Boys and Girls
Club Work
Eight Studies In Education
Through Club Activities.
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KUITOR’9 * OTIC.
The Extension Division of the Uni
versity of Arkansas. In co-operation
with the United States Department of
Agriculture, will offer this year,
through this paper, a free correspond
'ence course In "Boys’ and Girls' Club
Work,” consisting of eight lessons oe
articles.
BOYS’ AND GIRLS'CLUB WORK
No. 7. Summer Care ef Swine.
By H. K. Sanders. Specialist for Pi*
Club Work.
All swine, including brood sows and
boars, should lire out of doors in the
fresh air during the summer months,
and whenever possible they should be
turned into a new lot, which will be
most apt to be free from contamina
tion or disease, and thus the bogs
will escape intestinal parasites and
other ailments. Swine will do at least
15 per cent better on pasture than
they will if fed in closed pens. Exer
cise makes a strong pig, the lack of
dt a weak pig. With succulent pas
ture feed and a reasonable amount of
grain and plenty of exercise a pig
will develop strong bone, muscle, vig
orous digestive tract and a good con
stitution. However contrary to com
mon practice, it has been demonstrat
ed that pasture alone will not give
the best results; pigs must have some
grain. The mature pig can hardly
subsist on grass and pasture alone,
but good pastures of alfalfa, clover or
r* will more than sustain life.
The following information taken
from Henry’s Feeds and Feedings
will be intei-esting to those growing
swine on pasture and feeding grain
Frof. Henry found that a pig weigh
ing 100 pounds consumed eight-tenths
of a pound of grain and one and slx
tenths pounds of skim milk per day,
and made a gain of one and six-tenths,
and that 25 per cent of the feed given
a pig weighing 100 pounds was used
for maintenance, while the other 75
per cent went to produce daily gain.
With the 200-pound hog 30 per cent
of the feed went for actual mainte
nance and 64 per cent of the fsed
went to produce daily gain. Do not
forget that It Is unprofitable to keep
the pig In the pig pen and feed it
corn and slops alone, because the
farmer can actually buy bacon from
the grocer man cheaper than It can
be produced under such conditions.
Do not depend upon pasture and pas
ture alone; p&Bture and a reasonable
amount of grain will produce beet.
Good shade should be provided, and
runningi water supplied. Well wster
Is preferable, but if the supply comes
from a spring or a brook the farmer
should be sure that it is safeguarded
from contamination. The greater part
af the weight of a hog is water, con
sequently it is very important to see
that he is supplied with plenty of
pure, fresh water during the summer
months.
Provide artificial wallows, made of
cement, that will hold five or six
inches of water. They are much bet
ter than wallow holes, will not spread
disease, afford much comfort, and are
i paying proposition where many pigs
ire kept.
Every hog raiser should practice
keeping his pens, yards and houses
dean at all times. Lice breed in
lusty places, and at least twice a year
there should be a general cleaning of
the feeding places and of the buildings,
lots and pens used for housing hogs
All manure, filth and dirt should be
•craped up and put on the farm,
where it belongs. Then air-slacked
lime should be scattered freely In all
of these places, especially In the
buildings where the hogs make their
beds and at their feeding places. This
sets as a disinfectant. Hogs are un
clean and filthy only when, they ai*e
compelled to be so. They are driven
to it by force of circumstances over
which they have no control, and wnen
lice get on them, all they can do is
to scratch and be annoyed. This
makes it impossible for the hog to
thrive well. How can lice be prevent
ed? The easiest way is to provide an
oiler. To do this, drive a stake into
the ground near the feeding place,
wrap a gunny sack around it, tie it
tightly, so that the sack cannot come
off, and saturate with crude oil and
keep It saturated; the hog will do the
rest. Some people use coal oil mixed
with grease, but if you want to laugh
at and enjoy appreciative hogs, pro
vide a self-oiler for them. But do not
aeglect the simple devices if you can
not provide an automatic oiler.
St*; that plenty of salt, charcoal,
wood ashes, linre, etc., are kept be
fore the hogs at all times. Hogs
crave salt; charcoal acts as a regu
lator, and wood ashes and lime build
hone.
