Present Indications Are That 1917
Crop Will Be No Better Than
Crops of Two Previous Years.
By W. E. Ayres, University of Arkan
sas Experiment Station.
The world must have cotton. Dixie
furnishes about 57 per cent of the
world’s supply. The production of this
staple in the South was about 20 per
cent below normal in both 1915 and
1916. Present indications are that the
1917 crop will be no better than the
crops of the previous twd years. The
reserve supply will be practically ex
hausted before the 1917 crop is on the
market. Our country and our allies
will in all probability demand thirteen
and one half million bales from this
country next year. There is every
reason to believe now that the crop
can not, with best of care and favor
able weather, be made to reach this
figure, and there surely is not the
slightest chance of producing a sur
plus. The prices for all products of
the cotton plant will undoubtedly be
satisfactory.
Must Produce a Maximum Crop.
The present cotton crop has been
late from the start, and has improved
very slowly. Its condition is now
much below normal. The boll weevil
has begun his work in many sections,
and will do his “bit” to curtail produc
tion. It is imperative, therefore, that
Arkansas farmers use every known
economical resource in stimulating
growth and bringing the per acre pro
duction to the maximum. The South
must well nigh clothe the soldiers
and the civilian population of both
this country and the Entente, in addi
tion to supplying them with fibre for
high explosives for their armies and
navibs.
Why Arkansas Should Be Greatest
Cotton State.
Our state can, for two reasons, help
more In making good the shortage
than can the average Southern state.
In the first place, we are not so de
pendent upon the supply of potash
salts which can no longer be obtained
as are many of our sister states which
have greater areas of Coastal Plains
soils which are deficient in potash. In
the 'second place, our climate Is such
that a larger percentage of our heavy
cotton producing areas is not yet suf
ftcientVy Infested with boil weevil to
curtail production materially.
Shallow Cultivation Essential.
Shallow cultivation often enough to
keep .down weeds and grass and pre
serve a mulch is always to be recom
mended, but it is “essential to the na
tion’s welfare” this year. For the
sake of economy of labor a two-horse
cultivator should be used until the
plants are too large, after which a
large scrape—heel sweep—behind a
short shovel is perhaps best for mulch
ing and destroying undesirable vegeta
tion.
Early Laying By Must Be Avoided.
Early laying by is especially to be
avoided this summer. Cotton is very
late, and should be cultivated prop"
erly until late into August, unldss the
plants are locking in the middles.
Grass and weeds in cotton mean loss
in three ways: (1) They reduce the
yield by using plant food and water
which would otherwise be used by the
cotton plants; (2) they increase the
Cost of picking by becoming entangled
with tee cotton, causing the burrs to
rot, and by hindering in general the
progress of the pickers; (3) cotton
grown amongst weeds and grass al
ways carries more tinges, stains and
trash and has a poorer general ap
pearance than cotton grown in a prop
erly cultivated field. Such cotton is
graded lower and is bought at a lower
price than that which is produced un
der more favorable conditions. The
loss to the state from laying by too
early can reach five or six million
dollars without receiving any partic
ular attention. This leak in the
"profits bag” should be stopped.
KEEP SEED FROM WEEVIL8.
Farmers who have saved seed sub
ject to weevil attacks should be sure
to keep them free from these pests.
To control these, Professor Geo. G.
Becker of the University of Arkansas
recommends the use of one part by
weight of air slaked lime to two
parts by weight of the grain or seed.
The seed must be kept in the lime
from the time it is stored until ready
to plant.
Carbon Bisulphide.—Those who pre
fer to do so may use carbon'bisulphide
instead of the air slaked lime. To use
the carbon bisulphide, fill ar. air tight
barrel (50 gallons capacity) to within
about four inches of the top with the
grain to be treated. Then pour over
the top of the grain about one-half cup
of carbon bisulphide and cover at
once with a heavy canvas to hold the
fumes in place. Allow the cover to
remain on for about 24 hours, then re
move. Where only small quantities
of seed are to be treated, use one tea
spoonful to each gallon of grain or
one-fourth teaspoonful to each quart
of grain. All fumigation should be
done when the temperature is about
70 degrees F. The fumes of the solu
tion are very Inflammable, bo do not
have fire, such as lighted lamp, laa
tern, a pipe, etc., aroun4.
“Maidie, what put this silly idea of
working hi your uncle's office into
your head?" asked her mother.
“Oh, who knows hut I might write
a ‘best seller’ some day with a work
ing girl for a heroine?” retorted
Maidie smilingly.
“If Hudson has any jobs open that
call for unskilled labor,” said her
father, “run along; it will do you no
harm.”
“Uncle Jud’s letter says that he’s
game to give me a chance to make
good,” said Maidie. “He says his til
ing department is managed by a wo
man who has three assistants and
that I may come and fill a vacancy
that will occur next week, and he
won’t let on to a soul that I’m re
lated to him. Won’t It be fun?”
When Maidie entered upon her of
fice duties the next week she found
everything of interest, in the big of
fice^ of her uncle’s wholesale shoe
business.
“Miss Mason,” said the head filing
clerk to Maidie toward the end of
the second week, “the advertising
manager is going to send one of his
assistants over here to look through
all orders received from ten large ac
counts in the Middle West since his
advertisements came out in the farm
papers, and I wish you to help find
the orders. Here comes the young
man now. Mr. Webster, Miss Mason
will help you to find the orders and
to tabulate the information you
want.”
I'or an hour or more Maidie and
the young man worked away without
a word.
“What a lot of people wear two
dollar shoes,’’ said Maidie, after a
sly peep at the modish shoes worn
by her co-worker and a satisfied
glance at her own six-dollar pumps.
