Through Neglect Farmers Are Per
mitting Tools and Machinery
To Depreciate.
By V. H. Kern, Specialist in Farm
Machinery, Extension Division, Uni
versity of Arkansas.
"The average annual loss In Ark
ansas on farm machinery alone Is ap
proximately $8,000,000 and Is increas
ing w^th alarming rapidity in spite o?
the tremendous advance in the prices
of everything used in producing crops.
Our people fail to realize that there
is a serious shortage of material and
they may not be able to buy imple
ments in the near future even if they
(have the money to pay for them.
Through neglect and improper care
they are permitting their tools and
machinery to depreciate in value as
much as 30 per cent a year. Wag
ons and implements that should last
eight to 10 years are worthless after
being used three or four seasons. Our
people should take care of what they
have and buy more and better ma
chinery' with their savings. Too many
of our farmers are now seriously han
dicapped because they are not proper
ly equipped and cannot produce crops
economically and with as great a
profit as the men who have the imple
ments and take caro of what they
ave.
Farm Machinery a Necessary
Investment.
From a business standpoint, farm
machinery must be considered a neo
, essary investment. Economy means
management without loss or waste
and only when the most strict econo
my is practiced will the highest pos
sible dividends be obtained from the
machines used on the farm. Length
ening the life and efficiency of the
farm machinery is the most practical
method for increasing this dividend
per dollar investment. Improper care
of farm machinery cuts down the
farmer’s yearly savings by reducing
the efficiency of his machines and ln
ere ilng the piles of discarded imple
ments throughout the country. Weak
ened part of implements, dun to rust
ing atjd rotting, break when a strain
is placed on them and as a result the
repair bill is increased to say notJnng
of the time lost and farm work de
layed while repairs are being sent for.
Arkansas Climate Hard On Im
plements.
Sun, rain, and snow all combine
forces to rust ana rot machinery and
ss chemical action takes place faster
at higher temperatures Arkansas'
conditions are such as to cause rapid
deterioration of linear, d for im
plements. Since thfs is true, best pro
tection can be obtained by bousing,
painting and oiling each tool.
Implement Shed Pays.
An implement shed can be built
cheap and durable of wood at such
a cost that the farmer will be
saved four to six times the cost or
the shed. Kept well painted, it will
last almost indefinitely.
How To Care For Machinery.
If it is impossible to house the ma
chinery, it is especially necessary that
j liberal ooats of paint and oil be ap
j plied at the close of the season's work.
All working parts should be cleaned
j and oiled, and plow bottoms, cultiva
tor shovels, disc harrow blades, plant
er and grain drill furrow openers
should be painted to prevent rusting.
A good combination is made by mix
ing aide glease and lubricating oil
until a thick paint is obtained. A lib
eral application of this keeps moist
ure away from the metal wearing
parts and prevents rusting. When
paint is knocked from the wood or
metal parts it should be repainted.
In the implement shed, disc har
rows, the discs of (he grain drill, and
planter furrow openers should be
placed on boards. During the early
winter all implements should be look
ed over for defective parts, loose or
lost bolts. A few minutes devoted to
repair work at this time may save
many dollars the coming spring.
It is useless to attempt to do effi
cient work with dull tools. The plow
share must be sharpened properly and
kept that way; the same with the disc
harrow. Sharpen the latter at least
once a year—better still, when it
needs it. Transportation trucks may
be obtained and placed under the disc,
moving it from place to place without
unduly dulling the blades when not in
use. Align the mowing machine if
necessary. Each ledger plate of the
pickle bar should work in close prox
imity to the sickle section. A sharp
sickle and good adjustments result in
lighter draft and more efficient work.
Sharpen the teeth of thp section
harrow to a point.
Graphite, instead of lubricating oil, |
may be best for the smoothing roller
If it squeaks and oiling is difficult.
If a commercial ferttlizei*ia used in I
the grain drill, clean thoroughly when
finished to prevent corroding.
Keep cultivator shovels sharp to do
good work..
Keep the spreader repaired, Keep
its working parts clean. Do not al
low too much accumulation in winter
when freezing takes place.
Proper care, housing, paint, oil and
grease are essential to long life and
efficiency of farm implements.
SHADE TREES ON ROADSIDES
Nine-Tenths of Highways in New York
Entirely Void of Vegetation—
Plan to Improve.
