The Springdale news., 1913-05-23
FARMING WITH \ STRONG BAt h
 AND | WEAK MIND.


 The successful faImer of today is the man who reads, thinks, inFesti- gates and works The home pap ITS are full of good information If the farmers would but read The time was. in this Southwestern country when the men on the farms planted the same kind of seed on the same patches of ground all their lives because their fathers had done SO before them The time was when we cut our grain with scythe and let our stock stand under a straw stack al wlnt- CT. That is farming with a strong back and a weak mind.
 Waste costs the farmer Of the Southwest more than any ole thing. He begins by wasting his time be- cause the seasons are long and he never has to hurry He winds up by wasting a large per cent of hls crop because he hasn't studied the best methods Of saving 1t
 France. the thriftiest nation ot the world was the first to learn the art of preserving summer fodder for winter fee ding Hi tory doesn't tell us whether or not Auguste Goffart had a weak back, but he certainly had strong mind Back in the Cos he perfected a method of pre- serving green fodder in caves and pits.
 Today the farmers who work with their heads as well as their backs, know that i0 tons of sii- age may be put in the same space as one ton of hay. They know that 15 res of 1oin in the SiLo makes more and better feed than D at res O. hay They know that le ac- res of good corn siiage will winter 30 head of fully matnfed COWS.
 Silage is usually made from we'll matured corn stalks, with OF with out the ears. fed through cutter and packed in q silo II is the richest. juiziest, most nutritious food that can ba had for winter and early spring feeding Beaause of the sugar and arch. corn is the best for silage: but clover, peas, alfalfa and kaffir corn make exeell- ent siiage. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth Of the best sIlage rots every year in the fields be- cause the farmers don't know the uses and valge Of d siio. Ihe sll-l age fed in January VII make milk and butter practical ' the same as in June. + means summer pasture during zero weather
 The Government is giving the needs of the tarme- more attention now than ever before and the si- b i3 receiving q Q grea+est share Prof Willard c Thompson had Of the Animal Hashen lry deaartm nt and Prof .f Il Wilson of tie De partment ot Ex enSion. both con nected with the College of Agrirul- ture at the University of Arkansas have made sTe ial study of the silo and its =es. as well as all o.h- CT sQbje pertaining to up=to lte mefnoas of fa ming. stock raising and dairTin and are re -oeniz i authorities 0a these matters They lealise that Lis Southwestern count " musf re OFF TO s los II the SD raising and dairy industries are brought up t8 anything like what they should or can te mad
 Taes haze eaAs nted to put on a lecture and demon 5tfafion Of the sjlo and its HseS Thi5 demanstra- ton 8iH be 8eel Fayetteville. on the Sac University grounds near the daiat bHtlding oH Saturday, May : Everything il the way Of silo-, siIage choppers. eoHyeyess and gasoline aHgiues will be hand and iu o9e ration. and q th0r ough demonstrate k assured Tte greatezf question confronting those ~ho HaEa thought of hHtiHiits s#t0- 1s, What kit4 at sti1-.s best ldapj- ei 70 eal- tsea. aHH tH8 m partaHf nate VII he th5 ouzb Y threshet out No charge whatever WiI hs made aHd t k axpe Id that hundred of farmers Rih take adj vantage e a.s rare apHogt unity 10 learn n fen hours shat others have been arkiag 3ear9 ta find out
 Tae4 sci ss5e May st as silo day aa8 ali arr rrq1iesf.sd TO bring their dinners Inc University dairy will furnish e9e-y0odA 2lth all of tbe gaaa roa milk and butter they Aant and genuine good f.me will be had The visitols will be shown through he University barn where rhe beautiful nerd of dairy cattle wiI be au exhibition and they 2 he aken though the dairy which hf the way, is the largest and Ha=t modern ih the Southwest
 The railroads are putting oa special tran and rates and those living al d distance can make the trip at Ferg little cost Let's all help make silo day the iay | de- serves To be a-big dav