HELP WIN THE WAN
WITH YOUR GARDEN
Plant a Summer Garden and Feed
Yourself—Soldiers Need All Farm
ers Can Raise—Do Your Bit.
By J. S. Knox, Horticulturist with the
Extension Division, U. of A.
Will the Arkansas troops get plen
ty? Ordinarily, we do not raise
enough food at home to even feed the
farm laborers. Something must be
done. The summer garden will help
solve the problem.' Do not wait. Get
at it and keep at it. Millions of
pounds of staple foods can be saved
for our soldiers if each family in the
state will supply itself as far as pos
sible from the garden throughout the
summer and fall. Write to the Exten
sion Division, University of Arkansas
for a garden calendar which will tell
you what, how and w’hen to plant
' vegetables for the summer and fall
garden.
Prepare the Soil Carefully.
To have a summer garden use every
available method to keep the soil from
drying out during the hot months and
keep down the weed crop which is one
of the greatest enemies to the Arkan
sas gardens. The soil for the summer
garden should he thoroughly pulver
ized and put in the best possible con
dition, and as a rule the seed should
he planted a little deeper than they
are usually planted in the spring.
This will insure a better moisture sup
ply for germination and at the same
time enable the plant* to be more
drouth resistant. Some of the smal
ler seeds such as turnip or cabbage
will, of course, not stand deep plant
ing, but as soon as the planting is
finished it is generally advisable to
gently firm the soil over the seed.
Plant Beans and Tomatoes.
Roth lima and snay or string brans
may still be planted and those planted
at this time and on up until the first
of August will mature before
frost. Since the bean crop is one
which can eafflly be saved by al
lowing the beans to dry on the vines it
is important thftf gardeners plant a
good sized patch of them. Maturing
just before frost as they will, there is
far lees damage to feared from wee
vils. •
Tomatoes set at this time will pro
duce an excellent crop for early fall
'use and if kept pruned to a single
stem will continue to bear until frost.
The green fruit on the vines at that
'time may be gathered and placed on
a shelf in a cool room or cellar
where it will continue to ripen un
til Christmas.
Turnips may be gown during July
and August for summer and fall use.
It is also a good idpa to sow some
trf the winter varieties late in the sum
mer. These can be banked as soon as
the weather turns cold and in this way
may be kept throughout the winter.
Put in Irish Potatoes.
Don’t forget to plant a good sized
patch of late Irish potatoes during
July. If you desire to use the home
grown seed it is a good idea to dig
them two to three weeks before the
planting is to be done so as to have
them sprout before planting. Use on
ly the mature potatoes for seed—cull
out those that are small and imma
ture. To sprout them, select a place of
medium shade such as is afforded by
an ordinary tree. Cover with leaves
or straw and keep moist. As soon as
the sprouts are one-fourth inch long
the potatoes should be planted. Step
ping on each potato as it is planted in
the row will bring It in direct contact
with the moist soil and cause it to
grow more quickly. Do not expose the
potatoes to the sun any more than is
absolutely necessary. ,If the vines be
gin to blight spray with Bordeaux.
Cabbage and Collards.
Cabbage and collards may be sown
now to be transplanted later. The
early varieties will be ready for use
in the early fall while late maturing
varieties will serve for late fall and
early winter use. Cabbage may De
art out until September and when se
vere weather comes on can be banked.
Don’t fail to put out. a good-sized plot
of cabbage and make some kraut for
winter mse.
CARE OF BROOD MARE IS
• IMPORTANT.
By .T. H. McLeod. Livestock Special
ist, Extension Division, Univer- ..
sity of Arkansas.
It is estimated that only GO per
cent of brood mares bred each year
produce living colts. A great part of
this loss can be overcome by proper
feed, care and management.
1. Better to work mare more while
in foal than to allow her to stand idle.
2. Good judgment, however, should
be used in kind of work she is call
ed up to do. She should not be allow
ed to pull too heavy loads or to back
heavy loads and all other exertions
such as wading through deep mud and
the like.
3. Keep the mare’s bowels loose
by feeding such feeds as bran or greei^
feeds.
4. Do not feed cotton seed meal to
brood rnares.
5. Avoid all feeds that contain
dust, mold or decay.
