The Avalanche. (Lubbock, Texas), Vol. 14, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1913 Page: 4 of 12
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-t'III.IHIIKI) KVKUr TntTli0DY BY
TI1K AVALANCHK 1'UllL.IHIIINa
INWIHI-OKATKD
JAMES L. HOW
"EuuredatuTe Poswllce i Lubbock"TxM 'for trannT.lMion throuKh H j
If alia at second claaa witter.
J II Jli -i V JL.fJL-f-J1-'---: the reportioioinerp . f f I UUtr O
shou d he rendering praises w
rather than knocking. ! ()
As a matter of fact half the (J
! people of Lubbock don t know u
what we have in the country O
nv way. 1 have taken trips O
through the country with people ()
of this town and the way U
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One Year 11.00
SITHSCIUl'TION RATKS:
(Strictly In Advance)
Sli Month! 50c
!............ rtTM -I oral 10 cenU pt-r line earn Irmertlon. Dltplay- art
iTrfAtA mn Inch per week; tpeclal rate. on
Tertlsemenu 10 thank. resolution Obituaries other than
Kb TouSn..ve.r I 1 Id u per ! Church
rrewllie U dlS I therefrom ft cents per line. 1'rofea.lonal carcli 11.00
per month or 110 per year If paid In advance.
Phones
Business Office 14
I Residence 242
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We would be very much pleased to have
vou call at our store and let us show you
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our snieruiiu une oi
ft Articles Per-
les Etc.
iave as complete a stock of
rfiuU as vou w ill find In the
III be pleased to have you call at
LUBBOCK 1'KXAS THURSDAY SKI'T. Jjglj?
Chamber of Commerce Column
To the farmers:
The Secretary
of the Cham
civic developments have played a
more important part than the
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ber of Commerce is always glad j weJ organized strong wide-
to see you. Come in and see him i ale cfjamDer of commerce.
when you are in town ir you
they have opened their eyes
would do you good. One man
said to me the other day "I
never knew we could do such
things." And yet he has lived
in Lubbock for years. Strang-
ers who travel through these
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parts are an praising liuuoocr
yet there are some pessimists in
our own community who dole-
fully shake their heads and sigh. " --SSZZOCCCZCCCZCZCO
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tell me that they haven't mis?ed
wish to write a letter we have
the materals. If there is any
way that the Chamber of Com-
merce can assist either farmers
or business men. ask us.
Remember that our County
Fair is approaching and we want
k;t evhihit. The prizes are
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worth going after also.
8 Lubbock Drug Company
;M J. R. KLNU Manager
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That good old proverb is true
"In union there is strength." We
do not need to have that proven
to us. To get-together spirit is
the slogan of every enterprising
community.
From Uncle Feter Radford
"No man can ever climb the
ladder of success with his hands
in his pockets."
"Good roads annihilate distance
and cancel space. They bring
the farmer nearer the market
We can use all you send j and place the city man in closer
touch with nature.
Apropos the above how about
our road to Brownfield? We un-
derstand that Brownfield people
stand ready to buildla good road
as far as their county limits
when Lubbock will tell them
where we are going to put our
road. Tahoka is getting a lot of
trade which belongs to Lubbock.
a good crop in years. Do you appeared. "Answering a question
know why? Because they aren't j about danger of bloating stock
afraid of working and know; Mr. Haskell said: The Allen
how to farm. Bros of Hartland Kansas.
1 overheard two travelling men shipped 1000 head of cattle from
talking about Lubbock and! Florida where they had never
when 1 hear Lubbock mentioned ! eaten sweet clover and turned
I always liBten. One of them them on sweet clover pasture
evidently from Fort Worth said The first day they picked out and
Lubbock is going to oe tne ate omer pianis duibi term se
cond day all were eating sweet
K'ppn sending in
names.
your list of
Fnrt Worth rf West Texas." I
agree with him. Lubbock will
grow w hether the pessimists be-
i lieve it or not but it would be
more pleasant at least if those
who didn't believe it would keep
A merchant once failed. He
had the goods but he didn't ad-
vertise so the cobwebs hung
over the door. Lubbock has the
goods therefore we desire to tell
about them for we want no cob-
webs hanging on us.
