To Our Farmers.
Two years ago I wrote letters
advising the farmers to plant cot
ton and corn in flat seed-beds,
where the land had good drainage
and to follow with level and
shallow cultivation. A drought
hit and those who followed the
advice made good crops regard
less. Last year there was plenty
of moisture and rainfall in most
parts, and those who planted and
cultivated level and plowed shal
low did not seem to have much
advantage in yield. You see it
don’t take such careful cultiva
tion when the season hits. Any
body can make a good crop by
any system of cultivation when
weather conditions are perfect,
if you will stir the ground and
keep out the weeds; but it takes
a good farmer, hard work and
best methods to make a good crop
when the weather conditions are
bad.
This year too many farmers
are going back to the old method
of bedding their land for both
cotton and corn, and no doubt
mean to cultivate by the old me
thod of bed cultivation, and lay
by with a turning plow or double
shovel throwing the dirt to the
crop and leave a ridge after split
ting out the middles. If you are
thinking of any such work, for
get it, and get away from the
old method. Whether you have
bedded or planted level, when
your crop is up, take a harrow
and run across the rows for the
first cultivation. In about a week
do the same agaih. This will
help work down the ridges, if
they are there. The double shov
el and deep plowing will not hurt
so much the first plowing, but
after that, it is best to cultivate
shallow, only about two inches,
with some kind of side harrow.
They are made to attach to culti
vators now, and are the very
thing. The shallow cultivation
should be kept up every week.
If you have a dry spell this me
thod will help you to stand it and
save your crop.
Look after the hogs well and
remember we have a veterinarian
who will vaccinate against cho
lera free of charge, only for the
medicine.
The planting season is now here
and as usual, it will be good
judgement for the farmers to
plant enough corn to run the
farm. Too many farmers under
estimate the amount of land nec
cessary to raise feed for the stock.
Remember it costs more to feed
a horse or a cow than a man, and
the farmer who does not provide
enough corn, hay and forage for
ms live stock cannot hope to
make a permanent success as a
aimer. The farmer who ne
£ ects to raise food for his horses
and cows would be better off not
to own either, and depend upon
hiring horses to make his crop
and buying milk aud butter for
his home use. The average
horse on a farm works only about
100 days in the year. The labor
of the horse can be hired for a
dollar a day, which would amount
to $100 per year for the average
amount of labor that the horse is
required to perform in farm work.
It will cost from $100 to $140 to
buy feed for a horse for a year
at the prevailing prices of horse
feed on the market.
The average cow on the farm
will not give more than 1% gal
lons of milk per day for the whole
year. The value of the milk is
not more than enough to pay for
the feed of the cow during the
| winter, if you have to buy feed
at the market prices. So if you
! do not raise your feed, it would
! be economy not to keep horses or
! cows either. But it will pay to
keep both, it you raise your own
! feed. In other words, on all the
| feed you raise and feed to your
live stock you make the differ
ence between the cost of produc
ing the feed and the market
! price of the same, and get also
| the offspring and increase in
growth of young stock.
In this connection, let me urge
pasture. The pasture is the most
' profitable crop, because your
stock will harvest the crop, and
I the pasture takes the place of a
large portion of dry feed. The
hog will eat daily about four per
cent of his weight, and if you
give him a good pasture, he will
take three fourths of it in grass,
will gather himself, and enrich
the land with his droppings at
the same time. Pastures are
equally profitable for horses and
cattle. Keep a permanent pas
ture and you will always have
corn and hay to sell. The far
mers who sell corn and hay are
the ones who keep out of debt.
The farmers who have corn and
hay to buy are the onevS who keep
in debt. Look around among
your neighbors and see if this is
not true.
Our veterinarian, Ur. J. w.
Logan, has been very busy vacci
nating hogs against cholera and
has a large number to vaccinate
this and next weeks. Remem
ber his services are free and he
will go anywhere in the state.
The only expense is the serum
and it will be furnished at cost.
Let me know when you have
cholera in your neighborhood.
John H. Page,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
R. H. Clayton was in Little
Rock the latter part of this week
on business.
Jack Johnson returned home
Sunday from Lonoke where he
has been carpentering for Jas.
D. Fewell.
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| We Pay Highest Cash Prices |
For Your Produce
§ — — i
!s
\ Hens, per pound,.09
j I Cox, per pound,.06
!% Broilers 1 to IV±.20
p Fryers IK to 2 lbs.15
£ Stags 2 to 3 K lbs.10
Geese, each,.25
Dux, per pound,.HO
J Turkeys, per pound,.... .14
Old Gobblers.....12%
Tow Sacks, each,.02
Fresh Eggs, per dozen, ..13
Cow Hides, per lb.10
Horse Hides, each... .2.00
Hogs, per lb.06
Peas, per bushel.1.50
| McCrory Feed & Produce Co. $
L. W. STURDIVANT, Manager. Phone No. 26
Sell on Standards.
Farmers and other good manu
facturers should always sell on
standard and on reputation. It
will pay farmers and their wives
to make high standards and have
their products sought for. Sell
only infertile eggs and eggs of j
uniform size and color. Sell on
ly sweet and clean butter in nice
shapes. Sell only choice berries
or apples or cantaloupes and per
fectly honest packages. Hood
River, Oregon, apples are sold
in New York and Liverpool in
unopened boxes because the
guarantee is perfect. A box of
high priced apples was bought
in Northwest Arkansas in De
cember that had less than thirty
perfect apples. Another box was
bought in February and two
! thirds of them had to be thrown
away in less than a week. Sell
on reputation and guarantee
standards. If in doubt as to
market standards, write the Ex
tension Division of the Univer
sity of Arkansas and U. S. De
partment of Agriculture at Fay
etteville or Little Rock for rules
and bulletins.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank the people
of McCrory for their kindness
during the sad illness and death
of our husband and father. We
desire the prayers of the good
people of this town that we may
be able to submit to His will.
Mrs. R. Albritton and Family.
Adv.
For fresh delicious strawberries
call at Proulx Lunch Room. Adv.
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