THE HOME NEWS
Published every Friday at McCrory, Ark.
WALTER W. RANEY, Ed. and Pub
Subscription $1.00 per Year in Advance.
Entered as second-class mat
ter August 26, 1915, at the post
office at McCrory, Ark., under
the Act of March 3, 1879.
Friday, June 23, 1916.
New Independence Day.
The cotton farmers of the South j
will do well to look forward to a;
new independence day, a day [
when they can be independent
because out debt of for the family
maintenance. Why not- name
October 1st as the new indepen
dence day and look forward to
the time when every cotton far
mer will owe no man anything on
that day and be able to hold his
cotton until he gets ready to sell
it instead of being obliged to de
liver it on a certain day because
it really belongs to someone else?
The cotton farmer who has a
good garden and who grows feed
for his stock and has eggs, poul
try or pigs or something to sell
all during the summer and can
be out of debt on October 1st
and with a little money in the
bank can rightfully think of it as
a new Independence Day. Let
us keep on working for greater,
prosperity among all farmers un
til we have everybody to celebrate
October 1st as a new Indepen
dence Day. When all Arkansas
cotton farmers can hold their
cotton and market it when they
please, better prices will be main
tained. Let the buyers sit on
the “anxious wagon.” The
Farmers’ Union has hammered
for years for a “slower market
ing” The Extension Forces for
the University of Arkansas and
U. S. Department of Agriculture
are working to the end that all
farmers may be able in a few
years to celebrate October 1st as
Independence Day, or Emancipa
tion Day.
Goats And Sheep.
Arkansas could well afford to
introduce in the next ninety days
a million goats and half as many
sheep. *Of course it would be
impossible to get'that many but
Dean J. H. Miller of the Exten
sion Division of the University
of Arkansas and U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture believes a
golden opportunity for Arkansas.
Wool is higher than for many,
many years, 38 to 42 cents per
pound, and sheep will be profit
able for a long time. They are
worth their keep as cleaners.
Goats are worth buying for clean
ing up the thousands of acres of
hill and timber lands and getting
them ready for sheep and for
the seeding of grasses and clov
ers. The young and the clips
from the goats and the sheep
will return a good profit. It
will pay farmers to look into the
sheep and goat business now.
Write for information.
Timely Bulletins.
Sweet potatoes, Crimson Clov
er, Alfalfa, Sweet ^ Clover,
Vetches, Soy Beans, Bur Clover,
Liming Soils, Home Made Silos,
Canning Peaches. These will
be sent free on application to
Director Cooperative Extension
Service, Old State House, Little
Rock, or Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Tom J. Terral has been ap
pointed assistant secretary of the
Democratic State Central Com
mittee, but has not vet indicated
his acceptanae. He will announce
his decision before the -Commit
tee meets the latter part of this
month.
The McCrory Bakery!
Sanitary Bread, Pies and
Cakes.
Barbecued Meats and
Cold Drinks.
T. M. GRAHAM
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Whipporwill Peas
For Sale
| Planters Mercantile Co. (
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Eat!
Eat! Eat! Eat!
Cram! Cram! Cram!
Always a-eatin’ sumpin’ v
Fish eggs, ham!
Stuff! Stuff! Stuff!
Jam! Jam! Jam!
Everywhere a fellow goes
They’re eatin’ pie and lamb!
Poke! Poke! Poke!
Push! Push! Push!
People never seem to rest
A-jamin’ in the “crush.”
| Shove! Shove! Shove!
Force! Force! Force!
Eatin’ ALL the time—
Eatin’ ’til they’re hoarse!
Slam! Slam! Slam!
Quick! Quick! Quick!
I Hurry up and get it down
Then feel sick!
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!
Pack! Pack! Pack!
Eat on ’til some day
They’ll free ride a hack!
—N. E. Wherry.
Bushels of Corn Per Acre.
From five to six inches of
water should be sufficient to
mature a forty bushel crop of
corn. Arkansas has from forty
five to fifty inches of rainfall each
year, enough if conserved to
make eight to nine crops of corn.
In spite of this over-abundance
of water we every year find corn
suffering for lack of moisture
and hear the complaint on every
hand that the corn is light and
chaffy because'of the drought.
The soil is our store house for
moisture. If the water from
the recent hard rains is to be
held for the benefit of the corn
crop, cultivation must be done
just as soon as the soil will do to
wuitt.. in ten ua,ys euiuvaieu
again and in dry weather don’t
fail to cultivate every ten days
until the crop is almost mature.
For cultivating corn or cotton
after the grass and weeds are
under control, two trips for each
row is two expensive. Shallow
cultivation, one trip to the row,
can be made just as effective for
saving moisture. The one-horse
or seven shovel cultivator with
small sweeps instead of the out
side shovels do splendid work on
all types of soil. The spring
tooth harrow, sometimes called
the “Gee Whiz,” is good. Even
the A harrow, adjusted to fit the
middle, is used to good advan
tage. One trip to the row, cheap
but effective, usually leaves the
land in much better condition.
Level, shallow cultivation is
cheapest and safest in the opin
ion of the Extension forces of
Arkansas.
Screen doors, windows, wire
and hinges at H. T. Raney’s.
We are not buying junk iron
until furthur notice. Riggs
Brothers. Adv. 6-16 tf.
Signally Honored.
At the closing exercises of the
University of Arkansas recently
an unusual event occured, the
full significance of which appar.
ently escaped the keen witted cor'
respondents who reported the
exercises. The degree of LLD
was conferred upon State Super,
intendent of Public Instruction
George B. Cook and Dean R. R
Miller, head of the Department
of Education of the University of
Missouri. The bestowal of this
degree is an honor highly covet
ed by public men and is a mark
of distinguished ability. The
ceremony, which was very im.
pressive, took place in the Uni
versity chapel. This is the first
time the degree has been con
ferred at Fayetteville since
George B. Rose of Little Rock
was similarly honored some
years ago.
Rev. J. Murrey Taylor will
fill his regular appointment here
Thursday and Friday nights,
June 29 and 30. All are cordially
invited.
Honey For Sale.
I have a large supply of first
class, No. 1 honey for sale. Price
eight and one third cents per
pound. Call or write J. M. Al
ford, Grays, Ark. Adv. 2t.
Wealthy people who are able
to send their chilnren to college
will perhaps be indifferent on the
subject of Amendment No. 12.
It is the people of moderate
means, the great majority, “the
salt of the earth/’ who will be
vitally affected if this effort to
provide more and better schools
fails. >
ANY MAKE OF
PLOW STOCKS
delivered on short notice
and guaranteed perfect
T. E. DYE
Cullum’s Barber Shop
Everything to be found^ at
a. First-class Tonsonal
Parlor
Bring us Your Laundry
Feed, Lumber, Coal
Shingles, Doors, Rubber
Roofing, Paints, Brick an
Lime.
Corn, Oats, Chops, Hulk
and Meal.
H. D. SWAYZE