“And what a lot of money this firm
spends advertising them!” said young
Webster. “Five thousand dollars for
a farm paper campaign! At twenty
fidb cents’ profit ou one pair It would
take four puirs to net one dollar and
twenty thousand pairs to net five
thousand dollars. And think what a
fellow could get besides two-dollar
shoes with the forty thousand dollars
those twenty thousand pairs would
cost."
“For instance?”' Maldle’s inquiry
was born of her Interest to know
what such an alert young man would
fancy.
“Oh, a peach of a car and enough
to invest in the business here to hope
to draw more than fifteen per.”
“A personal telegram for you, Web
ster,” called out a clerk, pointing out
to a waiting messenger boy. Webster
received the message, opened and read
it, and started to purse his lips for
another whistle, but refrained.
“I believe you’ve been a mascot,
Miss Mason; for this is royal good
news. It begins to look as if my ship
is coming in. Will you continue as
mascot by wishing me well on a jour
ney this telegram asks me to make?”
“Certainly, if you’ll promise not to
snub me next time we meet.”
“Please don’t take me for a cad,
but it may be many weeks before 1
return.”
“Ily that time I shall have lost my
job, for Miss Giles is glaring at me
this minute.” Maidle looked up with
a naive smile. “If she turns me off,
will you take me as a deckhand when
your ship comes in?”
“Agreed!” said young Webster, ex
tending his hand.. “Goodbye.”
Maidie found the daily repetition
of the same work becoming so monot
onous thut she decided to join her
mother at the seashore the following
week.
“Came to your senses too late to
meet the catch of the season,” said
her mother. “Captain Ware’s nephew,
to whom the old captain left his big
fortune, has been here.”
“Did he open up that queer old
cottage next door to Aunt Mary’s?”
“Yes, and was in and out of your
Aunt Mary’s house quite informally,
she having been one of the few
friends here of his eccentric uncle,
“Since I missed him, I’ll make
amends by going at once to see Aunt
Mary,” laughed Maidle.
As she entered the flower garden
in the rear of her aunt's cottage, Maid
ie fell into a reverie from which she
was awakened by a step on the gravel
walk. ■ Looking up, she met the sur
prised eyes of young Webster.
Miss Mason! What gcod fortune
brings you here?”
“The good fortune of having Mrs.
Warren for my aunt.”
“And it’s my good fortune to have
her for a neighbor since my ship
came in and brought me the house
next door as part of a legacy from
my uncle. Do you remember our
agreement about there being a place
for you on my ship?”
“As a deckhand?” Maidie smilingly
glanced at her dainty summer gown.
“Not as deckhand, but as mate and
mascot all in one, and no uniform
| could be more perfect than that you
I now wear. Will you accept the com
| mission?”
“I'll consider it,” said Maidie. “But
hadn’t we better let Aunt Mary in
troduce us properly?”
“Fate did that a week ago in your
uncle's office, but if the conventions
must be observed, let’s have it over as
soon as possible so that we may begin
1 to plan for our cruise together.”
For answer Maidie led the way to
j her aunt’s front veranda.
' (Copyright, 1916, by the McClur# Newspa
'per Syndicate.)
4
MORAL INERTIA IS TO BLAME
Often Responsible for Failure to Llv*
the Kind of Life That One Really
Wants to Live.
How difficult it is to live up to our
good resolutions we all know from
experience, but a fact that we do not,
as a rule, take into consideration is
that moral Inertia is as much respon
sible for this condition as Is tempta
tion in its varied forms. Granted that
we have the desire to lead good lives
and that we prefer that our thoughts
should run in clean, clear channels
rather than in muddy, murky ones we
do not always have the moral strength
necessary to put these desires into ef
fect, observes the Charleston News
and Courier. We believe, perhaps, that
we are stronger than we really are and
that although we may already be
launched upon a dangerous sen we can
make a safe haven at will. That we
often misjudge our power of accom
plishment in this direction, however,
is not to be denied as circumstances
demonstrate when we make the at
tempt to seek refuge from the dangers
that threaten us. On the other hand,
we can gather strength from our trials
and unhappy experience If we will,
notwithstanding the blows they deal
and the discouragement they prompt.
Others have accomplished the feat in
the past and still others will accom
plish it in the future, and these
thoughts alone should encourage those
of us at the present who are stagger
ing under heavy burdens and fighting
unhappy handicaps to make a winning
race.
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pay $50.00 as a reward to any
one, not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
person shall be convicted of depre
dating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company. .
This 1st, day of February, 1 906.
Union Saw Mill Co. *
By F. W. Scott,
Sen", and Treas
Warning Order.
In Union Chancery Court,
Minnie Ryan, Plaintiff,
vs
T. H. Ryan, Defendant.
The defendant, T. H. Ryan, is warned
to appear in this court within thirty days
and answer the complaint of the plaintiff.
Minnie Ryan. This June 15. 1917.
A. D. Murphy,
Chancery Clerk.
By L. Brut, Deputy
Chancery Clerk.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE,
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
LITTLE ROCK A MONROE RY.
South North
7:45 a. m.Huttig.3:59 p. m
9:60 a. m Monroe 2:07 p. rn
local. *
Leaves Arrives
11:25 a. m..Huttig . .. 12:30 p.m,
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
karmerville a'southern ry.
North South
5:22 a. m. Huttig 2:32 p. m
7:21 a. m. . Farmerville 5:45 p. m
local, f
10:10a.m. Huttig 2:22p.m.
fArrives Monday, V/ednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
ville.
‘Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmervillaand goes to Mon
roe.
LODGE DIRECTORY.
ROWLAND LODGE No. 694 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. O. 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. 4 1 1 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..
'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. —
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