IRE SMALL GRAINS
SHOULD BE PLANTED
In Order To Crow Such Crops It Is
Important That Caution Be Ob
served as To Varieties Used.
By L. W. Osborn, Assistant Agrono
mist, University of Arkansas.
An increased acreage of small
grains should be planted on all Ark
ansas farms this fall simply because
the world needs more food and is will
ing to pay well for it. However, in
order to grow such crops with safety
and profit it is important that cau
tion be observed relative to varieties
used and culture given. The adapta
tion of winter oats, wheat and rye for
varying conditions should be under
stood, and the proper cereal should be
chosen for the particular conditions
represented.
OATS.
Adapted To a Wide Range of Soils.
Ordinarily for grain production the
winter oat crop is better adapted over
a wider range of soil conditions than
wheat. While It is true that winter
killing of fall seeded oats was com
mon in many fields over the state, es
pecially in the northern half, the past
season, the fact remains that individ
ual farmers In different sections es
caped with a low percentage of win
ter killing. In many instances the
severe winter killing of the crop has
been due to late seeding and to poor
preparation of seed bed.
Seed Early.
Winter oats should bo seeded early
enough in the fall to permit plants to
make a good growth of basal foliage
before cold weather, but not bo early
ns to permit booting to occur. The
most safe date of seeding will vary
from September 25 in northwest Ark
ansas' to about November 10 in south
ernmost sections. It is not wise to
risk failure through delayed seeding.
Plant With a Grain Drill.
Seed should be planted with a
grain drill since plants seeded in a
furrow are better protected from win
ter killing than those seeded broad
cast on the surface. Winter Turf
Oats should be seeded at not less
than two and a one-half bushels per
acre, and the long-hulled strains of
Red Rust Troof at not less than three
or three and one-half bushels per
acre. Broadcast seedlngs should be
Increased at least a half bushel per
acre.
A Good Seed Bed Essential.
Winter oats planted on well drain
ed humus-filled soils comp through
the ■winter, in severe seasons, much
better thfm oats planted on soils in
poor physical condition. A compact
seed bed Is very Important and land
should be broken considerably in ad
vance of the time of seeding, or at
least carefully rolled before the oats
are seeded.
The Best Varieties.
Winter Turf and Culberson varie
ties of oats are most resistant to win
ter-killing. Both varieties are ordi
narily dependable on well drained,
fertile soils in the northern half of
the state. The Red Rust Proof oat
and its different strains—Appier,
Cook, Bancroft, Ferguson 71, and Fu!
ghum, is probably most dependable
for grain production in central and
southern sections of the state.
WHEAT.
A Successful Crop.
Winter wheat has been a very suc
cessful crop in all parts of the state
the past season. The cool, moist
weather which prevailed during the
main period of growth of the crop
was ideal for wheat. Wheat is well
adapted to better soils at least
throughout the northern half of the
state. In southern sections of the
state wheat has yielded well on the
more fertile river bottom soils for
the past three years, and did well on
uplands in 1915 and 1917. Experience
has shown that wheat ordinarily is
not well adapted to the sandy coastal
plain soils, nor to hill soils In general,
which are low in fertility.
Wheat On Every Farm For Flour.
The present food crisis makes it es
sential that more wheat be growm
than ever before and on every Arkan
sas farm at. least a few acres of
wheat should be grown on the most
fertile land for home consumption. It
is essential that good seed and good
cultural treatment be given to insure
success.
Seed At the Right Time.
Wheat is best seeded about the
time of the first killing frost in order
to avoid danger of Hessian Fly. The
time of seeding will vary from Octo
ber 10 In northwest Arkansas to No
vernber 25 in southern sections.
Seeding with a grain drill requires
less seed and usually results In a
more uniform stand, especially dur
ing dry seasons. Five or six pecks
per acre are required with a drill.
Many Varieties Yield Well.
There are a large number of varie
ties which yield well and are well
adapted to the state. Red May, Fultx,
Southern or Alabama Bluestem, Cu*'
rell’s Prolific. and Purple Straw are
good smooth-headed varieties, and
Kulcaster and Diet* are desirable
bearded varieties. Most of these va
rieties are offered for sale by seeds
men. Bulletin 121 on wheat can be
obtained by writing to the Arkansas
Experiment Station, Fayetteville.
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If we noticed little pleasures
As we noticed little pains.
And forgot our losses,
Remembered all our gains—
I-ooked for people's virtues.
Their faults refused to see.
What a comfortable, happy.
Cheerful place this would be.
Inexpensive Dishes.
When nn emergency arises with but
half enough meat to go round, mix it
after chopping fine with equnl parts
of cooked rice, one small onion chopped
and one green pepper. For each pint
add a cupful of canned tomato. Sea
son well and add gravy for moisture
and a tablespoonful of butter. Cover
with crumbs and bake.
Sour milk can be used for so many
delicious foods, spice cakes, dough
nuts, grtddle cakes, waffles, steamed
bread and biscuits. Surely one may
find some dish among these to utilize
the sour milk.
Sour cream with small green onions
sliced into It, salt and pepper added,
is one of the most appetizing of salads.
Children like bread, buttered, sprin
kled with cinnamon and sugar and
browned in the oven. This may lie
used with a cupful of tea when other
cakes are lacking.
Crumb Bread.
