RAISE LEGUME Rtf;
ARMY NEEDS GRAIN
Clover and Alfalfa Should Be Raised
For Stock—Grain Is Needed
For Human Food.
By D. F. Hungerford, Assistant Agron
omlot University of Arkansas.
Live stock growers in Arkansas are
becoming more interested in the clo
vers and alfalfa because the demand
for grain as human food has so in
creased the price that live stock men
must rely upon legume hay largely to
take the place of grain in feeding
their animals.
Those who attempt to raise these
legumes should remember that, al
falfa and most of the common clov
ers require a soil that is well sup
plied with lime to insure their best
development. Soil acidity, which
means the absence of lime from a
soil, is especially injurious to alfalfa
and sweet clover. Neither of these
crops appear to be able to resist, per
manently, even a slight degree of
acidity. Red clover is nearly as sen
sitive to an acid condition as alfalfa.
White, also crimson and burr clover
ore slightly more resistant, but will
not do well on soils that have even
a medium acidity. Japan clover or
lespedeza appears to be the most re
sistant of all the clovers to acid con
dition; but. even though it will grow
to a limited extent on very acid soils,
it does much better on soils contain
ing lime.
How To Determine If Your Soil
Needs Lime.
The simplest method of determin
ing if a soil needs lime is to test it
with litmus paper. Litmus paper
can be secured at most drug stores.
It comes in two colors—red and blue.
The blue is used for the test. Much
of the litmus paper carried by drug
gists is of an inferior quality and is
not sufficiently sensitive for the test.
That which is put up in small vials
by Squibble and by Merck & Co. has
been found to be satisfactory.
To make the test in the field a time
is selected after a rain when the soil
is moist. A ball of moist soil is
broken apart, a strip of the blue lit
mus paper inserted, and the soil
pressed together again. After five
•r ten minutes the paper is taken out
and if it has turned pink the soil is
acid. Tests should be made in sev
eral parts of a field that is being
examined to eliminate error*. The
litmus paper test is not absolutely re;
liable even in the hands of a trained
workman and is sometimes mislead
ing: when used by the inexperienced
person. It is so simple and inex
pensive, however, that every farmer
should test his soil. Then if there is
any doubt about it a sample may be
sent to the Department of Agronomy
of the Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion at Fayetteville where it will bo
tested free of charge.
Form of Lime To Use.
If it is desired to grow clover or
alfalfa on a soil that has been found
to be acid, lime in some form must
be used to correct the acidity or the
attempt to get a stand is almost cer
tain to be a failure. Dime may be
applied as ground limestone, ground
shells, ground burned lime, slacked
lime, or wood ashes. The safest and
usually the cheapest form of lime to
nse is ground limestone or ground
shells. An unlimited amount of such
material could be used without in
jury; whereas if an excessive amount
of burned or slacked lime or wood
ashes is used, the crop may be in
jured and much humui destroyed in
the soil. However, if the burned or
slacked lime is used in moderate
quantities (not to exceed 1,500 pounds
per acre) no injury will result. In
most cases it will be found more sat
isfactory to use the ground limestone,
because it is cheaper, less unpleas
ant to handle, and is safer.
Ground limestone should be applied
at the rate of about two tons per
acre. If a very large proportion of
the material consists of coarse parti
cles from one-eighth to one-fourth
inch in diameter .a larger quantity
should be used. The finer the rock
is ground the more quickly it becomes
available, but the finer grinding adds
materially to the cost of production;
hence in many cases, it is cheaper to
use three or four tons of the coarse
material rather than two tons of fine
ly ground rock. In no case, however,
should ground limestone be purchased
which contains particles larger than
one-fourth inch and a large propor
tion of all limestone used should con
sist of fine powder.
Ground limestone may be spread
with special lime distributors, many
styles of which are on the market, or
it may be spread from a wagon with
shovels. In cgse the latter method is
used care should be taken to insure
an even distribution, otherwise tho
crop will not be uniform. It should
be spread on plowed ground and eith
er disked or harrowed in. Lime should
never be plowed under as that buries
it too deeply to be of benefit to the
germinating seed which needs it
most.
Ground limestone should always bp
purchased in carload lots. In case
one farmer is unable to use so much,
several should combine in order to
get the benefit ©t the lower freight
rates.
