FIFTY CEHIS NETS
5 BUSHELS OF CORN
Plant* Cultivated When Shoulder
High—Thle Produce* Extraordinary
Yield at Mena Sub-Station.
I- _
fifty cents Invested in the cultlva
tiog of an acre of corn brought five
bushel* of corn to the Mena Sub-sta
tion of the Arkansas Experiment Sta
tion. This was done long after ail the
neighbors had laid their corn by. The
weather was hot and dry and most of
the neighbors thought that after com
was shoulder high it could not be
worked, but the Experiment Station
experimented. One strip through the
field was laid by when the corn was
just beginning to tassel out, another
strip of land side by side that had
always been treated Just exactly alike
and was planted on the same day and
had been worked every time the other
strip had. was cultivated Just twice
more with the Oee-Whis cultivator,
making one trip through the middle.
In the fall when the corn was weigh
ed the strip that was laid by early
made 88 bushels of corn to the acre,
while that which received two more
cultivations during the time the
weather was hottest and dryest made
41 bushels to the acre, or an increase
of five bushels per acre, due to two
cultivations.
Coat of Cultivating.
The time of a man and one horse Is
asualljr valued at 92.00 per day. With
one trip through the middle In corn,
they can cover about eight acres per
day. Therefore, one cultivation will
cost about 26 cents per acre, or the
two cultivations given by the Expert
ment Station cost fifty cents. Thus
It was that fifty cents Invested in cul
tivation brought he Mena Sub-station
of the Arkansas Experiment Station
live bushels of corn. In other words
the Experiment Station paid only 10
eents per bushel for the Increase In
yield.
Light, chaffy corn Is caused by
drought The effect of drouth Is par
tially overcome by cultivation. If
you are not convinced of this fact
try a strip of at least a dozen rows in
the middle of your field and give this
strip the following treatment:
Cultivate as soon after each rain as
the soli Is In good working condition.
Cultivate from two to three Inches
deep, never deeper.
In cultivation keep the soli level and
free from ridges.
During dry weather repeat the cul
tivation every eight or 10 days. v
Continue cultivation In this way un
til the ears are wall filled and the
■hucks are about ready to begin tc
turn brown.
W. C. Laaaetter, Agronomist,
MARKETING THE PEACHES
Car Lot Shipments Is Most Practical
For Arkansas’ Banner Fruit.
For Arkansas conditions, where the
markets are comparatively distant,
there la Just one way to market
peaches successfully on a commercial
scale and that Is In car lots. This
generally means co operatively, as few
growers have enough of any one va
riety to make up a rarlot themselves.
Growers In the same community
should plant the same variety In or
der that they may ripen at the same
date. It Is almost Impossible for a
peach grower to uve by himself.
Therefore, do not expect to go Into a
community, no matter how well the
toll and climate are adapted to the
culture of peachee, and expect to
make a success of five or 10 acres of
peaches unless you have a good local
market Better get a few neighbors
to go in with you and plant a few
acres and market co-operatively. Form
a local co-operative association, and.
If possible, affiliate with a larger cen
tral marketing agency.
As for packages, the trade uses the
bushel basket and tRe six-basket orate.
Nearly all the markets prefer the
bushel basket, and therefore, It Is, in
most cases, the more desirable pack
age.
W. H. Wicks, Horticulturist,
Example of Diversified Farming.
A few weeks ago C. W. Watson,
state agent In co-operative extension
work received the following Interest
ing communication from Thomas J
Bentley, special agent in charge of
the farm demonstration work in
Greene county:
"I visited one man this week who
was a demonstrator in this (Greene)
county last year. He has only 50
acres, taking out wood lot, horse and
cow lots, garden and other truck
patches and 40 acres for field crops.
He planted 10 acres in cotton, 10
acres in clover, 6 acres in cow peas,
It acres In corn and soy beans with
corn and sowed rye in cotton middles.
