The Newark Journal
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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1922
VOL. 22 NO. 6
NEWARK MAN PROVES
VALUE OF BERRIES
Makes a Production Average
of $640 Per Acre On
Berries Here
It is not necessary to leavt
Newark to show what can b<
done with strawberries.
It has been proven right hen
i t home this year what can b<
done, except that in this in
stance the returns do not rep
resent what could be producer
under more favorable co:
tions and with the berries sell
ing at their full market value
L. F. Wilmoth has a litth
plot of ground containing one
sixteenth of an acre from whicl
he has sold this season $4(
worth of strawberries on tin
local market. This does not in
elude berries eaten by th<
family.
At this rate of production
one acre of berries Would hav<
been worth SG40. The berrie:
were not given any special cart
or attention, and were sold a
s lower price than he woult
have received if the berries hat
been sold through the regulai
marketing channels.
Taking this as an averagt
it can readily be seen that i
we had 1,000 acres of our hil
land north of town in straw'
berries, it would produce mort
than half a n illi m dollars
'*'* worth of berries ayear.
We have the land, and un
der present conditions it is pro
during less than $20 an acre
Why not put more of it. it
strawberries?
Every proc
and a tail.
W
^PlO
on has a heat
Where do yoi
march ?
; DIPLOMAS AWARDED
Newark High School Close
Last Friday Night
Final Exercises of common
cement week of the Newarl
High School were had at th<
I auditorium last Friday nigh
when diplomas were awarde<
to a class of twelve graduates
The class address was deliv
ered by Prof. T. K. Timmons o
Arkansas College of Batesville
Those who received diplo
‘ mas were VV. J. Waldrip Jr.
Ed Allen, Harvel Adams, Dib
.Tell Rodman, Blanche Magness
Vivian Rawlings, ZemerU'
llolderby, Lina Nauman, Ague
Welch, Lucille Waldrip, Thy
da Dobson, Pauline Dearing.
SCHOOL ELECTION
' Directors Elected and Twelvi
Mill Tax Voted
[ ; -
i The school election last Sat
. urday resulted in the electioi
. of E. D. House and L. E. Wil
, son for directors. A twelv
mill tax was voted.
_-Returns from the electioi
, throughout the county sho\
5 that Ed Owens of Sulphur Rod
, was re-elected as a member o
the conty school board.
1 RAN AD UNCHANGED
FOR 24 YEAR PERIOI
Howard, S. D., May 18.—
Persistent, consistent and insis
tent advertising is the theor,
of Dave Theophilus, a loca
grain elevator operator, wh
has carried the single lin
leader, “Dave Theophilus sell
salt,” continuously in the How
ard papers for the last 2
years. Mr. Theopilus has re
ceipted bills to show that i
the nearly quarter of a cen
tury it has run the ad has cos
him approximately $60. II
estimates it has been the mean
of selling 1.3,000 barrels of sal
besides indirectly aiding 1
many other sales.
TKe man with money keeps it
in the Bank where it is safe
from fire or burglars or his
own extravagance.
When you carry your money in your pocket
the temptation to spend it is very great.
Greater than you think, for a few dollars here
and there for things you don’t need, soon
melt your pile away.
Put your money in the Bank. It is safe
there. Add to your balance every cent you
can spare. Soon you’ll be “a man with money
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Newark, Arkansas
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $75,000.<X* ^
Strawberries Will Mean
| Money if We Stick To It!
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Personal Observations Made in Strawberry Pro
duction Center Shows We Can Accomplish
Results Here Through Co-operation
L»o the people around New
ark really want to form an
association for the growing of
strawberries for market?
At the present time, it seems
that they do. Interest is being
maiiitesied by progressive
farmers and business men in
this section who believe that
this movement would add
greater prosperity to the ter
iiiory around Newark.
A representative of The
Journal spent a day at Bald
knob the first of this week and
got some first-hand informa
tion as to the real conditions
which will have to be met in
mo production ot berries for
market.
fiald Knob has been ship
ping berries lor the past eight
or ten years, and according to
responsible authority, many a
larmer who was making a bare
living trying to grow cotton
and corn has made money
and become independent via
the strawberry route.
We found that most of the
berry farmers have better
homes, better barns, and more
modern and comfortable home
and farm appliances, than you
will find through this section.
White county has one of the
best systems of gravel pike
loads in the State of Arkan
sas.
it is true, a few have failed,
as they always do in any un
dertaking, anywhere, and as
we have no desire to misrep
resent conditions, will say that
we iound some farmers who
told us frankly that the straw
berry crop this year was a
failure and they would not ad
vise a man to get into the
strawberry business. Excess
ive rains hindered the prompt
gathering of the berries, and
greatly damaged the fruit in
the fields, causing low prices
and cut short the yield expect
ed.
nut nere s why the crop
was bi'lieved by many to be a
failure: Last year an average
ot around $6 per case, net,
was received by the growers,
ibis ,\ear the growers will re
j ceive an average of around
$2.50 per case, net. The av
erage farmer produces from
50 to 150 cases per acre, af
ter using berries for home
consumption.
Fifty cases at $0 per case
would be $300; fifty cases at
$2.50 per case would be $125
—a difference of $175.00. Ber
ry growers in that section are
much in the same attitude the
farmers around here were
when we were expecting and
holding out for 50 cent cotton
and had to take 10 and 12
cents.
