The Mena weekly star., 1916-07-27
Correspondence
HATFIELD HOTsTIPH


 Mnares Early grapes are on the market here this week
 Mrs. Asher returned Saturday from a week visit at SmithVllle.
 Ike Gibson was shaking hands with friends Saturday after rather l0ng assenee
 Lynton Ayres from Omaha, Neb- a nephew Of James i. Slote, IS again spending his vacation at the Pine Plantation
 Ivan Lansing returned Thursday from q business trip to Nebraska and Miksouri uncompleted business will prubably cause him to make 1he trip again in a few days.
 James Mcbride as usual has the finest Strawberry patch Tn this township. kIe says 1t is no secret to keep them that way. Just tickle them with a hoe every week or two.
 Now don't forget to bring some exhibit for our fair August 10 and if. iz may not be a prize winner, but il don't need to be to help. So be a booster and bring something Al entries free
 Arkansas peaches last week, in Chicago, brought g5e more per hushel than any others. Arkansas cantaloupes were also bringing more than those from anywhere else. Good old Arkansasl
 A. Jac0by marketed load Of po- fat0es here Saturday He will have & or 10 bushels of lima beans that are as fine as can be produced any where Someone looking for a quick money crop might investigate this. It would make good side line anyhow.
 Mir. E'reiderich was in town Sat- uraay with samples of leather Of his own tanning. Several took adyan- tage of the opportunity to lay in q supply Of oak-tanned soles. etc. Old residents tell us in early days all leather used in Polk county was tanned at home. Why not againY
 The dipping vat at the stock yards is rapidly nearing completion. Work also commenced Monday on the vat east of town on Six-Mile. Ed My CTS has let the contract for one on his farm. Joe Anders is planning for one on his farm this fall The Pines Plantation will also have a Nat It's good work. Push it along,
 John Mersk0n and family were visiting friends and relatives here a few days last week, going from here to Rich Mountain for a short rest Up Co q year ago John was one of our liNest wires When he deliber- ately abandoned this town just be- cause he had an opportunity Co dc better for himself elsewhere, anc he sure made good both for himself and those in business with him.
 Now is the time to prepare for next years fruit crop by the sum- nfer pruning of apples and peaches Your tree limbs won't break if tht fruit spurs are along the limbs Trim back the ends of the limbs fl necessary. Trim spray and culti- vate your peaches If possible. II ynla can't spray, trim, thin the tree anu cultivate Some of the fruit crops have been raised by good cul- tivafi0n and pruning without spray ing, but no matter how much you spray, a good crop can't be produced without cultivation, and your or chard gradually dies out otherwise
 Peach canning commenced Mon day at the Pines Plantation. Man, orders have been booked. some fol more than thirty days from old GUS. toners who buy their canned good' ready put up year after year. Som, start ordering early and have a few dozen cans of strawberries set aside then add to their order as other fruit comes in season. When can ming is over all are shipped. Some have their fruit put up from then own recipes (and, by the way, some wonderful dainties are among MhemA Some of these recipes vii appear before the readers of this paper later on with the editors per mission Some of these customers are scattered turnout many states Some orders will be labeled and or exhibition at the fair August 10 anC ft. and from there will he shipped to their destination. Some Odc propositions are sometimes re- ceived For instance. lady in Mis- souri wishes to trade 10 gallons o No. lard for canned fruit. A mar m Shreveport wants to trade fresl figs for peaches A Florida man will 4ssssasa $ shsaesAt af pfineannlns 4 Missouri man annually trades honeN for canned peaches. In all eases where possible these people are ac- c0mmodated. At first Mr Slote ad- yertlsed m the state papers. Now he only drops price card eacf season io his customers the con- sumers3. and they take all he ear produce. not only of canned goods hut other products. such as nuts S0rphum. sweet potatoes, etc.