HE NEWARK JOURNAL
Published Weekly
BY THh JOURNAL POINTING CO
GOOD BUILDING FOR PIGEONS
It Costs From $1.25 to $1.75 Per Peir
for Construction of Pen, Including
Fittings.
A gable roof building Jl) to 15 foot
wide, 0 feet from the flo®Jo the eaves,
and 8 to 9 feet to th>‘ «W?o makes a
good pigeon house. A pen 8 by 9 fSht
will accommodate 25 pairs of pigeons,
while 40 pairs may be kept in a pGn
8 by 18 feet. The necessary floor space
to allow per pnir varies from 2*4 to 3
square feet, according to the size of the
pen, as a pair* of birds requires less
floor space In large than in small pens.
From 20 to 75 pairs of pigeons may be
kept to advantage in each pen. It cosi»
from $1.25 to $1.75 a pair to construct
pigeon houses. Including interior fit
tings and a small outside pen or fly
way.
Fittings should tie as simple as pos
sible and easy to clean. Two nest
boxes should lie provided for each pair
of pigeons, and there should be some
extra nests. The nest boxes are usual
ly about 12 luches square, yet some
breeders prefer this width and height
i.
Arrangement of Nest Boxes.
with a depth of 15 to IS incites. Egg
or orange crates may be used for nests,
but they are difficult to keep clean and
less desirable than nests made with
one-inch boards. A good method cf
construction is to use lumber 12 inches
wide for the floor of the nests, arrang
ing each iloor so that it will slide on
cleats and cun be easily removed und
cleaned. The nests are usually built in
tiers against the rear wall of the pen,
extending from the floor to 7 or S feet
high, but they may also bo placed on
the side walls. All partitions should
be solid to the top of the nests, but it
is advisable to use wire uettlug above
the nests for ventilation.
PRODUCING EGGS IN WINTER
First Essential Is Hen Bred for That
Particular Purpose—Proper Feed
ing Is Important.
If you want winter eggs the ilrst es
sential is a hen tliut is bred for win
ter lnylng. This character of winti#
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MUNtT IN SUNFLOWER SEEDS
In Demand in England for Manufac
ture of 0!i—Brightens Plumage
of Various Fowls.
There is n possibility that the sun
flower will be included among our
regular field crops and that instead of
struggling for a place in the rear end
of the garden It will be carefully cul
tivated and harvested for sake of Its
seed.
From England there comes the re
port that a big demand exists for the
seed from which to manufacture oil.
It has long been recognized that the
plant Is both hardy and productive and
If a means of utilizing the seed could
be discovered it would take rank with
the gratus. Poultry keepers have set
a certain value upon the seed for keep
ing heus in condition and brightening
the plumage.
It has even been claimed that the
stalks could be preserved In a silo like
corn fodder un i make a rich food for
cattle. In neither case, however, has
any wide field of usefulness been
found.
FOR EXTRA EARLY POTATOES
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Plan Outlined for Working Small
Patch Before Danger of Spring
Frosts Has Passed.
For extra early potatoes, manure
heavily a few rows in the hill and
cover with an ineli or two of manure,
then cover all with four or five inches
of soli.
In this maimer a small patch may
be planted without danger before the
spring frosts ore past, and new po
tatoes will be coming on before etfwr*
think of having any.
“Disarm.” says the Pope. By nil
means, but ir ; ke the other follow
disarm first. He started it.
HOW 10 MAKE YOUR
COTTON GRADE UP
Must Be Harvested Promptly and
Handled Promptly To Get
Top Price.
ny W. E. Ayres, Arkansas Expert
mont Station.
Now that the cotton crop iB practi
cally ruude it is necessary that it ho
harvested promptly and handled
properly. Cotton Is sold on the best
markets on the basis of its grade.
Quality of lint, color, amount of trash
and dirt, tinges and stains, and gin
cute are the factors which determine
the grade of a cotton sample. The
highest grades are produced by cotton
from the first picking if this picking
is done at the proper time and with
proper care.
Three Pickings Necessary.
