remained on farms from last jear.s crop, compared with -'! per lent or rj.CSS.OOU bushels on the aim- date one year ago and 15 per cent or li.H0S.OlM bushels two years ago. I'lie ten year a erase shows that 10 per cent of the crop is us ually in the hand- of the farmer on March 1st. During the turrent sea son I'm per cent of the wheat was .-hipped out of the county where gmwii. compared with 01 per cent in l'.ijl and TO per ient in 1020. The ten year averene is 0.1 per cent. The pel ventage of corn held on QUICK MONEY TO LOAN ON 11RYA.N COUNTY FARMS FRANK H. WHITE I Beautify Your Home This Spring PLANT FLOWERS AND TREES If you wish information re garding proper landscaping and propagation Telephone 282-tJ and our representative will call and assist. A few trees and shrub will add new life to your home. Durant Nursery Co. J. T. FOOTE, Manager Phone 282-J. Durant, Okla. fai in- on .March 1 of this year was '!; per tent. This figure is not as high as that reported for this time last year, but considerably above the average for the past ten years. The percentage shipped out of the coun ties were grown averaged 14 per cent whuh is "1 points lower than the aver age of 1H121, but equal to the ten year average. The quality of last year's crop was better than the av erage for the state and the per cent merchantable while not as high as in the preceeind year, was 17 points above the ten year axeragc. Okluhomu raised .15.300,000 bushels of oats in 1021; of this amount 34 per cent or 12.002,000 bushels re mained in the hands of the farmer on March 1. While the production of oats last season was the lowest of the past three years, still with the exception of 1815, the production was larger than any year prior to 1020. Department Agriculture Bulletin. Value of Feeding Shown The value of nroncr feed and care of livestock was conclusively demon strated at u recent sale conducted on tin. fnrm of H. Mcndcnhnll. a breeder of Holstein dairy cattle and Poland China hogs, near rurcell. At the Mendenhall sale, a neighbor who was bieeiliiiL' the same kind of cattle and the same kind of hog-, put some of his stutl in lor auction. MendenhalPs stock had been will fed and cared for; the neighbor's stuff had been neglected. McndenhiiH's cows sold for an average above S110 a head, while the neighbor's cows "ivi.nt lwiriririL'" nt i?50. The differ ence ill price offered for hog- was almost as great, Cromwell say-1. Doesn't Depend On One The following from the Board of Agriculture's letter is interesting: A very interesting letter was re ceived by this office from a farmer in Pushmataha county during the past week. This fanner stated that he had 320 acres of land, that he did not raise cotton, but specialized in corn, .sweet and Irish potatoes and particularly in chickens. His smoke house was full of ment; he did not depend on any one crop; had money in the bank in both his and his wife's name and claimed that the income from his poultry compared favorably with the receipts of an average oil well. Tiie grocery gill was an un known item in his yearly affair. Strengthening Markets From the low prices of the s-eason wheat is up 30 to 41 cents and com 17 to 20 cents. Hogs have advanced .-J3.S0, lambs $7.45, cattle $1.50 from the season's low levels. These strengthening markets for farm pro ducts not only increase the buying power of farmers, but are evidence of the world's growing confidence in a more general stability of prices. Tenants Farm .17 Per Cent The average farmed by tenants in creased 20 per cent for the 10 years ending in 1020, as compared with an increase of only 11 per cent for the decade, ending in 1020. These figures J of the Department of Agriculture show tenant farming is rapidly in creasing in the United States. The acreage of rented lands is now 37 per cent of the total amount of farm land and 42 per cent of the improved fnrm land and equals the combined area of Texas Illinois, Iowa. Arkan sas. Michigan. Wisconsin nnd Flor ida. Exporting Lots of Corn Com has risen in price in the big markets, from 17 to 20 cents since the low point was reached in Novem ber. Exports of corn from this country' continue large. They were 4.887,000 bushels a recent week, com pared with 4,005,000, the proceeding week nnd 1,470,000 n year ago. The total since July 1. last is about 92 million bushels, compared with 14 Vi million bushels for the same months last season. Frost Helped Oats Iast week, opinion seemed to be di vided among farmers as to the effect the big freeze had had on the young oat crop, many folks believing it had hilled them and others believ ing it had helped. It seems- that la ter events have about proved that the freeze was a blessing in disguise, for the belief seems to be common that it killed many green bugs and probably saved the crop. To say the least of it, the green bug's food sup ply was killed, and those animals are short lived when their food is taken away from them, experts say. $5,000 Worth Of Hogs From another comer of the coun ty conies reports of big hog sales, showing that as far as Bryan coun ty extends hogs are raised in paying numbers. Geo. Petty, of Bennington reports that last week he paid $5,000 for hogs brought in by farmers. Ho shipped most of these hogs to mar ket, getting good prices. tjaaanaa LODGE DIRECTORY tntaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa UUKANT LODGE No. 4 A.F.