The Mena weekly star., 1913-06-26
 EXPERTS HERE
Thompson Farm and Mena .-;ment Station Friday ..,od Talks at Meeting at
 Court House.

,nirials of the U. s. agricul- snartment and about a dozen Inf Mena Friday visited at 4 Thompson farm about five nulheast of town, the main heinz to see the 5-acre Asonstration being carried on ,er Harrison. The visiting sMatson. state agent for Ar 5Little Rock.
 Nercier, inspector for dem nn work, Washington, D. C. S Haden, district agent for esI Arkansas.
 Ewing at the field Mr. Har- sas found at work with a field of corn more than R high, and so even that 1t Rd in appearance a great teen carpet. 1arrison informed the visit 'f he had broken the land 6 February, turning it to a Il & inches. He applied 200 @pf fertilizer in drill. He N four feet between corn snd the stalks stand from 3wo feet apart in the row. he corn was well through @nd he narrowed the land @. and later applied 200 Additional fertilizer to the seed was of the Southern Nariety that had been se- .nd developed through three Rowing. and Mr. Harrison haf he will again select seed he field when this years DenS.
 mop is being given almost on, cultivation, and this of Il kind. This will continue d ,hucks have turned brown ears. The plan is to allow |re than from seven to ten plNeeu stirring the ground. in comes the crust is 10 be inmcdiately after it forms, 6outhy conditions arise the alch will he stirred frequent IISc More Than 100 Years.
 the very remarkable Brought out was that this Aart ot the ii0-acre Thomp- n. has been in cultivation N than one hundred years. M years ago it was planted T year. iD is understood, 10 *ru oats. etc. At that time &o &oVu to clover, which pro- nod crops for several years, 4 4ploWed up in 1912 and the 4nted To cotton. On twelve U bale, of cotton were pro Miuou to the special 5-acre 4 Mr. Harrison is deVoting \ he Is this season cultiVat- nore to the same crop and \ of cotton.
 q Experiment Station,
 examining and studying MT. |as corn, and after several A had been taken by Mr. N NalI drove to the Mena Sub N of the State Agricultural 4ul Station, where crops &ated by W. NJ. Grant and ManDs under the guidance of 8. C. Lassetter. Here Mr. II took the party in charge Med them over the place, B- In detail the different
 crops and the various * used m growing them in Himeual work. In one plot N rows or corn. each row ' Nir0m a portion of S5 ears
 fd c0ru all one variety, the M Mpo-o being to eventually
 d from the particular ears
 d the best. Then there
 showing the effect of bn and the lack of it, and Halon wrongly done or not
 he right time. Other plots
 he effect of different kinds
 zer> and of no fertilizers,
 Wug how fertilizing prop
 at were valuable in com
 with certain other ele-
 ere useless without such
 Don. These experiments
 pted largely to our most
 ops, corn. oats and cotton.
 most interesting hour in
 his valuable work and lis
 Prof, LasSetter, the party 7= Town for dinner.
 etlng at the Court House.
 clock the visiting agricul-
 PertS met with a good sized
 at the court house. as ad-
 rcier spoke on the growth
 farming methods, in
 lold of what was going
 ne various states, guided
 ted ny the Department of
 re' He stated. in closing,
 small portion of the
 ashed for information. but
 the agencies were estab-
 ey had more to do than
 q attend to with the re-
 a' their command. They
 to the ones who seem to
 Interested Tho hueinaes