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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27
scOMMITTEES IN LOCAL UNION
Strongest Working Force in Life OF
Organization and Should Be
Strongest of Men.

One of the strongest working forces
IN the life of the local union is the
agricultural committee. This commit
tee should be composed of number
of the strongest men of the local, and
should all be good farmers. No local
should be without such a committed
writes L. w. Jarman in Southern Gul
tivator The plan was first suggested
oy the state agricultural committee.
and they have continually urged that
every local have such a working COM
rnittee.
if any local union has not appointed
such a committee, it should do so at
once and put it to work.
a few suggestions as to the duties
Qof this committee might be to the
point. There have been few inquiries
:as to what was expected of them. This
committee should by its influence
cause all the interest in the local
meetings to center around the ques-
ton of good farming Farmers are
always interested in farming by ma
king the question of better farming a
attendance will be had at these meet
Ings, and by just sl.eh work dead
S1r dying local can be revived
A program should always be mapped
NouI by this committee at least two
weeks ahead Farming questions of
Immediate interest should always be
discussed at these meetings These
regular discussions could be followed
Up by experience meetings along farm.
ing lines.
Another field of work may be found
IN the offering of prizes in contests
for the best acre of corn. cotton. hay,
etc. Such a contest in our own local
Drought in reports last year of II
lonshels of oats. IS bushels of corn,
and other yields in proportion When
once the interest of neighborhood
Is aroused on the subject of better
farming, no stimulus is needed to
&eep up enthusiasm. When once the
farmers of a community get started
son the uphill road OF farming. they
always keep going All they need is
abe start This the local union may
give through the workings of its ag
ricultural committee
This committee should also have in
charge the question of agreement
among the members as to the acreage
20 be devoted to each farm crop. They
could also pledge every member of
ehc local to farm with one idea in
view before all else; namely, 10 raise
food crops sufficient for his family
and stock, and plant his surplus acre
ase in cotton. These names should
al be kept for future reference and a
report of his success or failure re.
uuired Of every member at the end Of
abe year
There is no limit to the usefulness
-oE this committee work ii it be faith.
Tnly carried out The union must rec
.9sBize the fact that it has a work to
,Go right at home
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27
FOR SUCCESS IN ORGANIZING
Brains Required to Be Great Farmer
and to Make Farm Profitable
intelligence Is Needed

There are men themselves capable
of doing great things, and who have
such abilities that they might be fac
tors In development. were It not that
they lack a single quality The man
who is able to do a great thing may
not be able TO direct others in the
doing of il: or he may not be able
To control the persons necessary. says
Farm and Ranch. For this reason we
often find men of capacities in humble
walks. or in positions Of little re-
sponsibility It is we'll to be able to
do things. but to be able to do them
and to cause others to do them is bet
ter
The power to direct others is not
always natural Sometimes it ap-
pears to be with some men. but
others achieve such capacities Some
great builders have wonderful facul-
ties for organization, and for control
of men. This enables them 10 work
through others, and 10 use the abili-
ties of numbers. We're there no such
men. then much of the worlds work
must remain undone.
The power for organization does
not necessarily include power to con.
troll men; and power to control men
does not necessarily mean power to
organize. Sometimes best work is
done when one brain plans and an
other executes plans
To be successful farmer one must
have power to plan to organize forces
and then to direct and control the
men who do the work 1t requires
brains TO be great farmer And 10
make a small farm profitable requires
intelligence of no mean order
Whether one farms, or does other
things the necessity scr organization
is always present The man Who ma
lures his plans carefully and then or
ganizes his forces to carry them oct
has much advantage over she mar
who does NOT mature his plans
An old farmer Who Las sGecoatos
told his young frjeHa zen warz tcl
much Work half Is m@ea riar IT,
rest OF the time and make il rasf
your work to carry oar lie plans
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27
SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND
RED industrious
rner. 1s None Better AII-Purpose Fowl, Saw. -
Poultry Fancier-Iitt1e Chicks -1as


