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The Kind to Lose.
“What, in the world do yon want
with n set of Schlbson’s books?"
“I was thinking they miglit be useful
some day.”
“Not to read, surely?"
“Oh. no. But when n person lo»-es
good books and wants to keep them. 1t
pays to have a few volumes on ln.nd
to lend to careless borrowers."
A GLUTTON.
Hungry Harold—An’ den, lady, I lost
me old pul an' ever since I’ve been
broodin’ over me trouble an’ eatln’ me
heart out wit’ grief.
Mrs. Goodsole—Eating your heart
out! Then you can’t be as hungry as
you said at first. Beat it.
Just a Way They Have.
Oh, ■woman, woman, you are Queer.
As poets have oftlme sung;
Though you can hold a baby, dear.
You cannot hold your tongue.
Pleasing Him.
“The Jibways next door are plnytng
a grand opera selection on their phono
graph."
“Yes, a Wagnerian piece. The next
selection will probably be something
by a ragtime composer.”
“Are you certain?”
“Quite. The Jibway girls think a
lot of their old father.”
Common Incident.
“What’s the trouble here?” asked
the policeman.
"Nothing serious,” answered the
movie manager. “One of my patrons
asked a woman in front of him to take
off her hat and she invited him outside
to hear Tier opinion of him."
A Frank Confession.
“What does your wife say to you
when you’ve been out late?”
“Do you know,” replied Mr. Jibway,
“I’ve been hearing that speech for sev
en or eight years and haven’t memo
rized it yet?”
No Fake Resistance.
“Wouldn’t let you kiss her?”
“No."
“Did you try?’’
“She had to retire to her dressing
room and do up her hair.”
Not for Her.
“Do you consider thirteen an un
lucky number?” queried the spinster.
"Not for me," answered the pretty
grass widow. “Why it was on the
thirteenth of the month that I got my
divorce."
Society Climbers.
“The Notmuch family are just wild
about society, aren’t they?”
“Why, my dear, they are such climb
ers that they have even named their
youngest daughter Ivy.”
Just So.
“Some marry for love and some for
money,” remarked the moralizer.
“Yes,” said the demoralizer. “Love
Is an excuse and money is a justifica
tion.”
GOOD PRUNING POINTS
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Orchard May Be Put on Paying
Basis by Proper Work.
8trive to Secure Low, Broad-Spreading
Branching System, With Open Cen
ter to Admit Sunlight—Cut
Limbs Close.
Farmers who wish to pnt their or
chards In shape tor profitable produc
tion should begin pruning, whenever
the wood is not frozen, in midwinter.
Trees in heavy-bearing condition will
make stronger growth if pruning is
done during late winter and early
spring. I’runlng during June and July
will slightly check the rank growth on
trees that are making too much wood
growth and tend to throw them Into
bearing for the following year. Dr. J.
C. Whitten, professor of horticulture in
the Missouri College of Agriculture,
gives directions for winter pruning.
Remove all dead or badly diseased
limbs. Clean out all canker wounds on
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Improperly Pruned Tree.
the trunk and main limbs with a tree
scraper. Cut well Into the rim of
healthy wood on all sides of the wound,
to get rid of the disease. Then paint
the wound with common white lend
and oil paint, to each quart of which
has been added one tenspoonful of bi
chloride of mercury dissolved in tur
pentine (about one ounceX. Paint all
canker and pruning wounds as soon ns
made.
Begin at the top and prune the tree
to secure a low, broad-spreading
branching system, with open center, to
admit sunlight and air from above. Do
not remove strong lower limbs if they
can be given sufficient light from above.
Aim to secure bearing branches
throughout the main body of the tree.
If the tree is shaded by too much
growth at the top, the inner and lower
twigs will weaken and die Instead of
bearing fruit.
Cut back the strong, upward-grow
ing central limbs to outward-growing
side branches. This induces the tree
to spread laterally instead of growing
too high. It admits light through the
center to fruiting branches below. If
limbs cross each other or crowd badly,
thin them out enough to admit filtered
sunlight to all parts of the tree.
In pruning cut limbs close, so as to
leave no stub or knot. A protruding
knot Mill not heal. A wound cut close
Mill allow the growing layer to close
over the wound.
Paint all wounds over one-half inch
in diameter with the disinfecting paint.
Fancy.
“Are those fancy chickens you nr*
raising?” “I should say so,” returned
Mr. Crosslots. “Judging by my billa
for chicken feed, every one of them.l*
an epicure.”