“He says the dryer it got last sum
mer the closer h« studied demonstra
tion methods (he calls them practical
mothods) and the harder he tried to
carry them into practice. He
sold some corn and hay. He
tells me he has kept euough to
feed his stock 12 months from date,
June 1. He has the usual number oi
horses, hogs, cattle, and chickens that
should go with a farm of that sis«
and has never felt the depressing ef
frets of the so-called ‘cotton sltua
ties.'"
CAPT. VINCENT’S BET
BY PAUL VILLIERS.
For more than a year we had held
a position on the frontier of Yunnan,
and the day when we were recalled
was made one of general rejoicing.
Captain Vincent, who was in com
mand, decided to give a grand recep
tion to the troops that were coming
to relieve us. All the resources of the
country were drawn upon to make the
coming supper, the only meal that we
were to partake of together with our
successors, a memorable one. We
were to leave the camp the next morn
ing at sunrise.
A flare of trumpets announced the
arrival of the little detachment. An
hour after we were all like old friends.
After quarters were found for the
men I went out for a walk in the out
skirts of the woods, with the lieuten
ant who was to relieve me. His name
was Caral. He was small, thin, nerv
ous, but full of Are and energy.
"I suppose you are not sorry to
leave this desert?” he said.
I did not try to conceal my joy at
the prospect of soon seeing France
again and of meeting all my old
friends.
“And your captain?”
“If possible, he feels even more
happy than I. He is going to be mar
ried when he gets home. It is quite a
romance. I think he has been en
gaged for seven years, and during that
time he has Been his fiancee only when
he has been on furlough, but he would
not marry until he has his three gold
braids, his cross and has put aside
enough money to set up a home la
good style."
“Then his fiancee has no fortune?"
“I do not think so, but he has neap
ly all the time been stationed on
frontier posts where he could save
practically all his salary and he has
every chance of quick promotion.”
The beating of a gong summoned us
back to camp for the dinner, which
proved a very Jolly affair, for many
were the bottles of good French cham
pagne that were emptied.
When we left the table Caral was
very nervous and said that the excite
ment and the heat had robbed him of
every desire to sleep.
“Suppose we have a quiet game of
cards,” he suggested.
The new captain declined, saying he
was going to try and sleep.
Captain Vincent, however, accepted,
and he and Lieutenant Caral sort in a
corner of the broad veranda, where I
watched the game.
At first Caral lost all the time. Be
ing used to play he had made the
stakes rather high, and eut of polite
ness Captain Vincent had consented
without objection. As for me, I was
glad to see my captain adding to the
little amount he had saved up for his
marriage.
Then luck turned. Vincent lost not
only all his winnings but every franc
he had in his pockets.
Caral felt rather embarrassed at hi*
constant luck. His position was in
deed rather difficult. If he stopped the
play he saved the captain from furth
er losses, but he also prevented him
from winning back what he had lost
already, and this was quite a consid
erable amount.
At last Captain Vincent, who was
on the verge of collapse, suggested
that they quit or double the stakes.
The challenge was accepted, and
again the captain lost; but still he
played on doggedly. It was evident
that the game could not last long in
this way. In half an hour Vincent had
lost every franc he owned in the
world.
I heartily cursed this devil of a
lieutenant, who, in a few hours, had
ruined my captain’s whole future bap
piness.
Vincent tried to laugh.
"I am dead broke now,” he said, "but
I stake two years’ salary against the
pile.”
I hoped and prayed that Caral would
refuse, and watched his face eagerly.
Every trace of passion had left it. Car
al looked at Vincent’s pale features,
then to me, hesitated a moment and
then said, greatly to my surprise: "All
right—even or uneven!”
Everybody knows this game, which
even children play. One of the play
ers holds in his hand a number ol
chips and the other is to guess
whether this number is even or un
even. If his guess is correct he wins.
Caral picked up a number of gold
coins from the pile in front of him
and held them toward the captain,
closing his hand.
Even or uneven? he Bald again.
It was a dreadful wager. With one
word Vincent was to decide his whole
future fate. If he guessed correctly he
would get back all of his savings, and
the events of this evening would be
like a bad dream. He would be able to
return to France and marry the girl
who had been waiting for him during
these many years. If his gues3 was
wrong he was done for. He would lose
his little fortune and two whole years’
salary. No wedding, no existence—only
disgrace and debt.
