PRESENT STATUS OF THE PARK QUESTION. I3I 



Mr. A. F. Brayton: Have the Indians taken their land in al- 

 lotment right around the lake? 



Mrs. Bramhall: Not entirely; it is scattered. 



Mr. Brayton: Is it near the lake? 



Mrs. Bramhall: Xot usually. They usually try to get what is 

 called agricultural land. The Indians are very anxious to stay on 

 the reservation, and their wisest chiefs favor our plan, which if it 

 could be carried out would afford them work in the lines that they 

 are naturally adapted for. It would open up to the Indians reliable 

 employment. 



Mr. Brayton: You say the recommendation failed to pass the 

 legislature. I want to know whether it was through the influence 

 of the lumbermen? 



Mrs. Bramhall: It was the general understanding, though not 

 all the lumbermen are against us by any means. There are many 

 lumbermen who are not interested there, who do not care ; and then 

 there are men who own townsites, and they want the timber taken 

 right off — and their influence is used against us. 



PREPARATION OF SOIL FOR THE COMMERCIAL 

 ORCHARD. 



J. C HAWKINS, AUSTIN. 



The first thing, realize the saying that ''Whatever is worth do- 

 ing is worth doing well" is especially true of orcharding. Investi- 

 gate the subject. This will convince you that you can well afford to 

 give the preparation all the time and labor it demands. 



Good corn land is good for an orchard if properly enriched and 

 cultivated for a term of years. Give it a good coat of barnyard 

 manure and plow it not later than September. In the spring follow- 

 ing, as soon as the ground is in condition start the pulverizer, fol- 

 lowing with the drag, and keep the drag going at intervals of a few 

 days until the time arrives to plant the corn. Immediately after the 

 corn is planted start the drag again and continue at intervals until 

 the corn gets too large for the drag. Now start the corn plow and 

 keep it going, and do not permit the ground to form a crust or 

 weeds to mature seed. As soon as the corn can be harvested plow 

 the land. 



Early the following spring drag and get the ground in good 

 tilth, and then sow to barley, and seed with clover, with at least ten 

 pounds of clean seed per acre. The land being in such fine tilth, 

 we are sure of a good stand of clover. 



This is the third season, our crop is clover, it wintered well, and 

 there is a fine stand. By the forepart of July one-third to one- 

 half of the clover blossoms will have turned brown. Now start the 



