DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. VIU. NO. 8
KUTTIG. ARKANSAS. SATURDAY. JUNE 27. 1914.
PRICE. $1 PER YE/ R
Commissioner Page's Weekly Letter.
Instead of preparing the usual
weekly letter for the readers of
the press throughout the state or
this occasion I am going to substi
tute a thesis written by one of the
senior students of the Russellvilie
Agricultural School. Mr. Johr
Longley, who graduated with the
class this last week. The follow
ing article written by this young
man is a splendid thesis and the
subject is one of interest to all of
the fanners of this state.
I trust that this will have an in
fluence in causing other good far -
mers throughout the state who
have bright boys and those filled
with energy and ambition, to send
them to some of the Agricultural
schools or to the Agricultural De
partment of the University at Fay
etteville. where they may fit them
selves for a useful life on the farm.
The article in question follows, and
I commend it to your consideration:
John H. Page.
Commissioner of Agriculture.
RECLAMATION OF WORN OUT SOILS.
(John Longley—' 1 4.)
One of the greatest questions
that confronts the farmers of today
is that of returning and maintain
ing the lost fertility of the worn
out soils all over the country. Un
der the system of home-steading,
a man did not have to stay in one
place long. The farm was a mine
and when the plant food was mined
out by heavy crops and improper
cultivation, the farmer merely
moved westward prospecting for
newer ana more fertile fields. But
with the increase of population, al
most all thq triable government
mers and immigrants settle?”
The answer to the above ques
tion will be found if you visit some
of the rural districts abandoned
years ago by our grandfathers. As
you pass along the road you look
out across the fields of growing
crops, the meadows green with
clover, the grassy slope affording
pasture for the sleek, pure bred
cattle; and you contrast the scene
with another in the same settirg
only a few years ago. What is now
the productive field was, then a
mere waste; the clover meadow a
marsh; the pasture a bare hillside;
the cattle scrawny and half starved.
Leaving the beautiful, well culti
vated field behind, you soon come
to an orchard where all kinds of
fruits, from a strawberry to an ap
ple,’ are grown on what was a
rocky hillside, the mate to the pas
ture we left behind. Beyond the
o'chard we find a rfeat farm home,
which, with its beautiful flower
beds, shade trees, garden and barn
tells plainly that an intelligent and
independent farmer lives there.
When these progressive farmers
first settled on this land it was so
poor it would not grow hardly any
thing. so they set about at once to
remedy the defect. Commercial
fertilizers, obtained by paying out
vast sums of money, proved to be
of only temporary value. As the
men discovered that this chemical
fertilizer did not improve, but rath
er injured the texture of the soil,
they began to seek a better method
of restoring the fertility. The
United States Government, through
the Department of Agricu’ture.
helped them in their struggle by
establishing and maintaining expe
riment stations, where the best
methods were worked out and
proved.
This information has been hand
ed out gratis to the farmers with
the best of results. One of the
easiest ways, and in fact the only
safe way, to restore the soil fertili
ty is by raising live stock in con
nection with the crop. When the
products are sold in the form of
hay. grain, or seed the land is being
robbed of its plant food and nothing
returned. But when the crops aie
pastured or fed to cattle and mar
keted in the form of beaf. or pre
ferably as butter, which carrier
away practically no plant food
nearly 85 per cent of the fertilizing
value of the feed is returned to the
soil in the form of manure, after
the animal nutrients have been tat'
en out. 1 This manure on being a
plied to the soil increases the
amount of plant food, improves the
texture and increases the wat< r
holding capacity. Not the least
benefit derived from barnyard ma
nure is the chemical effect of tl e
bacteria and acids that act upon
the soil and particles and render
available the plant food that has
been locked up.
A farm should be so laid out and
the crop rotation so planned that
one piece of ground is not occupiec
)y the same crop two years in suc
cession. Unless this is done, the
plant food contents of the soil rap
idly decreases, and' as each plant
takes more of one certain element
than of any other, the fertility is
said to be one-sided. Most people
farm their land only in the summer,
but the progressive farmer’s rota |
tion calls for winter crops of small
grain, vetch or clover to hold the
soil if it washes badly and to take
up all the available plant food to
prevent its leaching. These cover
crops can be used as grain or hav,
cut and fed and the manure re
turned. or they may be pastured
and then plowed under. Another
and better method, so far as the
benefit to the soil is concerned,
consists of plowing under the whole
crop when it is green. This last
metljod is called "green manuring.”
