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Soils and Soil
Fertility
Eight Studies in Fundamental
Agriculture.
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 "Soils and Soil Fertil
ity," consisting of eight lessons or ar
ticles. Those who wish to take
this course should write to the
Director of Extension Work, Univer
sity of Arkansas, Fayetteville, stating
name, age, occupation, and stating that
he (or she) proposes to carry the work
through for the eight lessons. A farm
ers' bulletin will be sent to supple
ment lesson No. 1, and later for each
lesson if the question blank be return
ed for the preceding lesson. These
blanks will be sent with each bulletin.
Preceding lessons will be sent on re
quest. The lessons on Soli and Soil Fer
tility will consist of the following: (1)
Origins aad Functions of Soil. (2) How
Plants Feed and Grow. (3) Tillage, (4)
Drainage. (5) Organic Matter, (6) Crop
Rotation, (7) Barnyard Manure. (8)
Commercial Fertilisers.
III. SOIL TILLAGE.
By De F. Hungerford, Assistant Ag
ronomist, College of Agriculture,
University of Arkansas.
By constant observation and exper- .
imentation farmers have learned that j
certain practices are necessary for the i
production of high yields. j t
Preparation of a Good Seed Bed: I f
Among those practices of foremost t
importance is the preparation of a i
good seed bed. The little roots of t
the young seedlings are too tender to <
force their way very far into hard |
ground in search of food. If com j
polled to do so the amount of soil ■,
ffom which tney can draw food and
cwJSWnemiy the plant is likely to '
be stunted.
A good seed bed is deep, but not
trio loose. Land broken in the fall
and left In the furrow over winter
can be prepared for seeding by a
thorough disking followed by a har
row, but if a rover crop has been
grown it should be broken again as
early as possible in the spring. This
Is especially true ir the cover crop Is
pastured. A roller seldom benefits
heavy soils except when a large
amount of organic matter such as ma
nure or a green crop has been turned
under just a short time before seed
ing.
Storing and Conserving Moisture:
The water which falls upon the soil
in the form of rain may be lost, by
running off from the surface, by evap
oration from the soil, by transpiration
through the leaves of weeds, or by
percolation into the lower strata be
low the reach or plant roots. Loss
by the first three processes can be
materially -reduced by proper tillage.
When the land has been deeply
broken the rain enters into it readily
and is held there, but when the soil
is hard and compact most of the wa
ter runs off into the stream channels,
where it Is of no use to crops. Not
>nly is the water thus lost which
night have been used for future use.
jut the water running off the land
vashes away the richest part of the
loll and causes gullies to form, thus
endering tillage operations more dif
icult. After a rain the surface soil
oon dries out by the evaporation of
he water. If the soil is compact,
noisture is continually being drawn
ip from below’ by capillarity and evap
irated from the surface. But If the
op is stirred, a loose earth mulch la
ormed which breaks up capillarity
md reduces the loss.
Wewda. however, cause the greatest
ot« 6t moUiar« from the soil. In the
growth of one ton of weeds about lour
hundred tons of water Is used, whith
Is equivalent to three and a half
Inches of rainfall per acre. Weeds
also take up the available plant food,
thus robbing the crops and reducing
the yield.
Soil Ventilation: A thiid important
j benefit or thorough tillage results
| from the mixing of large amounts of
' air with the soil. Air is needed by
the beneficial soil organisms such as
the nitrifying bacteria which makes
the nitrogen of organic matter avail
able, and it promotes the growth of
those bacteria which make the nitro
gen of the air available to plants.
Fall vs. Spring Breaking: When
time and weather conditions permit it
i* better to break the ground in the
fall. This leaves it in a loose condi
tion ready to absorb the \\lnter and
spring rains and prevents washing and
gullying. Where the land is rolling
the furrows should run crosswise ro
the slope and should not be smoothed
with a harrow or drag unless a cover
crop is grown.
Deep Breaking and Shallow Cultiva
tion: As a rule the soils of Arkansas
are not broken deep enough to secure
the best results. Deep breaking re
quires the use of larger teams, but
it pays because a larger amount of
plant food is made available, and more
moisture is stored up for use in time
| of drought. An exception to this rule
should be noted, however, in the case
of light sandy soils These are al
ready too loose and deep breaking is
injurious. A good average depth for 1
breaking is six to seven inches for'
clay loams and clays. Very sandy
soils should not be broken deeper
than from three to four inches.
After the ground has been broken
deeply, shallow cultivation of tilled
crops such as corn, cotton, or potatoes
is the best rule to follow. Deep cul
tivation destroys the fine feeding
roots thus retarding the growth of the
plants and destroying the beneficial !
effects of the deep breaking.
Motorcyclist Riding Nightmare.
C. H. Sargent, a motorcycle racei
of Indianapolis, suffered a broken leg
in a race at Vincennes, Labor day
and was in the hospital there for sev
eral weeks.
He had a bad night shortly after be
lng taken to the hospital. The ward
was quiet when the whole hospital
was startled by hearing Sargent yell
“Hold her, Newt, hold her!" a catch
saying among motorcyclists when a
machine seems to be going too fast
for the rider.
One of the internes came rushing
in, fearful that Sargent would fall out
of bed. When he reached Sargent, the
latter was lying comfortably with a
rather foolish look on his face.
“Did you call?” asked the interne.
“Why, no," »a\d Sargent, “but 1
could uae a drink of water." I
WORD FOR WANDERER
"VAGABOND" NOT ALTOGETHER
TO BE CONDEMNED.
Economic Problem for the Student,
but Also Mysteriously Appealing
—May Boast That He Calls
No Man Mas.or.