Brain Workers Need Food
High in Energy Material,
Says Expert on Dietetics
A man engaged in mental work is
generally supposed to need a diet
having about the same energy value
as that of a man doing very light me
chanical work, because the consump
tion of energy In mental work is not
great. But the Medical Record callo
attention to the opinion expressed by
Dr. W. M. Bayliss, professor of gen
eral physiology. University college,
London, in a book on the physiology of
food.
Doctor Bayliss points out that while
the oxygen actually consumed by file
nerve centers in their work may not
be great it has to be supplied at high
pressure. This is proved by the
fact that even a momentary stoppage
of the blood supply causes immediate
unconsciousness, although the oxy
gen In the brain has not been
exhausted. From this it seems possi
ble thnt although the actual quantity
of food needed may not be great
“yet this food may require to be pre
sented at high pressure, and that to
attain the high pressure It may be
necessary to tnke a diet of an energy
equivalent to that of a moderate mus
cular work.”
Doctor Bnyliss holds thnt from the
food standpoint no benefit is derived
from alcohol. Also that there is no
special virtue In butcher’s meat and
that vegetable foods, if properly
chosen, can supply all that is neces
sary for a complete diet, but at the
same time he copsiders a diet of pure
ly vegetable origin unsafe, because not
enough is known yet about the proper
ties of the several vegetables stuffs,
The proteins of vegetables are not so
easily digested as are those of meats,
but in compensation more of the food
can be taken, and the digestive organs
need bulk.
Rice Thrown Away at One
Wedding Equal to Soldier’s
Food Ration for Whole Day.
The custom of throwing rice at wed
dings Is a wasteful one. In the opin
ion of C. E. Vail of the Colorado Agri
cultural college.
“It is unnecessary, to say the least,”
he declares, “and if one stops to con
sider the probable amount thus wasted
in the entire United States each year,
one is the more impressed with the ab
surdity of the custom. At the present
time, when the whole country is
aroused to the need of food production
and food conservation, the throwing
of rice at weddings is a matter for the
attention of those who are trying to
solve the food problem. Rice has a
fuel value of 1,630 large calories per
pound, os compared with 1,306 calories
from white bread, 1,655 from cornmeal
and 325 from potatoes. The United
States soldier’s food ration is about
4.1100 calories per day. In throwing
away three pounds of rice there are
wasted 4,890 food calories. The lesson
should be quite obvious.”
Statistical Notes.
Formosa contains 140,000
goats.
United States has 450 auto fac
tories.
Japan last year paid $54,835,
000 for fertilizers.
Chile has 6,014 miles of gov
ernment-owned railways.
Youngstown, O., is to have a
$250,000 art museum.
Philadelphia is to have a new
$50,000 hospital for children.
Denmark in 1916 sent Germanj
28,500 tons of pork and lard.
A Hospitable “Cracker.”
A young lawyer down in Florida
was running for a certain office and,
I with the idea of getting their vote, un
dertook to cultivate the acquaintance
of all the “crackers” (country people)
for miles around.
Stopping his horse one evening in
front of a little shanty, he inquired of
the old man lounging against the door
if he might spend the night at his
home. “Sure, partner,” said the old
man, “stop and light.” The lawyer
“lighted” and follow’ed him into his
abode, which consisted of one room,
with a bearskin stretched out in one
corner, the trophy of a hunt and also
the only bed of the hunter. A pump
kin served him for a pillow. In an
swer to the lawyer's wondering look
as to where he was going to sleep, the
“cracker” pointed to the bearskin.say
ing with great magnanimity: “Stran
ger, I tell ye what we’ll do—ye take
the punkin and the b’arskin, and I’ll
rough it!”—Everybody’s.
Dramatic Surprises.
Strange meetings occur often enough
in war hospitals. Several medical of
ticers have found their brothers among
their patients. A certain territorial
battalion bad two medical officers in
peace time, of whom the senior went
abroad with the unit. In course of
time the colonel fell sick, and was
brought down to a base hospital,
where lie passed directly into the
charge of his junior medical officer
without any prearrangement whatever.
A patient who had served for several
months in France was lying in a
double-bedded room. Suddenly, and
rather to his annoyance, a stable com
panion was given to him in the middle
of the night, who proved in the morn
ing to be his brother, recently arrived
from Gallipoli.
