The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1911-02-25
The Arkansas Legislature.
500 Bills Mostly Local Increased Appropriations for State
Institutions. New AID ustment of Judicial Districts
Proposed Another Stepin the Good
Roads Plan

! duu MUCH 10 the dLltdCtlNSUCSS OIL
the capitol grounds and is needed to
make the grounds compare to the
magnihcence of the 50 100000 cap
itol, The preservation of the old
state house rs lively que, ZION, and
the issue is strongly drawn between
the administration, which insists
upon the sale, and the presentations
lists, who would make a museum of
it, The Hardagc bill seeks to sell
and the Clarke Mcador bill seeks TO
preserve, This week attention was
called to the fact that two Years
ago, in his message, Coy Donaghey
advocated the retention forever of
the title to the state house and
grounds and that it be turned over
to the State Historical Society. At
the time he also praised the
ladies for the patriotic interest they
had taken in reference to the old
capitol Naturally, there is some
politics in the Legislature-it would
be strange if there were not There
are men in both houses who are am
bilious, and keep an eye open to the
main chance. There are Represent
tatives and Senator's who want to
be returned, Representatives who
would be Senator's, and both who
would hold state offices There are
several who are in training for gov
ernor, encouragement, the Su-
preue Bench, State Auditor, Sec
rotary of State and even for Con.
gress, in fact the General Assembly
is recognized as a first class prepar.
atory school for the political unlver-
sity, and there are many who aspire
to take the highest degr, es The
election of Il president pro TEN of
the Senate will bring number Of
these aspiring statesmen out Of
their modest retirement into the
bright pltiess light of publicity, but
up to the present time there has
been little or no discussion of the
subject, and the candidates have
not begun to line up, This Office of
late wears has assumed the proper
tons Of an honor of the greatest
consequence. The proposition to
provide a Acknowledgements to
perform the duties now deyolving
upon the President pro TEN of the
Senate has not been revived this
session, although there may be a
proposition later to submit such an
amendment to the people. There
are now in the two houses a dozen
proposed amendments, but none Of
them has made much progress vet
Commissioner of Agriculture, Fred
Phillips, is getting close to the
farmers of the state and is doing
much toward a dissemination of in.
formation for their guidance that will
enhance the benefits accruing from
advanced methods of agriculture
In bulletin ust ISSUED he says
most of our farmers are now plan
ming what crops they will plant this
year and upon what parts of their
farm they will put each crop. This
year is good time to begin crop
rotation and it is good time to
begin Investigation of crops MANY
of our farmers already practice ro-
tation and Investigation. More
should do so. We cannot afford to
grow cotton or any other crop year
after year on the same soil. Each
crop takes certain plant foods out
Of the soil A change from cotton
to corn or from corn to cotton is
hardly worth making, since these
crops use practically the same plant
foods. Land that has been in cot
ton should be sowed in oats and
peas. The oats can be cut in plenty
Of time to permit the peas to be
sown and mature Or such lands
should be put in lespede2a or alfalfa
if the soil is suitable for these le.
gumes. y good rotation for cotton
is first year cotton, second oats and
peas, and third year corn But
whatever the rotation may be- le-
guminous plants such as peas, pea
nuts, clovcrs and vetches should he
prominent factors in this rotation
These plants have the power to take
nitrogen, our most expensive plant
food. from the air and to store it
il the soil The farmer who puts
his trust in cotton alone will not
prosper. 1t is time for us to realize
that we cannot be prosperous SO
long as we expect to buy corn and
other feed stuils, meat and other
food stuils with the proceeds of our