BfcMffTts Com® from the Act
that it returns all the plant food,
adds humus, thus increasing the
water holding capacity, and im
proves the texture of the soil,
loosening up a clay scil and binding
a sandy soil together. When peas,
clover or vetch (the legumes) are
plowed under the benefits are still
greater, as these plants have the
power of gathering nitrogen from !
the air. By growing these legumes
a farmer can save money on his
nitrogenous fertilizer bill.
In connection with all that has
been said, and, ..indeed, without it
nothing could be done, proper till
age is of vast importance. In pre
paring the land the depth of plow
ing depends upon the quality and
texture of the soil, the amount of
trash and foreign matter to be
buried and the crop to be grown.
Suffice it to say that the best pos
sible preparation is none too good,
a well pulverized seed bed being
essential. No less, important than
the tillage of preparation is the
tillage of cultivation. The ground
| should be disced or harrowed after
each rain before planting, and after
the crop is grown a dust mulch
should be maintained to conserve
moisture. This leaves the ground
in good mechanical condition for
the next crop, which may well be
! a winter cover crop. We till in so
i many different ways and for so
many different purposes that it is
i impossible to gi”e a best method
| of tillage. We should study our
1 own soil and condition and till well:
1 to pulverize the soil; to establish a
seed bed: to conserve moisture:
and to kill weeds.
The more we study the question
of restoring the lost fertility the
more interesting it becomes, the
more vital it seems. When we find
I the best methods of maintaining
the fertility, and see it put into
practice, especially all over the
South, the cost of living will not be
so High, as it will mean increased
and cheaper fooid products, the pro
duction being tnors nearly equal to
the consumption. It will also mean
happier homes, better schools and
churches, more intellijent citizens
and a stronger nation.
Consolidation Atleitrd.
At the special election held la: t
Saturday in School Districts No
78 and 60 for the purpose of con
solidating the two districts, the
sxme carried. In District No. 78
t ie vote was 25 to 13 and in Nc.
50 it was 52 to none, both in favcr
oc consolidation.
This is the most progressi\e
-tep that has been taken along ed
lcational lines in this county and
ve feel confident that in a few
years time we will have, located
convenient to bo^h districts, one of
tie best high schools in the sta‘e
aid that none who voted for ti e
iroposition will live to regret it.
\t the next regular school electioi
i board of six directors chosen
rom the two districts will be elect
id and a building fund voted so
diat the next term after the com
ng one will be conducted together.
Hold. Public Installation.
Strong Lodge No. 591. F. & A.
M.. held a public installation of offi
cers and served dinner on the
ground at that place last Wednes
day. C. A. Berry, of Huttig. arted
as installing officer and B. S.
Dozier as marshal and District
Deputy Louis Bauerlein, of Cam
den. delivered an excellent address
on Masonry at 3 o'clock in the af
ternoon. A large number were
present and enjoyed the day. The
following were the officers in
stalled:
W. M.—J. M. Durrett.
S. W.—J. D. Lum.
J. W. B. 1. Vestal.
I Treas.—J M. Nevels.
Sec'y—W. S. Wood.
S D.—I. VM. Wheelis.
J. D^Vi. S. Lewis.
Tyler—M. Peterson.
Don't (Jse Calomel.
Those who know always use
S mmons' Liver Purifier, because
it is just as thorough, but does not
gripe or sicken or cause injury. In
yellow tin boxes oniy. Price 25c.
Tried once, used always.
New Teachers Elected.
At a meeting of the Huttig
School Board held on Friday, June
19. the following teachers were
elected for the coming term, but
their acceptance hAs not yet been
received:
Principal—Prof. L. S. Herrinck,
of R'chmond. Va.
Assistant—Miss Mary Craig, of
Franklin, Tenn.
Intermediate—Miss Elsie Bald
win. of Rison, Ark.
Primary—Miss Luta Ballard, of
Edwards. Miss.
Colored School P. A Cook, of
Monroe, La.
There seems to be a growing
movement in favor of omitting from
business letters all such terms of
salutation and respect as "Dear
Sir,” "Gentlemen,” "Yours truly.”
"Very sincerely,” etc. If we had
leisure to figure it out we have no
doubt we could show that enough
time which is the same as money
is wasted on these empty and
meaningless forms in busmess cor
; respondence every day of the year
i to found a college, finance a base
bail club or do some other great
public work. People are cutting
; the corners pretty fine nowadays,
; and wherever a fraction of a cent
J can be saved it is dona. It will be
! a long time yet, however before
the young lover omits any terms
. of endearment from his letters to
his sweatheart. When love comes
in. efficiency jumps out of the win
dow and skedaddles for the tall
| timber, and we, for one, are glad
. this is so. The economy experts
j will be trying to convince us before
] long thal all the time employed in
love making is wasted.
