Extension Division of U. of A. Urges
Arkansas People To Increase Their
Poultry Production.
Realising that poultry can take the
place of red meat and relieve the
gi-eat shortage Arkansas people are
urged to increase their poultry pro
duction ' as quickly as possible,
in order to aid fanners and poultry
men by giving such help and sug
gestions as may be needed, Mr. H. B,
Lansden has been appointed by the U.
S. Department of Agriculture to co
operate with the Extension Division
of the University of Arkansas. He
will visit every county in the state,
and. working with the county agents,
will organize Poultry Associations and
Boys’ and Girls’ Poultry Clubs. He
will be glad to answer all inquiries
coming from Arkansas people.
In speaking of the present situa
tion, Mr. Lansden says: “The Unit
ed States is short on red meat, and
our soldiers and allies must have it.
The quickest way to overcome this
shortage of beef, pork and mutton is
for every household, and every hotel
and restaurant in this country to sub
stitute poultry for red meat. The de
inand for more poultry wnicn win re
sult can be quickly met because of
the rapidity with which increased pro
duction of poultry can be effected. It
Is therefore up to every farmer and
city or village dweller, who has a
small back lot, to do their bit in the
increase of this poultry food supply.
There should be one hundred to two
hundred hens on every farm, because
these hens can pick up a large por
tion of their living and will consume
much material that would otherwise
go to waste. Every city and village
dweller who has small space in the
back yard can keep a few hens. A
half-dozen to a dozen thrifty hens or
pullets will produce sufficient supply
of eggs for most any ordinary fam
ily, and can be fed largely on the
scraps from the table for which there
Is no other use."
Hint* to Prospective Poultrymen.
Hatch chickens early, as it is the
early hatched pullet that lays in fall
and winter when eggs are scarce and
high priced.
Confine hens and chicks to brood
coops for at least two weeks. The
loss of baby chicks, from allowing
the hens to lead them through wet
grass and weeds before they are
strong, is enormous.
Dispose of surplus cockerels as soor
as they weigh one to one and one
half pounds. There is more profit ir
the first pound than in any time there
after. This will not only be more
profitable to the producer, hut wil
conserve the grain they would con
sume after this age.
Produce infertile eggs. The lost
from fertile eggs, from blood ring?
developing during warm spring anti
summer, amounts to $15,000,000 annu
a'ly. Infertile eggs are produced b>
removing the male bird from the yard
after the breeding season is over.
Preserve eggs during summer while
eggs are rheap by the water glass
method. Full instruction for this
method of preserving will be furnish
ed on application to the Extension
Division.
Provide comfortable, but not neces
sarily expensive houses, well ventilat
ed and kept thoroughly dry. liens
can not produce eggs when subjected
to cold rains and storms.
There is every indication that the
prices for poultry and eggs will be
high for some time—and remember,
there is no danger of over-production.
Patriotic Duty to Increase Brood Sows
and Protect Pigs.
It is the patriotic duty of every Ar
kansas farmer not only to keep more
brood sows, but to protect his pigs
from cholera and other diseases. Re
member, next to cholera, lice and in
testinal worms are the worst enemies
of the hog. Lice can be controlled by
dipping the hogs either in the arsenical
came uip. useu tor Killing me ucKS,
or dipping or spraying in any one ol
the creosote dips; or applying crude
oil, commonly known as louse oil.
This is applied by painting it along
the back of the hog and on the inside
and outside of the ear. When the
hog lies down in the sun this will
run over the body and will kill the
lice and remove any scurf which may
be on the skin.
Intestinal worms can be prevented
to a certain extent by changing the
feeding places of the hogs regularly
and keeping the troughs cleaned out;
also by scattering lime over the
ground where the feed troughs are lo
cated. A tonic for hogs will to a cer
tain extent reduce intestinal parajsites.
The following prescription has been
used with a good deal of succass by
this department:
Soft coal, 100 pounds.
Common salt, 5 pounds.
Sulphate of iron, 6 pounds.