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MORE SMALLGflAliu
SHOULD BE PLANTED
In Order To Grow Such Crops It is
Important That Caution Be Ob
served as To Varieties Used.
By L. W. Osborn, Assistant Agrono^
mist. University of Arkansas.
An increased acreage of small
grains should be planted on all Ark
ansas farms this fall simply because
the world needs more food and is will
ing to pay well for it. However, in
1 order to grow such crops with safety
! and profit it is important that cau
tion be observed relative to varieties
used and culture given. The adapta
tion of winter oats, wheat and rye for
varying conditions should be under
stood, and the proper cereal should be
j chosen for the particular conditions
represented.
OATS.
Adapted To a Wide Range of Soils
Ordinarily for grain production the
i winter oat crop is better adapted over
a wider range of soil conditions than
wheat: While it is true that winter
hilling of fall-seeded oats was com
mon in many fields over the state, es
pecially in the northern half, the past
season, the fact remains that individ
ual farmers in different sections es
caped with a low percentage of win
ter killing. In many Instances the
severe winter-killing of the crop lias
been due to late seeding and to poor
preparation of seed bed.
Seed Early.
Winter oats should be seeded early
enough in the fall to permit plants to
make a good growth of basal foliage
before cold weather, but not so early
as to permit booting to occur. The
most safe date of seeding will vary
from September 25 in northwest Ark
ansas to about November 10 in south
ernmost sections. It is not wise to
risk failure through delayed seeding.
Plant With a Grain Drill.
Seed should be planted with a
grain drill since plants seeded in a
furrow are better protected from win
ter killing than those seeded broad
east on the surface. Winter Turf
Oats should be seeded at not less
than two and a one-half bushels per
acre, and the long-hulled strains of
Red Rust Proof at not less than three
or three and one-half bushels per
acre. Broadcast seedings should be
increased at least a half bushel per
acre.
A Good Seed Bed Essential.
Winter oats planted on well drain
ed humus-filled soils come through
the winter. In severe seasons, much
better than oats planted on soils in
poor physical condition. A compact
seed bed is very Important and land
should be broken considerably in ad
vance of the time of seeding, or at
least carefully rolled before th*» oats
are seeded.
The Best Varieties.
Winter Turf and Culberson varie
ties of oats are most resistant to win
ter-killing Both varieties are ordi
narily dependable on well drained,
fertile soils in the northern half of
the state. The Red Rust Proof oat
and its different strains—Appier,
Cook, Bancroft, Ferguson 71, and Ful
ghum, is probably most dependable
for grain production in central and
southern sections of the state.
WHEAT.
A Successful Crop.
Winter wheat lias been a very sue
cessful crop in all parts of the state
the past season. The cool, moist
weather which prevailed during: the
main period of growth of the crop
was ideal for wheat. Wheat is well
adapted to better soils at least
throughout the northern half of the
state. In southern sections of the
state wheat has yielded well on the
more fertile river bottom soils foi
the past three years, and did well on
uplands in 1915 and 1917. Experience
has shown that wheat ordinarily i«
not well adapted to the sandy coast a'
plain soils, nor to hill soils in general
which are low In fertility.
Wheat On Every Farm For Flour.
The present food crisis makes it es
sential that more wheat be growr
than ever before and on every Arkan
sas farm at least a few acres ol
wheat should be grown on the mosi
fertile iRnd for home consumption. It
is essential that good seed and goo*
cultural treatment be given to lnsurt
success.
Seed At the Right Time.
Wheat is best seeded about the
time of the first killing frost in ordei
to avoid danger of Hessian Fly. Th<
time of seeding will vary from Octo
ber 10 in northwest Arkansas to No
vember 25 in southern sections
Seeding with a grain drill require!
lees seed and usually results in i
more uniform stand, especially dur
ing dry seasons. Five or six peck;
per acre are required with a drill.
Many Varieties Yield Well.
There are a large number of varle
ties which yield well and are wel
adapted to the state. Red May, Fultz
Southern or Alabama Bluestem, Cur
rell's Prolific, and Purple Straw an
good smooth-headed varieties, am
i Fulcastor and Dietz are desirabh
, ! bearded varieties. Most of these va
rleties are offered for sale by seeds
men. Bulletin 121 on wheat can b<
obtained by writing to the Arkansa
Experiment Station, Fayetteville.
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HE UNIVERSITY
ASSISES FARMERS
Work Being Done By University of Ar
kansas Experiment Station Worth
Money to the Farmers.
