IKE UNIVERSITY
ASSISTS FARMEKS
Work Being Done By University of Ar
kansas Experiment Station Worth
Money to the Farmers,
The Experiment Station keeps
grinding steadily the year round, turn
out out products worth while to the
firmer. The products are in the na
ture of facts tried and proven. They
contain information that helps the
farmer to avoid costly mistakes and
to do better with the means at his
command. Thousands of inquiries
from farmers are answered each
month by the Experiment Station,
while there are thousands upon thou
sands of farmers who have no idea
of the work of the station and its
value to them. If you are dissatisfied
with the results obtained on your
farm or need any information, write
to your university for help today.
Here are a few things mentioned,
merely as samples of the work being
done by the Experiment Station.
Hog Cholera Experiments.
Among a number of experiments
under way to learn more about hog
cholera, one is to learn what hold it
has upon suckling pigs. From experi
ments thus far worked out it seems
that 93 per cent of pigs from immune
mothers are immune to hog cholera by
exposure as long as they are suckling
the mother. When injected with hog
cholera virus, that is, putting the dis
ease into their blood, the per cent
showing immunity was not quite as
high as by exposure. There was also
some variation in different litters, as
certain litters showed a much higher
immunity than others. It is worth
while knowing that little pigs can bo
protected in this way, but must be
made immune as soon as they are
weaned. «
Soil Tests Interesting.
The Experiment Station has shown
for years that the soils in many parts
of the state are in need of lime. In
a careful study of samples taken dur
ing the past year, in Prairie, Pope
and Washington counties, the upland
soils were nearly all found to be acid.
This condition can be corrected only :
by the use of lime. The most econom
ical form of lime to use is crushed
limestone, at the rate of one or two
tons per acre, applied on land that is
to be seeded to clover or alfalfa.
The bottom land soils along the larger
streams do not appear to be greatly
in need of lime at the present time.
The investigation is to be extended
to all parts of the state as soon as
funds are provided to continue the
work.
Experiment With Seventy Varieties
of Potatoes.
An experiment with seventy varie
ties of potatoes has been under way
for several years. The 1915 season
| was rather moist, and the past a rath
; er dry one. The size, shape, eyes and
general appearance of the tubers have
| been studied. Yields of marketable
potatoes and culls per acre, at diff. r
j ent dates during the season, have been
j secured. These yields at different pe
riods were secured to determine the
advisability of digging at the regular
time for early market or of waiting
for further maturity. Market reports
have been kept to compare the prices
at the different diggings.
There are two striking things about
our results so far:
1. There are about twenty varie
I ties outyielding the Illiss Triumph,
the most popular commercial variety
now being grown.
2. About three-fourths of the high
I est yielders have been white potatoes.
Of these varieties the best and most
consistent yielder has been the Irish
j Cobbler.
The experiment was carried on at
| Fayetteville and Van Buren this year,
and it is to be continued another year,
at least.
Self-Feeder for Hogs Proves Valuable.
Experiments with the self-feeder for
hogs have shown that the self-feeder
not only saves time and labor, but also
makes larger, cheaper gains at an
early age, due to each animal balanc
ing and increasing its daily ration ac
cording to its individual requirements.
The self-feeder is becoming very val
uable and useful in pork production,
especially in this day and age, when
with the present high priced feeds
and labor pork must be grown as
cheaply as possible. The self-feeder
Is adapted for suckling pigs and fat
tening shoats. The cost of the feeder
is small; every farmer with a smalb
herd could afford to build one.
Cotton Variety Tests Give Important
Results.
Cotton variety tests were made by
the Experiment Station in 1916 at fif
teen different points in the state. The
tests served many purposes, but two
things are of niueh importance.
1. The value of the seed and lint
produced by some varieties greatly
exceeded that of other varieties.
2. Such varieties as Dixie and Cov
ington Toole were very much more re
sistant to wilt than the ordinary vari
eties, and therefore proved much more
profitable on land infected with wilt.
The work of the Experiment Sta
tion is for the benefit of the farmers
of the state. Requests for informa
tion are always welcome.
Plan on having a garden and deter
mine to take care of it.
From Missouri.
Young Man—
Sir, I am unable
to find words to
express the love
I have for your
daughter, and—
H e r Father—
Never mind the
w o r d s, young
man : figures will
Ho. Just show me
your hank book.
Part of the Game.
“These diplomats are a queer lot.”
“What makes you think so?"
“They rarely ever permit them
selves to indulge in a plain ‘ves’ or
‘no.’ ”
“Don’t censure them for that. If
they were not mysterious nobody
would think they were earning their
salary.”
The Heir.
“Just becatise a man sits at a ma
hogany desk in a luxurious office,
doesn’t necessarily mean thnt he is
doing a hig business.”
"No. but it often indicates that his
father before him did a big business.”
As Others See Us.
She (at the opera)—Don’t you think
Miss Screecher strains her voice when
; she sings?
He—Perhaps: hut if she does, she
uses a mighty poor strainer.
