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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, Aug. 11, 1916.
Democratic Nominees
For Governor—
C. H. Brough
For Congressman—
T. H. Caraway
For Prosecuting Attorney—
P. R. Andrews
For Sheriff—
Alex McGregor
For Circuit Clerk—
L. W. WlNFREE
For County Clerk—
Walter Jimerson
For Treasurer—
Roy Mitchell
For County Judge—
A. L. Hutchins
For Representative—
Ross Mathis
For Assessor—
Edgar Miller
For Road Overseer—
J. L. Bronte
jAmendment No. 12 is a non
partisan measure and is being
supported by all political parties.
As we have before stated, un
less Amendment No. 12 |s adopt
ed, hundreds of schools in Ark
ansas will not be able to operate
next year.
The women of the state are
taking an active interest in
Amendment No. 12 and are do
ing some splendid work in the
way of educating the voters on
the subject.
People will not remaining in
a community which has few or
inadequate school facilities. If
Amendment No. 12 is adopted,
every district in the state can
provide ample schools.
One of the large lumber com
panies of the state formally re
quested all of its employes recent
ly to vote for Amendment No.
12 and stated at the same time
that they would consider its
adoption as a master piece of
legislation looking to the devel
opment of Arkansas.
The friends of Amendment No.
12 are elated over the fact that the
Farmer’s Union in state conven
tion has endorsed this educa
tional measure, and they now
freely predict that it will be
adopted at the November elec
tion. The Arkansas branch of
the American Federation of La
bor long since set its seal of ap
proval on Amendment No. 12,
which, like No. 13, is a local op
tion measure.
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| We Pay Highest Cash Prices |
; For Your Produce .
Hens, per pound,.09
Cox, per pound, ..,..06
Broilers 1 to 134.18
Fryers 1% to 2 lbs.15
Stags 2 to 834 lbs.10
Geese, each,.... .. ..25
Dux, per pound,..08
Old Gobblers.1234
Tow Sacks, each,.02
Fresh Eggs, per dozen, ..10
Cow Hides, per lb.10
Horse Hides, each-2.00
Turkeys, per pound,.14
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McCrory Feed & Produce Co.
LL. W. STURDIVANT, Manager. Phone No. 26 g
The Tick’s Tax on Dairies.
There is a not uncommon idea
that if a cow does not die from
Texas fever, the cattle tick is
doing it no harm. Native cattle
it is asserted, are immune to the
tick. There could be no greater
mistake. Cattle may become
immune to the fever but none of
them ever becomes immune to
the loss of the blood that the tick
sucks out With steers this loss
means reduced weight and lower
prices; with dairy cows it means
smaller milk production ana cor
respondingly smaller profits.
Government tests conducted
simultaneously, under identical
conditions, with ticky and tick
free herds show that ticks reduce
the milk flow from 18 to 42 per
cent, the exact amount depend
ing, of course, upon the severity
of the infestation. Translate
this statement into dollars and
cents and the true meaning of
the tick to the dairy industry
becomes obvious.
Let us assume that a man owns
a herd of twenty cows each of
which, under normal conditions,
yields eight quarts a day and that
he can sell the milk for five cents
a quart. His gross revenue then
is $8 a day from his herd. If a
few ticks are allowed to feed
upon his cows and their produc
tion is cut down 18 per cent, his
gross revenue is only $6.55 a day.
If each cow is milked on an aver
age 200 days in the year, his an
nual gross revenue is lowered
from #1,600 to $1,310. This is
the minimum loss from the tick.
If the infestation is very heavy
and the production lowered 42
per cent the revenue is cut from
$1,600 to $930-a loss of $670 a
year.
This loss is absolute; there is
no reduction in the cost or labor
of feeding to offset it. Neither is
it possible to overcome it by in
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“Cowscarrying ticks,” says the
government report of the tests,
“did not increase their flow of
milk when the feed was increas
ed as did’the tick-free cows.”
In other words, the feed went
to the ticks and not to the cows.
The practical experience of
the people confirms the conclu
sions of the government investi
gators. In the tick-infested sec
tions of the South dairying is
not an important industry. The
farmer may cling, if he wishes,
to the delusion that the tick is
harmless on immune cattle, but
he is not likely to put faith to
the test by investing in dairy
cows. He knows from his own
and his neighbors* experience
that they will make little money
for him. On the other hand,
where the tick has been eradicat
ed, dairying is coming more and
more into favor. Silos are being
built, pure-bred stock is being
introduced, the herds are getting
better, they are being cared for
and they are paying better.
For Sale
OneF. P. Gas Light Outfit
for store building. This outfit
has been used only a short time,
almost as good as new, will sell
at a bargain. Address:
The Fair Store,
Adv. Augusta, Ark.
Screen doors, windows, wire
and hinges at H. T. Raney’s.
Lost: Parker fountain pen,
hexagon shape, with my name
on same. Finder please return
to me and receive reward.
Jacob M. Arnof. Adv.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DR. G. F. MAYNARD
. Licensed Deputy State
Veterinarian
AUGUSTA, ARKANSAS
Sick and emergency calls answered
Promptly
B. BREWSTER
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office phone 39, Residence 16
Office in rear of Farmers &
Merchants Bank building.
H. P. HARGIS
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Phone No. 49
Calls answered day or night.
J. H. WEST
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Calls answered promptly
day or night.
Grays, Arkansas
Earle L. Kittrell
Veterinarian
HERE FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH
MONTH.
G. W. BARBER
NOTARY PUBLIC
AND INSURANCE
Feed, Lumber, Coal
Shingles, Doors, Rubber
Roofing, Paints, Brick and
Lime.
Corn, Oats, Chops, Hulls
and Meal.
H. D. SWAYZE