IDE m HEN
Box or Barrel With SSattrd Front
Confine* Hen and Allows Chick*
To Run a* They Pieass.
coLLtac o* aemcucrunr uNvenrj-rv or arkansaj
u.5 otourmern or AewcuLTuRE , coopera-tinq
CONFINE THE BROOD HEN
THE FIRST TWO WEEKS
By H. B. Lansden, Poultry Specialist,
Extension Division, University
of Arkansas.
Confine the hen to brood coops an !
help save millions of baby chicks lost
by aJlowtng the mother hen to lead
them about through the wet graca
and weeds. A box or barrel with slat
ted front confines the hen and allows
the chicks to run as they please and
return to the hen to get warm. After
two weeks they will be strong enough
to follow tha mother. Try this plan
for one season and you will be sur
prised at the number of chicks you
will save. Keep coops clean, dry and
free from lice and mites.
ONE WAY OF MEETING
THE FARM LABOR PROBLEM
Adopt a Crop Plan That Will Make
the Most Money.
By A. D. McNair, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Office of Karin Man
agement in co-operation with Ex
tension Division, University of Ark
ansas.
The scarcity of farm labor fbr thr
present year requires that plans be
(aid to make what labor we have go
as far as possible. One important
way of doing this is to use improved
implements whereby one man can ac
complish more work. Another way
18 to plant less cotton and more feed
crops and let hogs and tattle harvest
the feed crops as far as possible. Cot
Ion requires more labor, acre for acre,
than corn, wheat, oats or any of the
bay crops, hence to decrease the cot
ton area to some extent and plant
teed crops instead means a saving of i
labor. How much this saving is may
be m-\ quite clearly by stating the
number of men and mules required to
farm 100 acres of land by different
systems. .
Where two thirds the land is In
:otfon and one-third in corn, it will
take about six “hand*” and six mule
o farm 100 acres.
If. however, 45 acres are planted in [
cotton. 45 acres in com and 10 acres
in wheat or oats followed by cowpeas
he 100 acre;,- can be farmed by I've
‘hands” and five mules.
If 24 acres are planted in cotton fnl
'owed by a winter rover crop. 24 acre
n corn, 24 acres in oats or wheat foi
lowed by cowpeas, 24 acres in early
cowpeas which are harvested for hay
n August, two acres in sweet pnt.i
toes and two acres in late Irish pota
toes, it will make 100 acres of crons
which can be farmed with four hands
ind four mules.
Some men will adopt one plan and
tome another, but where labor is
scarce it will be well to plan
the crop system so that five men
and five mules will take -the place
of six of each and in some cases
the third plan may be adopted with
* still further reduction In the labor
oeeded.
While such plans would reduce the
cotton acreage considerably they
would not- reduce I he production in
!he same proportion. The land would
be kept in it. belter stat» of fertility
and hence the yield of cotton and
corn per aero would be considerable
Increased. It would be a case of rais
ing larger yields of cotton on fewer
acres and of having an abundance o?
feed crops not only for work stock,
but for the production of some ani
mal products for sale.
DO NOT PLANT SHORT VA
RIETIES OF COTTON THIS YEAR
Half-and-Hatf Does Not Pay.
Select a standard variety of cotton
and know what you are raising. The
planting of mongrel varieties is bad
business, according to the specialists
with the Agricultural Extension Di> !
sion cf the University of Arkansas
who suggest the following as a few
of the go®d varieties for Arkansas
farmers to raise:
Triumph—Medium early to late
big boll—good staple.
Sproull—Medium early to late—big
boll—good staple.
Rowden—-Medium early to late—big
boll—good staple.
Cleveland (Wanamaker)—Medium
early—big boll—-good staple.
Trice—Very early—small boll—good
staple.
Express—Very early — small . boll—
extra staple.
Webber—Medium early medium
bolls—extra staple.
Foster—Medium earl\ — medium
bolts—extra staple.
| For further Information, write to
the Experiment Station, University of
Arkansas, Fayetteville.
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1 ne workers ot tne Ked Cross canteen service are always on the joo wnen soldiers are passing
through a town. They prepare mounds of delicious sandwiches, huge wedges of p;e, and to top it
off gallons of piping hot coffee for the soldier boys. This photograph shows a typical scene at
a station somewh-ere in the Southwestern Division of the Ked Cross when a troop train made a brief
halt on its wav from somewhc’’" *o somewhere else with some of our soldier boys.
(Censored and passed by the Committee on Pu lie Information.)
ONE WAY TO CUT DOWN HELZL3
Reform in Women’s Footwear Must
Come Through Science, Not Leg
islation, It Is Declared.
The attempt to legislate high heels
out of existence has failed. The
women, or rather the shrewd men
who make a profit by setting wom
en’s fashions, have triumphed. The
state senate killed the proposed
measure, says the Chicago Journal
regarding a bill to limit the height
of heels.
