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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1923
Page
4
A column extols community fairs as a boost to neighborly ties and cooperative marketing. It notes Dallas County leads Texas in fair activity with at least six events planned this year, urging farmers and businesspeople to participate to promote local production and community spirit.
Senator Pat Harrison lauds Woodrow Wilson as a master statesman and world vision in a rally where Wilson’s reputation improves nationwide. The piece also quotes Ada Weekly News and notes Canada aid to German prisoners and farm policy critique urging legislative reform.
The piece details storage methods for potatoes and onions to prevent spoilage. It advises storing potatoes in a cool dry dark place with airflow and outlines onion rack frames built from 2x4s with roots up to dry sap and prevent rot. It notes Seminole County teachers forming a basketball team led by Pleas Sizemore and captain Eva Shiflett, aiming to repeat last year’s success.
Swine feeding benefits from mineral mixtures, with pasture animals consuming less than dry lot hogs. A practical, low cost mix uses equal parts air slaked lime and salt, or wood ashes and salt, and can include bonemeal for a balanced blend. Feed via self-feeder in hog lots for constant access.
C L Newman reports that mulched tomatoes yield more and keep bearing longer, with less blossom end rot. Pruning reduces total yield but extends fruiting and improves size shape and waste. Staked vines give more and larger fruit and later first ripening. thinning clusters helps select quality. Frequent cultivation and acid phosphate with nitrate of soda boost yield by 42 percent. spraying against blight yields 214 percent more marketable fruit.
East Central college received two passenger trucks from the state board and sent the band under Professor A. L. Fentem on a maiden trip to Byars. They played at a Masonic celebration and picnic and were well received. The trucks should aid future trips for the orchestra glee club and athletic teams.
A large force of workmen overhaul the compress plant preparing for operation as the cotton crop moves. Improvements include shedding in of the platform and a shed on the north side. Formerly idle for three years, it will resume its role in the cotton trade and provide jobs during the season.
Farmers in Ada area move into haying season with rising hardware sales. Mowing machines hay rakes and balers are popular along with binder twine and hay ties. Dairy machinery such as separators and milkers also see steady demand. Repaired old equipment remains common as seed season winds down with heavy purchases of alfalfa sweet clover kafir and other crops.
Gothenburg Sweden will hold its sports program on July 15 in conjunction with the tercentenary celebrations. The event will be staged at the new stadium with seating for 19 000 spectators.
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