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Boys and Girls
Eight Studies in Education
Through Club Activities.
EDITOR'S NOTE.
The Extension Division of the Uni
versity of Arkansas, in co-operation
with the United States Department of
Agriculture, will offer this year,
through this paper, a free correspond
ence course in "Boys' and Girls’ Club
Work," consisting of eight lessons or
articles. These lessons will appear in
this paper at intervals of six weeks.
Those who wish to lake this course
should write to the Director of Exten
sion Work, University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, stating name, age, occu
pation, and stating that he (or she)
proposes to carry the work through for
the eight lessons. A farmers’ bulletin
will be sent to supplement lesson No.
1, and later for each lesson if the
question blank be returned for the pre
ceding lesson. These blanks will be
sent with each bulletin. Preceding les
sons will be sent on request. The les
sons on Boys' and Girls’ Club Work
will consist of the following: (X) "Ed
ucational Value of Club Study;” (2)
"Principles of Corn Growing for Boys’
Clubs;" (3) "Fundamentals of Can
ning;" (4) "Science of Growing Pigs;"
(5) "Some A B C's on Poultry Grow
ing;” (G) "Frimary Itules of Cotton
Growing.”
BOYS’ AND GIRLS'CLUB WORK
No. 4. Growing Strong Pigs.
By II. K. Sanders, Specialist for Pig ,
Club Work.
Good, sound, thrifty pigs, weighing
from 35 to 40 pounds each when eight
weeks old do not come by “luck.” To
be lucky with pigs simply means hard
persistent work, good judgment and
being on the job night and day. To
produce good strong, healthy pigs,
they must be lookea after before they
are born. The mother must be cared
Work
for and well fed If she Is to give birth
to a strong litter.
The Shelter: In the spring or sum
mer season the sow is quite able to
take care of herself. She will steal
away in the pasture and in a day or
two will eonie up with a niee litter
of pigs. But for the sow that far
rows in the winter months mme pro
tection must be given her and her lit
ter. Nothing Is better for this than a
warm shed open to the south to get
the sunshine. The cold winds come
from the north, northeast and north
west. hence any shed enclosed on
(hose three sides is sufficient. I’o pro
j vent the sow from crushing the pigs j
at farrowing time a scantling should
be nailed to the inside of the house
about eight inches above the ground
and projecting toward the center of
the pen.
Feed for the Sow Before Farrowing:
Sows fed on corn alone will not bring
strong and heavy pigs. Fred some pea
nuts. wheat shorts, tankage or sweet
milk with the corn in the following
proportion: Corn inree parts and
shhrts ono part; corn nine parts and
tankage one part; corn two parts and
peanuts one part in hull; corn three
parts and bran one part; corn six
parts and cowpeas one part.
A 250 pound sow should have from
five to seven pounds per day of one
of the above mixtures if she is fed lit
a dry lot and plenty of fresh water.
The brood sow when carrying her lit
ter has to he fed with a view of feed
ing the growing pigs, and to lay the
foundation for choir future strength,
size and constitution. One of the
drains upon the sow at this time is
furnishing bone making material. She
therefore requires an extra amount
of bone making feed. Frovide x
trough with wood ashes, charred :
corn cobs, charcoal and lime.
If she is overfed at first, the pigs
are frkriy to take the srourR or
thumps. No feed at all should be
Riven for the first 24 hours, and very
little for several days. When on a
full feed in a dry lot, she will eat
about four pounds of grain per day for
each 100 pounds she weighs. If she
weighs 250 pounds she will need
about 10 pounds per day. If she has
the run of a good pasture at least one
half of the grain will be saved, if
no pasture can be provided, she will
need to be fed about tha same as be
fore farrowing, except that she will
need more grain. When the pasture
is composed of Bermuda grass, a
grain ration equivalent to three per
cent of her live weight should be fed
and the grain part of the ration
should be shorts, tangage and peas.
Feed for the Pig Before Weaning:
If given an opportunity the pigs w.ll
begin to eat when about three weeks
old. For these young animals noth
ing is superior to skim milk with
shorts. Many farmers have no skim
milk and in this case a thin slop or
water and shorts will be the best
thing to feed until the pigs are from
four to five weeks old. after which
time the ration should be made up of
equal parts of corn meal and shorts
These young animals should not lie
fed on corn alone. They should
rather be given such feeds as skim
milk, shorts, pasture, cowpeas. soy
bean meal and peanuts.