If (he cotton crop is to be harvested
in the best condition at least three
pickings are necessary. Picking
should be begun as soon as a good
picker can pick 125 pounds per day.
A second picking should be made
when three-fourths to five-sixths of
the crop is open. A third picking
should he made before tbe frosted
“top rvop” opens. Tbe frosted cot
ton should be harvested but should
never be mixed with tbe superior cot
ton of earlier harvests. Tbe same Is
true of faulty bolls and locks and
weathered cotton from the ground
Have Clean Cotton.
To pick cotton free from trash re
quires more labor than to merely
"gather'’ it, und all unnecessary trash
Hhould ls> avoided. Clean cotton pro
duces a better grade and therefore
cjtrtio hm «» im net
ferlor cotton with cotton of hotter
quality always mean loss. This loss
is variable, but may, in extreme cases,
amount to fifteen or twenty dollars
per bale. Tty mixing small amounts—
as much as one hundred pounds—of
poor cotton with cotton of the first
picking, bales are often produced
which sell for less than they would
have brought had the poor cotton
been left ont.
Keep Cotton Dry.
Ample storage room should be pro
vided so that no picked cotton will
have to be exposed to the weather.
With the coming of 25 cent cotton the
practice of piling picked cotton on
the ground in the field should sure
ly cease.
Cotton picked while wet should bo
spread over the top of the pile, or on
a sheet in the sun and dried thor
oughly. Naps and gin cuts result from
ginning wet cotton. Hales carrying
these Imperfections are always bought
at a discount.
The back yard or lot is too often
used as a storehouse for baled cotton.
The bales are often thrown off in such
places for a "few days” which InRt
for months. Cotton so exposed ab
sorbs moisture and blues (rots). Such
ootton sells for eight to twenty dol
lars less than it would have brought
had It been properly stored. All
bales should be housed or at least
put off the ground under a shed-—
THEY SHOULD BE KEPT DRV.
Don't Sell Cotton in the Seed.
The practice of soiling cotton In the
seed is another source of loss. No
buyer can determine the grade, the
per cent lint, nor the shrinkage due
to moisture, of seed ootton. For this
reason all buyers of such cotton must
buy at low figures to avoid risk. It
is a safe guess that cotton sold in
the seed brings ten dollars per hale
less than It is worth.
The state produced 1,1,14,000 hales
of cotton In lPlfi, worth approximate
ly JIOO.OOO.OOO. It is safe to estimate
that op such a crop no less than $5,
000,000 would have been saved by ob
serving the six cotton don’ts:
Six Cotton Don’ts.
Vv‘> i i' v vj.nu ium i ' imuu ill me
field.
Don't harvest any more trash than
ran be avoided.
Don’t mix inferior cotton with that
of better quality.
Don’t pile picked cotton on the
ground in the open.
Don’t gin damp cotton.
Don’t allow baled cotton t« take the
weather.
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Save the Best For Seed.
All cotton is not pood cotton. Some
varieties have the ability to produce j
from $12.00 to $15.00 worth of cotton
per acre more than others, according
to results obtained at the Arkansas
Experiment station. This difference
has largely been brought about by
careful selection of planting seed. Un
der the usual farming conditions in I
Arkansas cotton deteriorates very
rapidly from year to year because of
failure to select the best seed and
because of admixture at time of gin
ning. This deterioration can be over
come and cotton can be improved by
careful seed selection. Choose next
year's planting seed while the crop is
still In the field. Have good pickers
go over the field ahead of the regu
lar force and save the best bolls from
the best plants, choosing from those
that show ability to yield; watch also
for earliness, for siz.p of boll and for
storm resistance. Get the best, get
enough of the best to make at least
one bale, have this ginned free from
admixture and save the seed for plant
ing purposes. Good seed selection
will mean an increase of several dol
lars per acre next year.
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The Kind to Lose.
*'\Vhnt In the world do yon wart
ulth n sot of Schihson's b>.ok
‘‘I whs thinking tin y might ho useful
mnjo day.”
“Not to rend, surely?"
“Oh, no. lint whon n person lores
;ood hooks and wants to keep them, ft
ynys to have a few volumes on hand
:o lend to careless borrowers.”