6. Give the mare plenty of fresh,
clear water.
7. Allow her the run of a pasture
while not at work.
8. To avoid navel disease it is
best to allow mare to drop foal in
pasture provided there are no othei
etock to disturb her.
It was a funny thing about Tom
Barrow anil Martha Brooks, and it wa»
Just because everyone In town had
known them since they were habies
that not even the most conventional
or the most prudish really took excep
tion to their housekeeping arrange
ments.
Martha Brooks was old Mrs. Bar
row's niece and Torn Barrow was Mr.
Barrow's nephew and, both having
been left orphans in their childhood,
they had been brought up with all the
Intimacy of brother and sister. Both
had become fixtures in the old Barrow
homestead. By the will left by Mrs. Bor
row the house was left as Joint prop
erty so long as both resided there. In
case of the failure of either to live
there, the property was to pass to the
other. Neither was so well off as to
be able lightly to renounce the purt
ownership of this shelter, so neither
had taken the step.
It was nearly a year after the death
of Mrs. Barrow had left them the sole
tenants of the house, save for an old
family servant, that Toni first dis
cussed the subject with Martha.
“If we both hadn't acquired such A
strong reputation for humdrum pro
priety and conventionality,” he said,
“I think someone might take excep
tion to the arrangement.”
Martha raised her graceful eyebrows
over a pair of fine, dark eyes, and
looked at Tom with an air of mild
surprise. “How perfectly ridiculous!
As if a woman of thirty-two and a
man of thirty-five who have known
each other since babyhood and have
been brought up in the same house
for twenty years couldn’t live together
without setting people’s tongues wag
ging. And every one knows that ]
don’t really care twopence for you.”
runt U very kind, X am sure.”
Tom re-eMfefJtshed the paper in front
of his and went on rending;
“But you are riglit. No one can help
see that we are not of the mold of
which affinities are made.”
Tom went off to his business and
Molly went directly to her own room,
the only room in the entire house, in
fact, which she ever frequented more
than was necessary. The old draw
ing-room, with its clumsy mahogany
furniture and red jdush hangings, was
a nightmare to her. The library, with
its shelves of antiquated law books
that had belonged to Uncle Tom, ap
pealed no more to her.
Martha donned her hat and cloak
and, telling the old servant she would
not be home for dinner, started out.
She walked down the main street of
the, town, then through a field and
then down S' country lane, through an
orchard and flnnlly to a little woody
retreat In the middle of which was a
sunny clearing and a *lny house that
might almost have been mistnken foi
a child’s playhouse. In fact, it was
a two-room cottage—the secret retreat
of Martha.
Once Inside this house, Martha’s en
tire manner changed. Donning a
bright colored smock in place of her
coat and hat, she began to set the
small place to rights. She built a cozy
open fire and arranged the late
chrysanthemums she had gathered
from the old-fashioned garden at home.
Uere Martha spent most of her duys.
At two o’clock she thought first of
luncheon and, although she was to be
alone, she opened a gate-leg tafile be
fore the open fire, spread a lunchcloth
over It and arranged her tempting
luncheon of toasted bread and cheese,
hot chocolate and late autumn fruit.
Then It was that she heard Tom’s
knock at the door, for Tom It proved
to be—Tom who had gone out for a
country tramp and had stopped on the
pretext of getting a drink of water.
“I think I felt that there was sorat
thing suspicious about tills cottage,”
he told her after Martha’s hurried, half
upologetie, confused explanations. “I've
passed this dovecot several times and
somehow It fitted so thoroughly Into
my own ideas of happiness and com
fort that I decided I’d become ac
quainted with the owner. Then today
I could no longer wait to know, and
I trumped up that excuse about want
ing a drink of water.”
Meantime Martha had opened the
little gate-legged table to accommodate
two and was spreading an extra place
for her uninvited guest.
“You see,” Tom went on. “I've
taken a sort of dislike to that house
of ours with its heavy vines and its
hideous red plush hangings. So 1
rented a wing of an old farmhouse
up the road and, manlike and fool
that I was, I thought I’d fix It up
satsifactory as a sort of bachelor’s
paradise, where I could spend my lei
sure time reading and smoking, alone
or with my friends. If I’d only known
you didn't care for the old things 1
might have—”
“Might have what, Martha came to
the rescue.