Old papers for sale at this office.
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ELBERT BEDE SAYS
A Portland biddie laid an eft
within an egg. In these frer zied
days even the hen feds compelled
to compress much ettoit into as
snail a space as possible.
‘ A cuss is often discussed.
Always put off until tomorrcw
the unpleasant things that y< u
fsel you oight to say today.
A many-sided man must find it
j hard to be on the square.
A good picture of a knocker ougl t
to be a striking likeness.
A man who ?ets in a hole may be
just filling his position in life.
You can tell the kind of road a
man is traveling by the map on his
face.
It's peculiar how easy things
seem to come for the man who is
continually smiling.
Thp treasury department is goirg j
to recall its $1.000 bills. The go\- j
ernment can go hang, we won't I
give up a single one.
Be merciful in your judgment;
you can t tell how soon you may
wish the same kind of treatment.
After a man has been elected to
office he should not consider him
self too elect to notice his electors.
The man who gets through life
without being laughed at hasn't as
sociated much with his fellow men.
Don't lie awake nights listening
for Opportunity to knock—get a
good sleep and then go out and
hunt it up.
A college professor gives the
sage advice. ‘ Let the baby squall.’
Did he think we were going to
drown the kid?
Is man consistent when he ad
: mires the undrapeci figure in mar
ble and finds fault with the peek a
boo waist?
—
Still Killing.
It still keeps on killing pain, does
Hunt's Lightning Oil. For years I
it has been used with wo/iderful
j success for rheumatism, neuralgia,
| cuts, burns and other hurts. All
| druggists sell it in 25c and 50^
: bottles.
Mysteries of Lveryday Life.
In a recent interview Alexander
Graham Bell was asked if he un
derstood precisely hjw a telephone
conveys the sound of a hurntn
voice. His answer wac: "No. I
only know what is done. I do nt t
know how it is accomplished."
It will be recalled that Bell gave
to Kelvin the instruments used in
the first demonstration of telegra
phy at the Philadelphia centennial
in 1876. It was many years later
when Kelvin said that he knew no
more as to the nature of electricity
than he knew whan he first began'
to work with it,.
From Franklin to Edison master
1 minds among us have done wonder
ful things with ct lls and dynamos,
generators and transformers, di
recting the interplay of dreadful
! elemental forces as inscrutable as
they are majestic. And still we do
not knbw what electricity is.
A woman finds that tons and tons
! of a certain ore produce a fraction
| of a gram of radium -and we go to
work with it and behold the polent
i ous results it achieves, but we do
i not know what it is.
A congregation of sapient alien
ists at a trial gives expert testimo
ny - but no man among them knows
i what his own brain is, nor how it
gives instantaneous directions to
the foot and the hand. Mystery is
at the very root of life, and rules it
to the end. Whatever way we
turn we find the abysis unplumbed,
the unfathomed darkness.
How redicuious is our presump
tion of knowledge before so vast
an ignorance;
Causes further Talk.
Because so many pi ople are tell
ing their experience w:th Hunt's
Lightning Oil for head aches, rheu
matism, neuralgia, etc., that others
ue led to give it a trial and are
lonvinced immediately of , s mer
its as a pain killer Are ou yet
'o be convinced? Ask your drug
gist.
To Clean Stove.
When cleaning a stove that has
been splashed with tat from the frying
pans the best, plan is to take a piece
of rag and dip it into the soft soot al
the hack of the stove, rubbing the
greasy parts before applying the
blacking. This improves the appear
ance of the stove, and you can poiisli
it without difficulty.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
St. Louis. Iron Mount/in & Southern 1
LITTLE ROCK A MONROE RY.
South North j
5:25 a. m Huttlg 3:23 p. m j
7:4? a. m... Monroe 1:08 p.m. i
LOCAL.
Leaves ’ Arrives .
12:35 p. m. Huttig ] 1 :45 p, rri. |
St. Louis. Iron Mountain & Southern
EARMERVIU E * SOUTH! HN RY.
North South
4:42 a m. Hutlig .. 3:J4 p. m
5:15 a. in. Fai mervillc_5:20 p. m
LOCAL.
10:15a.m. Hutt.ig ..2:25 p.m.
tArrives Monday. Wednesday, and Fri
day fro.ri Monroe and goes to Farmer
vdle.
tArrives Tuesday. Thursday and Satur
day fro-n Farrnerviile and goes to Mon
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