No One Is More Unhappy
Than the Impatient Man
No man is more constnntly unhappy,
or makes others more so. than the im
patient man. He is out of harmony
with things; and all things fight and
worry and wound him. He feels him
self dishonored, too, by his impatience;
and he does lose so fnr as he indulges
it, the true dignity of life. He is not
east, indeed, like the victim of sensual
vice, into the slough of dishonor; his
garment perhaps is not soiled; but it
is burnt through in a thousand spots,
by the everdropplng little sparks of
petulance; and it is in tatters and dis
order with the ever-crossing flurries of
angry passion; and he seems to him
self and to others as one who scram
bles through life, rather than as one
who walks in the calm and dignified
robe of conscious self-possession. Con
stant fretting and faultfinding and
breaking out into sarcasm and anger
may bereave a house of all honor,
peace and comfort, almost as effective
ly as gluttony and drunkenness. Or
suppose that the fretful temper be hid
den and smothered in the heart; then
it wastes and consumes the springs of
the inmost life.—Orville Dewey.
MUCH IN LITTLE
Our garden radishes came from Asia.
In 1879 ground was first broken by
the steam plow.
Most army cooks prefer the kero
sene stoves to those burning wood.
The Indians who know the bee only
os Introduced by the white settlers
call it the "white man’s fly.”
In its life of ICO years only seven
ministers have been pastor of Scotch
Presbyterian church, New York city.
The painter, Horace Vernet, had a
remarkable memory for color and line
and could do a portrait from memory.
Brazil is said to be capable of sup
plying a profusion of materials for
dyeing purposes seldom found in one
country.
Several million acres of land in Cal
ifornia are shortly to be irrigated at a
total cost of $10,000,000 or $15,000,000.
An alloy of 2 per cent palladium
with silver is said to form a good sub
stitute for platinum in contact and
spark devices.
Sirup of squills, for many years a
favorite remedy for the relief of colds,
is obtained from a plant known us
Urginea scilla.
A motor sleigh built for a Russian
grand duke has a cigar-shaped body
and Is propelled by a suction turbine
operating against the air in front.
Japan’s last rice crop broke all rec
ords for that empire, having amount
ed to 298,406,700 bushels, which beat
the former official high record (1914)
by 6,630,270 bushels.
A self-lrrlgutlng flower pot has re
ceiftly bun invented, the irrigation be
ing provided by a wick extending from
Its saucer to the soil which it contains.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
LITTLE ROCK * MONROE RY.
South . North
7:45 a. m.. .... . Huttig 5:59 p. m
9:50 a. m.Monroe 2:07 p. mj
local. *
Leaves Arrives
11:25 a. m.Huttig. 12:50 p.m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
FARMERV1LLE A SOUTHERN RY.
North South
5:22 a. m. Huttig 2:52 p. m
7:21 a. m.Farmerville 5:46 p. m
local, t
1 0:10 a. m.Huttig.2:22 p. in.
fArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
viile.
‘Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmerville and goes to Mon
roe.
LODGE DIRECTORY.
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. & A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:50 o’clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
T. B. Weaver, W. M.
W. P. Reasons, Sec’y.
HOWARD CHAPTER. No. 122, R. A.
M—meets every first and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hail. Visiting
companions welcome.
J. M. Gibson, H. P.
C. A. Berry, Secy.
ZEDEK1AH, COUNCIL. U. D.. R. &
S. M.—Meets every fourth Wednesday
| night of each month. Visiting compan
ions welcome. T. B. Weaver, T. I. M.
R. N. Benson, Recorder.
HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 520, Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every first and
third Friday evening at 7:50 o'clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. J. A. Brignac, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec’y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 548 I. O. O. F.
meets every first and third Tuesday eve
ning. All brethern cordially invited.
•H. C. Bedford, N. G.
Harlan Sehon, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66,
meets every Monday night at 7:50 o’clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Wilkie Frost, N. G.
Mrs. Murray Maroney, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No, 41 1 W. O. W.
meets every firstand third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
Lester Malone, C. C.
J. C. Bridges. Clerk.
Sweet Bay Circle No. 145, W. C..
meets every second and fourth Thursday
night at 7:50 o'clock. Visitors are cor
dially invited.
Mrs. E. S. Etheridge, Guardain.
Mrs. J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
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