When one has on accumulation of
bits of bread 'ft from sandwiches
when entertaining, dry them thorough
ly and put them through the food
chopper. Dissolve a half a yeast cake
in a half cupful of water, add two
cupfuls of warm water, a tablespoon
ful of shortening, a cupful of graham
flour, a teaspoonful of salt, a cupful
and a half of crumbs and enough
white flour to make a very stiff dough.
Let rise, cut down, then, when risen,
place in the tins, let rise again and
bake.
Corn Bread Country Style.
Sift together three-fourths of a
cupful of corn meal, half a cupful of
flour, one-fourth of a cupful of sugar
and half a teaspoonful each of salt
and soda. Beat one egg, add a cupful
of thick sour cream or a cupful of but
termilk or sour milk and three table
spoonfuls of melted shortening and
stir Into the dry Ingredients. Bake in
a shallow pan about 25 minutes.
Delicate Muffins.
Sift together one cupful and a half
of pastry flour, two and one-half table
spoonfuls of baking powder, half a tea
spoonful of salt and one-third of a
cupful of sugar: add three-fourths of
a cupful of milk, three tablespoonfuls
of melted butter and mix well. Bake
in hot, well buttered, Iron pans about
25 minutes.
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Statistical Notes.
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* Rio de Janeiro last year ate 26,
Bollvln has a public debt of
A’ 000,000 pounds of dried beef.
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* aggregate public debt of $73,676,
180,206
220,981
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J 282,146 sheep,
★ 221,146 hogs.
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* Odessa, Russia,
it 185,000 pounds of
J valued
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* Porto Rico will this
horses, 1,
goats and
last year sent
beet seed,
$31,738, to the United
year ex
J port more than 400,000 crates of
*■ pineapples, 90,000 boxes of grape
4 fruit and 7,000 boxes of oranges.
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What Women Are Doing.
New York city now has a motor
brigade composed of women, who will
offer their services to the govern
ment.
Since the war began Italian wom
en have been granted more liberties
tfian they ever had in that country.
Miss Helen Moore of Seattle, Wash.,
Is probably the only nutomobile oil
saleswoman in the United States.
Over 2,000,000 suffragists In the
United States have agreed to take
up farming during the course of the
war.
The recent appearance of Miss
Jeanette Itankin in the senate chamber
in Washington marks the first time
that a woman has ever been accorded
the privilege of the floor of that body.
Mrs. Leo P. F. Wanner lias been
appointed a special officer in Hemp
stead, L. I., because of her success in
trniling burglars, aided by her trained
police dog.
Mrs. B. T. Stotesbury, one of the
wealthiest women in Philadelphia, has
been appointed to the chairmanship of
the war committee of the woman’s sec
tion of the Navy league.
A bill to let French women vote at
municipal elections and serve on mu
nicipal councils has been favorably re
ported by the parliamentary commit
tee on universal suffrage.
Miss Ellen Spencer Mussey, dean of
the Washington College of Law, is di
recting the organization of Washing
ton’s 80 woman lawyers into a bar as
sociation to fight for the rights of
mothers and children. .
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HOW TO FIGURE HORSE POWER
Comparatively Easy Method of Mak
ing Calculation With Any Engine
Is Available.
As an easy method of calculating
horse power the following Is commend
ed :
Where practicable take an Indica
tion diagram which shows the mean
pressure of steam throughout the
stroke. In order to calculate the pres
sure, ten ordinates are usually drawn
across the diagram; the length of
these is measured on a scale repre
senting the pounds per square inch of
pressure. The ten numbers thus ob
tained are added together and the sum
divided by ten; this gives the average
pressure per square inch of steam
throughout the stroke. Calculate the
area of the piston in square inches
from its diameter, and multiply this
by the square inch. This gives the
total pressure exerted on the piston.
Next multiply the number of revolu
tions of the engine per minute by
twice the length of the stroke in feet;
this gives the speed of the piston in
feet per minute; multiply this by the
pressure on it in pounds, and the re
sult is the number of foot pounds of
work done on the piston per minute.
A horse power is reckoned at 33,000
foot pounds per minute, the number
of foot pounds divided by this figure
gives the indicated horse power. A
portion of this, varying from a third
to a fifth, is taken up in overcoming
the friction of the working parts of
the engine; the remainder only is
available for useful work.
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Defiant Idiom.
“It’s me,” is an idiom, says a Har
vard professor, and is allowable. It is
allowable largely for the reason that
we haven’t standing army enough to
suppress it.—Houston Post.
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Another Field.
"You can’t sell me a gold brick.
I’ve bought 20 or more la my time.”
“Exactly, and you therefore need a
container. I’m selling elegant ma
hogany holders with gilt nails. You
sign here."
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 1 st, day of February, 1906.
Union Saw Mill Go.
By F. W. Scott,
Sec", and Treas
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
LITTLE ROCK * MONROE RY.
South North
7:45 a. m.Huttig.5:69 p. m
9:50 a. m.Monroe 2:07 p. mj
local. *
Leaves Arrives
11:25 a. m.. Huttig ... 12:50 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 2:22p.m.
fArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
ville.
* Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmerville ami goes to Mon
roe.
10DGE 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.
ZEDEK1AH, 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 1. O. O. F.
ijieets 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. 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.
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We carry at all times a large and
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