Plan to have plenty of summer le
gumes with which to fatten your hogs
on this fall. One acre of Soy beans
should graze ten pigs weighing 45
pounds each for 40 or 45 days, when
fed one big ear of com each a day,
and at the end of the 40 days the pigs
will weigh about 125 pounds. An acre
of peanuts yielding 40 bushels will
produce 400 pounds of pork, though
It is better to feed an ear or two of
corn per hog per day, as peanuts
alone make soft, flabby pork. One
sere of good cowpeas In corn will
earry three pigs weighing 50 pounds
intil they weigh about 225 pounds,
making a total gain of about 490 oi
M>9 pounds of pork.
One of the most Interesting fea
tures of the recent Democratic con
| vention at St. Louis is the fact that it
j took lovely woman to force the only
roll call demanded on the national
platform, as well as to inspire the
only real excitement that marked the
convention.
“Votes for Women” was the issue
j that stirred up things. The Mexican
plank, nailed in at the last minute by
the platform builders, did not create
a ripple. “Americanism” and "pre
paredness” received polite ovations,
but it remained for the woman suf
; frage plank to start a real fracas.
Headed by Gov. Ferguson of Texas,
: the itntis endeavored to wrench the
suffrage plank from the platform. But
; President Wilson’s feelings on the
subject, as presented to the conven
tion by Senator Walsh of Montana,
were not to be ignored. And so, after
a three-hour battle in which the term
“political expediency” was used with
I telling effect, the antis were routed
j by a vote of 88SV4 to
The vote, however, does not tell the
; real story of the battle, which was
one of the most vigorous and pic
turesque ever staged at a national
Democratic convention. Fifteen wom
en delegates fought from the floor on
the side of the pro-sutlragists, while
hundreds of their sisters waved yel
low pennants and cheered them on
from the balconies. A thunderstorm
that almost drowned out the voices
of the delegates as they answered the
roll call brought both the suffrage
battle and the convention to a most
melodramatic finish.
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THE SUFFRAGE PLANK. *
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"We recommend the extension 4*
of franchise to the women of the +
country by the states upon the +
same terms as to men." ♦
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It was the above little plank that
inspired Gov. Ferguson of Texas to
! mount the platform in the Coliseum
j and read a minority report withhold
ing the party support from the ladies
i who want the vote. That the Demo
I cratle party should scorn the political
i exigencies of the situation and defy
' the 12 western states in which women
vote was the burden of his argument.
Sharing the same opinion with him
were C. L. Bartlett of Georgia,
Stephen B. Fleming of Indiana and
“Jim" Nugent of New Jersey, the old
time enemy of President Wilson. This
trio signed the minority report with
the Texan.
Lined up against Oov. Ferguson,
who acted as spokesman for the mi
nority, were Senator Stone of Mis
souri, Senator Pittman of Nevada and
Senator Walsh of Montana.
Senator Walsh did not mince mat
ters in his argument for the adoption
of the suffrage plank. He stated plain
ly the adoption of the plank was
necessary as a matter of political ex
pediency, adding that the present
political situation in this country wni
a condition and not a theory.
“The states in which women vote
control 91 votes in the electoral col
lege,” he said, adding significantly,
"every political party has declared for
woman suffrage in some way or other.
It becomes a simple question whether
you will Incur the enmity of these
Women.
"Now, my friends," he continued,
"as late as 1907 there ware but two
states west of the Missouri river that
returned Democratic senators and now
we have 15 of them. The question is,
are you ready to surrender the 15
votes you have in the United States
senate and turn them over to your
political enemies?”
In conclusion. Senator Walsh said
that he revealed no secret when he
said President Wilson knew all about
the suffrage plank.
"The president believes It Tital to
his success that it stay In the plat
form,” he said. "I ask you In all the
fervor of my soul, who Is there wiser
or more patriotic than he?"
Following Senator Walsh's speech.
Gov. Ferguson was allowed five min
utes for rebuttal. The vote was then
taken and his minority report voted
down, after which the original suf
frage plank, as approved by the reso
lutions committee was unanimously
adopted.
The Women Delegates.
The presence of the 15 women dele
gates at the Democratic convention
not only added color to the affair, but
changed the views of a number of the
men delegates on the subject of po
litical activity for women. For the
women delegates were a fine, whole
some-looking lot and they fought just
as enthusiastically for the best inter
ests of the party as the men.
Three of them. Miss Mary E. Foy
of California, Mrs. T. S. Talllaferro
of Wyoming, and Mrs. W. A. Harris
of Kansas, spoke before the resolu
tions committee In favor of the suf
frage plank which the National Amer
ican Woman Suffrage Association pre
sented to the convention.