An editor told the truth when
clover. These cattle had been
on the road eleven days and were
very thin and weak- in fact in
the best condition to bloat easily
but not one bloated. Not in
me oi tnese win meir several years cai i-mr BPejea on Dare grouna in
in Dallas who have the Aliens had any animal january Febuary or March withjeupie
'used to buy. to bloat on sweet clover." oats in April or alone on prepared 'rea ar
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strong situations and condition
too adverse for most other plants
to thrive. Sweet clover grown in
comparison with other plantsused
as green manures usually adds
much more humus-forming ma-
terial to the soil than any other.
Sweet clover is a biennial: it is
easily restrained and cannot be
considered a noxious weed.
Sweet clover makes good hay if
cut just before it blooms and
is nutritious pasture for hones
cattle sheep and hogs if grazed
while growth is young; it thrives
hoat in noil rich in lime: it can
ha aooiipri on hare irround in
t. : I noivamtner CiC
cupies about the same position in The Brownfield people to come
V.nt a tno.in I (n I.iiV.rmck. even though the
a tOWn Or COmuiuiiiiY mat.
Bpnng occupies in a watch. It 'road is longer than to Tahoka
has to be kept wound up if it and they have sent delegations
"runs." and it takes lots of "kale to Lubbock urging Lubbock to
thpm a chance to trade at
and going. This editor is right. Lubbock. It is too id that
Fvervbody expect the editor to! when people want to trade with Time develops many things
boom his community and all the ' us. we won't let them because ( and in the way 'of feed stuff in .this
. i .v. itv Pvpn up do not put our roads in shape. Bection the developments have
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though they don't have a line of We understand uiai a cjhiih.l . Krru ..u. ... w
Rtill about it. Some of these will their Beveral years
be like the man
years ago refused to buy to bloat on sweet clover. oats in April or alone on prepare
i.u fnr n hundred dollars be-l Harvesting the Crop. -For LrrmmH in Mav. or at the end of
cause it was more than thev hay. the first year's growth can igutnmer a9 often done with al-
were worth but now he would i-e be left until it is well matured j fafa Sweet clover will help
glad to get them for thousands before cutting as it does not S0Ve the problem af abandoned
becaupe.he didn't have the proper form such coarse woody stalk as fie9; jt will help heal the scar
;.v ;irmcni it ili it I hp nocond vear. The ..in.i on.i ontiiuii lioliU And
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old growth should he cut for hay mae Kreen pustures poi
iut before the bloom appears. tt nfl. harren clav knobs
The crop is harested much aM prevail.
is alfalfa but all possible care to th reliability of Mr.
should be used to prevent the MoKeen we reproduce the com-
leaves from shattering as they mont that the editor of the Ill-
are the most valuble iN.rti.n of jnoU FMrm.P Bnd Farmers ('all
Sweetdover delights in hard. say. about him in the following
compact boi Is. exposed subsoils language: Whatever coms
faith and judgment.
Geo. W. Briggs
SWEET CLOVER GROWTH
Some Has Been Planted in Lub-
bock County and is Proving
a Good Thing
from Secretay McKeene of the
Farmers' Institutecan be accept
ed as correct He is always
strictly up-to-date but alwavs
takes time to be sure that he is
right and correct Iefore he goes
into print. Therefore those that
may have been a little skeptical
about the claims recently made
for sweet clover may well have
their doubts laid by what ap-
pears in this issue from the pen
of Secretary McKeene.
"In the parts of Illinois that
we see most. Sweet clover is
generally regarded as a weed
and largely a nuisance that oc-
the roadsides. That is a
id great value for green
manuring pasture and hay is
not known generally. On landa
that are considered poor and
worn and especially on lands
that should be kept in cultivated
crops very little it grows well
endued. It will make a good
l)le .. i I . IV . kirrlur
grow in on mini i'i mi vnv...
where rpd clover will make very
piKr growth.
