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Secretary of Agriculture asks
Every Household to can and
Dry their Surplus Fruits and
Vegetables
Every housewife this year should restore to her home the often
overlooked home industries of canning, preserving, pickling,
and drying of perishable fruits or vegetables. The large numb
er ot new back-yard gardens which have been planted this year
shortly will begin to yield their extra harvest of beans, peas,
carrots, beets, sweet corn and tomatoes The regular supplies
also will reach the markets and, a. happens each summer, the
local supply at times will exceed immediate consumption capac
ty. Not to conserve much of this surplusage of valuable food
would be sinful waste.
The present food and labor situations are such that no house
hold is justified in looking toothers to release it wholly from
individual responsibility and constructive action in saving and
conserving food. All any home should expect of others is to
supply those foods which can not be produced effectively by its
own members. The railroads will be burdened with the trans
portation of staple foods and civil and military necessaries from
localities of production and manufacture to districts incapable
of supplying their own needs. It follows that all locally pro
duced foods, conserved by home methods, lessen the winter
pressure on transportation agencies and also release similar pro
ducts of factories for other purposes.
I urge every household, therefore, to can all surplus perishable
products for which they have containers and to dry and keep in
paper any additional surplus suitable for such preservation.
Canning calls for no special skill and for little equipment beyond
a wash boiler and jars. Fresh products, cleanliness, and heat
are the chief requirements, as even sugar is not essential for
canning fruits under modern procedure. Fruits and vegetables
moreover, can be dried efficiently in the sun, over a range or
gas stove, or before an electric fan. Homemade shallow trays
of wood or heavy wire screen are the chief equipment required
Drying is a time-tried home industry; conservation of food by
drying is largely a matter of restoring to the home great-grand
mother’s method of seeing that her family had good food in
winter as a relief from a monotonous diet of root vegetables.
Canning, of course, already.is a profitable industry for women
and children in thousands of homes and I trust will become al
most universal this season To aid the home conservation
movement, the Department of Agriculture has issued a new
Farmer’s Bulletin on home canning and another on home dry
ing of fruits and vegetables. These free pamphlets should be
read and followed in every household which wishes to translate
patriotic impulse into concrete service.
D. F. HOUSTIN,
U. S. Sec. of Agriculture.
GIG PROFIT IN SHEEP
As Safe and Attractive as Any
Other Line of Stock.
Nowhere Is There an Instance of De
I cline in Well-Established Hus
bandry Based on Production
of Meat and Wool.
Raise sheep! This was the advice
of F. It. Marshall of the bureau of nnl
nial Industry, United States depart
ment of agriculture in an address be
fore the members of the Kansas Sheep
; Breeders’ association at the agricul
I tural college in connection with farm
I and home work.
“It is now time for the live-stock
farmer to make sheep raising one of
j his regular lines of production,” said
Mr. Marshall. “Putting aside the ef
i fects of war conditions, prospective
! values of lambs and wool render sheep
raising fully as safe and attractive, to
the nmn who will study and under
stand the business, as is the raising of
cattle, horses or swine.
“Prior to 1914 such a statement as
this would not have been justifiable.
Western Lambs on Soy Beans and
Corn Pasture.
Assured moat values of the future, the
need of greater economy in the use ot
farm labor, and the full utilization oi
pastures place sheep raising in an en
tirely new light.
“Some agricultural Journals and
other authorities have been inclined tc
question the safety of engaging in
sheep raising and base their ideas upon
statistical facts of decline In popular
ity of sheep in eastern states. Such
statistical deductions are entirely mis
leading, us nowhere is there an in
stance in the United States of a decline
In a well-established sheep husbandry
based on the production of both meat
and wool.
“The farm flocks that have disap
pen red in the past were raised pri
marily and almost entirely for wool
production and beyond the fact that
they were sheep had little In common
with the kind of sheep that are now
lining placed upon American farms and
which will he found in the near future
on nearly all farms.
“An Important feature In starting
the sheep business is to quickly work
into a flock of about 100 ewes, or as .
is recommended by the University of
Illinois, a ewe for each two acres of t
the farm. The small flock which has j
heretofore been recommended for \
using weeds and waste feed, and inci- <
dentally ns n small source of profit, is <
the flock that becomes diseased and, lie
cause of its insignificance in the farm
business, Is certain to lie neglected.”
CABBAGE REQUIRES RICH SUIL
Early Varieties Most Acceptable as
They Come When Such Food Is
Needed—Grow Quickly.
N
Cabbage is easily grown if the soil
is rich enough, and the very early va
rieties are most acceptable, as they
come at a time when such food is most
needed. The style of head varies so
much that every tusto should be grati
fied. Hound head or pointed head,
flat head or drum head, stone head
and sure head, all have their vir
tues.
