Editor's Own Column On Crop Conditions In Oklahoma
The heavy rains have subsided with a few sunny days ahead for farm ops. Early corn and cotton need cultivation due to wet weather. roads remain muddy or rough. Wheat is progressing well, oats slow in some counties. sweet potatoes transplanting looks good. Insects affect cucumbers melons and squashes. potato bugs threaten patches. Washita County remains strong in watermelon production. LeFlore County plans a melon shipper union to reduce freight. Oak shrub losses hit cattle. drench with empsom salts and potassium to treat constipation. J A Whitehurst, president, state board of agriculture.
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Vnc
Uutry
Washita County
Oklahoma
LeFlore County
J. A. Whitehurst
State Board of Agriculture
Ada
C. M. Murphy
Union Valley
E. H. Simpson
Mr. Wall
Mississippi
J. B. Gray
Jersey
W. Blevins
Aes Canes Mayer
A. & M. College
Mr. Murphy
Jack Banks
Jack
Mrs. Banks
McNair Place
Mrs. McNair
Prof
W. W. Jones
Jones
John Boring
Pecan Gree
Ross
Storm devastates Oklahoma towns with three dead
A Sunday night gale across Oklahoma left three dead and multiple injuries. Shawnee suffered the worst damage with a four story building destroyed and power cut. Oklahoma City saw heavy flooding and about 50,000 dollars in property loss, while Guthrie Muskogee and Okmulgee reported light damages and derricks toppled across oil fields.
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Oklahoma City
Marvin Kilman
Shawnee
Willis Bennett
Tulsa
Muskogee
Masonic Temple
Guthrie
Will Brooks
Adam Traband
Okmulgee
Wreck on No. 3 Kills Two In Parsons and Vinita
A cloud burst near Vinita washed away tracks four miles south of Winita, derailing Missouri Kansas Texas passenger train No. 3. Engineer William Harshfield and fireman Gilbert Daugherty, both Parsons, Kansas, died beneath their engine. Seven coaches derailed, no passengers injured. A wrecking train, Katy officials, and physicians proceeded to the scene.
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Muskogee
William Harshfield
Gilbert Daugherty
Missouri
Vinita
Katy
Harshfield
Daugherty
Frisco
Peach leaf curl hits orchards through wet cold season
Field reports note peach leaf curl affects foliage and fruit with puffed curled salmon leaves turning black. Heavier defoliation weakens trees, delaying crops for two to three years. Recommendations include well rotted manure or six pounds of cotton seed meal around trees and soil cultivation through July. Spraying is deemed ineffective this season.
Tomato crop warns of worm damage and arsenic spray
Farmers are told tomatoes will soon bear fruit while worms may bore into fruit causing ruin. A recommended spray mix is two pounds of lead arsenate for every 50 gallons of water.
Strawberry Shortcake Dough Recipe Fragments
A fragment describes making dough with flour, baking powder, butter, sugar, and salt. It instructs mixing and sifting dry ingredients and adding cold milk to form a soft dough. The text ends mid instruction with dough formation.
Uncle Nat Hisan Grows Strong Cotton Prospect at Ada Market
Uncle Nat Hisan of Jack Fork reports a strong cotton outlook for the year. He cultivates thirty acres, with much already chopped and some plants showing eight to ten leaves. He aims to deliver the first bale to the Ada market and expects competition for the early shipment.
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Nat Hisan
Jack Fork
Nat
Ada
Peach Crop Promises Early Ripening Nearby Center
J. W. Whipple of near Center reports an exceptionally fine peach crop with earliest fruit expected to ripen soon. He anticipates visitors around that time and notes he has not seen a single weevil in his cotton yet.
666 Tonic Claims Quick Relief for Ailments
An advertisement claims 666 quickly relieves colds constipation biliousness headaches and related symptoms. It markets as a fine tonic with broad health benefits.
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