Agricultural Extension Division Heips
Solve Practically All the
Problems.
By W, C. Lassetter, Director Extea
sion Division, University of Ark
ansas.
“Arkansas the Campus of the Uni
versity” has become a reality. The
Agricultural Extension Division or
ganized in a small way only a few
vears ago has grown In extent of »er
vice and in range of subject matter
until now the University is in position
to serve any community in the state
in connection with practically any of
its agricultural problems.
Unity of Effort.
Through a memorandum of under
standing the College of Agriculture of
the University and the United States
Department of Agriculture have
agreed that all extension work con
ducted in the state by either instilu
tion will be through a central organi
zation, the Extension Division of the
f'ollege of Agriculture. This insures
unity of effort and avoids useless du
nlication.
The Agricultural Extension Work
is founded on the fundamental prin
ciple that the best way of teaching is
through demonstration. For this rea
? u the term "Demonstration Work”
is very often used.
Organization.
The College of Agriculture of the
University and the U. S. Department
of Agriculture look to the Director of
Extension as their Joint representa
tive responsible to each. Under this
organization the State Agent has
charge of County Agent work; the
State Home Demonstration Agent, the
County Agent Work for Women: the
State Boys’ and Gills’ Club Agent,
Club Work; and highly trained spec
ialists in the several phases of agri
culture and home economies.
County Agent Work.
Sixty-two county agents, employed
Jointly by the Extension Division and
the oounty, visit farmers on their own
farms, in their own communities, at
their own schools; advise them as to
best farm practices for their particu
lar soil, farm, and market conditions;
conduct demonstrations with them;
enroll and Instruct farmer boys in
the club work of corn, cotton, peanut,
pig, or calf growing; and each be
comes a guiding factor in shaping the
agricultural growth of his county
along lines of greatest economic value
to the county.
Ttemovnft rations » _-n Homer
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Forty-seven trailed women (next
year there will be sixty), County
Home Demonstration Agents, assist
the farm wives in their efforts to be
come better housekeepers. Here, too,
the demonstration is the basis on
which the lesson is taught. The girls
ore taught to grow' a tenth acre of to
matoes or other vegetables, or a pen
of chickens, ('mining .and drying of
fruits anti vegetables tire taught
through actual demonstrations. Wo
men and girls study bread making,
sewing, and the many other household
problems through demonstrations con
ducted by the agent. But by far the
greater effect of the work is the de
velopment of leadership on the part
of local people who volunteer and aid
in promoting the work in the many
communities of the county.
Supervision.
For economy and efficiency in su
pervision of the work the state is di
vided into five districts of fifteen coun
ties each. Tiie District Agent (man)
Is responsible to the Stale Agent for
the work of each of the county agentR
in his district. The District Horae
Deconstra.tion Agent (woman) Is re
sponsible 10 the State Home Demon
stration Agent for the work of the
County Home Demons! rat ion Agents
in her district.
Specialists.
County Agents ate called upon for
Information in all branches of agri
culture. He, therefore, cannot spe
cialize in any one branch of agricul
ture. More or less technical informa
tion of a specialized chcaraeter is
necessary for certain types of farm
ing in all counties of the stale. This
demand is met by providing special
ists, men who linve had opportunity
to make special study of h certain
branch of agriculture and placing
their services at the disposal of the
County Agents (o instruct them and
assist them in instructing others. The
following lines are row supplied with
one or more specialists: Animal hus
bandry, dairying, horticulture, home
economics, livestock diseases, farm
machinery, poultry and marketing.
Ultimate Aim.
While the Extension Division was
apparently created as an agency for
carrying the information possessed by
the University, the Experimen* Sta
lions, and the Department of Agrfcu!
ture to the people, it would be a fail
ure If leadership among the people
did not result. The ultimate aim lk
the development of leadership among
all the people."
DON’T LET WEEVILS
DESTROY COHN
Don't let the weevils destroy your
Corn, especially the se'-d corn. They
can be killed bv fumigating with car
bon bi-su'ohide. Write to the Arkan
sas^ Experiment Station for itirec
fcSrscn*
CARE OF U. S. SOLDIEDS AND SA:L
ORS ORGANIZATION’S FIRST
AND SUPREME OBJECT.
