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Public Education
in Arkansas
Eight Studies in Vital Educational
Problems.
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 "Education in Arkan
sas," consisting of eight lessons or ar
ticles. These lessons will appear In
this paper at intervals of six weeks.
Those who wish to take this course
should write to the Director of Exten
sion Division of the University of Ar
kansas, at I''ayetteville, stating name,
ige, occupation, and stating that he
(or she) proposes to carry the work
through for the eight lessons. An ed
ucational bulletin will be sent to sup
plement lesson N’o. 1, and later for
each lesson If the question blank be
returned for the preceding lesson.
I’receding lessons may be had on re
quest. These question blanks xvi 11 be
sent with each bulletin. The addition
al lessons on "Education in Arkansas"
will be: "Proper Taxation,” "Trnining
of Teachers," "The High School Prob
lem," and "Vocational Education" (2).
PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ARK
ANSAS
No. 4. A Better System of Taxation.
By Dr. J. R. Jewell, Dean of School of
Education, University of Arkansas,
No school revenue system Is good
enough for Arkansas that does not
give to every child within the state
at least seven months a year of ele
mentary instruction. No revenue sys
tem from now on will bo quite good
enough for our splendid state unless
it offers to every qualified boy and
girl a free high school education. Sev
eral of our neighboring states do this,
and we cannot afford to have people
in our border counties feel they mu3t
move across the state line to have
their children well educated.
Any acceptable school revenue sys
tem must provide that this education
be furnished and paid for by the local
school unit, if possible without excen
j sive taxation; if not, then the state
I must stand good for what is wanting.
We shall never have a school system
in any way worthy of our boys and
girls until Arkansas adopts as her
educational motto: "Local geograpny
must and shall have no place in the
education of our children.” It must
no longer be possible for an Arkansas
child to be denied an education be
cause he lives on the wrong side of
the road and so is in a poor school
district with little taxable property.
Arkansas must go back to the ad
vice of 1 nomas Jefferson, that great
Commoner, who said, “Our country
Will decay unless we have a system of
Instruction which will reach every de
scription of our citizens, from th®
richest to the poorest. This principle
was my earliest public concern, and
it shall be the latest in which I shall
permit myself to take an interest. No
other sure foundation can be devised
for the preservation of freedom and
happiness.” He also regarded it as an
economic question, and forever set
tled the equity of taxing all the wealth
of the state to distribute not in any
percapita way, but rather placing it in
the pieces of greatest need, when he
said: "If children are untaught,
their ignorances and vices will in the
future cost us much dearer in their
consequences than it would have done
in their correction by a good educa
tion.”
Speaking by and large, the average
i school district of this state, city or
■ rural, is not able to raise enough
money by taxation to support as good
a school as are common in our neigh
boring stales. Many Arkansas com
inunities, indeed probably most of
them, are perfectly willing to vote a
larger school tax than is now' possi
ble tinder otir present constitution.
The last Sage Foundation report
showed -that Oklahoma spends an
nually 75 cents on her public schools
per every one hundred dollars of
wealth, while Arkansas spends only
29 cents. The amendment now be
fore the people of our state allowing
communities if they wish to tax them
selves at a higher rate than is now
legal must carry, else our sovereignty
as a people is in danger. Indeed it
is hard to understand why a state
should piace any constitutional limit
of taxation for education upon its
people. It is like saying by law that
no family shall spend more than eo
much per week for food.
To have good schools for our chil
dren we shall have to allow any com
munity to tax itself twice the present
legal limit, and then have the state
step in and aid w'herever the jommtm
i ity has so little taxable property that
it cannot even then maintain good
school for a minimum of say seven
months (in many states it is pm at
eight months). The state must then :
I pay the difference. Last ypar there
I were some 200,QfiO children not in
| school at all, and some day they will
all vote.
As a matter of self-protection to a
good citizenship Arkansas should pro- j
! vide a good public school education
for every boy and girl.