It deserved killing. If the shogun I
of Japan, at the height of the power
of that military regime, could not
keep women from powdering their
faces, it is a fairly safe wager that
the fro ole executive powers of the
state of Illinois would prove utterly
unequal to the task of keeping wom
en from walking on their toes. Tire
law, if passed, would have been the
deadest kind of a dead letter.
The way to cut down heels lies
through science, not through legisla
tive halls. Take a moving picture of
the wabbling, uncertain and most
ungraceful waddle of the woman
wearing three-inch heels and one of
the free, graceful walk of the wom
an who has discarded such hobbles.
Show these contrasting pictures in
all the movie theaters for a few
weeks, and you will accomplish more
for rational -hoe reform than all the
bills the* b islature could pass "twixt
this and doomsday.
THE WAY OF IT.
“So the old miser is ill. Arc his
relatives expecting the worst?”
“Jlardly that, but they're 1 ping
for it.”
BLOT ON THE LIGHT.
“The kaiser still insists on occu
pying a place in the sun.”
“Oh, \\Yll; let him pass for one of
the spots.”
LITERALLY.
“So they wanted to draft your
Did they succeed?”
“No, sir. I came out flat-footed
against it.”
RAILROAD TlfViE TABLE.
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY
South North
8:44 a. m . . Huttig. 2:SS p. m
I 0:40 a. m Monroe .. 1:00 p. rr,.
LOCAL. *
Leaves Arrives
11:25 a. m. . Huttig - 12:30 p. m.
North South
8:1? a. m.Huttig 3:24 p. m
?:CG a. m. . Farmerville 4:40 p. m
local, t
; 12:20 p. m. Huttig. 1:45 p.m.
‘Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmerviile and goes to Mon
roe.
^Arrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmor
viile.
LODGE DIRECTORY.
V ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. & A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:30 o'clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
J. C Bridges, 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.
C. T. Thompson. H. P.
r & Ro-,,, c
ZEDEKIAH. COUNCIL U. D.. R &
; S. M. Meets every fourth We.trvs iv
night of each month. V. it c ...
, ions welcome.
C. T. Thompson, T. I. M.
C. A. Berry, Reooider.
HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 320. :er ,
; tiic Eastern Star, meets every hrst an.
third Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. R. E. Ebbs. W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec'y,
HUTTIG LODGE No. 343 i. j. F.
j meets every firs; a’d third Tues ay e
ning. Ail brathern cordially invited
A. V. Frost, N. G.
Harlan Sehon, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 6b,
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o'cloi k
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Wilkie Frost, N. G.
Mrs. Murray Maroney, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No, 4 11 W. O. W.
Bidets every fir=t and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
C. A. McCormick, 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. Visitors are cor
dially invited.
Mrs. L. M. Despain, Guardain.
! Mrs. J. C. Bridges, Clerk,
WAR SAVING
T A M P
United States Government Baby Bonds
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WHAT ARE THEY?
They are War Saving Stamps.
They are of two kinds—United States Thrift
Stamps (25c each) United States War
Saving Stamps ($4.12 each)
Sixteen U. S. Thrift Stamps plus 12 cents in
cash up to February 1, 1918, will buy a
War Saving Stamp, which when attached
to a War Saving Certificate is guaranteed
by the government to be redeemable on
January 1, 1925 for $5.00 which is 4 per
cent, compounded quarterly.
The U. S. Thrift Gard is a pocket-sized card
given free to Thrift Stamp purchasers.
The War Saving Certificate is a pocket-sized
folder given free to War Savings Stamp
. purchasers.
War Savings Stamps are as safe as the U. S.
When Shall I Buy Them?
Buy them now, because the cost increases one
cent every month after January 51st.
The sooner you buy the less they cost.
The price of War Savings .Stamps is $4.12 to
January 51st and increases one cent a
month until Dec. when price is $4.25.
It is the patriotic duty
of all who do not fight
to help sustain those
who do. Don't be a
slacker. Do your bit.
This adverisement is donated to the War Sav
ings Stamp Gommittee by the Mercantile Department
of the Union Saw Mill Gompany.
'
As simple as buying postage stamps.
This is the simplest security ever offered by a
government. Any man, v/oman, or child
who can save 25 cents can obtain at any
Postoffice or Bank a U. S. Thrift Stamp
and a Gard. This starts you as an inves
tor and puts you behind the government.
No commissions are charged to you or paid to
* any for making sales.
Our soldiers and sailors may give their lives;
your are asked only to lend your money.
Every stamp helps save a life.
Every stamp helps end the war.
Because—We are at war Because The
more we save, the more labor and mater
ial will be available for support of army.
Because We must have dollars as well as
men in the fight for freedom.
Because—They establish the basis of saving,
which is the key to individual success.
Because There is no safer investment.
Because They increase each month in value
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