The Hereford Brand, Vol. 12, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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The Hereford Brandt Friday, August 30, 1912
DMCkter of Mr. Jno. Date Wm at
WiotUta Fall*.
Mri. Charles E. McKeehan died
at her borne 1502 Eighth meet at
eight o'clock last night after en ill-
ness of several weeks from Bright*
disease. Her condition had bt«n
critical for several days and her
death was not unexpected. Her
husband, father and a brother and
sister and other relatives were at
her beuaide when the end came.'
Mrs. McKeehan was thirty years
old. She was bora at Pilot Point.
Her maiden name was Rosa Nell
Dale. She was married eleven years
ago to Charles E. McKeehan at
Seymour. To this union was born
one son now seven years old, who
with the husband mourns the death
of this good and loving woman.
Her parents, John W. Dale and wife
of Hereford, were at the deathbed,
as was also her brother, Luther Dale
and wife of Childress and her sister,
Mrs. John W. Nix and husband of
Springtown. Two other brothers,
Grover Dale of Aransas Pass and
George Dale of Hereford, did not
receive word of her critical condition
in time to reach here before her
death.
Other relatives who reached here
before her death were D. M. Nor-
wood and wife and Mrs. W. Jones
and daughter of Seymour and C. W.
McKeehan of Temple.
The funeral service took place at
the First Baptist church of which she
was a devoted member, at four
o'clock this afternoon and was con-
ducted by Rev. J. P. Boone. The
burial will be in the Riverside Ceme-
tery—Wichita Falls Times.
Bran at $1.25 per nester price.
E. W. Harrison. 28tf
DRY FARM PRINCIPLES
No Calomel necessary.
The injurious effect and unpleas-
antness of taking Calomel is done
away with by Simmon's Liver Puri-
fier, the mildest known liver medi-
cine, yet the most thorough in action.
Put up in yellow tin boxes only.
Price 25c. Tried once, used al-
ways. 26-5t
PRICE LIST!
NMiter Priee Delivrrad
Bran $1.25 $1.30
Bran, mill run 1.45 1.50
Shorts 1.60 1.65
Nutrio ....... .90 .95
Oats - .48 .50
Wheat .95 1.00
Millet Seed 1.45 1.50
Cane Seed - 1.45 1.50
Rock Salt .60 -.65
Rock Salt, crushed .50 .55
No. 1 Salt 60 .65
Rugby Niggerhead 7.50 7.75
Gordon Lump 7.00 7.25
Gallup Nut - 5.75 6.00
All coal advances 50c per ton on
September 1. Get a move on you.
E. W. HARRISON
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Stops the Hair From Falling
Out
Dandruff is not only disagreeable, aggravating and embar-
rassing—it is dangerous—it means scalp disease and loss of hair.
You may have but little dandruff at the present time, but if
neglected it will increase in quantity, close up the pores of the scalp
and rob the roots of the hair of the proper nourishment—the moist-
ure and heat of the scalp will soon change a loose and fluffy dan-
druff into an almost solid mass—it gets sticky and forms in layers.
Nyal's Hair Tonic Will Soon Relieve
This Condition
—loosens up the dandruff and prevent the bacterial action. It sup-
plies proper nourishment to the scalp and hair—stimulates it's
growth and gradually darkens gray hair.
Its continued use will result in a luxuriant growth of hair.
Besides good goods you get good treatment at our store. Always
glad to have people come in and look around, whether they want to
buy or not. We wait on you promptly, give you what you ask for
but never tease anyone to buy anything.
E T. WOODBURN & SON
"The Nyal Drugstore"
Proper Preparation of Seed Bed
Hae Many Advantages.
System of Culture Outlined to Favor
Conservation of Soil Moisture
an# Adapted to Regions ef
limited Rainfall.
M TEN ETCK, Superia-
Experltnent
Kaua*a
(By PROF.
tendent WasUrn
Station.)
In a dry ellmato tbo proper prepara-
tion of the sMd bod has several Im-
portant advantages. The cultivation
of the land after harvest tends to con-
serve the moisture already stored In
the soli The furrowed land la In
food condition to catch and store the
rain snd the later cultivation clears
the land of weeds ami volunteer wheat
and leaves a mellow toll mulch to
conserve the moisture which has been
stored in the subsoil. The early and
continued cultivation ot the soli fa-
vors the action of the bacteria and the
development of available plant food.
By practicing this method the farm-
er may cultivate a larger area early In
the season wl n the soil Is In good
condition to cultivate, when. If U had
been necessary to plow the whole area,
some of the land might become too
dry to plow well. Likewise the later
plowing leaves the soil too lose and
not In good seed bed condition.