"Even or uneven?” Caral repeated.
How I hated him this moment. He
seemed to be one veritable fleDd, the
very demon of gambling.
At last Vincent whispered:
“Even.”
I never will forget what happened
next. Caral opened his hand, pretend
ed to count the coins, though I am pos
itive—absolutely positive—he did not
do so. The splendid fellow had chosen
this way of saving the captain from
loss without hurting his prldo. With
a charming smile he threw the coins
back on the pile and said: "You win,
Captain Vincent."
TRAGEDIES CAUSED BY LOVE
Many Cases on Record of Ruined Lives
—Women as Well as Men Have
Been Affected.
Love troubles have been the cause of
many curious actions on the part of
men and women who have suffered dis
appointment in that direction. A curi
ous house owned by Doctor Phenie of
London was in a class by itself, its ex
terior being ornamented with gilt
statues. It was built by the doctor for
his prospective bride who died a few
hours before she was to have been
married. In the extensive grounds,
too. masses of carved stone could be
seen. The house, shut off from the
world, was furnished just as it was on
the fatal wedding day. Some of its
windows w-ere boarded, others covered
by common sacking. It remained a
mystery house until the doctor’s death
at the age of over ninety, a few years
ago.
Women as well as men have become
hermits when love’s young dream has
come to an untimely end. In the eigh
teenth century there died a woman
who had not left her rbom for 30 years,
owing to a love disappointment, and
Just a few years later a similar case
was brought to light. In the second in
stance the lady had vowed that she
"would never see the light of the sun
again,” owing to being jilted in love.
She religiously kept her vow, living in
a darkened room till the end of her
days.
This country has produced martyrs
on the altar of blighted affection. For
more than twenty years an old fellow
shut himself up in a miserable room in
Pittsburgh At last, when it was de
cided that he should be arrested on
the ground of insanity, it required the
united strength of four constables to
secure him.
The police, on searching his house,
were astonished to find thousands of
dollar notes. The grate was filled with
silver dollars, the furniture was stuffed
with them, whilst Jars and bottles were
filled to the brim with money. So
much wealth was found that a wagon
had to be brought to convey it ta the
bank, where it was found to amount
to over $50,000.
The Hurry-Scurry World.
If you saw a company of pilgrims,
walking as if for a wager, each with
his teeth set, and if you happened to
ask them one after another: Whither
they were going? and from each you
were to receive the same answer: that
positively they were all in a hurry,
they had never found leisure to in
quire into the nature of their errand-*
confess, my dear sir. you would be'
startled at the indifference they ex-1
hlbited. Am I going too far, if I say
that this is the condition of the large
majority of our fellow men and al
most all our fellow women?—Robert
Louis Stevenson. _.I
LODGE DIRECTORY
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. Sc A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:50 o'clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
C. T. Thompson, 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. F. Magee, H. P.
R. W. Beede, Secy.
HUTT1G CHAPTER No. 320, Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every first and
third Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. C. A. Berry, 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.
A. P. Holtsford, N. G.
E. L. Ware, Sec^.
HUTT1G REBEKAH LODGE No. 66,
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o’clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Dona Holtsford, N. G.
Mrs. May Claybaugh, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 411 W. 0. W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
L. M. DeSpain, C. C.
J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
St. Louis. Iron Mountain & Southern
LITTLE ROCK * MONROE RY.
South North
5:25 a. m.Huttig 3:25 p. m
7:55 a. m. Monroe .. 1:00 p.m
local. *
Leaves Arrives
11:55 p. m. Huttig 12:15p.m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain Si Southern
farmerville a southern ry.
North South
4:42 a. m. Huttig 3:54 p. m
3:15 a. m. Farmerville 5:20 p. m
local, t
10:15a.m. Huttig 2:25p.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.
Laughing in the Sleeve.
In ancient times the sleeves of all
outer garments were very wide and
when a person covered his face with
his hand there might be a suspicion
that he was laughing in his sleeve.
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