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EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
VOLUME 6
McCRORY,
ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1921
NUMBER 49
FARMERS’ SCHOOL
Fayetteville, June 24.—Con
tests in making buttonholes
and in patching and darning,:
open to all girls in Arkansas
between the ages of 10 and 18
years, will be held during
the Farmers’ Short Course at
the College of Agriculture,
University of Arkansas at
Fayetteville, August 16, 17
and 18. The contest will be
conducted by the home dem
onstration agents of the Agri
cultural Extension Division,
Universityof Arkansas.
In the buttonhole contest,
three kinds of buttonholes will
be made, a plain buttonhole
with both ends fan-shaped, a
buttonhole with a bar at both
ends and a buttonhole with
one end barred and one end
fan-shaped. Three kinds of
buttons will be used also.
The material that will be
used in the patching contest
will be two pieces of checked
or striped gingham, one five
inches square and one three
inches square to match. The
stocking darn will be made in
the darning contest.
In the buttbnhole contest
the girls will be scored on the
following: Shape of button
hole, neatness of stitches,
smoothness of buttonholes,
size of buttonhole and general
appearance of the model, j
Patching and darning will be
scored on accuracy in main-j
taining pattern smoothness of
finish, neatness of stitches andj
general appearance of models. I
The prizes to be awarded to 1
the winners in these two con
tests will be a gold thimble for
first prize, a silver thimble for
second prize and a pair of!
buttonhole scissors for third!
prize.
joesiaes inese two contests, \
a team of club girls from each j
county having a home demon
stration agent, will compete in
contests in canning and judg
ing canned products, poultry
and bread.
The contests for the girls
is only one of the many val-;
uable features of the Farmers’!
Short Course. The short
course will be held for four I
days beginning on August 16
and ending August 19. The
short course is for the entire
farm family. Farmers and
their wives will both be given
interesting and helpful in
struction during the week.
The farm boys will hold live
stock judging contests. One
of the important subjects for
the week will be the market
ing of farm products.
Mrs. A. L. Neeley returned
this week to her home in Little
Rock after a pleasant visit
here with Miss Pauline McFall.
Mrs. Will Mathis and little
daughter, Charlotte, returned
Sunday to their home in Mem
phis, after a visit! to Mrs. L. L.
Cole at Howell.
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1 he b ordson will run your threshing machine
—and at the most opportune time for you. It
will operate the milking machines, saw your
wood, fill your silo, pump the water, and take
care of every kind of belt work—
And don’t forget—it will plow six to eight
acres in a ten hour day, handling two plows
with ease.
Thus the Fordson is the ideal year-round trac
tor. It will pay for its fall and winter keep in
many ways.
There’s a big story to tell you about the Ford
son—and a true one—come in and get the facts.
Or, if you prefer, telephone or drop us a card
and we will bring them to you.
RIGGS BROTHERS McCrory, Ark.
WILL DRILL FOR OIL
EAST OF McCRORY
Ex-Sheriff W. R. Cain of
Augusta was in McCrory last
week and informed us that he
will let a contract within a
short time to drill for oil at
Morton which is only six miles
east of McCrory.
Mr. Cain has 11,000 acres
of land leased in Townships'
Seven and Eight, Range One, |
West. His contract will call
for drilling operations to be
gin within thirty days, he,
said. 1
CLAY-NEELEY
Married: Mr. Walter Clay,
60, of Bald Knob, and Mrs.
Mary Neeley, 30, of Tip, Mon
day, June, 20, 1921, at the
home of the officiating minis
ter, Rev. J. C. Crittenden, of
Tip. Mr. and Mrs. Clay will
make their home at Bald
Knob.
Mrs. Jack Trice of Cotton
Plant is the guest of Mrs. J.
W. Morris of DeView.
"It is a mistaken idea that
hogs cannot be safely shipped
during the hot months,” says
Mr. Reid. “The hazard is not
as great as it is during the
winter months and the aver
age loss in transit is not so
great. Temperature changes
between southern and north
ern points, the probability of
running into a blizzard en
route, and the excessive cold
makes the dangers from win
ter shipping the more hazard
ous.”
Certain precautions which
should be taken m shipping
hogs in summer, are pointed
out by Mr. Reid. The hogs
should be handled carefully
and should not be chased by
dogs while being assembled
for market. They should be
hauled to the station in wag
ons with cotton frames and
without top covering to cut off
the circulation of the air and
such hauling be done at night
or in the cooler part of the
day.
j. ne pens iiilu wiiicii tne
hogs at the railroad are un
loaded should be provided
with plenty of fresh water and
good shade. The cars should
be bedded with sand and this
should be wet down before
loading the hogs. The car
should be loaded lightly so that
the hogs will have plenty of
room in the car.
If heavy fat hogs are loaded,
sacks of ice should be sus
pended from the roof of the
car. The spray from the ice
will keep the hogs cool.
About six sacks containing 50
pouAis of ice each and dis
tributed at about equal dis
tances along the car will be
sufficient.
Bob Bright, col., age about
40 years, who was accidental
ly shot last week and who
was carried to Little Rock
where the wounded limb was
amputated at the knee, died
Sunday afternoon, June 19,
1921. The remains were
shipped to McCrory for burial.
FALL LITTERS CATCH
HIGH MARKET PRICES
High time on the hog mark
et usually comes from July to
September, the time when pigs
from the 'fall litters of the
previous year should be ready
for market. The summer
season is a time when a little
extra cash can usually be
used to advantage on the
farm. The sows which have
produced spring litters should
be bred to produce fall litters
of pigs for this market an
other year.
While the hot dry months
are not the best months for
feeding hogs, it may be profit
able under present conditions,
to feed some for the summer
market, according to T. Roy
Reid, live stock specialist of
the Agricultural Extension
Division, University of Arkan
sas.
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Fordson”
The Fordson Tractor is taking much of the
drudgery out of farm life; it is solving the labor
problem; it is reducing the cost of preparing
land by almost one half of what it was with
horses; and it is saving one third to one half
of the farmer’s time; and making farm life
more attractive.