We are apt to use the words vaga
bond and vagrant interchangeably,
though there is a degree of difference
in their meaning, says the Detroit
Free Press. The vagabond is a wan
derer, an irresponsible person without
visible means of support, preferring
the open road to an occupation be
cause of an unconventional dislike to
the embarrassment of possessions.
The vagrant is also a wanderer, but
the element of viciousness enters;
given opportunity he may commit a
crime. We usually lump the two to
gether as tramps, hobos, Weary Wil
lies, and are told there are about half
a million of them in our country.
Economists complain that their main
tenance costs about $100,000,000 an
nually—only $200 apiece!—and that if
they could be made wage earners they
might enrich the community by about
$300,000,000.
The wanderer, now the vagabond
in our nomenclature, was once quite
a respectable fellow, even an honored
guest. The troubadours, the traveling
friars of medieval days, the ancient
harpists who brought their songs and
stories to castle and hall, Richard
Plantagenet, the poet Villon. George
Borrow, were tramps of one kind or
another. History and romance abound
in them, and we love to read of them
because of our innate fellow feeling
and sympathy.
The vagabond wanders from Some
where to Nowhere for love of the jour
ney. Ills real reason is that he cannot
help it, having more wanderlust in his
blood than has fallen to the share of
the majority. After all, ho merely
gratifies to an unusual extent a. primal
instinct which centuries of conven
tions have not subdued in humanity.
He casts off the limitations of civiliza
tion because they cost him more than
he is willing to pay. He will pay
meagerly and sleep uncomfortably
that he may be free. No one owns
him; he calls no man master; he is
sublimely indifferent to responsibility.
And who among us has not felt a pas
sionate desire at times to snap the
chains that bind and chafe, and live
our lives as we wish? In spite of
our respect for the exemplary virtues
we recognize the charm of irrespon
sibility.
We like the vagabond in fiction
even if we scorn hinj at our back
doors, and regard him gravely as an
economic problem. The tramp is morn
honest than most of ngj ho despises
I work and scorns the tasks we would
Unpose on him. Most of us pretend
to like It and sing Its praises. He ia
moreover, a mysteriously appealing
figure: there is something almost
; heroic in his contempt of what other
! men so prize, and we wonder, if we
pause to think of him at all, what is
his story, what woman remembers him
and longs for news of him. There
is always at least one—his mother.
BLUE BEARS BY ACCIDENT
Philadelphia Zoo Gets Rare Animals
From Tibet—Only Ones in
America.
There arrived in New York last Feb
! ruary the final shipments of large wild
. animals, as the war has completely
; paralyzed the trade, of which the Ger
mans controlled about 75 per cent. In
j this shipment were several young
; bears, which were sent over as Rus
| sian brown bears, Ursus arctos. Two
| of these, a male and a female, were
1 acquired by the Philadelphia Zoolog
: leal society. When they arrived at the
gardens it was at once noticed that
| they were in many characteristics en
] tirely different from any known va
I riety of their supposed type, which
1 rarely shows variations. On the other
! hand, they corresponded in eveby no
: ticeable particular with the Tibetan
| blue bear described by Blyth.
As the animals were still very
young, it was not possible at that time
to identify them, nor was it possible
to ascertain where they were cap
tured. Since they have been here,
however, they have grown sufficiently
to determine beyond reasonable doubt
that they are Tibetan bears. Their
most striking characteristic is their
white-tipped, blackish hair, which
gives their fur a hoary appearance
and imparts a light bluish tinge. This
Is never known to occur in any other
old world bears.
And so, by the merest chance, the
Philadelphia zoo made the most im
portant acquisition in years, and these
two blue bears from Tibet, Ursus
bruinosus, are the only specimens in
the United States. As far as is known,
they are the only ones that have ever
reached an American collection. Their
habita# is Tibet, in the neighborhood
of Llasa.
Snow in South Africa.
During the last (southern) winter
the people of Kimberley, South Africa,
enjoyed the unusual experience of a
snowstorm. A correspondent of
Symons’ Meteorological Magazine
writes that "people all turned out to
snowball, and the natives, many of
whom had never seen such a eight
before, were most excited. My na
tive charwoman told me when sho
woke in the morning that she thought
someone had been breaking into the
shops ana had scattered flour all over
the place.—Scientific American.
LODGE DIRECTORY.
ROWLAND LODGE No. 694 F. & A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:50 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.
HUTT1G CHAPTER No. 320, Order of
I the Eastern Star, meets every first and
; third Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
: Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. J. A. BrignaG, W. M.
Mrs. L. G\ Gibson, Sec’y.
HUTT1G LODGE No. 348 I. 0. 0. F.
meets every Tuesday evening. Visiting
brethern cordially invited to attend.
E. L. Ware, N. G.
Harlan Sehon, Secy,
HUTT1G REBEKAH LODGE No. 66,
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o’clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Lou Milstead, N. Q.
Miss Murray Pilkinton, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 41 1 W. 0. W.
meets every first andthird Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
C. A. McCormick, C. C.
J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Little rock a monhoe ry.
South
5:25 a. m
7:55 a. m.
Leaves
1 1:55 p. m.
Huttig
Monroe
LOCAL.
Huttig
North
3:23 p. in
1:00 p.m
Arrives
12:15 p. m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
FARMERV1LLE « SOUTHERN NY.
North
4:42 a. m.
3:15 a. m..
10:15a.m.
Huttig
Farmerville
local, t
Huttig
South
3:54 p. m
5:20 p. m
2:25 p. m.
tArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
ville.
‘Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmerville and goes to Mon
roe.
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