The solution is a township or coun
ty tax for school purposes instead of
the present district tax. which will do
away at one stroke with the more ob
vious inequalities of taxation between
adjoining districts, one rich because a
railroad runs througli it, and the other
too poor to afford a school worthy of
the name. And then the state must
compel attendance for a minimum of
seven months of every child, and pay
any balance that is yet necessary to
maintain the school.
In a Bit of a Hurry.
A very small boy was taken to a
dental establishment to have some of
his first teeth pulled. For a second
or so, during which time four teeth
disappeared, everything was fairly se
rene, and then came howls of objec
tions.
“I didn’t want them teeth to come
out,” cried the young patient, sudden
ly recollecting something. “I want
them to stay in.”
‘That’s all right," consolingly re
sponded the dentist. “They will soon
grow in again.”
“Will they?” quickly rejoined th«
boy, with a brightening face. ‘‘Do you
think they will grow In time for din
ner?”—Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Uses and Abuses
of Fertilizers
A S»*ri<*N of Six ArtlrlcM Which
Should Vic of Valuable Asslstamc
to AicrleiilturlMtM and Horllnillur
Imta of Arkanaaa—By I'rof. It. .1.
II. l)e I,Much. Director of Cicorgln
Kxpcrlincnt Station.
6. FERTILIZERS AND THE HOME
GARDEN.
A farflior that we used to know
quite well always put on his garden
plot a sack of guano and three or*four
loads of stable and other kinds of
barnyard manure. His garden cover
ed about one-fifth of an acre, and was
good land to begin with. In fact, he
had selected a good, rich spot of
ground for his garden. The fertilizer
he applied amounted .to a thousand
pounds per acre, and the barnyard ma
nure to about seven or eight tons. Of
course, he grew a good garden, as
most people do, and yet he often won
dered why his garden was so much
better than other parts of his farm.
He was a good farmer and made plen
ty of everything, and to spare, lie
knew that he made liberal applica
tions of fertilizers and manures to
his garden, but was never Quite will
ing to acknowledge that these made
all the difference in the yields.
Our gardens are usually the rich
est spots on the farm, and are so only
because we make them so by fertili
zation and cultivation. Every acre in
the average farm could be made just
as rich if we tried to make it so. We
do not consider sufficiently the fac
tors which make fertile land. We do
not strive to do intensive farming,
but rather make it as extensive as
our acres will allow. When we wish
to make an additional bale of cotton,
or bushel of corn, we take in more
land instead of enriching what is al
ready under cultivation.
Hr. L. H. Bailey has given in his
book, “The Principles of Vegetable
Gardening,” some valuable sugges
tions on the use of commercial fertil
izers. "The kind and amount of fer
tilizers,” he srys, “are to be deter
mined by several circumstances: (1)
The earliness or quickness with which
the crop is to be obtained; (2) the
intensity of the operations to which
the man is committed; (1!) the char-\
actor of the land as regards tilth and
texture; (4) the character of the land
as regards richness in plant food; (5)
the kind or species of crops to be
raised.” Whatever the condition of
the land or the nature of the crop,
it must be fertilized if the gardener
meets with success. Competition in
the truck-growing business can be
met in no other way than by liber
ally fertilizing the ground on whkti
the crops grew. I)r. Bailey has wise
ly said that fertilizers must be ap
plied in excess of the actual needs
of the'plnnts. It is impossible to dis
tribute a very small quantity of fertil
{iz.ers over a iai^e area.
Vegetables are such'rapid growing
plants that one need not fear that
! niueli of the fertilizer will leach out
' through th<> soil on account of rain.
If it is applied close to or in the drill
row, all of it should be saved. The
plants will absorb it before it gets
away. The formula generally recom
j mended consists of a complete fertil
I izer, though tiie acid phosphate and
| nitrogen should come from different
; sources, even in the same fertilizer
applied at any given time. The mix
tiue for gardens should be composed
of as ntan^ kinds of ingredients as
possible, carrying the three funda
mental elements of plant food -pot
ash, nitrogen and phosphoric acid.