A GLUTTON.
Hungry Harold—An' den, lady, 1 lost
,ne old pal an’ ever since I’ve he* n
iroodln’ over me trouble an' ratin' me
Heart out wit* grief.
Mrs. Goodsole—Kutlng your h‘.-..t
itut! Then you can't be as hungry as
you said at first. Heat it.
Juet a Way i hey Have,
Oh, woman, woman, you are queer.
As poets have oft me sung;
Though you can hold a baby, dear.
You cannot hold your tongue.
Pleasing Him.
“The Jib ways next door are playing
a grand opera selection <>n tludr phono
graph.”
“Yes, a Wagnerian ph eo. The next
l.n olilolliHH'
by a ragtime composer.”
“Are you certain?”
“Quite. The Jlbwny girls tliink a
lot of their old father.”
Common Incident.
“What’s the trouble here?” asked
the policeman.
“Nothing serious,” answered the
movie manager. "One of my patrons
isked a woman In front of him to take
off her hat and she invited him outside
lo hear Tier opinion of him."
A Frank Confession.
“What does your wife say to you
when you’ve been out late?"
“Do you know," replied Mr. Jibway,
‘I've been hearing that speech for sev
?n or eight years and haven’t memo
■ized it yet?”
No Fake Resistance.
“Wouldn’t let you kiss her?’
"No.”
“Did you try?”
“She had to retire to her dressing
room and do up her hair.”
Not for Her.
"Do you consider thirteen an un
lucky number?” queried the spinster.
“Not for me," answered the pretty
.: ass widow. “Why it was on the
ihirtoenth of the month that I g>d my
liverce."
Society Climbers.
“The Notmuch family are Just wild
ibout society, aren’t they?”
"Why, my dear, they arc such climb
ers that they have even named their
youngest daughter Ivy.”
Just So.
“Some marry for love and some for
aicy," remarked the moralizer.
”i cs,” said the demoralizer. “Love
■ an excuse and money is a justiflea
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PUT FEED CU1TEK TOGETHER
Dody Is Made of Plank 1 by 12 Inches,
and 4 Feet Long—Knife Blade
Bolted on Leg.
Tim body of (he feed cutter shown
i the illustration herewith is made
i'f plank 1 by 12 inches and i feet
long, with sides 1 by (> inches, one
leg in the hack and two in the front.
the latter 8 Inches above the frame.
The knife lever is bolted on left hind
leg to allow using the right for cut
ting and to be used on the ri jht also.
The knife may be made of a piece
of c o .-o ut saw or scythe blade. The
Vude i> l t inches long. With it for
y !• • cut any length.--South «
" aiHirist.
A prominent editor has been
threatened with death, in an anony
mous letter, beoadse he condemned
the draft registers. He should pro
tect his rear—no dange in the front.
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We protest, however, that the pro
aersition to conserve used tin cm ^
isn’t fair to the goats.
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those of the lrtsn or '
IIUp tlie latter, merit
a part of mixed diets.
Equipped.
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blistering.”
Youthful Diplomacy. .
Pretty Teacher (severely) “John- J
nv! Johnny Stubbs! You are wills- ,
poring again.” Johnny (a smart boy) ;
—“Please, I am only telling Winnie ,
Wingles what nice things all the gen
tlemen said about you when you walk
ed along the street.”
Went Him One Better.
“I love you very much, papa," said
four-year-old Edna, ns she climbed or
her father’s knee. “I love you, dear
when you are a good girl,” replied her
father. “But, papa,” said Edna, “1
love you even when you ain’t no good.’
How to Remove Cinders.
A medicine dropper may be used
with good effect in removing cinders
from the eyi'Uls by drawing them out
by suction along with the fluids thut
have formed. A little pointed roll ol
soft paper also may prove useful.
“Are all those beautiful flowers for
me?” asked the teacher when small
Jimmy presented her with a bouquet.
‘Oh, yes, ma’am,” said Jimmy, “unless
the girl I swiped ’em from sees ’em.”
Only One Danger.
