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The Brinkley argus., 1916-06-23
Names of Farms Around
 Brinkley

Quite a number of our pro- gressive farm owners around Brinkley have already named their farms. The ARGUS would like to print under this head each and every one as it is named. Kindly send in the name of your farm and those of your friends that it may be added to this list
 Flair Haven Farm" owned by A. N. Gibbs.
 ''The P. &. P. Ranch" owned by Penrod and Prouty and managed by Henry Loewer.
 "The Eden Plantation" own ed by Wm. Tait.
 'The Ilawade Farm" owned by w. D. Wade.
 ''The Oaks" owned by O. H. Cooper.
 "The Davy Crockett Farm, ' owned by J. 5. Crockett.
 "Westview," owned by Gus Simpson.
 Sunny Slope Farm" owned by Woodie Cooper.
 The Oaks" owned by Ed Briar.
 Flair ViewFarm" owned by Alex Oelschlager.
 'Chicheto Rice Farm" owned by A. N. Gibbs, 1 mile east of Zent.
 "Glen Echo," formerly the Theilbar place, now owned by A. N. Gibbs.
 Film Farm" owned by P. F Elledge.
 "Gustavus Farm," owned by MT. and Mrs. w. T. Elledge and managed by P. F. Elledge.
 "The St. Clair Rice Farm" owned by Forth Bros. and op- erated by Henry Schaefer.
 ''The Cozy Corner Farm" on Pea Ridge, owned and controlled by MT. and Mrs. Jack Gray.
 ''The Rosedale Farm" owned by MT. and Mrs. Dan o. Camp bell, of Keevil.
 Lone Star Ranch" owned by Travis and Greenlee and managed by o. o. Travis, Mon- roe, Ark.
 ''Tippecanoe Farm" owned by Harshbarger and Staley and managed by J. M. Dickson.
 "Fairview Stock Farm" w. Hinton, Proprietor.
 Pleasant Ridge Rice Planta- tion, "31a miles east of Zent, own- ed by w. B. Decker, of Fair bury, H., and managed by w. w. Owens.
 "Edgewood," rice farm south- west of Hunter, owned by Albert Francis and family.
 40 Oaks" southwest of Brinkley, owned by J. c. Cash.
 'Endwell stock and rice farm" one mile east of Hunter owned by H. L. Baker, managed by D. Frederick.
 The Herbel Rice Ranch, T. J. Herbel, Mgr. Brinkley.
 "Clark's Stock Farm" Jno, G. Clark, Mgr, Brinkley.
 Oak Lawn Farm" owned by Mrs. c. F. Greenlee, southeast of Brinkley.
 70. K. Farm" owned by Mrs. J. c. Moshier.
 ''3 Oaks Farm owned by Henry Cobb.
 Weatherby Ranch, 8 miles South of Wheatley, D. H. Smith, Manager.
 Ark. Rice Co.,, Ranch" w. J. Penrose, Mgr. Hunter, Ark.
 Tell 'em you saw It In the Arsva
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Prairie View R. & l.. Co. " w. P. Dawson and Jas. Engle Props, Hunter, Ark.
 The White Farm" owned by o. L. Walker, 21s miles South west of Brinkley.
 Hill Acres Farm" owned by Mrs. J. B. Dunlap and son.
 Wine Glen," 1a mile west of Brinkley, on R. l., G. P. Stephens. Owner.
 Altamont Rice & Stock Farm, F. H. Cole, Prop, Hilleman. Ark.
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FARMERS WEEKLY SCHEDULE FOR uluF
THIRD WEEK

Harvest all the grain and t,,, the fields as soon as possible ' !, get Tn legumes, cowpeas. Ks1 the crop well cultivated, W,,.' tor punches of grass and b,, the hands keep them eboD..' \, out.
The Brinkley argus., 1916-06-23
FIRST WEEK

Plant the late watermelons, plant tomatoes, plant late peas. late corn, dig the Irish potatoes. plant sweet corn after the Irish potatoes, begin to harvest the hay; work the entire crop after each rain and certainly every ten days. Shallow cultivation.
 SECOND WEEK
 Cut the sweet potato vines and plant them; harvest the hay; harvest the oats and wheat. Turn under the stubble and plant cowpeas.
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THERE is talk in the air of several new industries for Brink lev and if they materialize busi- ness will pick up in earnest here this fall.
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Cures Old Sores. Other Remedies Won't Cus

The worst cases, mo matter of how long standing are cured by the wonderful old reliable pr Porters Antiseptic Healing oil. It relieves Pain and Heals at the same time. 2sc. Soc. Si.o
Catoctin clarion., 1916-03-16
CAN'T BE TOO POLITE TO BOY
Of Consideration That Is
Shown Him.