MEAL COSTS ONLY 13 CENTS
Shower Baths, Barbers, Movie Thea
ter— Everyth.ng Free Except
Food—Work Near trie
Firing Line.
First and supreme in the work o1
the American lied Cross, which will
launch a Christmas membership drive
for 2,000,000 more members in the
Southwest Monday, Dec. IT, continue
until Christmas eve, is the care ol
j Uncle Sam's own army and navy.
The safety, health and comfort of
! the men who are fighting the eoun
j try’s battles 3,000 utiles from borne
will at all times be the prime object
of the organization's attention.
When French army ofiicers w'-re
asked what the American Ked Crows
could best do to hearten the army and
give the soldiers a concrete token ol
American co-operation they said:
“Give us canteens and rest station*.”
The Ked Cross is accordingly estab
lishing canteens at 11 important rail
way stations in France for the special
use of soldiers on leave, who are con
stantly passing on their way to and
from the front. The woman’s bureau
undertook to recruit 10U women to
serve in canteens and rest rooms in
Fiance. Only women of robust health,
between the ages of 30 and 50, were
considered, and applicants were in
quired to show that they had worked
lor the American Ked Cross or in reg
uiar occupations requiring a high or
der of service and a capacity for self
sacrifice. Fifty-two of these women
already are in France.
Serves 2,000 Troops Daily.
The first of these canteens was
opened in September and began Im
mediately to serve large numbers ol
French soldiers and some American
troops. It has been used by an aver
age of 2,00u men daily. The first vlwi
tors were a troop of chasseurs vvhc
had been Instructing the American
troops, and on the same evening a
large number of American engineers,
leaving by train at 1 o’clock in the
morning, were given a warm welcome.
There, are 18 women who serve da v
and night. The menu Includes soup,
bread, meat, vegetables, salads,
cheese, eggs, coffte, chocolate and
tea.
Arrangements for announcing the
departure of trains have enabled be
tween 300 and 400 men to catch a few
hours of much-needed rest in corn
fortable, clean quarters, without fear
of missing their trains. Six hundred
men can be so accommodated. Show
ers and wash basins also are provided.
Everything Free Except Pood.
The picture presented by such i can
teen whin it is filled with soldiers is
described in a cable trom Junius B
Wood, American war correspondent,
in part as follows:
Buck of a long porcelain-tiled counter Amer
ican women in «mie tape and while aprons
we*e [touring coffee, ladling noup and handing
out »andwicne« as iaxt us their arras could
work. In trout was au jncudiiig line of noi
•iU-ra, American and French, with bowls of
•oup or colfee in one hand and sandwiches,
Mu.mtget. anti tobacco in the other, maiving their
wuy gingerly througu the crowd from the
counter to scale at the iallies in the lug room.
This canteen neats GO an hour in the dlulng
1001a, which Is capable of handling 5,lK)u guests
daily. There me twenty cue shower baths, a
warder si.op, a clothes sterilizer and bombproof
movie Iht&ier. All tree except the food, fur
which tluie is a nominal charge. On the other
s.de of the rallrwa.l tracks a garden has been
laid out where, in «.kiosk, the Fiench Govern
ment dispenses w.ne to its own troops. White
waiting tor trains the soldiers relax aud rest.
Everything is sold at cost no allowance be
lag im.de tor the big overhead expenses in
audition, much is distributed free. A bowl of
soup, which is quite different from the usual
onion-flavoured greasy hot water, costs 3 cents,
and other things are sold at proportionately
low prices, boup und coffee arc both served
i in bowls.
There are no spoons, cups., knives or forks,
for these never return For 13 cents one gt ts
a dinner (-'insisting of soup, beef or lamb, vege
table salad, f herse, pudding or fruit, coffee,
chocolate or bouillon. Tea is brewed especially
for passing British troops.
