The Springdale news., 1917-02-02
III: UNIVERSITY
 ASSISTS FARMERS
Work Being Done By University of Ar kansas Experiment Station Worth
 Money 10 the Farmers,

farmer to avoid costly mistakes and to do better with the means at his command Thousands of inquiries from farmers are answered each month by the Experiment Station. while there are thousands upon thou sands of farmers who have no idea of the work of the station and it's value to them. If you are dissatisfied with the results obtained on your farm or need any information. write 10 your university for help today.
 Here are few things mentioned, merely as samples of the work being done by the Experiment Station.
 Hog Cholera Experiments.
 Among number of experiments under way to learn more about hog cholera. one is to learn what hold il has upon sucking pigs. From expert ments thus far worked out 1t seems that 93 per cent of pigs from immune mothers are immune to hog cholera by exposure as long as they are sucking the mother When injected with hog cholera virus, that is, putting the dis ease into their blood the per cent showing immunity was not quite as high as by exposure. There was also some variation in different filters as certain filters showed a much higher immunity than others. II is worth while knowing that little pigs can be protected in this way but must be made immune as soon as they are weanad
 Soil Tests Interesting.
 The Experiment Station has shown for vars that the soils in many parts of the state are in need of lime In $ careful study of samples taken dur ing past year. in Prairie Pope and Washington counties, the upland soils were nearly all found to be acid This condition can be corrected only by the use Of lime The most eeonom- ical form of lime 10 use is crushed limestone at=the rate Of one or two tons per acre. applied on land that is to h. seeded 10 clover or alfalfa bottom land soils along the larger streams do nal appear 10 be greatly in Head Of 1He al 4he present time. The nYestisa5ion k 70 be extended to a1t parts ef the stse as soon as funds are provided 10 continue the wofE,
 Experiment With Seventy Varieties
 of Potatoes.
 An experiment. with seventy varie- ties Of potatoes has been under way for several years. The 1915 season was rather moist, and the past rath- er dry one The size, shape, eyes and general appearance Of the ubers have been studied Yields of marketable potatoes and eulls per acre. at differ ent dates during the season, have been secured. These yields al different pc riods were secured 10 determine the advisability of digging al the regular time for earlx market or of waiting for further maturity. Market reports have been kept to compare the prices at the different digeines.
 There are two striking things about our results so far:
 l. There are about twenty varie- ties outyielding the Bliss Triumph, the most popular commercial variety now being grown.
 About three-fourths of the high est yielders ha4e been white potatoes Of these varieties the best and most consistent yielder has been the Irish Cohher.
 The experiment Was carried ea at Fayetteville and Van Buren this wear. and Il is to be continued another year, al least
 Self Feeder for Hogs Proves Valuable.
 Experiments with the selffeedsr for hogs have shown that the self-feeder not only saves time and labor but also makes larger. cheaper gains at an carly age, due to each animal balanc- ing and inereasins its daily ration ac- cording To is individual reuuir ements. The self-feederis becoming very val uable and useful in pork production, especially in this day and age, when with the present hieh priced feeds and labor pork must b. grown as cheahty as possible Hae self-feeder is adapted Tor srcbliaa pies and fat tenHs shoats. The cesf or jRe feeder s sms.G. every farmer with small herd could afford to bui'd one
 Cotton Variety Tess Give important
 Results.
 Cotton yarietk tests We're made by the Experiment station in 1916 al if teen different points in the state The tests served many purposes but two things are of much importance,
 l. The value of the seed and lint produced by some varieties greatly exceeded that of other varieties.
 ?. Such varieties as Dixie and Gov ington Toole were very much more re- sistant to wilt than the ordinary vari. cites. and therefore proved much more profitable on land infected with wilt
 The work of the Experiment Sta