CEMENT TROUGH.
A Job Which Any Farmer Can Do—
Better and Cheaper Than One
Built of Wood.
The ability to do things well and in
a workmanlike and substantial man
ner is not possessed by every farmer.
Yet to make a cement watering tank,
does not require the mechanical skU!
that it does to construct one of wood.
1 lie lower illustration on this page
shows the stave mold for a 35-barrel,
STAVE MOLD FOR CEMENT TROUGH
AND THE TROUGH COMPLETED.
round tank, lately made by Mr. F. M.
Goodwin, Delaware county, Ohio, says
the Ohio Farmer. Alter excavating:,
the foundation was built to about the
level of the ground. The staves were
then put in place and filling with con
crete was continued to the top. In
order to strengthen the tank, several
vertical iron bars were imbedded in
the concrete during construction;
while around the circumference a num
ber of wire hoops were likewise im
bedded. The material was mixed as
follows; Crushed stone, eight parts;
sand, three parts; cement, one part.
This upper illustration shows the fin
ished tank.
BEETS AND CARROTS.
Beth Are Excellent. Says Prof. Thomas
Shaw, But Too Expensive
a Feed.
A dairyman of Abbotsford, Mich.,
Is desirous of finding out the value of
sugar beets and carrots for dairy
cows. He also asks for the experience
of others who have fed them.
Sugar beets make au excellent food
lor dairy cattle, but the cost of grow
ing them is more than the cost of
growing mangels, hence where roots
are grown for dairy cows, mangels
are usually preferred to sugar beets.
The tonnage of mangels is consider
ably greater, and the labor is also con
siderably less. For milk production,
the difference in value of the two is
not great, pound for pound, but the
value of the sugar beet is more in
fattening animals.
Carrots are excellent for milch cows,
but the same objection applies to
them that applies to the growing of
sugar beets, that is, the labor. As^with
beets, it takes much time to thin them
and also to harvest and store them.
The labor, however, is much influenced
by the variety grown, the Mastodon,
a large white variety, being one of
the best.
Female Berbers in Austria.
In Austria.) cities U -:aj
examination for female ha 'hts, v.;;o
are yearly growing more numerous.
A ROUGH FODDER RACK.
Plan for One WTiich Will Save Much
Food from Trampling by
the Stock.
A good many farmers are building
some sort of a heavy rack for outdoor
use so as to avoid throwing their fod
der on the ground to become more
or less mussed and very much wasted.
A Michigan farmer has devised the
rack shown in the accompanying cut.
It is not exactly a thing of beauty,
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THE l'OUDKK RACK.
but it is certainly a. substantially built
affair capable of withstanding the
hard usage that stock frequently gives
a rack of this kind. The length of the
rack, explains the Prairie Farmer, is
12 feet and 40 inches wide. The cor
ner and center posts are 4 by 4 with
tire bottom 18 inches from the ground.
The side and top pieces are pine plank
firmly spiked to the posts. The bottom
is also made of two-inch plank, though
inch stuff could doubtless be made to
do very well.
FEEDING CALVES.
The Results of Some Experiments
with Angus Steer Calves—
Grain and Hay Fed.
The Nebraska experiment station
gives the following account of experi
ments in feeding on hay with and
without grain:
During the winter of 1902. 12 Aber
deen Angus steer calves were fed to
determine whether or not a small
grain allowance added to a ration of
alfalfa and prairie hay would prove
a more economical method of winter
ing. Six of the calves received no
grain, while the other six had four
pounds a day of corn, oats and bran
in addition to the hay. The hay was
80 per cent, alfalfa and 20 per cent,
prairie hay. During the winter pe
riod. from January to April, those re
ceiving four pounds of grain per day
made an average gain of GO pounds
per month, while those getting hay
alone made 22 pounds per month. Fig
uring all foods at the market price, it
was found tint gains on grain and hay
cost 84.GG per 100 pounds, while the
gains on hay alone cost six dollars
per hundred, a striking difference in
favor of grain with hay for winter
feeding. During toe following sum
mer. while on the same pasture, all
without grain, th winter grain-fed
calves made an average gain of GO
pounds less than the thinner, no
grain calves, which put the latter be
hind only 20 pounds each at the end
of the entire period. October 2,0. 1923.
The grain-fed calves, however, were
appraised 25 per cent, per hundred
above the hay-fed calves, showing
them to have been somewhat better in
quality, even at the iater date. The
experiment showed that it is cheap
er co feed calves some grain in win
ter. and this was the result In a
more marked degree the previous
winter.
Great Poet’s Filial Devotion.
The poet Goethe affectionately cher
ished the memory of his mother. “She
was worthy of life,” he once said of
her when speaking to a friend. After
her death, lie visited Frankfort, and
' " : on’ ever.' individual who had
been kind to his mother, and thanked
them all.
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HANDY SLIDING BARN GATE.
Should Be in Use to Restrain the Cat
tle and Keep Them Within Bounds.