From California comes the report
of high resolve of the school author
tiles of San Francisco. How shall
that mysterious, self-conscious, sensi,
tive savage, the big boy" be ad-
dressed by his schoolteachers? The
wise of the educational leaders voted
for "Mr." They were outvoted. The
big boy is to be called Master" a
name which will irritate, anger and
disgust him. Master" is "all wrong"
The exact cause of the disagreea-
bleness Of Master may be hard to
explain, but it seems to carry an i'm
plication of patronizing condescenslon
and superiority on the part of the
addresser. To the addressed 1t brings
sense Of goody-goodiness 1t sug
gests Sanford and Merton" sort OF
boy, a boy in a velvet cap with a tas-
sci, a boy in a frock. 1t brands him
as an intermediate and Juvenile
person, whereas he deems himself
man, and would be proud to be called
Mr."
Address letter to a big boy" as
Master" So-and-So II you want to
make him unhappy. Call him Mr..
and he will be happy, and he will
strive to deserve the manly title you
give him. You can't be too polite to
boys, yet you may be unintentionally
insulting them all the time, from their
point of view. Give them the full
image and superscription of the
grown up" status to which they as-
pire.
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OBJECTIONS TO GROWING GRAIN
CROPS IN THE YOUNG
ORCHARD.
H. BECKENSTRATER,
Maryland Agricultural College.


Most OF the grains make very OBJ
jectionable companion crops in the
orchard; in fact, many an orchard has
been ruined by their use. While such
crops, wheat, oats and the like, occupy
the land. 1t can not be cultivated
They grow at a time when the trees
need cultivation most and these crops
at the same time consume large
quantities Of plant food and moistur
and have strong tendency to make
the land poor. There Is no good rea
son why the above grains should ever
be grown as companion crop in the
orchard.
Because Of Its great economic value
and the many uses to which 1t can be
put the orchardist Is frequently
tempted to plant corn in the orchard.
Corn has not all the Objectionable fea
lures that the other grains have. 1t re-
Quires cultivation, Is planted later in
the season and by the time 1t gets under
way, the trees have completed a good
share of their growth. If corn is used
1t should be kept good distance away
from the trees, the rows should be run
north and south and 1t should be
planted as late In the season as pos.
sible.
Hay sheuld never be grown in
young orchard. 1t completes with the
trees at every step. 1t robs them of
moisture and plant food when the
trees need them most 1t provides
excellent means for harboring insects
and other pests. If hay must be
grown, on the land occupied by the
orchard, as some persist in doing, by
all means cut down the trees and get
them out of the way.
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the fall more slowly than the atmos-
phere, and hence it tends to keep the
temperature within its zone Of intlu-
ence warmer than it would otherwise
be.
It is because of these reasons that
peaches are grown with marked sue
cess and injury to the crops by ad-
verse temperature conditions Is COM
paratively mfrequent In the portions
of New York and the province of On
tario that border Lake Ontario;
in Ohio, along Lake Erie; in south
western Michigan, on Lake Michi-
gan, and in some other districts which
are adjacent to large bodies of water.
AS a rule, the zone of influence of bod
les of water, such as those named, Is
rather narrow, usually not extending
back from the shore more than few
miles.
AS a rule, it Is doubtless safe to as
sumo that a site having a moderate
slope in some direction is to be pre-
ferred for orchard purposes. other
things being equal, to one that is level.
One having a slope will usually have
better soil and atmosphere drainage
than level area.
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ANCIENT FLAGS AND BANNERS
Some Kind Of Symbol Has Been in
Use as Far Back as There
Is Any Record.

The Standard dictionary defines
flag as "A piece Of cloth, commonly of
bunting, and usually square or oblong,
either plain or bearing device; used
as a standard. symbol or signal and
generally displayed by being attached
by one edge to staff. or to hal
yard, by which 1t may be hoisted to
q pole" The same authority defines
q banner as "A piece of fabric, OF
cloth, or combination Of netting and
cloth, either suspended from pole by
O oss-bar, or hung from pole by
between horizontal ropes, and bearing
some motto or device often carried in
professions as the ensign of a society,
order or party" Notwithstanding the
difference here noted between a flag
and banner, there is sense in which
flags are commonly and correctly
spoken of as banners. Tennyson re-
fers to the banner Of England" and
the Star Spangled Banner" is a quite
familiar expression. Among the ear
liest records Of civilization are cary
ings and paintings showing that the
ancient Egyptians had their own par
ticular standards in the form of sacred
objects affixed to staffs. The early
Romans used handful of hay borne
on a pole. Sometimes a cross-piece
Of wood was placed at the end of
spear and surmounted by the figure
of hand, in silver, below disks with
figures of Mars and Minerva. or in
later times portraits of emperors or
eminent generals. The veXillum.
which was the cavalry flag, is de-
scribed by Livy as a square piece of
cloth fastened to a piece of wood fixed
crosswise to the end of spear. The
labarum, the imperial standard Of
later emperors, was Of purple silk rich
ly embroidered with gold, and some
times was not suspended as the veX-
illum, but displayed as our modern
flags, that is to say, by the attachment
of one of its sides to staff.
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INCREASED HAY YIELDS
FROM TOP DRESSING
Experiments Prove Use Of Fertilizers
In The Spring Most Profitable.
NICHOLAS SCHMITZ,
Maryland Agricultural College
Evtoocion Carvica