According to statements by
people who are in position to
Know, there will be several
acres of berries around Bald
Knob plowed up this year by
farmers who will not take a
chance on raising them again
next year. But for every acre
plowed up. it was .stated that
ten acres ol new berries would
be planted.
In conversation with J. A.
An sins, president of the Bald
Knob Fruit Growers Exchange
he said that shipments from
bald Knob this season would
probably total 200 cars. About
2,000 acres of berries are in
cultivation around bald Knob,
and according to Mr. Adkins,
the acreage next year will be
increased at least one-third.
iVlr. Adkins is a close ob
server ot conditions relating to
the berry business, and says
Horn authentic information he
has gathered, the acreage in
Arkansas will be about trebled
this year. The acreage in
Tennessee will be doubled.
Bald Knob raises a good
quality of berry, and as a rule
gets them to market in fine
shape. Each case is labeled
with a handsome three color
label, “Bald Knob Berries.”
Mr. Adkins doesn’t think that
increased competition will af
fect Bald Knob’s market for
choice berries.
The soil around Newark
where berries would be plant
td, is much the same as the
I soil in the vicinity of Bald
Knob. So much for that. Then
| it takes men with patience,
| and men who will stick to a
thing, to make a success ol
raising strawberries. It would
be wrong to say that we would
probably “make a killing”
! every year. We would be
lucky if we hit, say every three
years. What we mean, is that
we would be extremely lucky
if we had a bumper crop, a
bumper price and ideal weath
er conditions every three
years. That is the things that
made so many farmers rich in
the vicinity of Bald Knob last
year. But we would be mak
ing money if we could average
a crop of 50 cases per acre
net each year—making money
over what we are doing by
trying to raise cotton and corn
on some of our hill land
around here now.
lilt: jJuuiiH iu an aut
; will cost from $10 to $15 pei
i acre. After the berries are
' set, they will have to be work
! ed about every ten days oi
■ two weeks until frost. Culti
; vating a berry crop is not the
easiest job in the world, and
we will have to wait a yeai
until we can realize any pos
sible returns from our time and
• investment. After the crop is
! picked each year, the cultivat
| ing has to start again, and gc
on through the summer, jusi
the same as the first year—
there won’t be so much time
to go to picnics and visit youi
| wife’s kinfolks as usual dur
ing the summer months.
| But if we have the nerve tc
istick with it, even if we fail tc
break even the first year, wt
are bound to win out sonje
time.
One fellow who lives dost
to Bald Knob will clear $4,
000 from 20 acres this yeac.
How many farmers do you
know in the community sur
rounding Newark who have
cleared $4,000 in one year on
20 acres? Or in two years?
Or in five years ? It is said
that a number of growers will
net over $500 on a single acre
this year.
One thing that we want to
guard against, is over-shoot
ing our mark on this proposi
■on. While we are new at the
game, and without experience,
it would be unwise for any
larmer to attempt to culti
vate more than five acres.
Each individual’s expense, to
start with, would not be so
great.
Then we will have to have
a sufficient acreage to get the
railroad company to erect a
shed and prepare proper fa
cilities for icing and handling
the crop for shipment.
It will take the close co-op
eration of the business men
and farmers to put the thing
over. We can’t all tell the
other fellow to go ahead—“If
1 can do anything to help I’m
willing to do it,”—this is an
enterprise that will affect ev
ery business-man of the town
alike, and all will have to
hook up at the same time and
pull together. The Journal be
lieves that it wrill be the means
| of making this the most pros
perous section of Arkansas, if
j properly handled, and above
I all, if we go into it to stay,
i If we get into the berry busi
ness we must get in for keeps.
iThe fellow without a vision
1 and lots of sand in his gizzard
had better stay out.
But for the man who has
sand in his gizzard, there is
big money in growing straw
berries.
To get the most for your
money, trade with Freeze Bros.
DROWNS IN CREEK
WHILE OUT HUNTING
Body of Henry Blake, Farmer
Found With Gun Clasped
Under His Arm.
Newport, May 24.—A shock
ing tragedy took place at Rem
niel, five miles east of Newport,
Tuesday morning, wrhen Henry
Blake, aged 27, fell into Locust
Creek and was drowned. The
body was recovered late that
1 afternoon.
blake arose early Tuesday
• morning and started squirrel
hunting. In attempting to cross
I the narrow but deep stream on
1 a log, it is supposed he fell in
to the water and drowned.
: There were no witnesses. When
'the body was recovered near
i the log, his gun was clasped
lightly under his arm. The
i family are well known people,
'farmers of the community. His
parents, one sister and three
brothers survive. Blake was
not married.
DIPLOMAS AWARDED
Batesville, May 22.—Final
exercises of the commencement
week at the Batesville High
School were concluded last
Friday night when diplomas
were awarded to a class of 22
girls and 15 boys. A class of
! 49 graduated from the Junior
high school.
BUYS FINE HOG
J. O. Johnson, a prominent
stockman of Monticello, Mo.,
is in town today on business.
Mr. Johnson bought a Sunkist
Poland .China hog from Her
bert Benson while here.
Mrs. N. Balmaz
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