The Chemawa American, June 01, 1914, COMMENCEMENT NUMBER, Page 25, Image 25

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Commissioner Cato Sells W ants
Indians To Do More Farm ing
Honorable Commissioner, Indian Affairs, Cato Sells,
he say this way: “ The farming season is at hand.
Kvery farmer should at once become actively engaged
in advising and teaching the Indians how to prepare
the soil, the kind of seed to select, when and how to
plant, grow and harvest, and the best use to be made
of his crop when produced.”
\\ ar Bow hear what chief, Mr. Sells, say and heap
catch it, idea.
W A R BOW H E A P FARM
IC a r B o w , B l a n k e t I n d i a n ,
C o lo n y O k la h o m a .
W a r B ow t h i n k h e g o i n ’ to fa rm ;
L ik e c o u n tr y life , g o t h e a p o f c h a rm ;
H e g o i n ’ to r a is e it, p le n ty c o rn ;
W ill h e a p m u c h p lo w in e a rly m o r n .
G o in p a s tu r e a n ’ c a tc h u p p o n y ,
U se c u r r y c o m b till h o r s e lo o k s to n y ;
T h r o w o n h a r n e s s , g iv e s tr a p q u ic k j e r k ,
H e a p s tr o n g p u s h a n d g e t to w o rk .
H e a p p la n t k a fir c o rn a n d m ilo ,
R a is e p le n ty fe e d to fill b ig silo ,
H a v e n ic e s le e k h o r s e a n ’ b ig fa t cow .
G o i n ’ w a tc h w h ite m a n a n ’ h e a p le a r n h o w .
A n ’, m a v -b e -s o , a t I n d ia n fa ir;
W a r B ow sa y , ‘ ‘M e s u r e b e th e r e ,
Y o u b e t m e t a k e ’m lo ts o f p riz e ,
G o in ’ s h o w it p u n k in , b ig g e s t- s iz e .”
A n ’ w h ite m a n , n o m o re g o i n ’ to sa y
‘‘I n d ia n c a n ’t m a k e f a r m i n ’ p a y ”
’C a u se W a r B ow s h o w h o w I n d ia n c a n
J u s t s a m e lik e n e ig h b o r , s m a r t w h ite m a n .
— C o lo n y ( O k l a .) C o u rie r.
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