NlCkOLAS SCHMllA,
Maryland Agricultural College
Extension Service.
The production Of the average TIM
othy meadow in Maryland is very far
below what it can be made to yield
profitably in both quality and yield per
acre. The low yields and poor quality
are not due so much to poor germlna'
ton and poor stand in the spring after
seeding as to the crowding out of the
timothy by weeds. Where weeds are
the determining factor the remedy is
sowing the timothy, or timothy ana
clover, alone in the early fall, not with
a grain crop, but after the grain crop
has been harvested and fine, firm
seedbed prepared.
Where the stand of timothy Is fair
the yield can be profitably increased
by the use of commercial fertilizers.
Extensive tests at the Maryland Elk
pertinent Station with various kinds
and combinations of fertilizers have
shown beyond question that the best
fertilizer for timothy is nitrate OF soda
or a combination of nitrate of soda
and acid rock The proper amount
to apply depends of course upon the
fertility of the soil, but ordinarily
nitrate of soda should be applied at
the rate OF from $50 to ESQ pounds
per acre. and if combination of acid
.,,,I >f do ik.I
parts, the mixture should be applied
at the rate of 200 to $50 pounds per
acre. Such an application under
ordinary conditions may be expected
to give an increase in yield of from
to l u tons per acre.
The time of applying the fertilizer is
very important 1t should be applied
as soon as the grass begins to green,
which is usually the latter part OF
March or the first of April. The early
application of the fertilizer is abso-
lutely necessary for maximum returns,
Tor the fertilizer can not be made use
Of by the plant until 1t has been dis.
solved and carried down into the soil,
The early application makes use of
the early rains.
Many farmers have been disap.
pointed when using nitrate Of soda
because they have applied 1t too late
or al a time when there was not sufii
cient moisture to dissolve it, so that
the timothy would get full use OF
what was applied before maturing
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GOOD POULTICES FOR TREES
Simple Remedy Described by Writer
VIII Save Many Valuable Trees
Grating Is Difficult.

Nowadays we hear much Of bridge
grating when fruit tree gets barked
or bruised. But everybody is not
equal to doing a good job Of grating
of this kind.
My method is not fancy, says writ.
er in an exchange, but 1t does the
trick. Just as soon as the injury has
happened to a fruit tree ! get some
perfectly fresh COW manure and plas'
ter it all over the wound, then band.
age the trunk carefully and tightly
with a gunny sack or burlap and se-
cure the bandage by sewing. ! then
place a coat of fresh manure over the
outside of the bandage and protect the
treated bandage from rain until it be-
comes hard and dry.
A tree thus treated never will know
it has been injured If there is small
strip of bark to conduct the sap by the
injured place.
When the treated bandage gets dry
1t becomes solid and lasting as plank,
and allows a quick and perfect recov.
cry of the injured part. This simple
remedy will save many valuable trees.
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Cedars Of Lebanon Still Stand,

NCudTo oI Icpdnon 0IiiI 0tdn0s
Perhaps the most historic little for
est on the face of the globe Is the
Cedars Of Lebanon. Famed for their
age, size and beauty and their connec-
tion with the Scriptures, these trees
are visited by pilgrims from all over
the earth.
They are located in Syria, and be-
cause there are no forests Of tall trees
in that land they have the reputation
of being the most lofty specimen Of
the vegetable kingdom. But the red
wood trees of California, reaching
height of 800 feet, dwarf their modest
80 feet Nevertheless, the girth OF
their trunk is enormous, the largest
being Al feet In circumference.
All that now remains of the Cedars
Of Lebanon are some four hundred
trees. They rise from small plateau,
situated at an altitude of 6,123 feet
above sea level. But, beautiful as
they are, their interest to the world
lies only In their connection with the
temple built by Solomon and the vari-
GUS illusions to them In the Bible,
Catoctin clarion., 1916-03-16
CARING FOR BLIGHTED TREES
Cut Out and Burn All Diseased Twies
and Branches-Aways Use Ster-
iIized Knife or Saw.