Where cattle are stabled for the
convenience of milking and feeding
it is useful in hauling to have small
gates hung in alley ways to prevent
the stock from becoming unruly. Not
infrequently considerable • disturbance
is brought about in handling a dairy
herd while stabling, simply on account
of a lack of doors «cross exposed pas
sageways. In our barn we have small
gates located wherever it is necessary
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Sliding Gate for Barn Alley.
to prevent the cows going into an al
ley or feed room while stabling.
The diagram inclosed herewith, says
a writer in Prairie Farmer, shows one
erf the handy gates we have in use.
They are great conveniences. The
gate proper is made of pine material
five inches in width. The gate, of
course, is made to fit the place where
needed. The two outer pieces are
longer and serve as a part of the
hanger. The gate is hung upon a
two-inch gas pipe, which is in length
twice the width of the gate. Iron
straps serve the purpose of hangers
and slide upon the gas piping as a
track.
In our barn we have in use eight of
these handy gates and would not
think of getting along without them.
In one or two instances when stock
got loose they doubtless saved the
lives of the animals as our feed room
is in easy reach of the stable.
ROAD TARRING.
It is Carried cn on a Large Scale in
France.
Road-tarring on a large scale has
been seen in France during the prep
aration for the Grand Prix race. The
tarring is carried out on the Lassail
ly system by the use of the most im
proved apparatus for heating the tar
and applying it to the surface of the
road. Commenced on the 25th of May,
the operation It.-ted scarcely ten days
for the 500,000 square yards which
were covered, employing two gangs,
each made up of six drivers and eight
horses, together with eight men for
spreading the tar, counting the men
needed for sanding the road after the
tarring. A fine road is the result of
1!r.s operation, says the Scientific
American, and it shows that by the
ttse < ? the proper apparatus a large
extent of road can be treated within
a short time and with a small amount
of labor. At the last moment tlie ex
cess oi ••and which covers the layer of
tar will he swept off by the four
sweeper wagons employed by M. Las
saillv, hen the cars will be able to
run m or ideal conditions. Such a
proce: far from being an extra ex
pense is now recognized as an actual
econoir . seeing that the cost of keep
ing m the road becomes much less,
and ti is pays for the tarring ex
pense: and may even exceed the lat
ter, a has been found during a long
series of observations made in France.
Feast of Chestnuts Fatal.
John Parkinson of Union City,
Conn., died the other day as the result
of eating too many chestnuts. His
physician warned him that chestnuts
were dangerous because of recent at
tacks of indigestion, from which he
had suffered, but Parkinson answered:
“I am going to eat those chestnuts if
it kills me.” He lived only a few
hours after eating the last pint. Park
inson was 50 years old, and leaves a
widow and six children.
Sweet Girl.
“And then, mind you,” exclaimed
Miss Passay, "lie asked me if ]
wouldn't marry the first man that
came along." "The idea!” remarked
Miss Knox. "Don't those obviously
unnecessary questions make you
sigk?”
Some Bargains in Desirable Farm and City Property
Offered by Craig & Moore,
No. 2. ho acres good bottom land 4 i
miles N. E. Newark; halt' subject to
overflow, balance above liighwater;
40 acres in cultivation. Fine land and
a bargain.
no. 37. 2 acres nicest residence ,
property in north part of town; good
well and garden on place.
78. Nice live room house and acre
of land in Magness; house nearly new ,
and all improvements good.
80. 500 acre farm half mile from 1
railroad station and post office; 200 ;
acres in cultivation; 100 acre pasture; \
1 six bouses with good barns; half mile ;
frorn school and church house; over a
mile of river front and good ferry
•auding on the farm. Grows } bale of
cotton and 50 t'j (JO bushels corn per
acre. Good property and a bargain, j
Price $8,000. Easy terms.
84. Good small farm of 60 acres tine '
bottom land, 28 acres in cultivation, |
balance in pasture; good 3 room house
and barn. Price $1,200.
No. 60. Good farm of 86 acres, 45 in I
cultivat on located 6 miles northeast
of Newark; good three room box house
line cistern, good barn and orchard of;
50 bearing trees; good white and red
calc timber on land not in cultivation.
Located near church and school bouse.
63. 70 acres three miles north of j
Newark, 50 acres in cultivation; one
3 room and one 2 room house. Good
upland and and a bargain.
85. 64 acres good bottom land, one
mile from railroad station and post
office, half mile river front; 35 acres
in cultivation; good 3 room house and
small tenent House; line water; 29
acres in pasture. Price $1,280.
71. 141 acres line cane anti timber;
land on Black river 3 miles north of
Paroquet; on river front.
70. Nice home of six acres and good
four room house one mile west of
Newark; nice young orchard and good ;
water; improvements good. Would I
make an ideal suburban home.
83. Fine bottom farm of 80 acres, j
.33 acres in cultivation, two good lions- t
es with barns and good water; half i
mile from railroad and postoffice and!
mile from school and church house; :
grows hale of cotton per acre. Price i
$20 per acre; one third cash, balance
to suit.
