rHE NEWARK JOURNAL
Published Weekly
BY THE JOURNAL PRINTING CO
FEfiTiLIZEfiS FOR
FALL GRAIN CROPS
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Most Soils of Arkansas Deficient in
Phorus While Many Are Deficient
in Both Nitrogen and Phosphorus.
By Dp F. Hungerford, Assistant
Agronomist, University of
Arkansas.
The prospects arc favorable for
continued high prices for wheat and
other fall sown grain crops. Every
acre of such crops should be made to
produce Its maximum yield in order
that the world may be supplied with
bread. The experiments conducted by
the College of Agriculture of the Uni
versity of Arkansas indicate that
even when prices are normal, nitro
gen and phosphate fertilisers can be
used with profit on winter wheat
With prices such as they are at pres
ent the profits would be very much
greater.
Most of the soils of Arkansas are
deficient in phosphorus, while many
of them are deficient in both nitrogen
and phosphorus. It is recommended
that for upland soils which have not
been maured recently, 400 pounds of
a mixture containing equal parts of
acid phosphate and cotton seed ineal
be used. Nitrate of soda at the rate
rrf 100 pounds per acre may bo
uned Instead of the cotton seed maaJ
on soils which are not too sandy. For
riser bottom soils and the better
grades of upland soil, add phosphate
alone at the rate of 150 to 260 pounds
per acre will give good results.
Raw rock phosphate has been found
to yield profitable returns, but it is
slower In its action, sometimes re
quiring two or three years to produce
result*. In the present crisis, there
fore, it is urged that the more read
ily available acid phosphate be used
in order that large, Immediate re
turns may be had.
Fertilizers should be ordered at
once. The indications are that the
freight car shortage will bomoreacute
this season than over before, and since
most other commodities will be given
precedence over fertilizers, lienee or
ders made late in the season axe
likely to be subject to many delays.
PROTECT GRAIN FROM WEEVIL.
By Ooo. G. Becker. State Entomolo
gist, University of Arkansas.
All the peas and beans which Ark
ansas may raise may be rendered
useless for food, and all of the corn
raised either for stock or human con
sumption might deteriorate in value
at the rate of three cents per bushel
per month for every month that it is
in storage after the first of Novem
ber, unless Arkansas farmers take
steps to prevent the ravages of va
rious grain weevil. These losses can
be prevented by the use of lime and
by proper methods of storage.
Lime Dust Metnoa.
In the case of peas and beans, the
work of weevils can be readily kept
In cbeck by storing them away in
lime dust. For this purpose use air
slacked lime dust. This Is commonly
found as waste in many lumber yards.
Mix the peas or beans together with
the lime at the rate of one part, by
weight, or lime dust to two parts, by
weight, of beans or peas. The peas
or beans may then be stored away
with the lime in sacks, barrels, boxes
or other containers.
Weevils in corn can be prevented
by husking the corn in the field. In
so doing you will leave most of the
weevils in the field. Moreover, corn
when stored with husks on will be
subject to about four times the
amount of damage done through wee
vils than unhusked corn.
In husking, have a division in the
wagon bed, on one side put all the
badly infested ears, and the other put
the sound ears. A box may be at
tached to the back of the bed to re
ceive seeds ears. In storing, put all
♦ he sound ears in the back of the bin
and those which are infested in front
of the bin so that the latter will be
used up first.
In collecting for seeds ears, select
ears with tight husks and well cov
ered tips. If this is borne in mind it
will be possible in time to select a
strain of com which will bo practi
cally weevil resistant.
Regulation Brand.
“Well," queried the floorwalker, "did
you Lave a good time?”
“Did I have a good time!” echoed
the fluffy-haired girl who had just re
turned to her place behind the ribbon
counter after a two-weeks’ outing.
“Say, I had a regular circus. I got
engaged three times.”
“Sort of a three-ring circus, eh?"
chuckled the party of the flooorwalker
part.
Too Much of a Good Thing.
"Why not hire an efficiency expert
U> reorganize your office force?”
“I tried that once,” replied the busi
ness man.
"Didn’t the plan succeed?”
“Only too well. Everybody quit bu'
the efficiency expert, and I dlscharget
him for four he might try to reorgao
tzo me.”
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WHICH VARIETY 01
cotton is m
Do You Know Which Variety Pay*
the Beet in Arkansas and
Why It Does?
By W. E. Ayres,
Experiment Station University of
Arkansas.
Varieties of cotton belong to two
general classes, short-staple and long
staple—'‘‘Benders” or “Rivera" being
nothing more than a commercial trade
name used to designate any cotton
grown on rich soil in a humid climate,
and therefore producing superior lint.
All varieties having lint longer than
1 1-18 inches are long-staple varieties;
those having shorter lint belong to
the short-staple class.
In general, the long-staple varieties
are later, have a lower per cent of
lint, and their bolls are more pointed
than the short-staples. However,
some of the recently Introduced long
staples are earlier than the average
short-staple cottons and have other
desirable characteristics which are
bringing them into favor.