The Experiment Station keeps
grinding steadily the year round, turn
out out products worth while to tlx.
farmer. The products are in the na
ture of facts tried and proven. They
contain information that helps the
farmer to avoid costly mistakes and
to d*i better with the means at his
command. Thousands of inquiries
from farmers are answered each
month by the Experiment Station,
while there are thousands upon thou
sands of farmers who have no idea
of the work of the station and its
value to them. If you are dissatisfied
with the results obtained on your
farm or need any information, write
to your university for help today.
Here are a few things mentioned,
merely as samples of the work being
done bv the Experiment Station.
Hog Cholera Experiments.
Among a number of experiments
under way to learn more about hog
cholera, one is to learn what hold it
has upon suckling pigs. From experi
ments thus far worked out it seems
that 93 per cent of pigs from immune
mothers are immune to hog cholera bj
exposure as long as they are suckling
the mother. When injected with hog
cholera virus, that is, putting the Ois
ease into their blood, the per cent
showing immunity was not quite as
high as by exposure. There was als<
some variation in different litters, as
certain litters showed a much highei
immunity than others. It is wort!
while knowing that little pigs can b«
protected in this way, but must bt
made immune as soon as they art
i weaned.
Soil Tests Interesting.
I The Experiment Station has showi
for years that the soils in many part:
of the state are in need of lime. It
a careful study of samples taken dut
ing the past year, in Prairie, Pop:
and Washington counties, the uplam
soils were nearly all found to be acid
This condition can be corrected onl\
by the use of lime. The most econom
ical form of lime to use is crushei
limestone, at the rate of one or twi
tons per acre, applied on land that i
to be seeded to clover or alfalfa
The bottom land soils along the large
streams do not appear to be great 1;
in need of lime at the present tinif
The investigation is to be extender
to all parts of the state as soon a
funds are provided to continue th
work.
Experiment With Seventy Varieties
of Potatoes.
An experiment with seventy varif
ties of potatoes has been under wa
for several years. The 1915 soaso:
■was rather moist, and the past a rath
er dry one. The size, shape, eyes atv
general appearance of the tybers hav
been studied. Yields of marketabl
potatoes and culls per acre, at diff i
ent dates during the season, have bee:
secured. These yields at different n<
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noos were secured to determine the
advisability of digging at the regular
time for early market or of waiting
for further maturity. Market reports
have been kept to compare the prices
at the different diggings.
i There are two striking things about
i our results so far:
i' 1. There are about twenty varie
ties outyielding the Bliss Triumph,
>1 the most popular commercial variety
1 now being grown.
2. About three-fourths of the high
est yielders have been white potatoes.
Of these varieties the best and most
I consistent yielder has been the Irish
) Cobbler.
« The experiment was carried on at
. Fayetteville and Van Buren this year,
and it is to be continued another year,
’ at least.
Self-Feeder for Hogs Proves Valuable.
1 Experiments with the self-feeder for
i hogs have shown that the self-feedc
5 not only saves time and labor, but also
makes larger, cheaper gains at an
early age, due to each animal balanc
ing and increasing its daily ration ac
-1 cording to its individual requirements.
f The self-feeder is becoming very val
i uable and useful in pork production,
- especially in this day and age, when
1 with the present high priced feeds
’ and labor pork must be grown as
n cheaply as possible. The self-feeder
- is adapted for suckling pigs and fat
l telling shoats. The cost of the feeder
- ! is small: every farmer with a small
u ^uuiu auuro IU DU1IQ one.
Cotton Variety i cits uive Important
Results.
Cotton variety tests were made by
the Experiment Station in 1916 at flf
teen different points in the state. The
tests served many purposes, but two
things are of much Importance.
1. The value of the seed and lint
produced by some varieties greatly
exceeded that of other varieties.
2. Such varieties as Dixie and Cov
ington Toole w-ere very much more re
sistant to wilt than the ordinary vari
eties, and therefore proved much more
profitable on land infected with wilt
The work of the Experiment Rta
tlon is for the benefit of the farmers
of the state. Requests for informa
tion are always welcome.
Plan on having a garden and deter
mine to take care *f it.
Creamed Salmon.
< ,• small can of salmon, bones and
skin removed, and flaked up with a fork.
Add about n pint of milk, put on stove
and cook in frying pan. Thicken with
two tablespoonfuls of flour and two of
melted butter thoroughly blended and
season with pepper and salt. Pour
into u buttered baking dish, cover gen
erously with crumbs and pieces of but
tei mid bake until browned. Makes
an excellent supper dish.
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