The only thing that can be done to
blighted trees is to cut out and burn
all blighted twigs and branches or
pear, apple and ounce. The cutting
should be farther down the twigs and
branches than the dscoloration Of the
wood Is seen. The knife or saw should
be sterilized after making each cut
so as to prevent injecting healthy
wood with the bacteria which cause
this disease.
This sterilizing Is simple. All that
is needed is to wipe the blade clean
with a solution of corrosive sublimate
Ca deadly poison. The solution Is
easily made by dissolving a tablet in
one thousand times its weight Of wa
ter. After the cuts are made. all over
one.half inch In diameter, should be
painted with gas tar, white lead paint,
boiled linseed oil or any other mate
rial that will make an impervious coat
and thus protect the tree against de
cay.
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ganism by thorough examination Of
all new stock whether turkeys, fowls,
geese or other domestic birds.
2. Keep the turkeys on grounds
which are as fresh as can be OBJ
tanned and, above all, keep them iso-
lated from fowls and other domestic
birds.
3. Keep every turkey in the flock
under close observation in order to
separate and at once isolate any bird
which gives evidence Of the disease.
To facilitate such observations it is
helpful to leg band each individual and
to record it's weight from time to time
4. II it is known that blackhead is
present in any of the poultry, that
yard and house should be kept free
from sparrows, rats and mice, which
are carriers of the organism which
causes the disease.
s. In fattening turkeys for the mar
ket, increase the rations gradually.
Overlooking or a sudden increase in
the ration will not cause blackhead,
but frequently causes death Of birds
in which blackhead is present.
6. The bodies Of all birds which
have died of blackhead should be
burned or buried Immediately
On most farms, it Is out OF the
question to put into practice all of
these recommendations, especially
those in regard to the isolation Of
the flock. The general practice is to
allow the turkeys to mingle with the
other fowls. Unless these recommen'
dations can be rather closely fol.
lowed, however, 1t Is not advisable
to attempt to raise turkeys after the
disease has once made its appear
ance. The turkeys in your flock
which do not appear to be infected
may become chronic carriers Of the
disease II it is necessary for you
to rear turkeys next season on ground
which has been occupied by fowls or
by diseased turkeys. you are very like.
ly to experience the same trouble.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-03-16
BREEDERS ASSOCIATIONS
MEVERY DAIRY COMMUNITY
How To Organize And Some OF The
Benefits Resulting.
F. B. BOMBERGER,
Maryland Agricultural College
Extension Service.

The purpose of Community organ
iration for breeders of dairy cattle is
to secure the cooperation OF the Varl'
GUS breeders Of community In the
production and Improvement of high
grade pure ebred dairy cattle and IN
establishing a reputation for the com
munity as a breeding center. The ad'
yanta.es of this plan are: ooncen'
trated attention along definite lines;
cooperation of the breeders IN estap-
fishing high standards for the COM
munity and encouragement for the
owners of several herds to produce
distinct type and to supply large
number of such animals to meet the
demand created by cooperative adver'
tising. Through the meetings OF the
organization Its members are kept IN
formed of the progress in all that per-
tains to their work. Through CO.
operation they may secure protection
against fraud and contagious diseases
and may secure many advantages not
available to the individual breeder.
Breeders associations can secure Oil
cial test for advanced registry at less
cost than where such associations do
not exist.
Some Business Advantages.
Advantages in buying and selling are
secured through cooperative adyer-
tising; through the purchase OF best
breeding males for use in several
herds and through cooperation in pur-
chasing and importing a number OF
choice ANIMALS. By exchanging ami
mails the members may improve their
herds with good blood without import
ing animals from a distance. The
members may combine in selling to
fill large orders for a distinct dairy
type and thereby attract buyers from
important dairy states. For instance,
carloads Of selected animals have been
shipped from Wisconsin to many mid
die states, the Pacific Coast and even
to Japan and Mexico as a result of
such organization in that state.
The method of organization Is for a
leader in the community to call a
meeting and get as many interested
breeders as can be secured, this meet.
ing to be addressed by a capable
speaker on the value of such organ.
ization. A constitution and bylaws
may be adopted and officers selected
either at the initial meeting or at an
other meeting, as desired. Details
of the organization may be varied &C.
cording to local conditions The CO.
operation of the College Of Agriculture
may be secured and wherever possible
speakers will be furnished to address
meetings held to organize such asso.
Citations.
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Horticultural
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SLOPE FOR PEACH ORCHARDS
Importance Of Relatively High Eleva-
ton Disappears When Adjacent
to Large Body Of Water.

