Secretary of Agriculture asks
Every Household to can and
Dry their Surplus Fruits and
Vegetables
Every housewife this year should restore to her home the often
overlooked home industries of canning, preserving, pickling,
and drying of perishable fruits or vegetables. The large numb
er of new baek-yard gardens which have been planted this year
shortly will begin to yield their,.extra harvest of beans, peas,
carrots, beets, sweet corn and tomatoes. The regular supplies
also will reach the markets and, as happens each summer, the
local supply at times will exceed immediate consumption capac
ty. Not to conserve much of this surplusage of valuable food
would be sinful waste.
The present food and labor situations are such that no house
hold is justified in looking to others to release it wholly from
f
individual responsibility and constructive action in saving and
conserving food. All any home should expect of others is to
supply those foods which can not be produced effectively by its
own members. The railroads will be burdened with the trans
portation of staple foods and civil and military necessaries from
localities of production and manufacture to districts incapable
of supplying their own needs. It follows that ail locally pro
duced foods, conserved by home methods, lessen the winter
pressure on transportation agencies and also release similar pro
ducts of factories for other purposes.
I urge every household, therefore, to can all surplus perishable
products for which they have containers and to dry and keep in
paper any additional surplus suitable for such preservation.
Canning calls for no special skill and for little equipment beyond
a wash boiler and jars. Fresh products, cleanliness, and heat
are the chief requirements, as even sugar is not essential for
canning fruits under modern procedure. Fruits and vegetables
moreover, can be dried efficiently in the sun, over a range or
gas stove, or before an electric fan. Homemade shallow trays
of wood or heavy wire screen are the chief equipment required
Drying is a time-tried home industry; conservation of food by
drying is largely a matter of restoring to the home great-grand
mother’s method of seeing that her family had good food in
winter as a relief from a monotonous diet of root vegetables.
Canning, of course, already is a profitable industry for women
and children in thousands of homes and I trust will become al
most universal this season. To aid the home conservation
movement, the Department of Agriculture has issued a new
Farmer’s Bulletin on home canning and another on home dry- *
ing of fruits and vegetables. These free pamphlets should be
read and followed in every household which wishes to translate
patriotic impulse into concrete‘service.
D. F. HOUSTIN,
U. S. Sec. of Agriculture.
HELP WIN IKE WAR
WITH YOUR COTTON
Present Indications Are That 1917
Crop Will Be No Better Than
Crops of Two Previous Years.
By W. E. Ayres, University of Arkan
sas Experiment Station.
i. ut* wuriu iihusi. iiavt* ruuuu.
furnishes about 57 per cent of the
world’s supply. The production of this
staple in the South was about 20 per
cent below normal in both 1915 and
1916. Present indications are that the
1917 crop will be no better than the
crops of the previous two years. The
reserve supply will be practically ex
hausted before the 1917 crop is on the
market. Our country and our allies
will in all probability demand thirteen
and one-half million bales from this
country next year. There is every
reason to believe now that the crop
can not. with best of care and favor
able weather, be made to reach this
figure, and there surely is not the
slightest chance of producing a sur
plus. The prices for all products of
the cotton plant will undoubtedly be
satisfactory.
Must Produce a Maximum Crop.
The present cotton crop has been
late from the start, and has improved
very slowly. Its condition is now
much below' normal. The boll weevil
has begun his work in many sections,
and will do his “bit” to curtail produc
tion. It is imperative, therefore, that
Arkansas farmers use every known
economical resource in stimulating
growth and bringing the per acre pro
duction to the maximum. The South
must well nigh clothe the soldiers
and the civilian population of both
this country and the Entente, in addi
tion to supplying them with fibre for
high explosives for their armies and
navies.
Why Arkansas Should Be Greatest
Cotton State.
Our state can, for tw’o reasons, help
more in making good the shortage
than can the average Southern state.
In the first place, we are not so de
pendent upon the supply of potash
salts which can no longer be obtained
as are many of our sister states which
have greater areas of Coastal Plains
soils which are deficient in potash. In
the second place, our climate is such
that a larger percentage of our heavy
cotton producing areas is not yet suf
ficiently infested with boll weevil to
curtail production materially.
Shallow Cultivation Essential.