Near the firing l.ne ihe American
Red Cross Is esubiishing field call
luiis. extending the work already
begun by a branch o: the French Red
Cross, it will provide one of these can
teens lor every corps of the French
army and later for th* American army
as well.
A field kitchen is maintained there,
from which the refreshing diinks are
distributed along the front by wagons
and light motor trucks. Four thou
sand portions—coffee, tea, cocoa, boui
llon, lemonade, etc.—are sometimes
served from one canteen in a single
day.
15,CC0 NURSES ENROLLED
FOR RED CROSS DUTIES
Fifteen thousand nurses already
have been emailed by the American
Red Cross, many of whom have volun
teered for war service, according to a
statement made public at Red Cross
headquarters.
About 2,000 already have been sent
to Europe. It is estimated that the
present registered force is sufficient
to care for any army of a million and
a half, and approximately 1,000 nurses
are being added monthly.
Keen Christmas, 1917, by keeping
up the Red Cross.
BELGIAN ORPHANS
GIVEN NEW LIFE
TllUJMD CROSS
Anont the American Red Cross
Christmas membership campaign,
which is to be inaugurated through
out the nation Monday, Dec. 17, con
tinuiag until Christmas eve, national
headquarters announces that the or
ganization already is assisting in the
care of Belgian orphans who were
carried by their captors into Germany
and who are beginning to be released
The first groups, consisting of 500
children each, have been received
back into the Allies’ territory.
These homeless children, sick and
undcr-nouitshed, all between 4 and 10
years of age, will receive the best pos
sible care front the American Ued
Cross, which recognizes in them Bel
gium’s hope lor its' coming genera
tion.
Twenty miles from Limoges, in tin
southern center of France, on a hill
side of a little town called Truche,
stands the famous monastery oi
Grande Chartreuse, unoccupied at
present. There roses bloom the year
round. Permission was given to use
this place for the Belgian children,
and it was rented from the govern
ment by the lied Cross, which sup
plies the funds foi the work, while
the personnel and management are I
provided by the Belgian committee, in
this monastery the Red Cross hopes
to bring back to life and vigor these
children, in whom lies the hope oi ■
Belgium. i
Garden Design.
The most important matter to con- j
sider in every garden Is that of design.
Until this is settled and accepted not a
tree or shrub should be set, und If the i
design be not good no planting, how
ever skillfully done, can make an ut:
tractive garden. There should be com- I
plete harmony between art und utility,
'the garden should be naturul in the
use of plants and not dispose the latter
us one would purely architectural ob
jects, yet It should be a subdued nature
that predominates, for the garden can
not look like a piece of wild nature.
“Off-the-Tray” Service.
Passengers on u Western railroad
who do not cure to go to the dining
car now tuke advantage of wlmt is
known us the “off-the-tray” service ut a i
less erst. Walters, hearing large trays,
pass through the cars, offering various
kinds of sandwiches, also hard-shelled
eggs, fruit, pies, cakes, hot coffee, milk,
etc. The service Is specially intended
for the convenience of women, par
ticularly those who have children with
them.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southfrn
LITTLE ROCK A MONROE RY.j
South
7:45 a. m.Huttig
9:E0a.m Monroe
North
3:59 p. m
2:07 p. mj
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. Farmerville 5:45 p. m
local, t
10:10a.m. Huttig 2:22 p.m.
tArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
ville.
*Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
■ ay from Farmerville and goes tr Mr
roe.
LODGE DIRECTORY.
V, LAM. i OCL L Nc '
>■' i: etts eve. second and fourtr Liatur
aay evenings at 7:30 o'clock. Visiting
Masotv alwavs welcome.
T. B. Weaver W. M.
W. P. Reasons, Sec'y.
hOVARD CH/PTER. No. 122, R. A.
M.—n e. ts every frst 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 Fastern 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 1. 0. 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. W'ilkie 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. Visitors are cor
dially invited.
Mrs. E. S. Etheridge, Guardain.
Mrs. J. C. Bridges, Clerk.
Season’s Greetings
We wish you heartily
the Season’s Greetings
and assure you of
our keen appreciation
of your good will and
patronage
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