Keep this in a shallow box In the
hog lot where the rain wfll not get
into It. Detailed information <ioncern
ing all kinds of live stock diseases
can he secured by writing to Dr. R. M.
Gow, State Veterinarian, Old State
tlouse, Little Rock, Ark.
Better Farming in the South
THREE HUSKY FELLOWS READY TO
HELP OUT IN THE LABOR SHORTAGE
common iaoor is
today the most
sought after com
modity in America.
It is very scarce <
throughout the en- ■
tire country. Farm
ers of the South!
are especially wor
ried over the situ
ation. During war
times the farmer
should be doubly |'
economical of so
valuable a com
modity as labor. It must not be wast- '
ed. Now is not the time to employ
labor to clean out fence corners, and
to do other hinds of the less produc
tive work. There must be no lost mo
tion. Every llok must be made to
count in answering the call of our na
tion and her allies, who are calling out
to the farmer "Give us bread! Give us
clothing!”
The best way to economize labor
on the farm today is to produce more
per acre. The southern farmer will
act most unwisely if he tries to culti
vate too much land with the present
supply of labor. A better plan would
be not to increase the acreage devoted
to cultivated crops, but t« produce
more per acre, by the use of fertiliz
er, manure good seed and improved
machinery, all of which will save la
bor.
One ton of good fertilizer will do
more work In growing crops than will
J. N. HARPER
'ix tunes mis amount oi money ex
jended in labor. For example, one
on of good fertilizer will now cost
ibout $46.00. The plant food In this
juantity when applied to three acres
>f land will give an increase of about
’50 pounds of lint cotton and 1,500
>ounds of seed. The lint at 30c per
lound amounts to $225.00, and the
seed at $S0.00 per ton amounts to
560.00, making a total of $285.00.
Few business eoncerns net 50 per
:ent increase on money invested in
abor, but, granting that the farmer
vill net 100 per cent on his lnvest
nent in labor, and supposing that he
lays $1.00 per day for labor, the
546.00 invested in fertilizer, when in
vested in labor, would net hint $46.00;
vhoreas, when invested in fertilizer, it
;ives him a net increase of $230.00.
l'hus it can be seen the tremendous
idvantage of supplementing labor
vith liberal applications of plant food
Likewise an improved piece of ma
-hinery that makes it possible to cul
tivate an acre of cotton or corn with
perhaps half the labor ordinarily em
ployed, and cultivate it better, should
be looked to at this time as a source
of help in facing the labor shortage.
Good seed of a strain known to do
well in a community will* do much to
ward increasing yields, without an in
crease of acreage.
Is this not a time when the farmer
should be sure to use these three crop
makers, to the fullest extent, to off
set the labor shortage?
A MEAN ADVANTAGE.
Ilenpeek—I love to take my wife au
t.olrig.
Henderson—Indeed ?
Henpeek—Yes. VVe go so fast that
she’s too seared to say a word.
FASHION'S FANCIES.
Pique and even gingham waistcoats
are extremely popular, and often the
hat has a touch of the same material
to carry out the color scheme.
Hats of sheer organdie and little
else but a bow or a flower are very
smart for afternoon wear with a lin
gerie frock.
Nothing Is more necessary than the
parasol. The costume without one Is
not quite complete.
Every size, shape and form of para
«nl tn fmm thp tlnv inirlfirpf
to the voluminous full-grown affair.
Veils are leading lights on the mil
linery stage just now.
Most of them of white or black lace
are worn thrown back from the face. '
hut covering the top and back of the
hat.
A Hint for Gardeners.
In city and town gardens, where the
space Is restricted, it is best to have
the rows run the long way of the gar
den—north to south if possible to pre
vent the growing plants from shading
each other and planting several kinds
of similarly growing vegetables like
green' onions, carrots, radishes, etc.,
in the same row.
Crookedest of All Rivers.
The crookedest river In the world,
according to the Railway and Marine
News, is the Humboldt, which flows
southwesterly through central Nevada.