Preserve Your Complexion
the easy, pleasing way by using
Magnolia Balm before and after
outings. You can fearlessly face
the sun, wind and du3t because
you know Magnolia Balm keeps
you safe from Sunburn and Tan.
This fragrant lo
tion iswonderfully
soothing, cooling
and a great com
fort after a day
outdoors.
Magnolia Balm ie
the skin-saving
i beauty secret
which is regularly
,used when once
tried.
ia Balm
LIQUID FACE POWDER.
Pink. Whitt. Wott-Rtl
75c. at TjruggtiU or bu wall direct.
Sample (either color) for 2c. Stamp.
Lyon Mf*. Co.. 40 South Fifth St.. Brooklyn. N. V.
SUMMER
.mllTAUQUA
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HOLLiSTER, MO.
On account of above round
trip tickets are on sale at
the rate of $7.50
Dates of sale May 12 to Sept. 30
RETURN LIMIT OCT. 31
J. W. CRAIG, Agent
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JUST THE PLACE.
(Juki_Now, Ik. ins been through
the stored!\j.ins mom, v,e will go into
the make-up d.pai timnt.
Tile I'.ride (in the r> •( >’.m )—I m awful
glad. I've hot'ti per spiring so in l hut
other department that I'm sure the
powder must he all in streaks on lay
fare.
Nomads of the Desert.
The Tuaregs are of the purest Her
her stock, the noble families unmixed
with other blood, ur>*l, in their own
language, they call themselves the
Noble People. Nominally, they are
Mohammedans and some of their
: number compose the most intolerant
and warlike sect in Islam, the Sonus
site sect. Their hatred for the for
eigner is greater even than that bred
by their religion, and so they are
more exclusive than ever wmre the
I’hinese or Japanese. Their social
organization divides them into five
classes, the nobles, the priests, the
serfs, the cross-breeds and the slaves
All of these classes have this that
Is democratic—they form together the
Tuareg family, which holds itself su
perior to all the other peoples of the
earth.
WHAT IS .
LAX-FOS
LAX-rOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA
A Digestive Laxative
CATHARTIC AND LIVER TONIC
Lax-Fos is not a Secret or Patent Medi
cine but is composed of the following
old-fashioned roots and herbs:
CASCARA BARK
BLUE FLAG ROOT
RHUBARB ROOT
BLACK ROOT
MAY APPLE ROOT
SENNA LEAVES
AND PEPSIN
In Lax-Fos the Cascara is improved by
the addition of these digestive ingredi
ents making it belter than ordinary Cas
cara, and thus the combination acts not
only as a stimulating laxative and Cathar
tic hut also as a digestive and liver tonic.
Syrup laxatives are weak, but Lax-Fos
combines strength with palatable, aro
matic taste and does not gripe or disturb
the stomach. ®One bottle will prove
Lax-Fus is invaluable for Constipation,
Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Price 50c.
Hrsl f.u rt Picture,
•r . , o j. . iurt* is more than fifty
„... ; >\i u:. ierstand by lh«t
: ii/ tlt-vUv for producing the op*
r i,:' objects Them* f
V. ( ■ i ailed by various uumt s,
a ■ thia.malrope, zoetrope, slrobo*
Ll, . i.vaukb't ipt\ storwenpic
. ubim c, bin* matoscope. etc. The ttti
•xlilbiiti.n of plurtog- ipble notion pla
nt s • as made by Henry Heyl, in
I’hlhtddpidfi, In lh"Q,
Chinese Theaters.
tt|, i gt* for adnu.- 'inti iu made in
, ay ■ the Chiu f theaters, which
Sc; , *111 I 'ji, ly on tJu- profits from f* •*
• ; tel food produets. b>
• : • nr-' in he order of c*if< >.
■ i„jut provided uud tea and
■ * -itcades sc: veil.
MiiimsaiMim
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Good Printing Helps
Your Business
It you ci e in business you should do busi
ness in a business-like way. Business
stationery printed in a model plant for hu; mess people
produces results. We do high grade commercial
printing, hook, catalog and brief work at lowest prices
consistent with quality work. GIVE US A TRIAL
THE JOURNAL
NEWARK, ARKANSAS
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