EARLY HATCHED i
CHICKENS BEST
Too Much Emphaals Cannot Be Plac
ed Upon the Importance of
Early Hatching.
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HATCH YOUR CHICKENS EARLY
FOR MORE PROFIT
8y H. B. Lansden, Poultry’ SpedaJist,
Agricultural Extension Division,
University of Arkansas.
Early hatched chickens are beet
ind most profitable because the cock
trels are ready for the market when
prices are highest and early hatched
pullets lay when eggs are selling for
the most.
Early Chickens More Vigorous. I
Early hatched chickens give the
'hoar veBiilt* Thev are usually the
strongest and most vigorous be
:ause they are produced from eggs
aid while the hens are in their beat
weeding condition. After a long pe
:iod of laying, hens lose something
if their vitality and their capacity to
transmit vigor to their offspring, and
so late hatched chicks are, as a rule,
iccidedly inferior to early hatched in
,rigor and constitution.
Make Better and Cheaper Growth.
^Because they are more thrirty and 1
tlgtwous, early hatched chickens make
luicker, better and cheaper growth
;han late chickens. Weak and under
sized chickens often consume as much
'eod as much larger and.better de
veloped birds, and still make no per
ceptible growth.
More Healthy.
Karly chickens develop to the stage
where they can withstand extreme
teat and the attacks of parasites,
which are numerous and troublesome
In hot weather. Late chickens are
likely to be caught by severe heat
Just at the stage of their growth
where heat is most debilitating to
them. In their weakened condition
they then become an easy prey 1o lice 1
md mites, their growth is interrupted,
wnd when the cold, wot weather comes
n the fall they are peculiarly sus
ceptible to it and likely to develop
colds, while vigorous early clicks find
he coolness stimulating nnJ are not
njured by the dampness.
Early hatching reduces the risks
due to the vicissitudes of hatching.
When eggs do not hatch well early
n the season there Is time to find the
-eason for poor hatching and correct
t before the season is too far ad
vanced to get reasonably early chicks
n the numbers desired. In that case
poultry production may not be re
luced at all, and egg production is
retarded only a few weeks. When
late hatching is not satisfactory the j
crop of poultry is cut short and egg i
production fails.
Reinember, March, April and May
are the best months in which to
hatch chickens.
TAKE CARE AND FEED THE PIO
PROPERLY FOR BEST RESULTS
By H. K. Sanders, Pig Club Specialist,
University of Arkansas.
Tare and feed are two great factors
in producing pigs; consequently how’
to feed thepigs before weaning should
he well understood. It is (gue that if
pigs are given an opportunity they
will begin to eat when about three
weeks old. For these young animals
.nothing is superior to skim milk mix
ed with shorts. Many farmers have
no skin» milk, and in this case a thin
slop of shorts will be the best thing to
feed until the pigs are from four to
six weeks old. a*er which time the ra
tion should be made up of equal parts
of corn meal and shorts. Those young
animals should not be fed on corn
feeds as skim milk, shorts, pas
ture, oowpeas, soy beans, meal and
peanuts, because they make bone and
muscle.
Weaning the Pigs.
Don’t wean under eight weeks of
age It is better not to wean until 10
or 12 weeks of age. The mother’s
ft»ed at weaning time should be re
duced sp that tlie flow of milk will
be checked. If full feed is continued
when the pigs are weaned, the moth
ers teats and udders are apt to be
ruined. Gains on young suckling pigs
can lx> made as cheap by feeding a
given amount of feed to the mother
as feeding directly to the pigs, yet the
pigs should be accustomed to feeds
before they are taken from the moth
ers. If not fhey are sure to be ser
iously checked in their growth.
Feed what they will readily clean
up of five parts corn meal, five pang
of shorts and one part of tankage or
nine parts of corn meal to one part of
tankage, bran or middlings for young
pigs; and for adult pigs one part tank
age to 11 parts of corn, bran or mid
dlings will balance the rations In the
proper proportion of each to build up
the bone and muscle of the pig. Pigs
i eight to nine weeks old should weigh
1 from 25 to 40 pounds each.
RED CROSS 10 GIVE
FIRST-HAND NEWS OE
CASUALTIES OP WAR
Persons in the Southwest who have
sons, brothers, husbands, lathers and
sweethearts at the front will be espe
daily interested in the announcement
that the American Red Cross has or
ganized a Bureau of Communication at
Washington to give them details of
casualties at the front. The bureau
will supplement in a personal and hu
manitarian way the reports of the Sta
tistical Division of the War Depart
ment, which gives to relatives official!
notice when a soldier is reported
killed, wounded or missing.
The bureau will be ably presided
over by William R. Castle, Jr., for
merly assistant d< an of Harvard Col
lege and editor of the Harvard Grad
uates’ Magazine. The information on
which it will base its reports is gath
ered through a central office in Paris,
under the direction of E. Gerry Chad
wick of New York, aided by the Rev.