88. Good four room, bouble box
house and half acre of land in Mag
ness; good barn; nice location.
101. 100 acre creek bottom farm of
miles from Newark, 1 mile from post
office and school: 100 acres in cultiva
tion, balance good timber; 1 four room
frame bouse and small tenant house,
barn and other outbuildings; eystern
and spring of good water; land in cul
tivation is good creek bottom land
and produces well.
103. 120 acres fine Oil Trough bot
tom land, all in timber except twenty
acres which has been cut off; 3 miles
from postoffice; 8 miles from Newark;
land lays well and when put in culti
vation will be worth $40 per acre; land
adjoining grows bale of cotton or 50 to
75 bushels corn per acre, and will also
grow alfalfa; land is inside of fencing
district and lias good timber on it.
108. 60 acre farm H mile north of
Magness, 40 acres in cultivation, live
room house, good well, barn, smoke
house and other outbuildings; 12 acre
orchard, consisting of 250 apple trees,
1650 peach trees, 12 pear t rees, 20grape
vines and line lot of plum trees; six
acre pasture under fence.
112. Good live room house and acre
of land in north part of town; good
barn, smokehouse and line well of wa
ter, all nearly new and in good shape.
82. Good farm of 120 acres, hayy^
mile from raiboad station, postoffice
and school; £0 acres in cultivation;
good house and barn and good water. I
Will be sold cheap. Price $2,400, one
third cash, balance in 1 and 2 years.
90, 00 acres line cut-over rive r bot
tom land, very high and seldom over
flows; can be cleared very cheap and
will make a tine small farm; river
front with railroad running across one
corner; half mile from station aud
postofflce. Price $10 per acre.
79. 411 acres line White river land
near Jacksonport; 70 acres in cultiva
tion; 2 houses; fine cane pasture of
150 acres fenced. Only one mile from
railroad station, postoffice and church;
one of the finest pieces of land on
White river.
80. Good bottom farm of 105 acres
half mile from railroad station and
postoffice and mile from school and
church; good house and good water
57 acres in cultivation and balance in
pasture; will grow 50 to 75 bushels o
corn per acre; good timber on land not
in cultivation; mile of river front.
Price $20 per acre; One-third cash bal
ance in one and two years.
100. Good five room house and
three acres of laud in north part of
town, all fenced and in cultivation,
fine well of water, good garden and
barn, good orchard for family use,con
sisting of apples, peaches, plums,
grapes and black berries. Very desir
able location.
93. Good small farm of 4< acres, 35
acres in cultivation, <> miles u. e. of
Newark, mile and half from school,
church and postoffice; good three room
box house and small barn.
95. Ten acres nice residence proper
ly in northest part, of town, lour room
box house, small ham ami good well
of water, 100 peach trees, 25 grapes
and 12 plum trees; good property.
97. Good two room box house and
two lots, with good small barn; near
school building.
98. Good farm of 80 acres, 00 acres
in cultivation, one two room log house
and one two room box house,.good
well of wafer; located 8 miles from
Newark, half mile from post >dice and
one mile from school and 'church; a
small orchard for family use.
94. Good two room box’ house and
acre and half land in nor; 2 part of
town: good well, line garden and good
small barn.
10(i. Farm of 40 acres. 1 mile from
Magness, .‘10 acres in cultivation, good
house and barn, line well and good
spring on the place; nice young orch
ard of 150 apple trees, 00 peach trees
and several pears, plums and grapes;
also live acre pasture under fence.
107. Tract of 080 acres timber land
east of Newark; enough white and red
oak timber on land to pay for it, and
will make good fanning land after
timber is cut off. Price $7.50.
99. Tract of 3,000 acres tine Black
river bottom land, 350 acres cleared,
9 houses, big barn;2 miles river front;
4 miles from railroad station and post
office; all under fence; one of finest
stock farms in the county.
109. Good 39 acre, farm adjoining
town, with 20 acres in cultivation; six
room house, line water, good barn and
j other improvements and 13 acres in
pasture. Very desirable location and
will be sold at a bargain.
113 Good farm of 100 acres three
miles from Charlotte; 45 acres in cul
tivation, good four room house with
good barn and smokehouse and good
well of wates; good timber on land
not in cultivation. Price $450.
NEWARK,
Craig- & Moore,
: : : ARKANSAS.
V l. Pascoe
L. G Poe
Phone No. (0 Phone No. 24
PASCOE & POE
Physicians and Surgeons
Office with Newark Drug Company,
Front Street. Phone No 17.
Office hours 8 to 12 a. m., and 1 to 5 p. in.
Deeds of trust and legal blanks
for sale at The Journal office.
A Valuable Lesson.
“Six years ago I learned a valu
able lesson.” writes John Pleas
ani. of Magnolia, Ind. “I then
began taking Dr. King’s New Life
Pills, and the longer I take them
the better 1 find them.” They
please everybody. Guaranteed at
Sturdivant’s drug store 25c.
See The Journal for job printing