What la a Good Variety? The money
value per acre produced hy a variety
of cotton Is the criterion by which it
is nHimately Judged, provided it has
no qualities which are strikingly un
desirable. Such factors as length
and per cent of lint are usually im
portant in determining values, but the
vaj-iety which yields the highest per
cent of lint or the longest lint is often
poor when profits are considered,
eorliuese, slie of bolls, ease of picking,
and storm resistance are factors to be
considered in selecting a variety. Un
der boll weevil conditions, toward the
northern limit of the cotton belt, or on
new land, earllness Is very important.
What la an Early Variety? Since
the advent of the boll weevil it is
agreed that the variety which will pro
duce the most cotton in an area heav
ily Infested with weevils is the earli
est variety. Small boiled, early matur
ing varieties often fail to yield as well
on soils medium low in fertility as
the medium early, large boiled varie
ties even under boll weevil condi
tions. The greatest difference be
tween the earliest and latest varieties
exists in humid districts on poorly
drained rich bottom land. On such
land such varieties as Trice, Shine.
King, etc., should be considered if
short-staple varieties are preferred.
Variety Teata In 1916 Intereating
The Arkansas Experiment Station
tested fifty-five varieties and straina
of cotton at two different points in
the state last year. In addition, 6 to
25 varieties were tested in co-opera
tion with the county agent* in several
counties. One of the large tests was
conducted at Scotts in co-operation
with Mr. Conoway Scott and the
other at Mena on the old substation
The test at Scotts was on Arkansas
River bottom land. The season was
favorable and the yields good. The
Mena test was on hill land. The yields
there were very low, due to extreme
ly dry weather shortly after the plants
began to set forms.
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The average results or tne tests at
Scotts and Mena show that twelve of
the fifty-five varieties produced seed
and lint worth (at market prices for
September, October and November!
more than $100 per acre, the average
per acre value of these twelve varie
ties being more than $107.00. The per
acre value of the same varieties at
Scotts averaged more than $170.00.
The poorest twelve varieties averaged
a little less than $76.00 per acre in
the two tests and $116.00 at Scotts.
The high yields were produced at
the same expense as the poor ones
plus the cost of harvesting and mar
keting the excess produced by the
high yielders. This would have
amounted to about $5 per acre for the
average of the two tests and about j
$8.00 per acre at Scotts. If the aver- j
age cost per acre of production and
marketing for the poor yielders was
$25.00 and the cost at Scotts $27.0C
per acre the per acre profit was $77.0(1j
for the high yielders and $51.00 foi
the low yielding varieties. The pel ,
acre profit at Scotts was $135 and ;
$89. respectively, for the high and -
low yielding varieties. Profits from ]
high yielding varieties were about 5C '
per cent greater than from low
yielding varieties. I*roflts from high
yielding varieties were about 50 pet
cent greater than from low yielders.
Among the high yielders in the av>
erage for the two tests were Triumph,
Wannamaker. Big Boll (Cleveland)
Cleveland, Half and Half, Roundnose,
Christopher Big Boll, Toole, and s
strain of Cook bred by the Alabama
Experiment Station, all in the short
staple class; and the following long
staple varieties: Foster, Webber No
82, Webber No. 49, and Express. Ex
press was the earliest of the above
varieties, but had a lower per cent ot
lint and shorter lint than any of the
above long-staples. All of the above
short-staples, except Toole, were com
paratively early. Other varieties which
did well at Mena were; Cook’s Im
proved, Rublee. Lone Star, Rowden
Dodd’s Prolific. Dodd's Favorite, King
and Shine. At Scotts, Durango, Co
lumbia, Dixie and Sproull Big Boll
vere good yielders.
On land infected with wilt Dixit
and Oovington-Toole are perhaps th«
best varieties of which seed can b«
L obtained in commercial quantities.
Tfea horse must have freih air.
ANNUAL
BIG PICNIC
SULPHUR ROCK
FRI. AND SAT. AUGUST 17 AND 18
IN BEAUTIFUL MAXWELL GROVE
300 YARDS OF DEPOT
There will be a number of interesting and instruc
tive addresses on “Stock Raising,” “Agriculture,”
“Good Roads;” other interesting topics of the day
Judge L. C. Smith of DeWitt, Ark.
Will deliver an address, Saturday, August 18
Judge Dene H. Coleman of Batesville
Will deliver an address
Many Attractions
Chal Moore’s Merry-go-round will be here and there will be a
number of other attractions, including a ball game between the
Sulphur Rock Cardinals and the Eight Mile Champions of Jack
son County.
PLENTY OF GOOD MUSIC
Dock Magness famous string band will furnish music
FREE ICE WATER
[ Plenty of free ice water on the ground all the time.
I FREE TO EVERYBODY
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| Separate hitching grounds for teams
and horses away from the automobiles
OLIVER MAXWELL ML DUVALL
COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS