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29,009 BOYS HAVE
BEEN IN CLUBS
Boys’ Corn, Pig, Cotton and Peanut
Clubs Expect to Double Mem
bership In 1917.
Prom 47 members In ISOS to more
than 6,000 members In 1916 shows the
remarkable growth of tho Hoys’ Corn.
Pig, Cotton and Peanut Clubs of tho
state under the direction of W. J Jer
nigan assisted by H. K. Sanders. In
charge of the Pig Clubs. During these
eight years more than 20.000 boys
have received instruction and carried
on demonstrations in growing corn,
peanuts, cotton and pigs in every
county in the state at one time or an
other.
Mrs. I.ticj* Crits, home demonstra
tion agent in Jefferson county, has
the distinction of organizing the first
corn club of the state in White coun
ty nine years ago. Since the work
began the clubs have flourished until
at the present time the total member
ship of the Hoys' and Girls’ Clubs ap
proximates 10.000,
Remarkable Records Made.
Many remarkable records have been
made by the blue ribbon farmer boys
of Arkansas during the existence of
the Boys’ Clubs, and the average yield
of the com club members each year
has been double that of the state. The
same is true of both cotton and pea
nut yields, while the pig club boys
have demonstrated that a pound or
more of flesh can be put on a hog
each day at a cost of {ess than four
cents m pound, while In many in
stances pork can be produced as low
as ttvo and one half cents a pound.
Many Boys Win Scholarships.
Through hard work and a persist
ent effort .o follow the Instructions of
the men in charge of the clubs of the [
s'ste. many boys have wen local fame
awl scholarships which have enabled
* them to sUend school, thus becoming
real srient fle farmers. Many have
explained iheir success in short, con
cise statements which should t>e*hclp
ful and encouraging to others hoys In
the state who may anticipate joining
their ranks. Pay Williams of Sebas- !
tiafi county when asked what effect
the cluh v ork has had upon his life
answered. "I hava learned for all time
that more brains and less muscle
is the thing that wins.” Lester Ge
rard of Columbia county writes, ”1
have learned to meet failure with a
smile and never give up.” 3oe Heed
of Washington county attributes h 8
success to the.fact that he has learn
ed how- to handle the soil so as to
make it produce the most at the least
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cost. These boys and many others
have made from 100 to 117 bushels ff
corn (Tti ordinary Arkansas soils for
not only one, but many seasons. They
are becoming real live, progressive
Arkansas farmers, well trained, and
certainly most desirable citizens for
any community.
« Parents Believe In Club Work.
Early in the spring fhe father of
Elsie Davis, a little girl living in Poin
sett county, bought a 30-pound pig
for her at the apparently exhorbltant
price of $10.00. Eleven weeks from
the day she received the pig It weigh
ed 113 pounds at a cost of about two
cents a pound. At that time Elsie's
father said: "I certainly believe in
the pig club work. 1 have learned
more from Elsie during the four
months she has belonged to the pig
club than. I learned in 30 years of ex
perience. All serums are bound to
go in this section, where neigh
bore and friends have been able
to see what ran be done with pigs*
when they are properly fed." Mr.
Carlisle, a large land owner in Sebas
tian county, says: "I have learned a
lesson in deep plowing through my
son, •who is a member of the corn
club of this county, and 1 con
sider that it is worth more
than all the money 1 have ever
spent or ever shall spend as taxes for
demonstration work in this county.
12,000 Club Members For 1917.
There is no question but that the
boys who belong to the various clubs
of the state are learning a great deal, !
enjoy their work, and are receiving j
larger yields and greater receipts for j
their efforts than those who do not be
long to the clubs. All Arkansas farm
boys between the ages of 10 and IS
years should belong.
Every father and mother interested
in the future of boys of the club age ,
should urge them to join a club so
that fhey may compete favorably later
on with the boys of the neighborhood
who are taking advantage of the in
struction which is being given to them
by Mr. W. .1. Jernigan and Mr. H.^C.
Saunders and all of the county agents.
“Twelve Thousand Boys in the
Boys’ Clubs of Arkansas For 1917” is
the slogan recently adopted by the
Extension Division of the University
of Arkansas and U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
FARMERS. ATTENTION!
Every farmer with money invested
in Arkansas land who believes in bet
ter live stock or is interested in truck
or fruit growing should make plans to
attend the "Farmers Short Course”
at the College of Agriculture. Fayette
ville. from January 8 to February :i in
elusive. Special attention will bf
given to live stock judging, feeds
and feeding and to good orchard man
agement as well as other questions
concerning protUabie farming. If you
CJtnnof come, send the boy.
Farmers Should Raise Everything
Possible to Be Consumed on
the Place.
Never In tne history of the South
has it been of greater importance that
the farmers of the South enter tho
new year with a determination to ap
ply safe, well established principles
of business to their farm manage
ment, says W. C. I.assatter, acting di
rector of the Extension Division of the
University of Arkansas and U. S. De
partment of Agrirultiye. With the*
unusual high prices prevailing for
corn, oafs, hay. Hour, meat, lard,
butter, eggs, potatoes and all other
products no cotton farmer can afford
to buy any of them, evPn with cotton
at 20c, w hen they can Just as well
be produced at home. This era
of high prices for all food and feed
products makes It imperative that
every farmer enter the new year of
1917 with the determination to grow
at home everything possible that is to
be consumed on the place.
Cotton, too, is now bringing a high
price, but wl&t assurances have we
that the price will be high in the fall
•of 1917? The man who this spring
plants his entire farm to cotton with
the expectation of high prices in the
fall Is gambling just as surely as !s
the man who deals in cotton futures.
Every man should be determined to
start the new year right with the de
termination to avoid gamollng on 1917
prices Cotton when produced must
be« held or sold and cannot be con
sumed. These other food and feed prod
ucts needed on every farm must be
consumed and it matters llttlehow high
the prices go so long as every farmer
has produced an abundance of these
products for his own use.
The Successful Farmer Must Apply
Bus;ness Principles
It Is Imperative that the fanner
make of himself just as successful a
business man as his neighbor in town
who sells him the goods and deals in
his products. He should bear in mind
therefore the following facts with ref
erence to good business:
The profits from a business are in
creased by reducing the cost of^ope
rating the business and by increasing
the cash income from the business.
Producing at home the corn, oats,
hay and other feed stufTs, the meat,
lard, milk, butter, eggs and vege
tables needed on tile place very
materially reduces the cost of
making the cotton crop. These
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j tilings, therefore. enaBle tTie farmer
I to secure greater profits from hts cot
| ton production. To increase the cash
| income on the cotton farm It will be
necessary to provide of lit# sources of
cash Income and not uepend on cot
ton by Itself. Live stock, and all lire
stock priduets are now 'unusually
high, and these offer, a splendid field
for the progressive farmer. That this
fact is recognized by farmers in Ar
kansas is evidenced by the fact that
over 1,500 head of breeding cattle,
mostly registered, have been introduc
ed into Arkansas in the last ten
months. Cattle, hogs, poultry, mules
and horses offer good sources of in
come for the cotton farmer who will
use them as a side line to his busi
ness of cotton {arming.
Now Year's Resolutions For Arkansas
Farmers.
So much of the success of the farm
depends upon the system of manage
ment that the College of Agriculture
of the University of Arkansas believes
that every farmer should Btart the
year 1917 with the following New
Year's resolutions, not to be broken,
but to be lived up to strictly through
out th%year:
I hereby resolve to grow sufficient
corn to do me twelve months.
I hereby resolve to grow sufficient
oats to last twelve months.
I hereby resolve to grow sufficient
hay to provide amply for my stock for
twelve months.
I hereby resolve to provide a gar
den that will furnish fresh vegetables
twelve months in the year.
I hereby resolve to keep sufficient
live £tock to furnish milk and butter
and meat and lard for the family.
I hereby resolve to keep sufficient
poultry to furnish chicken^ and eggs
for the fafhily and perhaps a few to
sell. *'
Above all 1 hereby resolve to so
manage my farm this year that at
least a portion of it will be richer next
year than it is this.
With this creed borne In mind any
good cotton grower can feel safe in
putting the remainder of his land into
cotton because the cost o* production
will be less and the profits greater.
Play safe and start the new year
with thpt system of farm management
that will always Insure a living re
gardless of yie price of cotton.
FARMERS. ATTENTION!
Every farmer with nion^y invested
in Arkansas land who believes in bet
ter live atoek or is interested in truck
or fruit growing should make plans to
attend the "Farmers Short Course”
at the College of Agriculture. Fayette
ville. from January S to February 3 in
clusive. Special attention will be
given to live stock judging, feeds
gnd feeding and to good orchard man
agement as well as other questions
concerning profitable farming.* If you
cannot come, send the boy.
. Fire Loss of Country.
The value of property lost by fire In
the United States In the last two
years overshadows the cost of the
Pnnnmn canal. It exceeds the total
rest of maintaining the army and navy
for the same period. And the $200,
000,000 property ‘ loss Is only half of
the story. Thor* wns $200,000.4100
more spent for maintaining fire-flgbt
Ing equipment.
Great Stream for Trout
The Russian river In Alaska, which
empties Into the Kenal about sixty
miles from Seward, Is probably with
out an equal as a trout stream in the
world. Unfortunately It Is difficult to
get to and few fishermen know any
thing about it. The stream ’would be
called a creek In the states, being
about 60 or 70 feet wide with an av
erage depth of five feet. It contains
both rainbow and Dolly Varden troiy;
although the latter do not rank as
game fish among Alaskan anglers.
It Is not difficult for a skillful an
gler to land 20 rainbows In a fore
noon’s fishing In Russian river, not one
of which will run less than three
pounds, while a fair proportion will
exceed six pounds. Fritz von Posth^-a
miner, caught a (hinbow in this streum
last summer weighing a shade"“Under
22 pounds. These rainbows are fight
ers to the last ditch and wise to the
nth power. A novice In fishing would
soon be driven to desperation, as he
would get a strike at practically every
cast but no other tangible result than
a snapped line or broken rod. By using
a large hook and big bait the smaller
trout are entirely avoided.
Trap-8hooting at Night.
Trap shooting by night hns been
found perfectly practical nt the Pale
Face Gun club at Wellington, Muss.,
where the trap boxes of one range
have recently been equipped with two
TfiO-watt lamps which illu’nlnnte the
clay pigeons ns they are hurled from
the trap. The lamps are Installed at
each side of the trap, parallel to each
other, and thormghly light up the
area Into which the pigeons are fiaug
to a distance of about forty feet from
tho trap. It Is claimed that trap
shooter^are able to make better
scores when shooting by this light
than by daylight.
No Threats.
“Did you threaten the president of
the broken bank at Tutnllnvllle Into
paying back your money?” asked a
friend. “Shueks, no!” replied Mr. Gap
Johnson of Rumpus ltldge. Ark. “I
got to town along In the shnnk of the
evening, went to his house, keeked lu
the door and found hliU In bed. I just
calmly drug him out by the hair of
the head, jammed my gun Into his ear
and asked him whether he'd rather
gimme my ’(even dollars and a half
or keep the money to pay his funeral
expea*e»? That'* all.**—Kansas City
Star.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE
St. Louis,-Iron Mountain ^Southern
LITTLE ROCK * MONROE RY.
South North
7:45 a. m . ,.%Huttig . 3:69 p. m
S:50 a. m.Monroe . 2:0? p. m
local. *
Leaves Arrives
lV2& a. m. . • Huttig . .. 12:30 p.m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
VARMERVILLE A SOUTHERN RY.
North • South
5:22 a. m.. Huttig .2:32 p. m
7:21 a. m..Farmerville. 6:45 p. m
local, t
10:10a. m.Huttig 2:22p.m.
tArrives Monday, Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
viile.
’Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmerville and goes to Mon
roe.
LODGE DIRECTORY.
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. & A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
day evenings at 7:30 o'clock. Visiting
Masons always welcome.
L. M. Des^ain, W. M.
C. A. Berry, Sec'y.
HO WARD^CH AFTER, No. 122, R. A.
M. - meets every first and third Thurs
day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting
companions welcome.
• • L. G. Gibson, H. P,
C. A. Berry, Secy.
ZEDF.KIAH, 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, Recoider.
HUTTO CHAPTER No. 520. 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. 0. 0. F.
meets every first and third Tuesday eve
ning. All brethern cordially invited.
M. L. Phillips, 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.
Miss Murray Pilkinton, Secy.
SWEET BAY CAMP No. 411 W.O. W.
meets every first and third Saturday eve
nings. Visitors made welcome.
C. A. McCormick, 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. W. R. Dickerson. Guardain.
Mrs. C. A. McCormick, Clerk.
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To Our Friends
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and Customers:
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wishes for the New Year and hope it
will'bring to you much happiness and
prosperity.
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