World'* Supply of Pork Is Estimated
T» Be Thirty-five Per
Cent Short.
By Dr. V. W. Knowles, Extension Di
vision, University of Arkansas, State
Veterinarian, Bureau ot Animal In
dustry and U. S. Department of Ag
riculture, Co-operating.
Arkansas lost 154,000 hogs in 1916
from hog cholera, and the losses this
year will be even greater tin
less our people take every precaution
to protect their animals. With the
world's supply of pork approximately
35 per cent short, the situation is seri
ous and everything must be done, not
only to prevent these losses, which
are a burden the farmers themselves
have to bear, but to conserve the meat
supplies of the nation.
Since the hog supplies approximate
ly one-half of all meats consumed in
the United States, cortservation of
hogs now on hand and greatly increas
ed production become of the highest
importance. Increased production can
be effected not only by breeding more
sows, but by using registered boars,
thus producing offspring that will be
larger in size and better feeders. If
every farmer will retain in his herd
every good gilt to be bred this fall
and next spring the meat supply will
be greatly increased during the next
year, and the farmer will have done
much tow’ard the winning of the war.
Hog cholera causes more than 90
per cent of all losses in hogs in the
United States; therefore, conservation
of our meat supply means the control
of hog cholera. In the South, where
the temperatures are more or less uni
form, severe outbreaks of hog cholera
may occur at any season of the year,
but usually It Is most virulent and
reaches Its greatest height during the
fall and early winter.
Hog cholera occurs In a herd only
through the Introduction of the spe
cific germ that causes It. Hogs affect
ed with cholera discharge the germ
from their bodies through the urine,
the feces, and the secretions of the
nose and eyes. Therefore, (he ma
nure, bedding, litter of all sorts, and
the dirt in pens where sick hogs are
kept contain the germs of Hie disease.
These germs may enter the system of
the well hog by means of food or
drink, and probably also through
wounds In the skin.
The extensive shipment of hogs by
rail fcas resulted ln_ the gerni of chol
era being deposited in public stock
yards and railroad cars. It lias also
been deposited on farms m practically
every community in Arkansas, where
It will remain virulent for a year or
longer. It is believed that any agency
which mav become a carrier of me
nure, bedding, litter or dirt from in
fected cars, stock yards or farms to
well herds, or the introduction of dis
eased hogs therein may be the means
of infecting the well herd.
If cholera appears in a community
it may be promptly and effectively
controlled by the serum treatment.
This is a treatment which has been
developed in the United States De
partment of Agriculture and is recom
mended by all the states in the Union.
Arkansas is fortunate In having the
State Serum riant at. Little Rock
which furnishes serum at cost lo the
residents of the state.
Farmers desiring information rela
tive to the control of hog cholera are
invited to consult the county agent in
his county, with the Extension Dhl
sion of the University of Arkansas,
Dr. R. M. flow, State Veterinarian,
Little Rock, or Dr. V. W. Knowles, In
spec>or in Charge of Hog Cholera
Work, Old Statehouse, Little Rock,
Ark.
MORE PASTURES NEEDED TO RE
DUCE THE COST OF MILK PRO
DUCTION IN ARKANSAS.
A committee of experts with the
Agricultural Extension Division in
their survey lo determine (lie cost of
milk production around Little Rock
and Hazen found the following to be
tiue:
"The cost of feed and pasture per
cow per year was $114 at Little Rock
aud $<>;> at Hazen, or a difference of
• 49. Each Little Rock cow ate S
pounds more rouhgage per day and
half a pound more concentrates per
day in the winter season than did
their Hazen competitors. They also
ftf.e 5 1-2 more pounds of eoncentrales
per day in Die summer season. The
Little Rock cows produced 3,823
pounds of milk per year while the
Hazen cofs produced 3,340 pounds.
The cost of feed per quart of milk
was about two cents higher at Little
Rock than at Hazen.”
Tliis difference was undoubtedly
due to the fact that the dairyman at
Hazen live on a prairie and have
plenty of pasture while the Little
Rock dairymen live on farms often
not exceeding 10 acres and buy prac
tically all of their feed. According
to the committee, Arkansas' need for
the economical production of milk is
better cows and more permanent pas
tures made up of Bermuda grass, les
pedeza, burr and white clover for the
central and southern part of the state
tod orchard grass for the norther*
part of the state.
RED GROSS OH
JOHN L. JOHNSTON OF GERMAN
SAVINGS INSTITUTION IS
SOUTHWEST CHAIRMAN.
WILL GO “OVER THE TCP'’
Predicts That His Division Will Ex
coed Its Quota in Nation-Wide
Drive by 1,000,000
Members.
A bank clerk at 15 years of age, a
cashier and director at 19 and presi
dent of the German Savings Institu
tion of St. Louis, the second oldest
hank in the state of Missouri, at 30.
This is the remarkable record in fi
nance achieved by John L. Johnston,
who is head of the American Red
JOHN L. JOHNSTON.
(Toss Christmas membership drive for
2,000.000 additional members in the
Southwestern division, comprising the
states of Missouri, Kansas. Arkansas,
Oklahoma and Texas, which will be
launched Monday, Hec. 17, continuing
until Christmas eve.
Johnston, who is applying the same
principles to the tormaiion of a gi
gantic organization for the Christmas
membership campaign as those that
won for him unprecedented success In
the banking world, predicts the five
states in his division will pass its al
lotment by at least 1,000,000 members.
