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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1923
Page
5
The piece argues Boston’s sympathy for negroes faces strain over migrations to the North. It discusses northern reception, labor shifts, printing trade innovations, Gompers and anti radical stance, cotton supply fears, Oklahoma socialist influence, a perjury case, and Bulgaria’s compulsory industrial service as wartime lessons.
The piece salutes teachers who shaped lives beyond parents, recalling a Texas mentor of forty years and two influential educators from Harvard and a southern college. It notes teachers rarely gain wealth but gain satisfaction from former pupils’ success and leadership across business and professions.
Editorial argues for improved county roads to Ada to boost trade and student access as the college grows toward 2000 summer enrollment. It also praises Dean J S Buchanan as acting president of the state university, urging experience and effectiveness in leadership while warning against prolonged apologetic debate.
Oklahoma entomologist advises fall and winter treatment as safest, notes an ideal winter for chinch bugs with higher spring activity. Discusses barriers between fields to reduce migration, disease control limits, and bird lice remedies with floride dusts, dips, grease, and disinfection. also addresses mites, fowl fleas, and poultry market implications.
The Durant Bryan County Ship Ping Association has shipped eleven carloads of hogs to market since March 6. Profit amounts show $75 per car and a total $835 overall, reported by G. B. Dunlap farm demonstration agent.
It is impossible yet to estimate the total crop damage but it will be considerable requiring re planting of a large acreage of cotton and other crops. Alfalfa in the bottoms was flooded and the first cutting washed away with uncertain impact on other yields.
Farmers in Ponto Toc county report peanuts as a profitable crop. T. C. Massey of Franks planted four acres as an experiment and after processing the yield, he received 190 dollars from the nuts and hay. By contrast, four acres of cotton yielded 88 dollars.
Extension Poultryman Phil H. Hayes notes that early precautions can prevent costly losses. The louse clings to hens day and night, lays eggs on feathers, and hatches on the bird, causing ongoing trouble and money loss.
The May 15 USDA update shows May 1 holdings of eggs at 3 710 000 cases, down from 4 648 000 a year earlier but above the 5 year average. Prices ease countrywide. cream deliveries rise seasonally while production for Jan–Apr exceeds last year. Butter prices slip with Chicago 90 score standard at 41 cents, undergrade butter selling harder as supply grows.
J. H. Bellis president of the People's Compress Company said the Ada plant will become a local concern with Ada men joining three of five directors. A. D. Stubblefield will arrive soon to oversee building plans and fall operations after the company bought the idle plant.
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