In preparing land for corn or other
intertilled crops the listing may be
done late In the fall or during the win-
ter or early spring. The usual plan
being to split the ridge* with the lister
later in the sprints, when the corn is
planted, or the corn or kafflr corn may
be planted by listing In the same fur-
row. It is advisable to harrow the
listed field one* or twice before plant-
ing to destroy weeds, or prevent soil
drifting and to preserve a mellow soil
mulch to conserve the water which has
been stored in the subsoil. In prepar-
ing land for corn, tbe early listing has
proved equal to early plowing and su-
perior to early disking, as shown by
the experiments at the Kansas sta-
tion.
In the drier portions of the great
plains area, where the annual rainfall
Is not sufficient to produce a crop
every year. It becomes necessary to
practice a system of summer fallowing
•very third or fourth season, or in al-
ternate years in localities ot least rain-
fall, in order to store moisture and de-
velop plant food and thus insure the
production of a profitable crop each
year.
Deep plowing either in the fall or
spring, and frequent surface cultiva-
tion as described above, is the method
of summer fallowing which has given
the best results at tbe Montana, west-
ern Nebraska and western Kansas ex-
periment stations.
Another good method where the soli
Is inclined to blow Is to list the ground
Into furrows In the fall, leveling the
ridges early in the spring and plowing
about the first of June, giving suffi-
cient cultivation during the balance of
the season to destroy the weeds and
prepare a good seed bed.
The weeder is better adapted for har-
rowing wheat and other small grains
than the common harrow, but the bar-
row may be used when the ground Is
firm. The writer questions whether it
Is necessary or advisable as a rule to
harrow wheat if due precautions have
been taken in preparing the seed
bed.
Unde- certain conditions, where
heavy rains llrtn and puddle the soil, It
may be advisable to harrow, but very
young grain may be injured by harrow-
ing, and after tho wheat covers the
ground, harrowing Is unnecessary. Tbe
harrowing of wheat at regular inter-
vals at the Kansas, Nebraska and
Montana experiment stations has not
resulted favorably. Without question,
the proper preparation of the seed bed
Is a much more Important factor in tbe
growing of small grains, than the culti-
vation after seeding.
The Cultivation of Intsrtllled Crops.
While it is a disputed point among
authorities whether it pays to harrow
wheat and other sowed crops, there Is
no difference of opinion regarding the
necessity or value of frequent cultiva-
tion of corn and of all other crops usu-
ally planted In rows. The main pur-
pose being, as described here, to keep
down the weeds and maintain a mel-
low soil mulch as far as practicable
during the growing season of tbe crop.
There is some disagreement regarding
the depth and frequency of cultivation
desirable. Tho writer favors rather
deep cultivation In our drier, hotter
ellmate, and after every hard rain If
possible or at least sufficient to keep
the weeds in check.
It is not necessary or practicable to
attempt to cultivate after every rain,
and there Is no virtue In tbe admoni-
tion "Keep the cultivator "going In a
dry time." If the soil has been well
stirred and tbe mulch Is of sufficient
depth, to cultivate again would be a
loss of time and might do actual harm
by drying out the deeper portion of
U* aaU>wO& tat alia abUm. hJS9
One and dusty condition of the istrCaee
soil unfavorable to tbe absorption of
moisture when tbe rain conies and fa>
vorable to tbe blowing or drifting of
the soil in strong winds.
Such a system of culture as out-
lined here is Intended to favor the
conservation of soil moleture, and Is
thus especially adapted to regions
where a limited or irregular rainfall
makes the most careful methods of soil
culture necessary in order to store and
conserve the water In tbe soli and get
the most use from it In the produc-
tion of crops. The principles stated
above have been known and prsctired
mor or lens for a long time. In fact,
dry farming Is simply good tillage
and thorough cultivation of the soil,
at the right time. In the right way, and
In a systematic manner.
Scientific farming pays, everywhere.
• se writer believes In tbe practicabil-
ity of thorough tillage and good culti-
vation on every farm, and the Increase
tn crops by such farming will more
than pay for tbe extra labor. But tbe
great problem in western agriculture
today Is not how to get larger crops
out of the soil for a few years, but
rather bow to produce paying crops
every year and at the earns time main-
tain the fertility and productiveness of
the land.
Simple tillage will not maintain soil
fertility. It becomes necesary finally
to replace the plant food, exhausted by
tbe continuous growing of crops, with
tne application of manure, or chemical
fertilisers, and by green manuring and
the rotation of crops, In which the le-
gume crops, such as alfalfa or clover
or field peas or vetch, are introduced
in order to restore again the nitrogen
and organic matter, the supply of
which bss become more rapidly rs-
duced by intensive cultivation
The supply of organic matter may be
in part maintained by plowing under
th • stubble and by carefully Bavtng tbe
straw and manure and returning It
again to the soli.