Spurred by his own enthusiasm over
the wonderful work which the Amen
can Red Cross is accomplishing for
Uncle Sam's fighting force, both at
uouie and abroad, Johnston’s co-work
ers are bending every energy to insure
a successful opening of the big drive
ihe morning of Monday, Dec. 17. It is
expected 50,000 p» rsons will be enlist
ed in the solicitation of members when
the campaign is formally launched.
"If you don’t belong to the Red
Cross you help prolong the suffering
of our soldiers 'over there.' ” This is
the cardinal idea tiAt Johnston hopes
to hate brought home forcibly to every
household in the Southwest between
now and Cnristmus eve, when Red
c rots workers and their latest con
\erts, in many communities, will chan,
carols in the streets as a fitting climax
to the movement which will cover the
length and breadth of America.
“Over the top by one million,” is the
slogan ol the youngest metropolitan
bank president in the United States,
and the manner in which Johnston is
whipping into shape preliminaries of
ihe campaign augurs well for its suc
cess.
Born In Louisville, Ky., In 1886,
Johnston received his first banking
txperience, when he was 15 years old.
by working as a clerk in the Basa
Johnston Banking Company at Ash
land, Mo. He continued to work in
he bank during the summers until, in
1906, he was elected cashier and a di
rector, at which time he was still not
of age.
In 1907 he went to Muskogee, Ok.,
where he became vice president of th.
Fiist National Bank of that city. In
1910 Johnston left Muskogee and be
came one of the organizers of the
National Reserve Bank of Kansas
City, which he served as cashier and
director for five years. In February,
1915, he wont to St. Louis as vice
president and a director of the Ger
man Savings institution of that city
Oct. 28, last year, he was elected pres
.d nt of that Institution, which has
shown largely Increased surplus and
deposits under Ills direction.
Any man of ordinary ability can sue
ceed if he sets his mind hard to It
This is Johnston's rule for success.
Membership in the Red Cross Is
synonomous with good citizenship
Are you a member of the Red Cross?
If not you will Join now, or at latest
during the Christmas membership
campaign, which begins Dec. 17—that
is, you will Join If you are a good citl
zen of the United States The cost is
only $1.
A Christmas sift of real service to
America’s fighting forces is a mem
bership in tile American Red Cross.
mm
• helps •
TOWNS IN ENGLAND PLANNED
Garden Cities Show What Can Be Ac*
complished by Carefully Laying
Out Site Before Building.
In the garden cities of England, such
as Letchworth and Hampstead, the
site of the town was purchased by a
company and the town was laid out ns
a whole with reservations for public
and semi-public buildings, parks, play
grounds and civic centers. The loca
tion of factories, business houses and
stations was designated and the sites
of the residences were carefully
planned.
The result has been highly gratifying
from every point of view. The con
venience and comfort of the citizens
huve been promoted, a high degree
of beauty has been obtained and the
health of the communities has become
far famed.
When these garden cities are com
pared with the towns that have grown
up without planning the value of town
planning becomes evident. In one the
needs of community life ure recognized
and provided for; in the other the com
munity Is Ignored and each Individual
Is left to follow his own Initiative. In
.one a high measure of comfort Is as
sured the individual by his taking the
proper place In the community; In the
other the Individuals clash In their
efforts to promote self-interest, with
result that the few secure the desired
comforts at the expense and disad
vantage of the many.
Special Aid to Italy.
The American Red Cross responded
promptly to the emergency created by
the Italian retreat. The War Council,
in a telegram to Ambassador 'lhomas
Nelson Page, promised every effort
which4 the Red Cross could make
would be applied Immediately to the
relief of Italy.
New Uniforms for Nurses.
Owing td the limited laundry facili
ties In Prance, It has been decided
that American Red Cross nurses with
base hospitals and other military' hos
pitals In France shall wear gray ual
forms Instead of the usual white.
Creating an Anxiety.
“I have told you several times that
you will injure your health If you
worry.”
“Yes. And now you’ve got me wor
ried half to death for fear I’ll worry.”
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
LITTLE ROCK k MONROE RY.j
South North
7:45 a. m.Huttig .3:59 p. m
9:50 a. rn Monroe 2:07 p. m,
local. *
Leaves Arrives
11:25 a. m. Huttig .. 12:30 p. m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
FAPMERVILLE * SOUTHERN RV.
North South
5:22 a. m. Huttig . 2:32 p. m
7:21 a. m..Farmerville.6:45 p. m
LOCAL, t
10:1 0 a. m.Huttig . 2:22 p.m.
tArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
! ville.
•Arrives fuesday, Thursday 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.
ZEDEKIAH, COUNCIL. U. D.. R. &
S. M.—Meets every fourth Wednesday
night of each month. Visiting compan
ions welcome. T. B. Weaver, T. I. M.
R. N. Benson, Recorder.
HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 320. Order of
the Eastern Star, meets every first and
third Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
Mrs. J. A. Brignac, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, 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 REBEKAH 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. 0. 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..
/neets every second and fourth Thursday
night at 7:30 o’clock. Visitors are cor
dially invited.
Mrs. E. S. Etheridge, Guardain.
Mrs. J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
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.
BoysV 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.
Dfess 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.
Gombinlng 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
SHOES
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 will 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 find 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