Py investigations Just completed by
the New York .State College of For
estry at Syracuse, it has been found
that nine-tenths of the roadsides in
the rural districts of New York state
are entirely void of shade trees. When
this is considered along with the fact
that last year New York- state paid out
of the state treasury about .$"0,000,000
for tlie construe!i.->n and maintennie e
of road beds, it shows that the state
is not yet awake to the great need
and the great possibilities in rural
roadside impr ivement.
A preliminary survey has just bpen
made by H. It. Francis in charge <Tf
the landscape extension work of the
College of Forestry.
During the survey, studies were
made of such important features in
rural roadside improvement and beau
Shaded Read in New York.
tifieation as good and had varieties of
trees found along the highways, views
and vistas obtained. from the high
ways, the effects of the shade trees on
crops In adjuvant fields, the possibili
ties of the covering of barren embank
ments and the planting of some de
sirnble sort of vegetation where over
head wires are in large numbers. One
of the principal features studied was
the condition of the roadbed as af
fected by the presence or absence of
shade trees.
Few people In the state will be able
io visit the wonderful national parks
hi the West, but an Increasing number
of people will own automobiles and
use the highways of the state. Many,
If not all, of these highways may
sily become state parkways of beau
tiful trees and shrubs. Trees grow
like weeds under the climatic condi
tions existent In New York and with
I'..-tried scenery of intense interest the
I highways of the state will eventually
become os beautiful as those of any
j i her state In the Union.—Green’s
j fruit Grower.
i POULTRY POINTERS
Making the most of everything in
the poultry business is a sure way to
success.
Odd or surplus cockerels should be
'bade over Into capons to help increase
| tlie meat supply.
j Capons grow to substantial weights
: and their meat is of a high quality.
Cockerels from two to six months
j old are of the caponizing age, but the
| younger they are the better the work
can be done.
From one and a half to two and a
; foiif pounds Is generally accepted as
the best weight of cockerels for capon
izing.
The art of caponizing is not so diffi
cult a task as it looks to be, and skill
ful operators are made in a short
while.
Experience and practice soon make
the work easy to those so inclined to
lenrn the art.
A knowledge of the essential fea
tures of the operation and a good set
of tools soon put the operator in the
front ranks of the profession.
Birds intended for caponizing should
not be fed for 3(3 hours prior to the
operation.
Refraining from feeding the birds
before, always helps the operator as
well as the birds afterwards.
The operation should be preferred
in the daytime, and the brighter the
light the more easily are the organs
distinguished.
When the operator is skillful the op
eration is only the matter of seconds
in the making of a capon.
After the birds have been operated
upon, place them in a house from
which the roosts and other furniture
have been removed, nnd cover the floor
with straw, hay or leaves for a bed
ding.
Don’t .crowd them too much until
they have taken to their feed nnd
show some strength after the opera
tion.
Simple Tests of Value in
Telling Whether Goods Is
“All Wool and Yard Wide ”
The laws of the country at present j
offer no protection to the purchaser of i
textile materials. If the price of “all j
wool, a yard wide” goods is paid and 1
later it Is found that the material is I
half cotton, there is nothing left for j
the purchaser to do but to enter it as
"loss” in her profit and loss account. !
To be sure there are any number of ,
stores where the dealers are truthful
about the textile materials handled, 1
but nevertheless a knowledge of a
few simple tests may not come amiss,
writes Beryl Dixon of the Colorado
Agricultural college.
Sometimes sleazy, thin cotton mate
rial is made to look quite firm and at
tractive by the use of sizing or dress
ing. By rubbing a corner between the
thumb and finger, th« sizing is removed
and the real quality of the material Is
apparent. In very thin materials the
sizing may be detected by holding the ;
doth to the light. The starch will
show between the threads.
An examination of the raveled warp
and woof threads will often appear !
fuzzy. Linen fibers are long, and con
sequently broken ends of linen threads
are more pointed than these of cotton. j
Cotton material feels warmer than |
linen.
Seine woolen materials are “made
over” that Is, old woolen rags and
short, broken fibers, and the dippings '
from broadcloth ore used in Its manu
facture. Sometimes this can he detect
ed by unraveling the end. The short
fibers are loosened and fall out.
Impossible.
Dolly—At last 1 have met my Ideal!