Grow them quickly and feed the
soil, and almost any of the standard
varieties will give satisfaction. One
year one kind will seem to excel and
another year this same variety will be
a disappointment. Much depends on
the soil and the season.
Cauliflower is almost as easily grown
ns cabbage, but more apt to be In
fested with worms, and for this rea
son is not a favorite with the ordi
nary gardener.
SPRING WORK WITH THE BEES
It Is Duty of Beekeeper to Get Plentf
of Bees in Time for Honey Flow
for Success.
The duty of the beekeeper in the
spring is to get plenty of bees in time
for the honey flow. If this is not
done his work is a failure. The popu
lation of the colony is reduced during
the winter, especially where winter
ing conditions are not the best, and
this must be corrected if the colony
is to get the full honey crop. It is
poor beekeeping to have weak col
onies at tin* beginning of the honey
flow from which the surplus crop U
obtained.
University of Arkansas
FAYETt CVILLE
Offers full and complete courses leading fo degrees tn
agriculture, engineering, education, or normal work, and
liberal arts and sciences.
Complete courses In mu3lc, painting, drawing, domes
tic science, domestic art, and other work that appeals
especially to women. During the next session, special
courses Intended to prepare women for various kinds of
war work will be offered.
The University of Arkansas Is a standard institution,
requiring four years of high school work for unconditional
admission to the freshman class and four years of college
work for a degree. Its graduates are admitted without res
ervation to the greatest post graduate schools of the Unit
ed States.
Its mechanic arts, electricity, engineering, and agricul
ture, special courses of a practical nature are provided for
students of ability who have not had the high school edu
cation necessary for unconditioned admission to the fresh
man class. Tho Trainin'; High School in the College of
Education admits any student who has finished the course
offered by the public schools in his home town or school
district.
Tuition is free to residents of the state. Other fees
are small. Board in tho dormitories is furnished at cost.
Climate and healthfulness of Fayetteville are inferior to
none in the United States.
The next session opens Wednesday, September 19.
For catalogs, bulletins, and full Information, write The
Registrar.
CENTRAL COLLEGE
ARKANSAS’ SELECT SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Its Reputation and Success Are Built on Merit and Results
Standard Curriculum loading tt> regular degrees.
Music, Art, Expression and Household Economics under great
specialists.
Physical Culture, large student organizations, community interest.
In the educational center of the State.
More boarders than any othar town In the State.
A clientele of the choicest girls In the State.
Do you neod help?
For catalogue and othor Information, write
PRESIDENT J. W. CONGER, Conway, Ark.
For My Demonstration Orchards
T WANT one farmer m each neighborhood to write me at
A once for my unusual and money-making proposition. You’ll be
surprised when you see just what this proposition fa — so write me at
-read It
once for full particulars. Here’s a hint of what I am doing
then write me promptly —
A Lifetime Opportunity
I want you to put your waste land
to work, by let tin# ms plan an orchard for
roa. My expert orchard 1st will lay it out.
examine your 8oil and determine ju§t what
trees ana varieties would he heat adapted.
All thia Ifl done without expense to
yon. Then, you can order aa many trees aa
as you want, and, if you want to, you can pay
for a few trees each year—Just as you please.
When your orchard is planted. I’ll make
you my manager in yourneItrhhorh«x)d and you
can make money with me ri^rht from the start.
This plan has been worked ant in
various sections of the state and
has proved a big success. My
farmer managers are enthusiastic
over it—you will be ths same.
Thera oro other feature, that I cais't ex
plain here becauns of limited i
i note or a!
ej nee, but if
you will Ju»t dropmeanoteora postal and ur
Tell ma ail about your Derronstrallan Orchard**
—-I’ll answer personally, by rwtum mail. Make
money with me — it s ail ample and aaay.
GEORGE PARKER, Manager
PARKER BROS. NURSERY CO.
“Tho Fajrs*tovlllo Muraorios ”
Parker Building, Fayetteville. Arkansas.
ADAMS BROTHERS
Cotton and Corn Buyers
General Merchandise
To the Farmers:—We want your produceand will
pay the highest market price in cash or trade
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
Arkansas College
Preparatory Department
row
The best place to educate your son or daughte , a
high-toned student-body; the teachers are men and
women of the highest culture refinement, and ability.
The student’s course of study and conduct is care
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easily and pursues his studies with pleasure and suc
cess.
Experienced teachers. Small classes. Thorough and
rapid progress.
Considering time saved and character of the work,
it is cheaper than the public school.
Students admitted as low as the eighth grade.
New classes after the New Year.
Get ready for entrance by writing for information
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E. D. BROWN, DEAN
Batesville, Arkansas
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