We commend sweet clover to
the careful consideration and ex-
periment of our subscribers."
W. F. Schenck returned S in-
day from a bunines trip to Dal-
las and other points eat.
now
:... ;. Kr.h ' was anno nted to see anoui mis ; yeurs. r.ew reeu crops are tinK
an editor is in a position of the road but we have not at this introduced and u is found that
preacher who came to one of his writing heard of any action. a great percent of those tried
deacons just before tne service (Jet busy! And get this trade out here are successfully raised
ask to borrow a couple of dollars from Brownfield. before the. Among the latest vanet.es of
After service he returned them j teams know .the way tojahoka feed is Sweet Clover. This year
and when the deacon ask him ! too well. Dr. Kiley has grown a small
why he wanted tne money just I patch n hs yard without irn-
throueh service the minister re-1 Amazing as at sounds we be- Kat.on.and he has produced some
i lied "Oh I feel more like lieve that the worst enemies of of us fine Bamples as one could
.reaching when 1 can hear the; Lubbock are people within our; wish to look at. As this is a
jingle of money in my pocket i county. Why? Because with i new variety of feed in this sec-
The average editor naturally their pessimistic song of dull tion we take pleasure in giving
feels more like boasting when he ! times drouth poor corps etc the following article written by
knows the people are backing etc they sometimes make a big-i H. A. McKeene. Secretary Mi-
nim We might add the same ger noise that the optimist can nois Farmers' Institute ot
.trnoflf the Chamber of Com- with a megapnone. oi u.at spriniie.u imnuu.
merce. It takes money and ' everything is ideal nor that
Kood will. Few movements in j we have the best crops ever rais-
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tev our coal to be the
he emUl winter will proe
j4tail&T;o the farthest.
Doi't furfirfFve handle the Kcnuine
Piedmont Smithing Coal and
Peed of all kind
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Downing &
and appreciated in the East and
South. As a nitrogen gatherer
it excels all other legumes. In
his exports on investigations Dr.
Cyril tl. Hopkins says that an
acre will yield 0.4 tons of dry
matter of which 2HS pounds is
nitrogen and that the amount
grown on one acre will furnish
as much nitrogen and humus
as ' tons of average farm
manure.
O i For swine. - I'Vof. J. N. West-
Q gate Agronomist. U. S. Depart-
O ment of Agriculture says s-vect
D clover makes an excellent pas-
O ture for hogs. A sutlicient num-
D ber should be kept on it to keep
O it chouued close so that at all
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of fresh shoots for grazing. An
acre will support 20 goats besides
furnishing a light cutting of hay.
! Does Not Bloat Stock. - Dr. J.
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June nth last said: ' For pasture
weet clover is valued highly by
the stockmen of this vicinity.
It is the firat atailuble pasture
in tpriag starting a little before
alfalfa. Two years ago this
spring ther were 2hki head of
Owing to the fact that there seems to be a misunderstanding
among many of our friends in their purchase of bread wc deem it
but proper in justice to ourselves as well as to you. that wc oiler this
explanation. Bread is being shipped from a distance and people
buy it no doubt thinking it was the product of our own home bakery
as evidenced by the fact that several have recently complained to us
that the quality of our bread is far below its previous record. VVe
regret the necessity of calling y our attention to these conditions but
right demands it. .
Uur spread mavJitLJiad at tne louowmg piucta.
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Elite Cafe
BiXJohn's Cafe
City Meat Market
Cash Meat Market.
it Jf l J V P lint Rnll5. Pies. CakeS Bu
Potato Chips fresh every morning also Boiled Ham Minced Ham
Bologna Etc. and if you will phone us your order not later than
9 a. in. for anything in this line wc can make delivery of sair.t in
plenty of time for dinner.
p 1 Respectfully
Hunt Grocery Co.
TELEPHONES 24 AND 75
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