One of the other delegates, Mrs.
i Teresa E. Graham, of Idaho, was nom
j inated by the National Democratic
■ committee to be one of the committee
! that will notify Vice-President Mar
shall of hia nomination.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
For each disease there are a dozen
/“urea that don't.
There are lots of good women in the
world in spite of the men.
A man’s always satisfied to be out
when a bill collector calls.
Truth in a nutshell is not always
wliat it is cracked up to be.
A man usually has to change cars
several times on the road to success.
Some girls have the whine habit
almost as badly as some married
women.
Ever notice how you appreciate the
company of people who admire you?
Money may make the mare go. but
it takes more than that to start a
stubborn mule.
When a man tells a woman she is
all the world to him, she doesn’t blame
him for wanting the earth.
Round Doily Boxes
Instead of the flat case for dollies
that has enjoyed much popularity for
the last few years, one may use a
round box, just big enough to hold the
dollies in question, and an inch or
two high. This box is covered with
cretonne and is both attractive and
convenient.
“BLUFF” DECEIVES NO ONE
Foolish Protonalona of Means Beyond
Command a Stupid Though Moat
Common Fault.
Trying to make people believe that
we possess more than we really do 1b
what keeps most of us in debt.
It Is far better to have a less preten
tious home, and even to entertain less
lavishly than our neighbor, than to be
constantly harassed by collectors
whom we are unable to pay.
It Is a foolish Idea of living which
prompts us to spend more than we
make
It may be that you have never been
thrown out of employment when you
did not have a few dollars ahead.
If not and you are making no prep
aration to meet such a contingency,
the sooner you get some experience
along that line the better.
| The earlier In life you loam the les
son which It teaches, the more profit
able It will be to you, and the effect
j may not be so disastrous as In later
years.
Other men with just as firm hold as
you have lost their jobs, and it is fool
j Ish for you to think that you have a
, life interest in your place. Better be
! prepared for the changes which are
' sure to come to most of us. and never
mind what other folk think about the
way you spend or do not spend.
Be sure, anyway, you are not fooling
them much, for the foolish spender Is
always easy to detect.—Chicago Exam
, iner.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE,
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
LITTLE ROCK * MONROE RY.
South
5:39 a. m
7:40 a. m.
Leaves
1 1:40 a. m.
Huttig
Monroe
LOCAL. *
Huttig
North
2:27 p. m
12 25 p.m
Arrives
12:15 p. m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
FARMERV1LLE A SOUTHERN RY.
North South
5:01 a. m. Huttig 2:55 p. m
4:16 a.m.. Farmerville 4:15 p.m
LOCAL, t
10:10 a.m. Huttig 2:25 pm.
tArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
vitle.
’Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day fcom Farmerville and goes to Mon
roe.
LODGE DIRECTORY.
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. & A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:50 o’clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
L. M. Despain, V/. 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.
L. G. Gibson, H. P.
D. F. Collett, Secy.
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. 0 O. F.
meets every Tuesday evening. Visiting
brethern cordially invited to attend.
W. E. Chadwick. N. G.
Harlan Sehon, Secy.
HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66,
meets every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock
Visitors are invited.
Mrs. Lou Milstead, N. G.
Miss Murray Pilkinton, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 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. W. R. Dickerson. Guardain.
Mrs, C. A. McCormick, Clerk.
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SUGGESTIONS
IF YOU CAN’T GO TO A SUMMER RESORT
YOU CAN BRING ONE TO YOUR HOME
If you have a porch we have the equipment
to transform it into a veritable pleasure park.
And the expense-well, that’s our main
talking point.
A Hammock, a Porch Swing, Porch and Lawn
Chairs and other restful summer articles are.
here waiting to make your hours of leisure
real hours of pleasure.
And there’s not a home that cannot afford
one or more of them at our surprisingly low
figures.
We Also Carry a Complete Line of
THE BLUE FLAME OIL STOVES
WHICH ADD COMFORT IN THE KITCHEN
EARLY BUYING
Means More Service From Your Purchases.
No doubt you intend buying a new suit this
Spring or Summer, but you think you will
wait until real hot weather begins. That
plan, Mr. Man, is a mistake. You cannot pos
sibly wear out one of our suits in a season,
even if you wore it every day, and the eariler
you buy it the longer wear you will get from
it this year. Then too, an unexpected occa
sion may arise any day when you would wish
you had equipped yourself with your new
outfit. Come in at once. You have every
thing in your favor when buying early.
We Handle the Famous
HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX
LINE OF RELIABLE CLOTHES.
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