Every Hon e in Arkansas Should Have
Enough Fruit Trees To Supply
Family With Preserves.
By J. S. Knox. Extension Division
University ol’ Arkansas.
There are hundreds of homes in Ar
kansas where a real fruit tree cannot
be found, and thousands of othr#a
where the plantings are confined to
the fence corners or terraces. Such
should not be the case, but every farm
home, whether occupied by land own
er or tenant, should have a well kept
orchard of from one-half to one acre.
Only a few trees of each kind of fruit
will be needed to supply an abundance
of fruit for the family. There is
nothing nicer than being able to go
into your own orchard and gather a
basket of nice ripe fruit from your oc\ n
trees or vines.
The Best Place for an Orchard.
The location of the home orchard is
of great importance. Since its ob
ject is to supply the home with fresh
fruits, it should be located as conven
ient as possible to the home. It should
he remembered, however, that fruit
trees will not thrive in cold, wet soils,
and it may be best to sacrifice near
ness to the home for a more favorable
loeation. Your fanu may not have
any very favorable places for an or
chard, but there are very few farms
where there isn’t a small area that
could be made to produce a fair crop
of fruit. Wherever possible, a gentle
slope should be selected for the or
chard, since such places are less like
ly to suffer from frosts or excessive
water in the soil.
Buy From Reliable Nurserymen.
Too much stress cannot be placed
on the importance of buying trees
from reliable nurserymen. No matter
how ideal the soil or the location, one
cannot succeed with poor trees. In
buying fruit trees, by all means avoid
the so-called fruit tree agent, unless
you know him personally and know
that he represents a thoroughly reli
able nursery.
The time of ripening of the dif
ferent varieties should also he
given careful consideration, since by a
proper selection of this kind we can
have fruits ripening all along from
May to November. Generally speak
ing, one-year-old trees are preferable
because they are not so badly dam
aged in digging and since they can
be shaped more to your liking.
Plant Properly at Right Time.
Fruit trees may be planted at any
time from the first of December to the
first of March, but the early planting
is generally considered preferable be
cause it gives the soil time to settle
about the roots of the young tree be
fore the growing period sets in. The
holes for the trees should be dug
large enough to receive the roots of
the young trees whbout crowding
them. Rofore setting, cut off all
broken or mangled roots and cut back
the trees to correspond with the root
system that is left.
Must Care for the Trees.
It is impossible to grow fruit un
less we devote considerable time, to
the care of the trees.. There are nu
merous insects and diseases that are
always on hand to destory the trees
as soon as they are planted, but for
tunately we bax^ a remedy for most,
of these. If you do not intend to
prune, cultivate and spray your or
chard, then it is best not to plant one.
because it will serve only as a breed
ing place for insects and diseases that
will injure your neighbor’s orchard. !
A barrel spray pump should ho or,
hand wherever a homo orchard is j
planted. These pumps can he pur
chased complete for about $1.1.00 to
$20.00, and one pump will be suffi
eient. to take care of- several home or
chards. In order to get results from
spraying, the work must he done thor
oughly. Spraying is not a difficult
operation nor is it very expensive
compared to Ore returns which it
brings.
if you are figuring on planting a .
home orchard, write to (lie Extension j
Division, University of Arkansas. Fay- j
etteville, Ark., and let us help you in
Die selection of varieties suited to
your section.
BUV' FARM MACHINERY TOGETH
ER—GOOD BUSINESS.
People who have sold or will sell
their rotlon, and have paid their debts
ran do no better than to take a part
of their surplus and buy now the farm
implements which they will need next
spring, as the prices are certain to
continue to increase.
Why not co-operate and buy farm
tools together. One disc harrow is
enough for two or three small Tarrrts
anil one rollpr is ample for two or
three or more farms. Neighbors on
adjoining farms who have level land
could buy a gang riding plow to
gether. Remember it is not only good
business and cheaper to buy farm im
plements together, but it enables the
individual farmer to use better tin
plements and the cost of repairs is
reduced considerably.
As soon as possible build that ma
chinery shed. Grease the implements
and put them away when you arc
Lhrough with them. If you desire ex
pert advice on farm machinery write
lo V. II. Kern, Extension Division,
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville,
Ark
COWPEAS ARE REALLY BEANS
Practically Unknown in North, They
Make Very Nourishing Food, Say
Government Experts.
Cowpeas or Southern field peas,
which, despite their name, are really
a kind of bean, are like other dry
beans, comparable' with meat in the
kind of nourishment contained in
them, and con, in tin' opinion ol' spe
cialists of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, well be used more
extensively as human food. They are
commonly used in the Satith, where
they are extensively grown, but are
practically unknown in the North and
Northwest, where other, often nA>re
expensive, beans are consumed in large
quantities.