“Might have suggested doing the old
house over und making a real home.
What I really mean, Martha, is that
I might have asked you long ago to
be my wife. But here—Martha won't
you forgive me for not understanding
you before and won’t you make me
happy always?”
Martha’s expression was one of arch
ness mingled with newly awaken’d
sympathy and understanding. “Still,”
she added, “in spite of those red plush
barriers I think I have been 'Just a
little bit in love with you for ever
so long.”
(Copyright, 1916. by the McClure Newspa
per Syndicate.)
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Notice of Administrator’s Sale.
In Estate of S. R. Neel, Deceased,
Thos. B. Weaver, Administrator
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed administrator of the estate of S.
R. Neel, Deceased, will pursuant to the
orders of the Union Probate Court made
and entered at its April Term, 1917, ex
pose for sale and sell to the highest and
best bidder on a credit of three months
with approved security, at the front door
of the Office of the Union Saw Mill Co,,
in the Town of Huttig. Ark,, on SATUR
DAY, the 7th DAY of JULY, 1917, the
following lands belonging to said estate
to-wit:
N W J4 of Sec. 14 Twp. 19 S, R 11 W.
NW>4 of SE.V Sec. 14 Twp. 19 S, R
1 1 W,
And an undivided one half interest in
the following lands to-wit:
SE>+ofSWV, of SE’^ Sec. 33
Twp. 19 S, R 10W.
E Half Frl. Sec. 4 Twp 20 S, R 10W.
SE'i of SE*4 of Sec. 33 Twp. 19 S,
10 W.
Containing in all 172,54 acres in
Union County, Ark.
An undivided one half interest in
Lots No 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, In Block No. 5,
All of Block No. 4.
Lots No. 1, 2, 3, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22. In Block
No. 10.
Lots No. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1 1, 14, 15,
16 and 17. In Block No. 11.
All of Block No. 12.
all in Rowlands Addition to the Town of
Huttig, Ark. The remaining one half in
terest being owned by C. B. Wood.
All located in Union County, Arkan
sas. and that said sale will be made for
the purpose of paying off the debts prov
en against said estate,
Given under my tiand this the 9th day
of June, A, D, 1917,
Thos. B. Weaver,
Administiator.
Warning Order.
In Union Chancery Court,
Minnie Ryan. Plaintiff,
vs
T. H. Ryan, Defendant.
The defendant, T. H. Ryan, is warned
to appear in this court within thirty days
and answer the complaint of the plaintiff,
Minnie Ryan. This June 15, 1917.
By L. Britt, Deputy
Chancery Clerk.
Depressing Thought.
Whenever anything we have been
thinking of buying is really marked
down in price, the announcement is
accompanied by the depressing Infor
mation that this sale Is strictly cash.
—Ohio State Journal.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
LITTLE ROCK * MONROE RY.
South North
7:46 a. m . Huttig 3:69 p. m
9:50 a. m. Monroe 2:07 p. m,
local. *
Leaves Arrives
11:25 a. m. Huttig 12:30 p.m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
FARMERVILLE * SOUTHERN RY.
North South
5:22 a. m.. Huttig 2:32 p. m
7:21 a. m. Farmerville 6:45 p. m
local, t
10:10 a.m. Huttig 2:22 p.m.
tArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and gees to Farmer
ville.
‘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 7:30 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 hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
J. M. Gibson, H. P.
C. A. Berry, Secy.
ZEDEKIAH, COUNCIL. U. D.. R. &
S. M. Meets every fourth Wednesday
night of each month. Visiting compan
ions welcome. T. B. Wf.aver, T. I. M.
R. N. Benson, Recorder.
HUTT1G CHAPTER No. 320, Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every first and
third Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. J. A. Brignac, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec’y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 I. 0. 0. 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 7:30 o’clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Wilkie Frost, N. G.
Mrs. Murray Maroney, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 411 W. 0. W.
meets every first and 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 7:30 o’clock. Visitors are cor
dially invited.
Mrs. E. S. Etheridge, Guardain.
Mrs. J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
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