The Pulaskian., 1917-09-21
10 BED WHEAT
 IN THIS COUNTY
IMPLEMENT AND AGRICULTURAL MEN WILL DEMONSTRATE MoD- ERIN METHODS OF SOWING
 WHEAT ON OCT. 2.

The strongest argument in favor of wheat bedding demonstrations is the demand that is being made for them, since few communities of Arkansas began the innovation. There is al- ways spectator at each wheat bed ding demonstration from some other community and he wants the demon stration repeated near his home town in order that the farmers there may have the opportunity of seeing the modern method of wheat growing.
 Every agency in the state, and most those outside, is preaching, Plant More Wheat" The Hoover forces, the State Agricultural Department, the bankers, the iobbers, the University or Arkansas and all the state agricultur- al schools are going out of their way to interest the farmer in growing wheat. It is not only his bit, but his salvation as we'll
 Wheat bedding demonstrations have now been held in not less than 20 communities of the state. At the be-
 
 ware Dealers Association planned to have about 25, in as many counties, and scattered over as much of the state as possible Arrangements were made with the machinery manufactur- CTS to assist, with machines as well as with experts, and the agricultural forces also agreed to attend and lee 
 ture on the different steps in wheat bedding Then the retail hardware dealers in other sections of the state began to demand the same thing for their people, and instead of only 25 demonstrations near 100 will be made. Practically every county in Arkansas will have it's demonstration, and. some counties two.
 The demonstration in Pulaski coun- tzty will be held Tuesday, October 2, and it will no doubt be a gala day CT sections.
 The process of wheat bedding is de- cidedly interesting. First, the ground is disced with a two-horse disc. This breaks up the stocks, weeds and other matter on the ground and makes it possible for the two horse sulky blow to break the soil to a considerable depth. The ground is then again disced and the wheat drilled in with two horse drill The final stage is rolling the ground with heavy roller.
 Nothing can be more important to 1 -F A,,Iy ot ic tinan says B. c. Powell, former president Of the Arkansas Bankers Association, and head of the agricultural board of the association, than the growing of 1 wheat. This is the time the farmers should begin preparing for the crop and think these bedding demonstra- tions are responsible for much greater interest than would be possi' 1 bic if the farmers were not shown how to plant the grain. I have been over considerable portion of the state re- gently and in all sections I find the proper interest in wheat, and that many of the farmers are going to plant at least enough to supply their own wants. I think that the farmer who does not is going to lose. The com munities that grow no wheat are go- ing to be the lean counties The Ark ansas farmer does not require near so much encouragement to try some thing new as he did few years back. He has tried the things that were recommended to him, and done well. so he is willing now to follow any plan that seems plausible, and to plant more wheat is not only pausi- ble, but common sense. Let's plant all the wheat we can"