There is too little attention being
paid to poultry on the farm. Poultry
is as essential as horses. cows. hogs
or any other farm stock. 1t seems
TO me that every farmers wife would
select some large breed of chickens
ana have a small flock to supply her
table with nice flyers and fresh eggs
all the year. There is none better
than the Single Comb Rhode Island
Red for an all purpose fowl.
They are very large and very in
dustrious Rhode Island Reds are up
early every morning and go TO roost
late every evening. The little chicks
are very strong from the time
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

A cheap and effective contrivance
Tor leyeling uneven land is shown in
The accompanying Illustration The
.sYeler may be made of any convent.
eht length up to - feet. the steel
,moothing plate is very light. but will
last long time It is brought from
the middle 3 inches by inches beam
70 the underneath OF the back 6 inches
hy 3 inches beam, and holes are cut in
It for the ties and bolts. It Is a fiat
steel sheet with ends turned one inch.
md secured with one-inch screws. The
cutter is shod with 2l2ineh by Az
.nch steel plate, with beyeled edge. se-
cured with twoinch screws. The stand
or The driver is OF pine. feet inches
y foot 6 inches by Ia inch. In
Use the driver standing on the plate
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

they leave the shell. They feather
early and all poultry raisers know
when a chick is feathered it IS raised.
writes X c. Yelverton in Farm and
Ranch Chicks grow very fast and
are large enough to eat when they
are eight weeks old
The pullets, when we'll cared for
lay at five months old ! have raised
many OF the so-called standard breeds,
for instance. the Barred Plymouth
Rocks. the Wyandottes, the Ham
burgs. White Leghorns. Buff Cochins
and others. and was always troubled
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

more or less with varjons ),
among my chickens. l can tra. Seasss
say since | have been ROTH, ali'
Single Comb Rhode Island Rsd' u,
have never had any disease wh @eas |
among them. ''eset
The Single Comb Rhode -,
Reds are very beautiful with Haad
rich red plumage, we'll deyelonaa u.
and exquislteiy bright eyes, which SV "
goes to show they are the cb i.l az
for the man or woman who waS sAea'
make money with poultry 1an' sa
1909, had seven red hens and ~
cock. In that month the sevoa t., Oae
laid 109 eggs. In February M aeas
lily was sick SO much l could not t .sa.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27
BARRETT ON FARMERS UNION
President of Big Agricultural Organ
ixator Gives Credit for Awaken
ing of Farmer and Nation.

In making his address of welcome
to the members of the Farmers Edu
cational and Cooperative Union OF
America, recently in convention at st
Louis. President c. S Barrett. touch
ing on the awakening of the farmer,
said, in part, as follows:
The era Of sleep Is at an end The
era of waketulness to self-duty, to
the obligation of self help, to the OBJ
legation OF duty to country is already
dawning! do not say that the
farmer as a class, is reused 10 his
national importance and to his ma
tional obligations. But | do assert,
with all the emphasis at my com
mand. and supported by all the ex
perience of a lifetime, that the leayen
of readiustment, of revolutionary
change. is stirring throughout the
mass of the American farmers
And If the farmer is awakening, the
nation is no less degree Weakening
also II is seeing that its life blood
comes from the SOIL that its present
welfare and it's destiny are buiIded
upon the soil It is sensing the truth
that neglect Of the farmer means neg
lect of the nation. a blow at the ma
terial. intellectual and moral assets
which uphold our institutions today
and which must tomorrow guard
them against invasion and decay
So that today. America anxiously
watches and waits upon the farmer
Agricultural schools and colleges,
most of them grievously Intellectual,
multiply. The nation and the individ
ual states maintain agricultural de-
partments devoted to his interests,
and bombarding him continually with
bulletins, advice and admonitiOn The
newspapers bristle with counsel to
him. Politicians, publicists and stu
dents enthuse and agonize over him
from rostrum and forum and legisla-
tive hall. 1t can be stated in one
sentence, that the finger of the ma.
ton is pointing today but in one d.
rection--and that is at the figure of
the man behind the pillow, to whom
they are looking to redeem them from
a way. from the menace of unrest that
broods like a pail over many of our
cities.
1t is a psychological moment of an
awakened conscience from one boun-
dairy of America to another We are
scourging vandalism. graft and gen
eral evil from politics. We are stand.
ing more resolutely each day for a
literal Interpretation of the doctrine
of the square deal" We are deter.
mined that the people and not the
politicians shall rule We are discov-
ering that. after all, the golden rule
is not a beautiful abstraction, but the
most sensible and business-like of
realities. So we are substituting the
neglect of decades melted to the
farmer, for concentrated attention,
and for the chronic misunderstanding
of him, an earnest effort at under
standing
think that, in an instrumental de-
gree, the Farmers union is responsi.
BILE both for the awakened farmer and
the awakened nation, as regards the
farmer. In the six years of our ma.
tional existence, we have steadily
worked away upon the problem at its
foundation-the home of the farmer
the viewpoint eff the farmer, and
above all, basing all our efforts upon
deep personal study of the farmer
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

record of the eggs laid. But ID
March | was able to keep a record,
and they laid 40 eggs. II dozen and
eight eggs laid In March. | sold
good many eggs for Matching pur
poses. and sold some OF the stock foI
breeders. and raised 40 fine pullets
for my own use. Besides. We had all
the flyers family of four could eat
all the year. | sold from those seven
hens s4625 in eggs and stock !
never got such results from any Other
chickens. This year | have two pen;
of fine red hens and two fine cocks
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27
Planting CoWpeas.

Nnwpeas should not be planted un.
~ the soil becomes warm and the
weather Is favorable for rapid growth
They require a warm soil and are re
tarded by cool nights and damp, dis
agreeable days. You will not gain by
planting cnVneas early
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

by moving forward causes the ny ,hs
beam with its cutting edge to emu q ont
ground. and carry forward any soi. me
o BY moving backward he fai'e ',otad
cutting edge, allowing the aecull' = as
earth TO pass under in as great " the
little quantity as he pleases' VIM ont
sloping steel sheet smoothes into
brushes the Jumps and spreads i
any depressionS.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

A man who owns a farm foui Tina.
weeds is still a renter
less than half the crop is his
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27
The Flower Beds.

1t won't matter what shape Nv i. ob
beds you make-round, SQUARE =
long-so long as you make theiH
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

Plant melon seed aad creua ee1 sec
in the box IN the kitchen WilG98
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

The most important time in the
calls life comes when We take it upon
ourselves to feed and care for 1t. and
at this time we should exercise a lot
of kindness and gentleness. tor
roughness creates dlstrust and fear,
and the chances are that calves will
never forget their first lessons and i'm.
DresSionS
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

Give the girls chance to have a
garden of their own. Light work in
the garden will greatly benefit health
and furnish helpful exercise in the
open air Information about plants is
essential to good education and should
not be neglected. Let the girls be-
come interested in the garden
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

In the United States and Canada
the subject of soil incubation has as
sumed a peculiar significance in con
nection with the successful growing
OF alfalfa First established on cur
western coast. alfalfa has gradually
spread to the east leaving in its wake
more fertile fields, better grain crops,
larger herds Of cattle, and more nu
meIous tloeks OF sheep
Those cid blackberry canes. il lett
among the new ones, Will add greatly
70 the discomfort OF the women folks
when tie berries ripen and are being
picked. but il yon remove them now,
the way VIII be clear Tor berry pick.
ing, while a damaging ditch some,
where in the field or meadow lana
also may be effectively filled with
these worthless brush at little or nc
real expense
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

The young pigs must have dry nests
and tae bedding should be changed
frequently and lime, or some other
disinfectant sprinkled In the nest
when it IS cleaned Many young pigs
become infected with disease through
their nayels coming in contact with
damp and foul nests.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

Don't imagine. unless you have an
Extraordinary large bank account.
that you can go ont and buy good
dairy cows any time you take a no
ton. The only way TO get an efficient
herd is TO raise your own COWS You
may start in by buying some good
foundation stock. but when this has
been done figure on improving the
herd by buying good bulls and raising
the heifers from your best mixers,
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

All needed Improvement around the
place should be made before the sea.
son for cultivation arrives Sheds
for manure, shelter for stock and
room for hay should now have atten-
ton. Let the silo Lave consideration
while you are building
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

Alfalfa has proven great success
all over the country west of the Mis-
souri, river Il Is extending in popu.
Iarity north into the Dakotas and
south into Texas, with every evidence
that il will become the adopted tame
hay crop for those sections.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

Eastern growers mostly grow fruit
as side issue and take what they
get both when they gather and when
they sell il. while the western grower
makes a business of growing his fruit
and gets what he asks for it.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

Thorough tarring of corn will. to a
great extent, prevent pulling by crows
and blackbirds, but perhaps gophers
and ground squirrels would only laugh
At It. Moisten the seed with warm
water. then stir in coal tar at the
rate of a teaspoonful to the peck, be.
ing sure to stir until every kernel is
black. Dry with ashes. land plaster
or slaked lime.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

Common wood ashes. with a few
poultry droppings, are a cheap and
most approved fertilizer for the grape
vines. Too rich fertilizer. such as
stable manure alone, produces
growth so rank that rot is apt to be
encouraged while the flavor OF the
fruit is impaired by the nature and
rapidity of growth,
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-05-27

The questio. of the proper amount
of seed 10 SOW is never settled Two
and one-half bushels of average oats.
sown broadcast. are not too many on
average land, average seasons; and
about one.half bushel less when
drilled in. is looked upon as about
right by most oatsgrowers.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-04-28
THE FALLING OF THE STARS

We have received some inquiries
as to whether or not Halleys comet,
which can now be seen in the early
morning, is the comet that old peo-
pie talk about seeing a number of
years ago when there was a failing
Of the stars In reply. we will state
that the occurrence referred to was
In 1885, when this same comet came
near the earth. and what appeared to
be falling of the stars was the il
Illuminated tail of the comet which
brushed the surface of the earth.
This comet can be seen every
morning for the next few weeks be-
fore sunrise. 1t will be nearest the
earth on the morning of May goth,
and then will gradually disappear.
This comet first made it's appearance
eleven years before the birth of
Christ. 1t was next seen sixty-six
years after the birth of Christ, and
has appeared at intervals of seventy
five or seventy-six years ever since.
Therefore, only those who are now
very young will be living to see it
when it appears again seventy-six
years from now.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-04-28
Scores Governor Kitchin.

The Madison Herald, formerly a
warm supporter Of Governor Kitchin,
is mad "all the way through" over
the refusal of the Governor to ap-
point c. o. McMichael as judge. The
Governor appointed Mr.. Pell, dark
horse, who has agreed not to run,
thus leaving the field open to candi-
dates before the convention.
Says the Herald:
where would w. w. Kitchin be
to-day but for bitter fight in the
Democratic party two years ago,
when he was nominated for Governor
by the skin of his teeth? And what
has he done for the Democrats
American Tobacco Company IS
don't count-who made that fight for
him except to go back On them every
time he got chance? Let him go
ahead and play the baby act and ap-
point dark horse If he wants to-
that is his privilege We
want nothing more to do with any
politician who is always scheming, is
never satisfied, and never has a friend
except to use him."
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-04-28

As the first day OF May fails on
Sunday. the State Acknowledgement
gives the opinion that under the
statute. payment for poll tar may be
accepted on Monday. May End, but
not later.
In giving the opinion. which was
asked OF him as a State Official, paid
by the taxpayers money. irrespec-
tive of politics. the Acknowledgement
exhibits a venom worthy OF Hall
fax Democrat. In this Official paper
be advises "all good Democrats
(can II be he means there are some
bad ones?) to pay by April 30th and
to let the Republicans take their
chances"
This may have been an attempt on
the part of Mr.. Beckett to be funny.
1t may pass for wit in Franklin
County, but We do not believe that
1t will be accepted as such in the
State at large II 1t is wit, it is too
elephantine to be graceful, too veno-
nous to arouse the risibles. It is a
cheap play to the galleries.
Mr.. Beckett receives a salary of
three thousand dollars a year. AS
46 per cent of the voters of this
State are Republicans then $3.50 of
Mr.. Bickett's money is paid by the
members of that party. if the pro-
portion holds good. He has no right
to inject politics. and that of the
cheapest kind, in connection with
his official statements.
In the meantime, it is to be hoped
that Republicans, good, bad and in
different, if the two latter exist, will
not take the Chance" suggested by
the Acknowledgement, but will get
busy and see that their poll tax is
paid before Saturday night.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-04-28

