The Prescott daily news., 1914-06-15
WEEKLY LETTER OF COM
MISSIONER JOHN H. PAGE
Arkansas Needs More Open Land to
be Developed and Improved.
Women Need Helpful Sug-
gestions in Work.

One thing that Arkansas needs is
more open land, developed and inn
proved. We must have it to make
room for The increased population we
want and expect to have Clearing
land is hard work, winter or summer,
but in the summer, when it is intense
ly hot, it takes man with pretty good
grit to go into the woods where the
leaves are thick and no breeze stirr-
ing, and put in a hard days work
clearing land. To clear land is hard
labor if you do it yourself and eXpen-
sive if you hire the labor. A good
way it to deaden the timber a couple
of years ahead. Now is a good time
to begin the work whenever you have
spare day or two Deaden every
thing that is large enough to deaden
The bushes and saplings can be cut
down. 1t is a good idea to hack the
saplings off about two or three feet
/ from the ground, letting them fall and
hang by the back. The limbs on the
trees will die and fall first Some of
the trees will then fall. The grass,
weeds, vines and briars will come up.
In the late fall after about two years
have elapsed you can set fire to the
whole mass, and most likely viii burn
X up the most of it. You can then go
/ in with teams, chains and cant hooks
and soon finish up a good job of clear
ing. and you land will be in good con
dition, as the roots will be dead and
partially rotted. This is cheaper
method than taking the timber down,
green. Now ! am going to tell YOU a
secret about deadening timber. Make
solution of arsenic and sal soda.
Dissolve the arsenic at the rate Of one
pound to gallon of water. Put the
arsenic in the water and heat and stir
until it is dissolved If any of the
water is spilled or evaporatcd, re-
place Then diss, I've the sal soda at
the rate of one pound to a gallon of
water. Then mix the two solutions.
Put the mixture in coal OH can or
something having a small spout Pour
a small stream around the trees dead
ened where the trees were hacked BY
this means you poison them and they
die surly and suddenly and begin to
rot, clear down into the roots. In a
short time the worms begin work on
them, and the trees disappear much
sooner than by the old way. Besides.
it is not necessary to cut out the chips
nor to go so deep in deadening. BE
careful about the mixture and do not
let any stock get to it, because it is
poison. Wash out the vessels good
and do not pour any of the fluid on
the ground where it will poison stock.
You will find this method valuable in
saving time and money! in clearing
land. 1t is good idea to put in some
new ground every year. 1t soon counts
up.
The good women need some helpful
suggestions in their work. At this
season of the year they are bothered
about moths amongst the woolens.
Moth balls are a nuisance in use and
a source of annoyance on the day res
surrection of the woolens in the fall.
A perfectly good way to protect wool
ems against moths is to get some
brown domestic and make bags, and
put the woolens in these bags. Then
tie or sew the mouth of the bag so
tight moth can't get in. If you will
sew the bags so we'll the moth can't
get in through the seam, he will never
bother your woolens, and you can put
them away much more conveniently
instead of resorting to the old time
methods of moth balls, cedar chests,
ect.
Let the mothers and girls can all
the surplus fruits and vegetables. 1t
will save many dollars. You can buy
home canning outfits now at from six
dollars up TO twenty-five that will can
stuff as good as you can buy in any
store. Get an outfit and try it.
JONH II pACE