There are many varieties of cow
peas, of which the white and black-eye
sorts are considered particularly de
sirable for the table. In palatabillly,
digestibility and nutritive value they
compare favorably with other beans,
while their delicate and pleasant flavor
leads many to consider them equal, if
not superior, to the latter.
Cowpeas are used on the table in
three forms—in tIre pod, shelled green
and shelled • dry—corresponding, re
spectively, to string beans, shelled
green beans and dried beans, and call
ing for much the same methods of
preparation for the table. The dry
cowpeas are by far the most common.
Like dry navy or Lima beans, cow
peas may be boiled with a bit of fat
meat'or baked and served in place of
lean meat or olher food rich in nitro
gen. Boiled and mashed through a
colander, the beans form a foundation
for numerous dishes. They may be
creamed with milk and butter, like
mashed potatoes; formed into ero
quettes with broad crumbs and fried
or baked; made into a loaf with bread
crumbs, minced vegetables, milk and
seasonings; or made into soup.
A delicious combination dish, called
‘flopping John,” may bo made as fel
lows: Boil one quart of cowpeas and
a scant pint of rice separately and mix
together when done. The rice should
ho seasoned after it is cooked. Bacon
or a beef hone boiled with the cowpeas
adds a desirable flavor to the dish.
Pulses.
Pulses are meek Iillle creatures that
live in wrists and serve as pacemakers
for the heart, telling it how fast to
heat. There has never been a case
known to science where the heart has
not beat as fast as the pulse. Pulses
sometimes get much excited under
stress of fear, strange young ladies
and other embarrassment, and the
heart lias to put forth its best licks b
keep within hailing distance. Pulses
oftentimes act up in a very unseemly
manner under the thumb of an insur
ance doctor and, indeed, have been
known to save their owners from .$"> i
to $25 a month in life insurance which !
they have prevented his getting.
Unfortunately, pulses are located in
a very inaccessible place for repair
purposes, and when they begin to back
fire and miss there is no chance to
throw up the radiator hood and peek
nio their carburetors and things.
I’ulses are Invaluable to doctors in ar
riving at a diagnosis. That is to say.
i while the doctor is apparently engaged
i in tolling off the pulse rale, he has a
; dandy opportunity to make a few like
ly guesses as to the nature of his
client’s new ailment. Besides all this,
pulses are very handy little things
around which to wear pulse warmers
and wrist watches. A man with no
pulse is dead to all practical purposes.
—Indianapolis Star.
Let Old Wounds Heal.
“By the time a man has reached
forty the chances are that something
has happened to him to destroy his
peace of mind.” These words were
spoken by one of the wounded who
didn’t know how to take care of his
mind. lie kept the wound from healing
by letting his mind dwell upon it—by
making it a controlling circumstance
in his life. Recovery was possible for
him. Tie might even have been a bet
ter man for the wound. But he chose
to lake harm out of It instead of tak
ing good.
Here lies the greatest danger for the
wounded. If they let the wound poison
the whole system it will, indeed, spoil
their lives. But there is always some
thing else to do—to put the system
into such a condition that the wound
shall Inevitably heal and perhaps not
leave even a disfiguring trace on the
mind.—John D. Barry.
Black Feline Agent of Evil.
In nearly every weird legend a black
cat figures as the agent of evil. A story
generally accepted down to the middle
of the nineteenth century was that,
when Satan desired to disturb tile
peace of mankind he assumed the form
of a black tomcat. In Germany, Eng
land and France during the middle
ages it was usual to wind up a religious
celebration by throwing a cat from a
height to the road below.
Among the ninny popular fallacies
accepted by unlettered ami ignorant
persons is one that a eat can see better
at night,than in tho day, and that it is
able to see clearly in pltchbiack dark
ness. But the real secret of the cat's
ability to move rapidly in a dark room
lies in its feelers, commonly called
whiskers, and in its natural surefoot- j
edness.
New Functionary.
“Say, I got a swell job,” remarked
Billy, “I’m teller in a livery stable.”
“That is a new position to me,” coin- :
monted his grownup friend with a puz
zled countenance. “What are your du
ties ns teller?”
“Oli,” said Billy solemnly, “I run
hack and tell the boss when the phone
rings.”
Doing Things Wrong.
In bachelor days Mark Twain had
heartily expressed the antipathy of
baehelordom for all chambermaids be*
cause of their hostile ideas of tidiness.