At short 'rantee to export will keep
n can moving until his gun is empty,
either by shooting through it or strik
ing the ground directly underneath
it. If the nature of the ground is right
this lattej- method makes the can
jump in the air, the effect being quite
spectacular. Ilottles or cans thrown
in the air are not particularly difficult
to hit if thrown so as to make it as
easy as possible for the shooter, and
almost any fair shot can put two
bullets through an old hat thrown In
the air before it reaches the ground.
In general the secret of hitting oh-;
jocts thrown in the air is to aim the
pistol underneath them and fire as
the object is falling into the line of
sight. One really good at this class of
work will throw an object into the
air, draw his pistol from the holster
with the sar.ii> hand with which he1
threw, and hit the object before it
reaches the ground. There are few
who have the speed to do this, how
ever.—Outing.
Why Many Women Will Not Wed
By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY
Alas! the love of women! ft is known
To he a lovely and a fearful thing;
For all of their's upon that die is thrown.
And if ’tis lost life has no more to bring
To them but mockeries of the past alone.
The majority of men believe that
most women look forward to matri
mony as the solu
tion of their life
happiness or un
happiness. But,
let me tell you,
there are quite as
many women who
would not wed
the best man ever
stepped in shoe
leather as those
who are anxious
to find heart
mates. The rea
sons why some
women won’t wed
are many. Not a
few of those who
are w e 11-t o-do
look upon would
be suitors as for
tune hunters, heartless creatures who
are not on love intent, but are only con
cerned in finding out how much a wom
an is worth. Though a man does fall
in love with such a one, she is not in
clined to give his honesty of purpose
the benefit of the doubt.
Other women full in love with ne’er
do-wells, but are wise enough not to
marry. They solace themselves with
courting over a long period of years.
[>uring that time, affection merges into
friendship. But they do not realize
that. ,
There’s another class of women who
will not wed—those who think that
every man who crosses their path is
not quite good enough. They are look
ing for a prince or a millionaire, and
are of the kind who will not take
Shakespeare's advice. “Sell when you
cnn, for youth and beauty’s fleeting.”
Some women are restrained from
marrying because of the load which
they ure carrying on their shoulders,
fearing that a husband would not care
to relieve them from the support of
aged parents or helpless younger broth
ers and sisters. Thus they go unwed
ded, martyrs to duty.
Vast numbers of women refuse good
offers of marriage, for reasons that are
ludicrous, if they were not so pitiful.
Absurd would be a better word for it.
One pretty girl told me in all serious
ness that she had refused an exemplary
young man because she feared her at
tractions would fade early, as did her
mother’s. When her beauty went, *lie
would not be able to attract him long
er. Another girl refused a fine young
man for the reason that he had two
young sisters of whom he was very
fond. “He would think as much of
them as he did of me,” she confided.
“That would make my life miserable.
I shall never marry unless it be a man
who has no living relative. I could be
reasonably sure of such a man’s un
divided heart.” She is still single. Her
Ideal man is not likely to materialize.
These women are happy in their own
way, no doubt. Marriage does not lure
there.
_(Copyright. _
A well-preserved set of teeth and
Jawbone of an animal which I’rof. J. O.
Jones of the Nevada State university
declares were the property of a three
toed horse of the Upper Miocene age
have been unearthed in the Washoe val
ley. on the Pedroli ranch, by university :
engineers.
Professor Jones #ays the horse prob
ably roomed the wilds of Nevuda some
3,000,000 years ago.
He says the horses of that date were
even smaller thun the Shetlands of
the present day, and are classified as
the eohippus. The specimens were
found in a well which apparently pene
trated a prehistoric lake bed. Teeth
of mammoths, fossil leaves and other
specimens of prehistoric ages have
been found in wells on the Pedroli
ranch. They are among the best in
the fossil collection at the university,
as they show clearly the age and classi
fication to which they belong.
More Than He Could Bear.
“Fur ten years,
mum, I wuz a
glass eater will a
circus sideshow,”
said the frowsy
applicant for
breakfast.
“How did you
happen to lose
your position?”
“It wuz dis way,
mum. De beard
ed lady got sick
an’ de manager
wanted me ter
take her place fur
a week. Bein’ an
artist, me soul
revolted at prac
ticin’ a low decep
tion like dat an’
I quit.”
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. m
local. *
Leaves Arrives
11:25 a. m. Huttig 12:30 p.m.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
FARMERVILLE A SOUTHERN RY.
North South
5:22 a. m. Huttig 2:32 p. m
7:21 a. m..Farmerville 5:45 p. m
local, f
| 10:10a.m. Huttig 2:22p.m.
tArrives Monday. Wednesday, and Fri
day from Monroe and goes to Farmer
i ville.
‘Arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day from Farmerville and goes to Mon
| rce.
LODGE DIRECTORY.
ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. & A.
M.meets every second and fourth Satur
j 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. &
1 S. M. Meets every fourth Wednesday
night of each month. Visiting compan
j 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 Bpgnac, W. M.
Mrs. L. G. Gibson, Sec y.
HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 I, 0. O. 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.
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.
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