Voorhees recommends heavy appli
cations of such mixtures to the com
mercial gardens and to truck patches.
Me says 1.000 to 5,000 pounds per
sere of such mixture should lie ap
plied to asparagus, and as much to
beets and turnips; less than that to
peas and beans. With any amount
an after application has been found
profitable. This is sometimes called
the second application, which is not
generally a complete fertilizer, hut is
composed of nitrogen, or one of the
other elements alone. The second ap
plication of fertilizers may be com
posed of ammonia and acid, or ottmr
formula to suit the immediate crop.
Harden vegetables need large ap
plications of fertilizer because any
check in their growth produces infe
riority in quality. It is said by Dr.
Bailey that any delay in the growlh
of lettuce or radishes will generally
cause a pungent flavor or sharp taste
that is undesirable, it cut down the
market value. The way to remove
any cause for this is to fertilize well
and properly and then cultivate. The
turnip is made very inferior when
there is a check in growth. The veg
etables that are thus stunted seem to
revert to the original type from w hich
they were derived, especially with re
gard to taste, and hence should lie
carefully looked aftt r in regard to fer
tilization and cultivation. Fertilizers
should be applied to the vegetable
garden as early after the Spring
breaking as possible, as the soil ought
to be saturated with rich plant food
before the plants begin to grow very
much. Then they will grow much
more rapidly and make far better v< g
etables. The second application
should be made about the tune the
young plants are half grown. This is
as definite as a statement regarding
this pracetice can be made. For all
prize crops, a third and fourth appli
cation is made, and with telling ef
fects. No one can deny that
the vegetable garden Is the one place
In which large dividends can be made
from the use of commercial fertiliz
ers.
IGDGt 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.
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.
HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 320. Order cf
the Eastern Star, meets every first and
third Friday evening at 7:30 £clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. J. A. Brignac, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibscn, Secjr.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 1. 0. 0. P.
meets every Tuesday evening. Visiting
brethern cordially invited to attend.
E. L. Ware, N. G.
Harlan Sehon, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66.
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Lou Milstead, N. G.
Miss Murray Piikinton, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 41 1 W.O. W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
C. A. McCormick, C. C.
J. C. Bridoes. 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. W. R Dickerson, Guardain.
Mrs. C. A. McCormick, Clerk.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
St. Louis. Iron Mountain & Southern
LITTLE ROCK & MONROE RY.
South North
5:25 am. . Huttig 3:23 p. m
7:55 a. m Monroe 1:00 p.m
local. *
Leaves Arrives
11:65 p. m. Huttig 12:15 p.m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Fa .'ERVJLLF at SOUTHBPN Y.
North .rn
4:42 a. m. Huttig 3:54 p. m
3:15 a.m. Farmerville 5:20 p. m
local, t *
10:15a.m. Huttig 2:25 p.m.
tArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
I 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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The United States has “the grippe.” Papers everywhere
declare as much, and health authorities are urging people to take
every precaution for their health.
February and March are the most dangerous
months of the year. Rain, snow and slush mean colds,
grippe and pneumonia. Guard well your health and
that of your family. We can supply you with
Clothing and
Footwear
of all kinds, and to be not only well dressed, but safe
ly dressed may mean much to you.
The Time to Save
Time is in the Beginning
You can clip off several days from the 1916 calendar
right now, Mr. Farmer, tuck ’em away in
your lock-box and use them at
leisure next fall
Making needed repairs about your place just now will prepare you
for tackling Spring work as soon as Spring shows its
head—and every day you save in the Spring
brings your finished labors just that
much earlier in the fall
We have 'most anything you could need for these little odd jobs,
and they don’t cost much. Anyway, it’s economy to re
pair an article while the damage is slight, rather
than to wait until it gets beyond repair
and a new one is necessary. We
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