The Terry County Herald (Brownfield, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1913 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL. 8.
rey el 1 called
to Count Men
. BROWNFIELD, TERRY COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1913
NO 43
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COME TO SEE US!
To the people of Terry a nd adjoining counties, we want your trade. Our Dry Goods,
Hats, Caps, Suspenders, Hosiery, Underwear. Notion etc, are the best and none cheaper.
We represent
Our grocery stock is complete, and always fresh. Shoes a speciality.
one of the best Tailoring firms in existence for Ladies and Men suits; also Shipley’s
shop made boots. We guarantee satisfaction to our customers. No trouble to show
goods. Come to see us.
Yours For Business
May & Wright
• Grain Sorghums
It is the universal verdict of all
who have given them a fair trial
that for a large portion of Texas,
and especially the western and
dryer sections, what are called
the grain sorghums are decidedly
- superior and more dependable
- for a grain crop than corn. By
grain sorghums are meant such
crops as kaffir corn, milo maize,
dbura and Egyptian wheat.
These are all members of the
sorghum family, but have been
specially developed for their
production of grain. These
plants, of course, require as
much moisture for their develop-
ment as corn, but they have an
ability to withstand dry con-
ditions far superior to the latter
plant. If there is not sufficient
moisture at the time that they
are ready to form their heads,
they will wait until the rain
comes, while corn must have the
rain at a certain time or prove a
failure. Experiments conduct-
ed at San Antonio upon the com-
parative value of the grain sorg-
hums and corn showed that with
the same rainfall milo maize
yeilded sixty three bushels as
/ against thirty-four bushels for
corn. ‘ In 1911 the difference was
even more marked, being thirty-
five bushels of the grain sorg
Lums as against ten for corn.
While these crops are superior
to corn, in dry climates, they
seem also to show a superiority
sorghums beat the corn nearly stand as much cool weather difficult, however, to immediate
In the Texas In-. When planted early they escapely get land that has raised a crop
attacks ofan insect that is so of sorghums into good mechani.
two to one
dustial Congress Contest last
year 158 bushels of milo maize
were produced to the acre with-
out irrigation in sections where
corn did not average twenty
bushels It would seem then
the part of wisdom for every
farmer to plant at least a part of
his grain crop in some variety of
this plant, since all are agreed
that the feeding value of these
grains is nearly, if not quite
equal to corn. What they lack
in feeding value pound for pound
is more than made up by the
superior yield and by their de-
pendability in times of drouth
The varieties that seem to give
the best results are kaffir corn,
milo maize, dwarf milo and
Egyptian wheat. * Of these, kaffir
corn and milo maizeare the most
popular. The soil should be pre-
pared for these grains just as
thoroughly as for corn, and every
effort should be made by deep
and early breaking and subse-
quent cultivation to store and
conserveall themoisture possible.
The milo and dhuras should be
planted in the drill, one stalk
every six or eight inches, while
kaffirs will stand a distance of
eight to ten inches in the row.
often responsible for light heads
or blasting in later plantings
This is known as the sorghum
midge. It deposits an egg in the
bloom of late sorghums and when
this egg hatches the young midge
proceeds to eat up the forming
grain. This failure of the grain
sorghums to make heads is fre-
quently’ attributed in the more
humid sections to unseasonable
rains. As a matter of fact, it is
cal condition owing to the fact
that there is such a mass of roots
and stubble to destroy. These
two facts are probably respon-
sible for the common but
erroneous belief that sorghums
injure land.
In feeding value the grain sor
ghums are very nearly equel to
corn, but for best results’ the
grain should be ground. Kaffir
corn has been found to produce
ten and six-tenths
pounds oi
almost always due to the attacks
of this insect. Early planting is I pork per bushel as against eleven
an almost certain preventive
against these attacks. When
the grains in the heads are well
in the dough state they can be
cut off with a sharp knife, allow-
ed to dry in the sun for a few
and nine tenths for corn Owing
to the greater yield of kaffir per
acre, however, corn only produc
ed 410 pounds of pork on an acre,
while the kaffir corn produced
487 pounds. Thegrain sorghums,
especially kaffir corn and milo
is favorable the plants left in the maize, make fully as good en-
field will send out new heads and silage as corn, and in fact can be
with continued favorable weath-
er will make another crop of
grain, almost if not quite equal
hours and stored If the season
to the first The Texas In-
dustial Congress will permit
this second crop to be included
in the acreage yield in its contest
this year, but it is sometimes
questionable whether this is the
best practice 1 in the dryer
From three to five pounds of seed sections, as while we thus get a
will be sufficient to plant an acre, large yield this second crop of
Plant the seed not quite as deep grain so completely exhausts the
as you would corn. The sub- soil of moisture, that it some-
sequent cultivationis just about times requires a' whole season
the same as a good farmer would for it to recover. Grain sorg-
give to his corn. The grain sor- hums are no more exhaustive of
used in every way that corn is
ordinarily
used in feeding.
Plant at least a portion of your
crop in some of these crops this
Terrell Pleads For Har-
mony
Chester H. Terrell
Austin, Texas,- Feb.—Hon
Chester H Terr-ll, Speaker o‘
the House, took the floor la-t
week and plead with the men
hers to lay aside their dif
ferences and transact the State
business.
year and watch results. It will . . .
The cost of inning the Legi
pay.
Texas Industrial Congress
. Dallas, Texas.
Dont
No dont go from home to do
your trading. We will make
every effort to supply your needs
while the Merc, is tempoarily
lature approximates $1500 n •
day, and much time during ti *
present session has been waste 1
in factional strife and useles:
investigations.
of yeild. even in sections more .------------
favored with rain. Last year in ‘ghums should be planted as early soil fertility on land than any much regret,
comparative tests between the as it is safe to do so. They are other crop making an equal ton- field to trade,
two plants at Waco, the grain about as hardy as corn and will nage. It is sometimes rather
out of business, a thing we very
Come to Brown-
May & Wright.
Rev. J. C. Lewis, one of Terry ,
most succesful farmers, had n :
send the Herald to his daughte
Mrs. Gertrude McGuire, of
Knox county. Said he wanted
her to keep posted on the doings
in Terry.
Dont Let ‘ZERO’ Catch You arid an Empty Bin
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Here is the place you will always find plenty of good old Niggerhead and Nut coal. Dont
allow your bin to run low. FLOUR, WIRE, POST, SALT and FEED. Always send your wagon to the
Lubbock Grain and Coal Company
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Stricklin, A. J. The Terry County Herald (Brownfield, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1913, newspaper, March 7, 1913; Brownfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1679871/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Library and Archives Commission.