At one place the river flows eight
miles between two points two and a
half miles apart. Its course being north
25 times, east 18 times, south 30 times
nnd west 41 times. At 33 different
points It Is within 150 feet of Itself,
the current flowing In opposite direc
tions. And It ends its course by fad
ing away into the desert.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY
South
8:44 a. m..
10:40 a. m
Leaves
11:25 a. m.
North
8:17 a. m.
7:00 a. m.
12:20 p. m.
. Huttig ...
Monroe
local. *
Huttig
.... Huttig
Farrrserville
local, t
. Huttig
North
2:55 p. m
1:00 p. m.
Arrives
12:30 p. m.
South
3:24 p. m
4:40 p. in
1:45 p. m.
•Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmerville and goes to Mon
roe.
tnrrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
ville.
LODGE 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.
J. C. Bridges, W. M.
C. A. Berry; Sec’y.
HOWARD CHAPTER, No. 122, R. A.
M.— meets every fgrst and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
C. T. Thompson, H. P.
C. A. Berry, Secy.
ZEDEK1AH, COUNCIL. U. D.. R. &
S. M.— Meets every fourth Wednesday
night of each month. Visiting compan
ions welcome.
C. T. Thompson, T. 1. M.
C. A. Berry, Recorder.
HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 520, Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every first and
third Friday evening at 7:50 o'clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. R. E. Ebbs. W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec’y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 548 I. 0. O. F.
meets every first and third Tuesday eve
ning. All brethern cordially invited.
A. V. Frost, N, G.
Harlan Sehon, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66,
meets every Monday night at 7:50 o'clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Wilkie Frost, N. G.
Mrs. Murray Maroney, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 411 W.O. 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'clock. Visitors are cor
dially invited.
Mrs. L. M. Despain, Guardain.
Mrs. J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
SAVING STAMPS!
United States Government Baby Bonds
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WHAT ARE THEY?
They are War Saving Stamps.
They are of two kinds—United States Thrift
Stamps (25c each) United States War
Saving Stamps ($4.12 each)
Sixteen U. S. Thrift Stamps plus 12 cents in
cash up to February 1, 1918, will buy a
War Saving Stamp, which when attached
to a War Saving Certificate is guaranteed
by the government to be redeemable on
January 1, 1923 for $5.00 which is 4 per
cent, compounded quarterly.
The U. S. Thrift Gard is a pocket-sized card
given free to Thrift Stamp purchasers.
The War Saving Certificate is a pocket-sized
folder given free to War Savings Stamp
purchasers.
War Savings Stamps, are as safe as the U. S.
When Shall I Buy Them?
Buy them now, becaus e the cost increases one
cent every month, after January 31st.
The sooner you buy ‘the less they cost.
The price of War Savings Stamps is $4.12 to
January 31st and increases one cent a
month until Dec. when price is $4.23.
BUY
War Stamps
NOW
It is the patriotic duty
of all who do not fight
to help sustain those
who do. Don’t be a
slacker. Do your bit.
This adverisement is donated to the War Sav
ings Stamp Gommittee by the Mercantile Department
of the Union Saw Mill Gompany.
HOW 10 BUY!
As simple as buying postage stamps.
This is the simplest security ever offered by a
government. Any man, woman, or child
who can save 25 cents can obtain at any
Postoffice or Bank a U. S. Thrift Stamp
and a Gard. This starts you as an inves
tor and puts you behind the government.
No commissions are charged to you or paid to
any for making sales.
Our soldiers and sailors may give their lives;
your are asked only to lend your money.
Every stamp helps save a life.
Every stamp helps end the war.
WHY Should I Buy Them?
Because—We are at war. Because—The
more we save, the more labor and mater
ial will be available for support of army.
Because—We must have dollars as well as
men in the fight for freedom.
Because—They establish the basis of saving,
which is the key to individual success.
Because—There is no safer investment.
Because—They increase each month in value
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On Sale at First National Bank and at Postoffice jj
Ther e Should foe 1000 Baby Bonds in and Around Huttig