Where an orchard occupies a site
that is adjacent to large body OF wa
ter, the Importance of a relatively
high elevation largely disappears. TO
be a factor in the matter, however,
body of water must be OF sufficient
size and depth to have an apprecia-
bic influence on the local climate. Be-
cause the water warns up in the
spring more slowly than the atmos.
phere, it acts in effect as refrigera-
tor, making the temperature in its
immediate vicinity colder than it Is at
points somewhat distant from it. For
this reason, vegetation within the zone
of this influence advances more slowly
In the spring than it does outside of
that zone. The tendency is for the
blossoming Of peach trees situated
within the zone to be delayed until
after the season Of spring frosts is
past.
In the fall frosts are delayed in
similar manner, except that the large
body of water, having absorbed much
heat during the summer, cools off in
Catoctin clarion., 1916-03-16
SPRING VETCH NOT SUCCESSFUL
IN MARYLAND.

Owing to the high price of hairy
yetch, many farmers are wondering if
they can substitute spring vetch,
thinking that this can be sown in the
spring, as its name would imply.
Spring vetch is not suited to this
State. 1t is an absolute failure.
None Of the vetches grow well after
our hot, muggy weather sets in in late
spring and early summer Spring
vetch will not make enough growth to
amount to much before the hot, mug
gy weather sets in, hence there is sell
dom enough growth made to pay for
seeding it.
Spring vetch is also sometimes
called common vetch and sown in the
fall, but it is not as successful as hairy
vetch when sown in the fall, and, in
fact, is practically as much Of failure
when sown at that time as when sowp
in the spring. = Nicholas Schmitz,
Maryland Agricultural College Exten.
sion Service
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Fruit-Gatherine Bag.

may descend from the ladder when
the bag becomes full or as full as he
cares to handle it, for emptying. There
is clip riveted to the front of the
frame in which there is a ring, strap
extending upward from said clip to
triang piece OF leather to
which the shoulder straps are fas,
tened. Hand-picked apples that are as
carefully handled as eggs from the
time they are plucked from the twig
of the tree until they are put on the
tables of the worlds leading hotels at
25 cents each from these northwest
orchards show that there is money in
these little attentions to business.
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PLANT FRUIT TREES AT ONCE
Apple Trees Planted in the Fall Make
Twice as Good Growth as Those
Planted in Spring.

By J. c. WRITTEN. Horticulturist,
University of Mssouri)
All perfectly hardy trees should be
transplanted in the fall rather than
the following spring, if we can rely
upon the results of tests made at the
Missouri agricultural experiment sta
tion. Jonathan apple trees planted
in the fall made nearly twice as good
q growth as those planted the next
spring. OF cherry trees transplanted
In the fall of 1913 every one lived,
while only third of those planted in
the spring of 1914 survived the dry
summer of that year. Those which
did live made only quarter as good
a growth as those planted the fall
before. This comparison is based
mainly on the terminal growth or
length added to the branches which
is a very important means of telling
how an orchard is thriving. Every
peach tree and others less hardy than
apple and cherry trees do better when
fall planted in the southern quarter
of Missouri. Fall planting is better
even farther north If followed by
mild winter, but severe winter is
likely to kill the trees.
In orcharding fruit trees for fall
planting, insist that they be dug and
shipped just when the leaves begin
to fall and the remaining leaves can
be easily stripped from the nursery
stock. These young, rapidly growing
trees hold their leaves from two weeks
to a month longer than those in the
orchard which have been bearing for
some time. During most seasons the
best time for transplanting is during
the first half of November, but plant.
ing any time before the ground freezes
has been found to give better results
than spring planting.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-03-16
HANDY FRUIT GATHERING BAG
Main Part Is Substantially Elongated
Frame-Pays Well to Attend to
Little Details.

Wenatchee, Wash, where the ia.
nous Wenatchee valley apples come
from, is the scene of the invention of
the fruit-gathering bag shown here
and recently granted patent by the
United States government. The main
part is a substantially rigid elongated
frame having convex and concave
sides. To this frame is secured bag,
there being means for holding the bot.
tom of the bag closed. Shoulder straps
hold the bag OH the fruit picker, who
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Mrs. Hep's Sayinrs.

II don't bleeve in wimmin drinkin'
and smokin'," observed Mrs. Jonathan
Hep as she sent a veteran spider into
eternity, but l sorta gree with the
man what said thet ef they did cash
unally indulge to sooth their nerves
they'd be less siren US about reformin'
the world in twenty-four hours.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.