Weaning the Pigs: Ikin't wean un
der eight weeks of age. It is better
not to wean until ten or twelve weeks
of age. The mothers feed at wean
ing time should be greatly reduced so
that the How of milk will be checked
Feed the pigs what they will readily
clean up of five parts of corn meal,
five parts of shorts and one part of
tankage, or nine pa,rts of corn meal
to one part of tankage or middlings
for your pigs; and lor adult pigs one
part tankage to eleven parts of corn
will balance the rations in the proper
proportion to build up bune and muscle
t'T The pig.
Makes Plants Grow Fast.
Electroculture, as it is called, is the
latest thing in agriculture. Electric j
lighting has been resorted to in an ef
fort to keep plants growing at top
speed for 21 hours out of every day.
When night comes or when clouds oh
scure the sun, the lights are turned |
on. Electricity "will also be used tc
supply heat during the cold weather.
So far electroculture is only an ex
periment, but the experts believe that
this treatment will both hasten the
harvest and improve the quality of the
crop. The experiments are being con
ducted both indoors and out. Day
ton, O., is the scene oi the experiment
—American Boy.
The Uses and Abuses
of Fertilizers
A Srrl<>K of Six Artlrlra Which
HliuiiUi Be of \ nluablr AsalatHnce
to \Krlrultarlata and Hortlrultur
l«l» of Arknnaaa—Il>- I’rof. H, J.
II. He I.ohcIi, lllrcctor of (acorxia
Experiment Station.
3. ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENT
STATION AND FERTILIZERS.
The Rothamsted Experiment Sta
tion is in England, and is noted for
the great work is has done along all
lines of agricultural work, it has
gone into the laws of soil fertility, has
been the first to discover many of
these laws, and has in all its history
been especially interested in working
out a plan of farm management by
which soil fertility could be maintain
ed at a minimum cost to the farmers.
! The Rothamsted experiments began
j in the year 1837, wrhen Sir John Ben
! nett Lawes began experiments on his
! private estate, fie was a man who
| loved the soil and to experiment with
: it. Strange to say, he was a fertil
: izer manufacturer in a certain #ense,
| »s he early discovered a process for
transforming bone into superphos
phate by the use of sulphuric acid,
took out a patent for this in 1812.
and built an extensive business, which
he managed for about thirty years.
In 1813 he associated with him J. H.
Gilbert, and these two men for more
than fifty years conducted extensive
agricultural investigations in regard
to soils and fertilizers, and feeds and
feeding of domestic animals. In 1889
Sir John turned over his large estate,
which had now grown so important,
and had become so well known in all
parts of the civilized world, to a
board of directors, and endowed it
with half a million dollars.
Among many other things that
were done, experiments were conduct
ed with fertilizers, mineral salts, and
many forms of ammoniates, also with
animal manures, to determine just
what the soils needed to grow the
most crops. For this work plots of
ground were set aside, marked off
and carefully measured, and then
planted to the crop with which the
investigator wished to work. Small
plots would be used for the different
kinds of mineral and animal manures,
and in each series one plot would he
left unfertilized throughout the entire,
experiments, while the others would
have applied the different combina
tions of fertilizers, etc. Careful re
ports were taken from each end of
these plots, and with Interesting re
sults. The same experiments were
continued for twenty years and more.
Many experiments were conducted
with hay, and some of these with the
following results: The plots that had
no manure of any kind averaged in
twenty years, 2,283 pounds of hay; the
plots which had mineral manure alone
3,598 pounds; the plois with mineral
manure and 400 pounds of ammonia
salts, -5,711 pounds of hay; those with
mineral manure and 800 pounds of
ammonia salts, 6,726 pounds of hay;
the plots which received the mineral
! manure and nitrate of soda, 6,407
! pounds of hay. Considering the very
i low cost of the fertilizers in compar
ison to the increased yields brought
about by their use. one could not fail
to see the value of the manure salts.
The ltothamsted station was inter
ested in the permanent improvement
of land and the part played in tiiis
by the use of fertilizing materials.