Shallow cultivation often enough to
keep down weeds and grass and pre
serve a /nuleh is always to be recom
mended, but it is "essential to the na
tion’s welfare” this year. For the
sake of economy of labor a two-horse
cultivator should be used until the
plants are too large, after which a
large scrape -heel sweep- behind a
short shovel is perhaps best for mulch
ing and destraying undesirable vegeta
tion.
c.dny Ldymg ay musi ae nvoiaca.
| Early laying by is especially to be
i avoided this summer. Cotton is very
late, and should be cultivated prop
erly until late into August, unless the
plants are locking in the middles.
Grass and weeds in cotton mean loss
in three ways: (1) They reduce the
yield by using plant food and water
which would otherwise be used by the
cotton plants; (2) they increase the
cost of picking by becoming entangled
with tee cotton, causing the burrs to
rot, and by hindering in general the
progress of the pickers; (3) cotton
grown amongst weeds and grass al
ways carries more tinges, stains and
trash and has a poorer general ap
pearance than cotton grown in a prop
erly cultivat'd field. Such cotton is
£ graded lower and is bought at a lower
► price than that which is produced un
^ der more favorable conditions. The
► loss to the state from laying by too
L early can reach five or six million
► dolkirs without receiving any partic
t ular attention. This leak in the
► “profits bag” shtould be stopped.
KEEP SEED FROM WEEVILS.
Farmers who have saved seed sub
| ject to weevil 'attacks should be sure
to keep them tree from these pests,
j To control ttue.se, Professor Geo. G.
I Becker of the University of Arkansas
recommends the use of one part by
weight of air staked lime to two
| parts by weight of the grain or seed.
1 The seed must be kept in the lime
from the lime it is stored until ready
to plant.
Carbon Bisulphide.—Those who pre
fer to do so may use carbon bisulphide
j Instead of the air slalked lime. To use
the carhon bisulphide, fill a« air tight
1 barrel (50 gallons capacity) to within
about four inches of the top with the
grain to he treated. Then pour over
the top of the grain about oiup-half cup
; of carbon bisulphide and cover at I
once with a heavy canvas to hold the
fumes in place. Allow tlsc cover to
remain on for about 24 hours, then re
move. Where only small qpantities
of seed are to la- treated, us*1 one tea
spoonful to each gallon of grain or
| tine-fourth teaspoonful to^each quart
! of grain. All fumigation should be
done when the temperature is about
, TO degrees F. 'The fumes of the solu
i tion are very inflammable, so do not
have fire, suc*ii as lighted lamp, lan
tern, a pipe, etc., around.
University of Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE
Offers full and complete courses leading to degrees hi
agriculture, engineering, education, or normal work, and
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Complete courses in music, painting, drawing, domes
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Its mechanic arts, electricity, engineering, and agricul
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offered by the public schools In his home town or school
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Tuition is free to residents of the state. Other fees
are small. Board in the dormitories is furnished at cost.
Climate and healthfulness of Fayetteville are inferior to
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The next session opens Wednesday, September 19.
For catalogs, bulletins, and full information, write The
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Standard Curriculum leading t» regular degrees.
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Do you need help?
For o&talogue and other information, write
PRESIDENT J. W. CONGER, Conway, Ark.
For My Demonstration Orchards
I WANT one farmer in each neighborhood to write mg at
once for my unusual and money-making proposition. You'D bo
surprised when you see just what this proposition is — so writ* mo at
once for full particulars. Here’s a hint of what I am doing—road It
then write me promptly—
A Lifetime Opportunity
I want you to put your waste land
to work, by letting me plan an orchard for
yon. My expart orchardint will lay it out.
examine your noil and determine just what
traea ana varieties would be beat adapted.
All tale Is done without expense to
you. Then, you can order as many trees as
as you want. and. If yoo want to, you can pay
for • few trees each year—juat aa you please.
When your orchard la planted. I’ll make
you my manager In your neigh borhood and you
can makamuney with me right from the start.
This plan has been woekad asd hi
various sections of the stals sal
has proved a big succem. By
farmer managers are •atbesfeasms
over it—you will be the same.
Thera are other festates that 1 oaaft ex
plain hare because of limited apaea bat >
you will juat dropmaanoteor a postal aalMT
if II aw all about i mi 111 lataah tin Si lhai r
—rUanawer personalis, by return mall, flasks
money with no —ttra ail ahaeia and aaay.
GEORGE PARKER. Mssagcr
PARKER BROS. NURSERY CO
“Thm rmyttmvw Nurtsr/aC’
Pe..'ker Building, Fayetteville.
ADAMS BROTHERS
Cotton and Corn Buyers
General Merchandise
To the Farmers:—We want your produceand will
pay the highest market price in cash or trad#
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