Robert Davis of Englewood, N. J., and
30 assistants stationed at the base hos
pitals and rest camps to which sol
diers are generally returned following
important engagements.
The bureau will advise in detail the
nature and extent of the wound, and
will gather evidence from comrades in
arms and at the hospitals and rest
camps regarding those reported "miss
ing.”
Relatives will be given any mrorma
tion of Interest or consolation through
personal letters. It will be possible
for the wounded to send messages In
the same way.
The bureau Is reporting on all cases
that come to its attention. It is prob
able, however, that with the increase
of reports from the front information
will be sent only to relatives request
ing it, except in cases of those impris
oned or reported "missing.”
Through the International Red
Cross office at Geneva, Switzerland,
the list of American prisoners sup
plied officially by the German govern
ment will he sent to the bureau.
TIME TO MOVE.
Old Maid—The moonlight makes
me feel romantic.
City Boarder—Let’s go in the
house.
SAVED HIM THE TROUBLE.
Silas—“Got yer north field plowed
yit?” Reuben—“Yes, a bunch of
amateur golfers went over it yester
day.”—Life.
Better Farming in the South
Will The American Farmer
Kill The Kaiser’s Wolf—Famine
Chas. A. Whittle, Editorial Manager
The farmer can win this war.
Only by famine does the Kaiser hope
to conquer—famine by force of the sub
marine. If the submarine brings Eng
land and France to their knees, beg
ging bread in the humiliation of de
feat, the Kaiser will then turn upon
the United States.
England and France can be saved
from famine by the farmers of the
United States and Canada in spite of
the submarine, if they will. The sub
marine will sink food that England
and France so sorely needs but the
submarine can not sink enough to
starve our allies, if the farmer of the
United States will raise maximum
crops, raise every pound and save ev
cry pound of foods he possibly can.
It’s a fight, therefore, between the
farmer of the United States on the
one hand and the gaunt wolf of the
Kaiser, famine, on the other hand.
If the American farmer can raise
enough to allow for the submarine
toll and enough more food to place
‘‘over there" to feed those who are
fighting, then victory is ours.
But it’s a narrow margin. The
whole world is on the verge of star
vation. If even a normal crop is pro
duced in this country it is not going
to afford enough to feed everybody
Farm Service Bureau, Atlanta, Ga.
dependent upon this country, a full
ration. At best there is going to be
lack. The American farmer must
awaJten to a serious realization that
this is no small task, in fact, it is
only a fighting chance.
If the American farmer will only
realize this, then he must recognize
that every blow he makes must count
, for the utmost. Maximum yields
must be striven for as never before.
This is no time to leave anything
unemphasized that will count for
greater yields. Efficiency must oper
ate with every act on the farm from
breaking the soil deeply to garnering
the crops with a saving hand.
Thorough preparation of the seed
tied may be accomplished with less
labor than is customary, by the use
of labor saving farm machinery.
Liberal and rational applications of
plant food should be made this year.
Partners who never used commer
cial fertilizers before should certain
ly do so now for the nation's sake.
The same modern, labor saving
farm machinery that will enable a
farm hand to plow two rows while
plowing one heretofore—and plow
them better—must be made use of.
It's a hard fight all spring, summer
and fall for the American farmer.
Will he win?
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY
South
8:44 a. m .
10.40 a. m
Leaves
1 1:25 a. r
North
7:00 a. m.
12:20 p. m.
.. . Huttig ...
... Monroe ...
LOCAL. *
. Farmerville
local, f
. Huttig .
North
2:55 p. m
1 ;00 p. m.
Arrives
12:50 p. it.
South
3:24 p. m
4:40 p. m
1:45 p. m.
Huttig
8:17 a.m. Huttig
•Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmerville and goes to Mon
roe.
tArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
ville.
LODGE DIRECTORY.
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. a 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.
C. A. Berry, Secy.
ZEDEKIAH, COUNCIL. U. D.. R. &
S. M Meets every fourth Wednesday
night of each month. Visiting .compan
ions welcome.
C. T. Thompson, T. I. M.
C. A. Berry, 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. R. E. Ebbs, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec’y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 !. O. 0. F.
meets every first and third Tuesday eve
ning. All brethern cordially invited.
A. V. Frost, 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 CAMPNo.411 W.O. W.
meets every first 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.
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WAR SAVING STAMPS
United States Government Baby Bonds
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 pius 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, 1923 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 31st.
The sooner you buy the less they cost.
IThe price of War Savings Stamps is $4.12 to
January 31st and increases one cent a
month until Dec. when price is $4.23.
BUY
War Stamps
NOW
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.
now TO BOV!
As simple as buying postage stamps.
This is the simplest security ever offered by a
government. Any man, woman, 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.
WHY Should I Buy Them?
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
On Sale at First
There Should be
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National Bank and at Postoffice |
1000 Baby Bonds in and Around Huttig h
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