&A.M. , Stated communications on Thura 1 day night after the full Moon of each month. Visitors welcome. G. B. DUNLAP, W. M. J. C. SCOTT. Sec'y. If you can't bm Soe Us CLAY BROTHERS 210 W- Halo Phons 788. Daraat DURANT CHAPTER No. 28, R. A. M. Regular meeting! on Friday night before the full Moon of each month Visitors welcome. JOHN W. HERNDON, H. V. J. C. SCOTT, Sec'y. DURANT COMMANDRY No. 81 K.7 . Regular conclave, second and fourth Tue:daye of each month. Vis itors welcome. J. B. HICKMAN, E. C. J. C. SCOTT, Recorder DURANT CHAPTER No. 17 O. R. 8. Regular meetings on Saturday light on or before the full Moon ot each month. Visitor welcome. MRS. M. ORAY, W. M. MRS. V. If. COLE, Sec'y Orchard Demonstration j Demonstrations in fruit tree prun ing were given here and at Secly uetioul north of town last week by J. A. Farquharson, Statu Orchardist of Guthrie, both of which were well at tended by folks interested in growing fruit. S. I). Hawkins who lives southeast of Bennington, took a day off and came up for the demonstra tions. He has an old seven-acre orchard. Terraced .10 Acres Of I.and Thlrtv acres of land owned by Lee 1 jinn nt Kenlv. which had begun to be pretty badly washed, was terraced last week, Farm Agent uumap am ing in planning the work. Cotton Growers Meeting r.. i. Rfonlv. Kpcretnrv of the Ok lahoma Cotton Growers Association expects to hold a meeting here Thurs day of this week to interest more rnttnn n-rnwpra in the nlan of cooper atively marketing their crop through the association. Ha1 , n-.Jsii' rA.s". W V fc,'IV .0- ..A. , You ft,' ,' 1 -v .tV .. 6" .- i',Vv '. .vVv H&-V , . V 4 " . .. .V X'A V "' - ..'..' ,.'- ..lv V - Y ." .' -s' 5 "'' rWj A'?. One? The Farmer, Merchant, Lawyer, School Teacher, Min ister. Etc., cannot afford to he without one Neither can you. It is a canopy for the home; a reserve In time of need. This bank offers excellent facilities for taking care of personal bank accounts. How about it? " " '" " III VOTED SCHOOL BONDS The. $15,000.00 bonds for school inniprovemcnti, successfully car ried Inst Snturdnv when the voters made known their desires in no un certain terms. The results showed n return for more than 5 to 1 for the issue, and would have doubtless been unanimous had the school board had another week in which to further explain the dire needs of the school. The outcome will assure Woodville of ! ti-!etlv first class ratine: in high school and equipment for the coming year. Kingston Messenger. In undertaking to capture two bandits near Monroe, Ark.. Saturday two deputy sheriffs, James Byals and and Jack Camp were shot and killed. A third was wounded. ARKANSAS CLAIMS I xuu omie 01 Arkansas hi the list of claimants to the 1 ssls? jsv" llAtratvitnnn il.. fli. . I u,uuiuu nie oiate of o and Texas and nrivnu . Arkansas, under a motion mission to intervene in th. filed by Attorney General I'ti asserted its title tn . i. of the State of Texns. n The State declares tUt u . tied under the boundaries Uial in iitv taiv ui uuiiiissinn tn Ci .1 not only to the bed of the Rejj uui uisu iu uiai, pan 01 the I Texas lying Detwcen the boundary ana the 100th latitude and north of the ond parallel. CARD OF THANKS wc wian to extend our j nnd sincere thanks to thnt. I so kind and thoughtful fm4 sickness, death and funeral i beloved son and husband, n, Loftis. May Gods richest blq rest upon each of you is outi prayer. Mrs. Eva Loftis. Mr. and Mrs. S. Ci Mr. and Mrs, B. F,( 1 In Plumbing work and I Fixture we maintain the 1 highest standard--at low- 1 0 fis?- PHONE WEST ffM4yVs 77 DR. W. M. K. CnATTUI Eye, Ear, Nose and ' Office over Kimbriel's Druj Associated with Drs. Cow Colwick, Memorial Hospis, Durant, Oklahoma. WHV BURN TIIE MIDNIGHT OIL? USE CORONA Indespensable for the traveling public, min isters, school teachers and- druggists. See One E. M. EVANS, Dealer 114 North Third 'Phone 71 8BBt&& EggiicgggMaaaamamwHMtew ?SsaaafflaMMrj)smaW!g5rHn5a3 S M m Ilcsourccs over $1,500,000 We always sell you good merchants for less money than you can find' elsewhere. Specials For Friday an Saturday Kull yard wide Domestic at only 7 1 ' per yard -i"1 "Good as Gold" Domestic at 1 9 U per yard xu 1 ' Hope Domestic at 1 9 1 ' per yard : 10 A ' Ginghams and Percales at only per yard One lot yard Percales, all new patterns 1 9 1 per yard xu 1 ' Good Blue Shirting at only M npr t?nrl ' Men's Overalls DEC ANT1 per pair Oil Blue Work Shirts ?rTC AM1 each Utl We are always glad for you to our store wether you buy or not qM idk-Houdkioit MlaVl&tt', 3ry6t sssssssMMralg. : "