a condition to face the enemy In the
front. he must be sure that there are
no traitors or bush-whackers In his
rear.
II the next Republican State Con
vention should put at its head one
of the well-known patronage ma
chine bosses. who does not want 10
be troubled with Congressman as
Washington. how many recruits
would enlist under his banner? There
are more than ten thousand voters
in North Carolina to-day who are
ready to join the ranks of the Repub-
lican party the moment that they be-
lieve 1t Is organized and headed to-
ward a fight for victory. How many
votes will the party lose by offend
ing the bush-whackers within its
ranks? The patronage machine
bosses in North Carolina today could
not control ten votes when once they
are robbed of the power to distribute
Federal patronage. Let us rob them
Of that power and welcome ten thou
sand and more recruits. Then we
will have not only a large but a
growing army, and every recruit that
comes will come and march in ranks
and in perfect harmony. This Is the
kind Of harmony and the only kind
that can mean Republican growth
and success.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-04-28
NOT AT ALL CURIOUS, AFTER All

Rather curious that some who
nave opposed government by com
mission and are working against the
adoption Of that system, are in the
neld as candidates for commissioner
II they are opposed to the svstem
ana think it unwise, how can thev
consent to risk their reputation as
commissioners?
Inc above appears in the Columbia
Is. CD State. The suggestive point
u the Item is the fact that the poll
tlc1ans (the fact that they ara South
carolina politicians makes it need
less to say that they are Democrats,
while opposing the commission n,an
OF government, are candidates al
ready Tor an Office that has not even
yet been created.
The oft-repeated cry of "pie-bun+-
er and similar epithets applied to
1ne Republican party by the Demo-
press is a two-edged sword.
Inc above case. however, exceeds
even the ill-founded accusations that
ehat partisan press is so prone r.
MAKE To be a candidate for an
oince before the Office is created. and
TO make matters worse, to which tbev
Are opposed to creating, has not wa
'eneVe' been yet charged to the Re-
publican party.
Inc words of the Holy Writ NAV
'''ingiy apply: First cast the beam
rom thine own eye, that tbon NOV
90 more clearly the mote in thv
eye" 'n'
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-04-28
The Sub-Treasury Scheme Approved
Washington Post.1

Cotton planters in the South are
tired of having the spinners and the
cotton exchanges dictate the price
of the staple year in and year out,
nearly always being able to say what
the planter shall get for his CROP"
said ]. N. Cavanaugh. Of Atlanta, Ga.
at the New Willard.
"Allthrough the South, and especi-
ally in Georgia, the planters are pre-
pairing to launch a gigantic sub-treas-
ury or bonded warehouse scheme,
which, they are convinced, will make
them able to dictate the price of
cotton and make the buyers meet
their terms instead of the buyers fix
ing the prices, as they are practically
able to do now.
THE plan is for warehouses to be
built in all sections where cotton is
grown, distributed throughout the
cotton belt so that every large town
shall have one. An immense capital
will be raised among the farmers and
bankers who are against gambling in
cotton futures, and this will be used
in the construction of the warehouses
A farmer will be able to take his
bales to the bonded warehouse, de-
post them there, receive warehouse
receipts for them at approximately
their full value. and on these he can
go to the bank where he does bust
ness and, with the receipts as col
lateral, borrow from the bank near
ly the face value of the receipts. He
can keep the cotton in the warehouse
as long as he wants to by paying a
small fee, and thus will not be oblig-
ed to sell to the buyers until he so
desires. The planters believe that
this scheme will give them absolute
command Of the staple"