Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-06
BETTER FARMING
 HINTS.
Hog Vaccination.

Hog Vaccination.
 During the last year serum from the plant at Little Rock, conducted by the veterinary department of the col lege of agriculture, has been sent to every county in Arkansas, and men from the office of the state veterinar- ian and the county agricultural agents have vaccinated hogs in every county. In many counties about half the time of these agents has been devoted to this work, to the neglect of regular farm demonstrations. In hundreds of cases agents have spent four hours on the road, going and coming, and 30 minutes in vaccinating three or four hogs. Farmers can not afford to have their aoents use their time in that way. There is only one remedy, and that is for each farmer to vaccinate his own hogs or for the farmers of nelghborhood to arrange for one or two neighbors to do it. Don't make a first-class agent do all this work. One county agent in Arkansas has 50 farmers with instruments, and a pro- gressive banker in the county seat keeps supply of serum on hand all the time, and the agent has time to attend to farm demonstrations and to the boys.
 Why Not Try Cherries?
 Farmers of Arkansas are neglecting a mighty fine fruit and profitable fruit for the family or for market. Trees are inexpensive and dozen of them will take little room and will pay better than four times that space in corn or cotton. The extension divi- sion of the University of Arkansas and the United States department of agriculture, with offices at Fayette- vile and Little Rock, has neat little diagram for model farm orchard for free distribution.
 About Wheat.
 Wheat may follow wheat or oats, but it wilf pay to disc the ground as soon as grain is shocked and seed to cowpeas. Then blow under the crop | of peas about the first of September, work the ground well and let it settle or get firm and seed about the first of October. Another good way is to let wheat follow corn with peas and "hog' it off in September Such a l field may be plowed but usually a disc harrow will put it in good cond- tion for early October seeding.
 l Farmers Meetings.
 1 The extension service of the Uni versity of Arkansas and United States department of agriculture has held farmers meetings this year in every county in the state, preaching safe farming, pastures and livestock Now the campaign for farmers meetings will begin on July IF, 1916, in south western Arkansas and also in north western Arkansas. About dozen speakers will be available, and it is planned to hold four to six meetings in every county in Arkansas before Christmas. Farmers are urged to talk to their county agents as to where they want the meetings held and what subjects they want discussed. Where no county agent, farmers are asked to write the director of extension selv- ice, old statehouse, Little Rock, with suggestions about the meetings. l Use Powdered Lead Arsenate. l Arkansas farmers will need to use
 lead arsenate to fight the potato bugs this year instead of Paris green be- cause it is only about half as eXpen- sive. Secure lead arsenate in the powdered form, not in the form of ] paste. Put it in very small sack made of cheese cloth or anything else through which the material will dust out. Apply in the morning while the dew is on by shaking the sack of mate | rial directly over the plants. A little experience will soon show how much to shake. because it is only necessary that light cloud of the arsenate of lead settle down on the leaves of the plants. The lead arsenate is poison and should not be left out where ani- mals will have access to it. There is no danger, however. in using it as sug- gested above. Dust the potato plants and stop the ravages of the bugs. Watch the patch closely and repeat the dusting when the bugs begin to appear again.
 What About Hog Pastures? Soy beans are generally conceded to be one of the South's best crops for hog pasture. Corn in Arkansas is too expensive to feed alone to hogs. Bermuda pasture is good, cowpea pas ture is better, but best of all have some soy beans for the late summer pasture. The medium yellow is a good variety. Get it planted right away if possible. Get some in after the wheat or oats. Get some soy beans planted for the hogs, some for hay, and some for enriching the land. Try them. Try them again.
 States having favorite sons on the Chicago list are singing the song. 'I Did Not Raise My Boy to Be a Vice