“They always put the pillow on the
opposite end of the bed from the pas
burner,” he wrote, “so that white you
read and smoke before sleeping, as is
the ancient and honorable custom of
bachelors, you have to hold your book
aloft, in an uncomfortable position, to
keep the light from dazzling your eyes.
Tf they cannot get the light in an In
convenient position any other way,
they move the bed. They always put
your books into inaccessible places.
They always put the matchbox in
some other spot. They hunt up n new
place for It every day and put up a
bottle or other perishable glass thing
where the box stood before. This is to
cause you to break that glass thing.
They always save up all the old scraps
of printed rubbish you have thrown on
the floor and stand them carefully on
the table and start the fire with youi
valuable MSS.”
Pianos and Climate.
Because the piano is constructed of
materials that are affected by varying
temperatures, care should be taken to
protect It ns much as possible. Mois
ture is one of the most frequent causes
of deterioriation in a piano, and this
is not to he wondered at when we Con
sider that the instrument is chiefly con
structed of wood, cloth, skin and felt
The three chief enemies of the piano
are damp, the sun, and a draft. If
the room is at all damp, the tone be
comes dull, the wires rust; and once
rust gets a hold, the tone can never be
restored. It is possible to get the rust
removed, but the tone will Be thinner.
The temperature should not be below
50 degrees, and not over IX) degrees
Fahrenheit. This is not always possi
ble, hut it Is well to know what tem
peratures to avoid, so that one may
keep the piano ns far away from them
as circumstances permit.
The Burro.
The burro is n small and compact
horse of the mule variety. He has a
high forehead and a thoughtful, reflec
tive face, but Is not as brainy as ho
looks. Sometimes indeed he seems ns
Inane and stupid as a man in love with
a grass widow. Most generally a burro
lias great, soulful ey, s, but really his
soul is smaller than that of u blind kit
ten. In a collection of souls that of
the burro would seem like a mere
speck. The greatest value of the burro
Is for the load he carries. If a man
could carry the same load and be as
sure-footed about it he would be
worth $20,000 a year as a wine agent.
—Los Angeles Times.
We do all kinds of mill and com
mercial printing on short notice.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
LITTLE ROCK A MONROE RY.
South North
7:45 a. m.Huttig . .. 3:59 p. m
9:50 a. m. Monroe 2:07 p. mj
local. *
Leaves Arrives
11:25 a. m. Huttig. 12:30 p.m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
FARMERVILLE * SOUTHERN RY.
North SoiAi
5:22 a. m, Huttig 2:32 p. m
7:21 a. m. Farmerville 5:45 p. m
local, t
10:10a.m. Huttig 2:22 p.m.
tArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
ville.
* Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmerville and goes to Mon
roe.
LODGE DIRECTORY.
ROWLAND LODGE No. £94 F. &. A.
M.meets every second and fouith 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.
ZEDEKIAH, 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 I. O. O. F.
meets 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. 41 1 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.
For School Days
Now that the children are again in school
it is time to be thinking of preparing them for
the winter months. We are especially prepared
to take care of all the clildren's wants as regards
their personal supplies.
Boys" School Suits
Our line of Boys' School Suits will meet
any demand. Growing, healthy boys need
strong, durable clothing, and our suits are nota
bly of the most durable material to be obtained.
Dress Goods for the Girls
Sensible, durable fabrics that will stand
the wear and tear of school life, while still
making up into handsome, presentable garments.
Gombining common sense with correctness of
style.
Under-Garments For All
Union Suits, two-piece Suits and Hosiery.
Every garment recommended as the best that
money can procure, and made for honest service
SHOES
For the Family
Our line of Shoes in
clude those of the best
known manufacturers
insuring you
QUALITY
and wear. Men who
insist on distinctive
ness will find it here,
as well as those who
wish substantial wear.
Boys the world over
seem to lake pleasure
in running. The shoes
we sell for them are the
better kind and will
wear as long as any.
Ladies will find our
lines most complete
FOOD CONTROL
The Food Control bill will probably
do much good in establishing a fair
and just price for food stuffs. But
the price is not all. There is also the
QUALITY
If this is not up to the mark, price cuts a small
figure. Quality is up to your grocer.
We wish to state to every customer that
we stand behind the quality of every article that
leaves our store. Any customer who at any
time makes a purchase from us that is not sat
isfactory in every particular, is urged to return
same to us promptly and receive the purchase
price. Gan anything be fairer?
Nothing but perfect confidence in our
goods could justify us in making this remarkable
offer. Gome to us for
Food Satisfaction