Kind-hearted, modest, patient, self
ienying. But, alas, married !
Daisy-—Don’t worry ! No woman
will live long witli such a freak. You'll
get a chance at him.
No Words.
“Mrs. Oabfest is an incessant talk
er."
“I don’t see how her husband ever
gets ir. a word.”
“He doesn’t try. Ills part of the
conversation is confined to grunts, lift
ing of eyebrows, shrugs and nods.”
Charm of Crepes.
Thpre is a prediction that crepes
of many sorts w ill be decidedly fash
ionable next year. And for that all
women are thankful. They have all
learned of the charm of crepes of va
rious sorts in the last few seasons,
georgette and othe r crepe fabrics have
been in such wide vogue. Perhaps one
of the chief charms about crepe is that
it clings and falls in such soft and
attractive folds and lines. Moreover,
it is eminently practical, for it does
not show wrinkles.
RAILROAD TIME TABIE.
St. Louis. Iron Mountain &, Southern
LITTLE ROCK & MONROE RY.g
South North
7:45 a.m.. .. . Huttig. 3:59 p. m
9:50 a. m.Monroe . 2:07 p. m
local. *
■Leaves Arrives
11:25 a. m. Huttig. 12:30 p.m.
St. Louis. Iron Mountain & Southern
FARMERVILLE A SOUTHERN RY.
North South
5:22 a. m. Huttig .2:32 p. m
7:21 a. m..Farrruerville. 5:45 p. m
local, t
10:10 a. m. Huttig.2:22 p.m.
tArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
vilie.
’'Arrives Tuesday, Tnursday and Satur
day from Farmerville and goes to Mon
roe.
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.
T. B. Weaver, W. M.
W. P. Reasons. Sec’y.
HOWARD CHAPTER. No. 122. R. A.
M. -meets every first and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
J. M. Gibson, H. P.
C. A. Berry, Secy.
ZEDELTAH, COUNCIL. U. D.. R. &
S. M. Meets every fourth Wednesday
right of each month. Visiting compan
ions welcome. T. B. Weaver, T. 1. M.
R. N. Benson, Recorder.
HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 320. Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every first ar,d
third Friday evening at 7:50 o'clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. J. A. Brignac, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gieson, Sec'y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 I. O. 0. F.
meets every first and third Tuesday eve
ning. All brethern cordially invited.
H. C. Bedford, N. G.
Harlan Sehon, Secy.
HUTTIG ^EBEKAH LODGE No. 66,
meets every Monday night at 7:30 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.
Lester Malone, 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. Vigrt
dially invited.
Mrs. E. S. Etheridge,
Mrs. J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
ors ate cot
Guaraain.
For School Days
Now that the children are again in school
it is time to be thinking of preparing them for
the winter months. We are especially prepared
to take care of all the clildren's wants as regards
their personal supplies.
Boys’ School Suits
Our line of Boys’ School Suits will meet
any demand. Growing, healthy boys need
strong, durable clothing, and our suits are nota
bly of the most durable material to be obtained.
Dress Goods for the Girls
Sensible, durable fabrics that will stand
the wear and tear of school life, while still
making up into handsome, presentable garments.
Gcmbining common sense with correctness of
style.
Under-Garments For All
Union Suits, two-piece Suits and Hosiery.
Every garment recommended as the best that
money can procure, and made for honest service
For the Family
Our line of Shoes in
clude those of the best
known manufacturers
insuring you
QUALITY
and wear. Men who
insist on distinctive
ness wiU find it here,
as well as those who
wish substantial wear.
Boys the world over
seem to take pleasure
in running. The shoes
we sell for them are the
better kind and will
wear as long as any.
Ladies will f ind our
lines most complete
FOOD CONTROL
The Food Control bill will probably
do much good in establishing a fair
and just price for food stuffs. But
the price is not all. There is also the
QUALITY
If this is not up to the mark, price cuts a small
figure. Quality is up to your grocer.
We wish to state to every customer that
we stand behind the quality of every article that
leaves our store. Any customer who at any
time makes a purchase from us that is not sat
isfactory in every particular, is urged to return
same to us promptly and receive the purchase
price. Gan anything be fairer?
Nothing but perfect confidence in our
goods could justify us in making this remarkable
offer. Gome to us for
Food Satisfaction