From the many experiments carried
out, there was never a doubt of the
wisdom of applying plant food to the
soil. Larger yields were always ob
tained, other things being equal, and
the fertilization of the soils through
out England and her possessions rec
ommended. It was decided to ascer
tain the effects of fertilizers on corn.
Seven plots were treated as follows;
Plot 1. Unnianured.
Plot 2. Mixed mineral manure, 200
pounds sulphate of potash, 200 pounds
sulphate soda, 100 pounds sulphate
magnesia, 350 pounds superphosphate
lime.
Plot 3. Ammonia-salts, comprising
200 pounds sulphate ammonia and 200
pounds muriate of ammonia.
Plot 4. Ammonia salts and mixed
mineral manures, as Plot 2.
Plot 5. Five hundred and forty
pounds Peruvian guano.
Plot 6. Two thousand pounds rape
cake.
Plot 7. Fourteen tons farmyard rna
niwe.
The results of six years of experi
ments follow: The greatest increase
in yields was obtained with fertilizers
richest in ammonia. The ammonia
salts, the guano and the rape cake
gave the largest increase, which was
about four or five bushels increase
of dresta-d corn. In Riot 2, where
only the mineral manures were used,
the increase was least, while in I'lots
3 and 5 it was greater, and in 4 great
est. It seems that (lie mineral ma
nures needed the effect of the am
monia salts in order to help them be
come available. There was in every
case a substantial increase where fer
tilizers were used over the [dots that |
remained unmanured.
The great object in giving the
above information is to bring to the
attention of farmers and business men
that the question of fertilizers for the
average farm crops is a subject as
old as any form of agricultural edu
cation, and Rothamsted did much fun
damental work on it. In no case was
it found that ammonia salts and other
mineral manures, when applied to
gether, were not valuable. Farmyard
manure was somewhat valuable by it
self, but far more so when ammoxjia
salts were applied with It.
LODOE 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.
L. M. Despain, W. M.
C. A. Berry. Sec'y.
HOWARD CHAPTER. No. 122. R A.
M. meets every first and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
L. G. Gibson, H. P.
D. F, Collett, Secy.
HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 320. Order of
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. 343 1. 0. 0. F.
meets every Tuesday evening. Visiting
brethern cordially invited to attend.
E. L. V/are, N. G.
Harlan Sehon, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66,
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o’clock
Visitflrs are invited.
Mrs. Lou Milstead, N. G.
Miss Murray Pilkinton, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 4 1 1 W. 0. W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
• C. A. McCormick, C. C.
J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
Sweet Bay Circle No. 145, W. C..
meets every second and fourth Thursday
night at 7:30 o'ciock. Visitors are cor
dially invited.
Mrs. W R Dickerson. Guardain.
Mrs, C. A. McCormick. Clerk.
IHILROAD TIMfc TABLt
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LITTLE ROCK * MONROE RY.
South
5:25 a. m
7:55 am.
Leaves
11:55 p. m.
Huttig
Monroe
local. *
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North
3:23 p. m
1:00 p.m
Arrives
12:15 p. m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
FARMERVILLE & SOUTHERN RY.
North South
4:42 a m. Huttig 3:54 p. m
3:15 -a. m. Farmerville 5:20 p. m
local, t
10:15a.m. Huttig 2:25p.m.
tArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
villa.
^Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmerville and goes to Mon
roe
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Q declare as much, and health authorities are urging people to take
every precaution for their health.
February and March are the most dangerous
months of the year. Rain, snow and slush mean colds,
grippe and pneumonia. Guard well your health and
| that of your family. We can supply you with
Clothing and
Footwear
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ly dressed may mean much to you.
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Time is in the Beginning
You can clip off several days from the 1916 calendar
right now, Mr. Farmer, tuck ’em away in
your lock-box and use them at
leisure next fall
Making needed repairs about your place just now will prepare you
for tackling Spring work as soon as Spring shows its
head—and every day you save in the Spring
brings your finished labors just that
much earlier in the fall
We have "most anything you could need for these little odd jobs,
and they don’t cost much. Anyway, it’s economy to re
pair an article while the damage is slight, rather
than to wait until it gets beyond repair
and a new one is necessary. We
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