The Harrison times., 1915-10-02
AGRICULTURAL MEETINGS
Big Day for the Farmers Of Boone
County at Harrison.

Wnlcn l DelleVe 10 Oe OF Vltdl lmpOr-
tance and of general interest to all,
but of special interest to young
farmers.
am farmer. having spent my
life on the farm, except when | serv-
ed in the confederate army, during
the civil war, and nine years was
in the mercantile business, but |
fully realize my opportunities to
learn the best methods of farming
were far behind that of to-day. |
think there are many ofus having
spent our lives trying to farm in
our own way who have made but
little progress, following perhaps in
the old path of our fore fathers, but
i do earnestly plead with you to
avail yourselves of every aid that
the national, state and | hope,to be
able to say county government
offers you. In coming to your home
and demonstrating the valuable in
formation the government has
worked out.
The average farmer lacks the time,
the means and the facilitates for ex-
perimenting and that is where the
government has the advantage.
ask YOU to look back just few
years, when our county was under
guarantee, our cattle being put in
the quarantine pens in all the mark
cts and sold to the butchers for
immediate slaughter and the grow
er loosing 5000. on every car load.
Then, when our county was placed
above the quarantine line, the value
of our cattle was increased over
$4,000. and Texas fever was
blotted out.
The Government took up the
work and decided to exterminate
the germ of the Texas fever, (the
fever tick from the United States;
and is making progress as rapidly
as could be expected.
This valuable work would have
been accomplished more quickly
but so many imagine they know
more than the government experts
who have every facility for know
ing. These smart ones are dyna-
hitting dipping vats down in Texas.
Well, suppose every country must
have its positive men who are con.
structing or building, and its mega
tive men who are tearing down.
We should learn from experience
that there is still more beyond to be
learned, that we cannot afford to
stop our ears against our best in
terests ,..,.
Saturday, the 25th inst, we met
in Harrison experts sent here by
the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
and the college of Agriculture of the
University of Arkansas.
R. H. Mason gave a valuable
talk and demonstrated the best and
quickest method Of making first
class butter. And even the excellent
butter makers present obtained
much information.
| have often told story of two
lady butter makers who sold to
the same merchant, he paid one
twenty-five cents and the other ten
cents per pound tor their butter.
The first was an up to date butter
maker and the other had never
learned the best methods. When
she learned she was not receiving
half as much for her butter as her
neighbor she went to her merchant
to learn the reason. The merchant
told her the reason. | will gladly
give you information and if strictly
followed | will pay you twenty-five
cents for your butter the same
pay your neighbor." She agreed to
his advice of the most carful and
painstakiug cleanliness of milk
vessels, washing scalding and air
ing, churnIng when the milk is at
the proper temperature, and scalding
the churn and keeping all vessels
sweet and clean So she followed
instructions to the letter, and get.
ing through churniug, took up the
butter in dish and unthoughtedly
put the butter on a chair, then emp.
tied the milk out of the churn wash
ing and scaldiug churn dash and
lid aud looking for a nail to hang
the dash on found one little too
high for her to reach from the floor,
so she got up in a chair near her
dish of butter; her foot slipped, and
back she weut into the dish of butter.
She arose scraping off the butter
with her hand, throwing it back
into the dish saying there is some
more ten cent butter