The Pulaskian., 1915-01-29

tions on some typical Arkansas farms, made the interesting statement that he had discovered that it cost the farmer 10 cents a pound to raise cot ton under present conditions in Ar kansas. He had also kept a record on the farm horse, and by figuring the number of days the horse worked and the cost of his keep had found that the farmer is paying $1.15 a day for horse labor. The average num- Der of days the horse was employed on the farms where these records were kept were less than 100
 D. c. Welty, agricultural commits sioner of the Iron Mountain railroad told of the problems of 1915 for tho stock grower. There were many of them, and MT Welty thought that the big and brainy farmers of the state ought to go out and meet them, re gardless of what the little fellow or the rest of the world might think about it.
 This brought to the floor Prof. H s. Mobley of the Farmers Union, who made a special plea for the little farmer-the fellow who couldn't or wouldn't understand the new ideas that were offered him. He urged that the leaders of thought in the agricul- tural uplift movement go slow, so that the struggling farmer could keep up, and predicted that in the end it would be the best. He thought the big farmer should take the little one along with him.
 MT. Welty, while on the rostrum, told about the recent Southern Cat tlemen's Convention in Meridian, Miss, about the many stock growers that were there and the display of pure bred stock exhibited by the diff ferent breeders associations. He said that Little Rock could get this convention in 1916 if the city would begin to lay it's plans at once. Act ing upon this suggestion, the conven- tion later appointed committee of 50 members of the association who will act in conjunction with the Little Rock commercial bodies in an effort to secure the meeting The members of the committee who are expected to attend the next convention at Birm- lngham, Ala, in June. are as follows.
 H. F. Auten, Little Rock.
 D. c. Welty, Iron Mountain Ky.
 John H. Page, Little Rock. 
 Otto Seigle. Little Rock.
 R. M. Foster, Jr., Little Rock. c. o. Carpenter, Little Rock.
 John c. Small, Little Rock
 Dr. A. B. Wight, Lrttle Rock.
 M. M. Rutherford, Sulphur Rock.
 H. M. Cottrell, Rock Island By
 E. A. King. Clarksville. c. P. Vaughan, Newark. Dr. R. M. Cow, Little Rock.
 J. R. Alexander, Scotts.
 Mark Valentine, Little Rock
 James Boyd, Lonoke.
 Fred D. Gibson, Stuttgart.
 c. N. Alexander, Scotts.
 Parker c. Evan, Clarendon.
 J. w. Williamson, Batesville.
 JunluS Case, East SylamOre.
 c. R. Powell, Little Rock
 Lucien Andrews, Imboden.
 Clay Sloan, Black Rock.
 Lawrence Sloan, Pocahontas.
 L. J. Crocker, Augusta.
 w. J. Waldrip, Magness.
 J. M. Waddell, Morrell ] R. D. Dunlap, Clarksville.
 J. H. Stevens, Palestine
 l.. M. Grubmyer, Forrest City.
 Capt. James Russell, Forrest City.
 Sam Rolfe, Forrest City.
 R. w. Wills, Marianna
 w. B. Mann, Marianna.
 J. E. Rogers, Prairie Grove
 H. L. B'Shears, Fulton. J. s. Cargile, Philadelphia.
 w. A. Cazort, Morrilton.
 w. E. Miller, Smithton.
 Harry Churchill, Pangburn.
 w. E. Miller of Smithton gave an interesting talk on soy beans, crop that has produced for him fine crops of grain and hay. He plants in rows and cultivates this crop, but says the beans can be sown broadcast with success, if that is preferred.
 An invitation to hold the midsum- mer meeting of the association at Fort Smith was extended by E. N. Hopkins, editor of Fruits and Farms. MT. Hopkins also explained the re- cent statewide movement for the or ganization of pig and poultry clubs among the boys and girls of Arkan. sas. The plan is for the business men