A regular and systematic rotation of
crops has not yet come Into general
practice in the western plains coun-
try. Flax Is extensively grown in the
northern states; the sorghums are an
Important crop in Kansas and the
states further south; alfalfa is grown
successfully in the eastern edge of the
dry farming belt and in the more fa-
vorable locations farther west, but
wheat Is the great western crop. The
great plains region Is particularly
adapted for growing hard red wheat
of excellent quality, the best bread
making wheat in the world, and it
must continue to be as It Is today the
great wheat producing area of our
country. Any general system of crop
rotation, therefore, adapted to the
west must Include wheat as the great
crop.
Sams Peach.
Mr. Burl Bllistoo claims the pre-
mium on ths big peach for 1912.
Hs says that he picked one from his
orchard that measured 9jj| inches
around. While tbe Brand news
faker is inclined to believe Mr.
Elliston, we have the habit of being
all the way from Missouri, and be-
fore we will endorse this story, he
will have to bring that peach to this
office and let us (only one of us in
this deal) ssmple that peach.
Dysentery is alwavs serious and often a
dangerous disease, bat It can be cured.
Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea
isdr bss cured it
•baomdIC*
hss cured it even when malignant
For sale by all dealers.
FOR SALE
On Easy Terms
Will consider some good trade.
Several tracts of fine land in ths
Shallow Water Belt reasonably
close in.
No. 1—160 seres 6 1-2 miles northwest
from town. Some improvements.
No. 2—160 acres 8 miles northeast. No
improvements.
No. 3—330 acres 8 miles southeast. All
smooth. Fine location.
No. 4—Two sections, 8 and 9 miles east.
Some 200 or 300 seres of sab-irrigated land.
Good location snd near to school.
No. 5—231 acres 3 miles east of Amarillo.
All smooth.
No. 6—160 acres 6 miles south of Ams-
rillo
No. 7—160 seres 1 mile west of Dimmitt.
No. 8—160 acres 1 1-2 miles east of Dim-
mitt.
No. 9—One section 16 miles north of
Hereford. Located on 25-Mile Ave.
No. 10—Que 6-rooro bouse, well, wind-
mill. barn and all necesssry out houses;
young oichard, S seres of land.
No. 11—One 6-room house, bsrn, well
snd windmill, fine orchsrd and shsde trees.
Located on 25-Mile Ave, I 1-2 acres.
1 also have a number of other
pieces of property. Can fit you up
in any size residence wanted and
land located anywhere. For prices
and terms, see or write
J. H. BOWERS,
First Nstisaal Bank BeaMis*
Hereford, :: Texas
If von are a housewife yon cannot reason
ably hi
ing dishes, sweeping and doii
iope to be healthy or beautiful by wash-
ing dishes, sweeping and doing housework
all day, and crawling into bed dead tired at
night You must get out into the open air
ami sunlight. If you do this every day snd
keep your stomacli and bowels in good order
by taking Chamberlain's Tablets when need-
ed, you should become both healthy and
beautiful. For sale by all dealers.
Program.
Program for first Wednesday in
September.
"Sing notes of love that some who
hear
Far off, inert, may lend an ear,
Rise up and wonder and draw
near."
Song.
Prayer.
Scripture lesson, Matt. VI. 19-34
— Mrs. Myrick.
Roll call—Response with helpful
quotations.
Reports.
Collection of dues and pledges.
The North American Indian—
Mrs. Parker.
Present Indian Conditions—Mrs.
Hawkins.
The New Indian ? A Man Among
Men—Mrs. Snyder.
Parliamentary Drill—Mrs. Rolo-
son.
A Deaconcss as Travelers Aid—
Mrs. Parmer.
Reading, The Closed Door—Mrs.
Kelly. _
Saved Him.
"It didn't kill me, but I think it
would if it had not been for Hunt's
Cure. I wa* tired, miserable and
well nigh used up when I commenced
using it for an old and severe case of
Eczema- One application relieved
and one box cured me. I believe
Hunt's Cure will cure any form of
itching known to mankind."
Curron Lawrewcb,
26-5t Helena, O. T.
CLEflH 6B08EBY
PRICES
14 lbs. Pure Cane
Sugar
25 lbs. Pure Cane
Sugar
100 lbs. Pure Cane
Sugar
12 Cans No. 3 To-
matoes
12 Cans No. 3 Sweet
Potatoes
12 Cans No. 3
Hominy
12 Cans No. 3
Kraut
12 Cans No. 2
Corn
12 Cans No. 3
Pumpkin
5C lbs. Amarillo's
Best Flour
SO lbs. Royal XXX'
Flour
50 lbs. Panhandle
Flour
50 lbs. Albatross
Flour
Good Potatoes
per lb.
Good Potatoes by
the bag
We want your business
on Price, Quality and
Promptness
Rf EH WILKINSON
PDOKE *271
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Elliot, A. C. The Hereford Brand, Vol. 12, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1912, newspaper, August 30, 1912; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253668/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.