The Spectator., 1915-04-16

The Monticello district agricultural school will be operated next year TO gardless of the cut in It's appropriation by the governors vetoes, according to a decision of the Board of Directors of the school. The board decided that unless an Injunction is secured in tue courts against the issuing of salary warrants on the general maintenance fund of the school, the only one left, they would conduct the institution.
 The directors decided that the courses offered, the faculty and the lumber of students would have to be reduced because of the. small appro- rriation. It is planned to eliminate the Sixth and Seventh grade work and to drop seven teachers from the facul- ty. The board decided to limit the number of students to 200, about half the number this year.
 k. B. Wells of Monticello and w. c. Pardue of Fl Dorado, members of the board, will go to Little Rock to confer with state officials concerning the ie- gal status of the appropriations.
 Hog cholera, its diagnosis, treatment for prevention and the method of ob- taining anti-hog cholera serum from the plant at Little Rock, are treated in Circular No. 25 of the Agricultural Ex- pertinent station of the College of Az riculture of the University of Arkan- sas. The circular will be sent free to all residents of Arkansas who ap- ply by mail to w. C. Lasseter, direc- tor of extension of the College of Agri- culture.
 The circular was prepared by Dr. k. M Cow, state veterinarian of Ar kansas. In beginning Dr. Cow takes up the history of the experimental work with regard to hog cholera and the discovery of the treatment for pre- vention. In Arkansas the manufacture of anti-hog cholera serum was begun in 1911 at Fayetteville. Its manufac- ture has been continued and the se- rum is now sold at cost to farmers and stock men of Arkansas
 Hog cholera is a germ disease, the circular sets forth, and spreads among hogs as typhoid fever or smallpox do in man. If no germs are carried into a herd the hogs will be in no danger of hog cholera. However, it Is almost impossible to guard against infeC- tion, as the germs may be carried by dogs, birds, shoes, wagon wheels and running water
 The entire appropriation of $193,350 for work in the Arkansas river will be used for channel improvement, accord. ing to Major A. B. Putnam, chief 1 the engineers office in Little Rock. who will have charge of the work Els inmates are being made of the amount Of Improvement which is 70 be done tAtil July l, 1916. When the fgurer have been completed and forwarded: to Washington the funds will be avail ale. Work will begin between May l5 and June 1. A channel will be clear ed from Little Rock to the mouth of the river. Some work will be done as far up as Ozark.
 w. B. Smith. of Fayetteville, ex- pert accountant and justice of the peace, has been appointed master to audit and report the condition of the account of the state against M. r. Croxdale. former circuit clerk, who is alleged to have quit his office in 1912 about S4,000 in arrears.
 Clinton merchants are selling canned goods packed by Perkins & tsaacs. Messrs. Perkins and Isaacs are farmers who live near Clinton, and the canned goods were put up with home canning outfit.
 Two mountain howitzers and some solid shot have been received by tho city of Van Buren and will be used to ornament the courthouse lawn.
 J. J. Burdine has begun the publica. tion of newspaper, the Sparkman News, as Sparkman, Dallas county.
 Gotten is selling on the streets of Stephens at l-2 cents per pound
 Diversified farming in Arkansas comes in lucky year, according to the monthly crop report from the Blu resn of Crop Estimates of the United States Department of Agriculture. which shows, that the condition of the wheat crop in Arkansas is S9 per cent, one per cent above the average for the last ten years. Rye also shows a condition of S9 per cent April l, which was likewise one point above the av- craze of ten years. Grain prices oi the state and of the United States show large increases over the prices at the same date last year.
 The Carlisle Dairymen's Association refused to accept l6 5-6 cents per gal-